Sentence:  Greene the coneycatcher, of this dream the author, / For his dainty devise deserveth the halter. / A rakehell, a <WSD>makeshift</WSD>, a scribbling fool; / A famous bayard in city and school: / Now sick as a dog, and ever brain-sick, / Where such a raving and desperate Dick? 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  A rogue; a shifty person.