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Order :: Order (n.) A body of persons having some common honorary distinction or rule of obligation; esp., a body of religious persons or aggregate of convents living under a common rule; as, the Order of the Bath; the Franciscan order..

Scarcely :: Scarcely (adv.) With difficulty; hardly; scantly; barely; but just.

Dellacruscan :: Dellacruscan (a.) Of or pertaining to the Accademia della Crusca in Florence.

Norse :: Norse (a.) Of or pertaining to ancient Scandinavia, or to the language spoken by its inhabitants..

Aruspex :: Aruspex (n.) One of the class of diviners among the Etruscans and Romans, who foretold events by the inspection of the entrails of victims offered on the altars of the gods..

Scandent :: Scandent (a.) Climbing.

Descant :: Descant (v. i.) To sing a variation or accomplishment.

Scantle :: Scantle (v. t.) To scant; to be niggard of; to divide into small pieces; to cut short or down.

Scandalize :: Scandalize (v. t.) To offend the feelings or the conscience of (a person) by some action which is considered immoral or criminal; to bring shame, disgrace, or reproach upon..

Skimp :: Skimp (v. t.) To make insufficient allowance for; to scant; to scrimp.

Thing :: Thing (n.) In Scandinavian countries, a legislative or judicial assembly..

Scantling :: Scantling (v. t.) A piece of timber sawed or cut of a small size, as for studs, rails, etc..

Oscan :: Oscan (n.) The language of the Osci.

, A , Or An . Pcp. It Is Presumably An Older Spelling Of Scanned. --2. Specifically :: , a , or an . PCP. It is presumably an older spelling of scanned. --2. Specifically (Pros.), to go through with, as a verse, marking and distinguishing the feet of which it is composed; to show, in reading, the metrical structure of; to recite metrically () To go over and examine point by point; to examine with care; to look closely at or into; to scrutinize..

Exiguous :: Exiguous (a.) Scanty; small; slender; diminutive.

Short :: Short (superl.) Insufficiently provided; inadequately supplied; scantily furnished; lacking; not coming up to a resonable, or the ordinary, standard; -- usually with of; as, to be short of money..

Scald :: Scald (n.) One of the ancient Scandinavian poets and historiographers; a reciter and singer of heroic poems, eulogies, etc., among the Norsemen; more rarely, a bard of any of the ancient Teutonic tribes..

Tuscan :: Tuscan (n.) A native or inhabitant of Tuscany.

Cordon :: Cordon (n.) The cord worn by a Franciscan friar.

Eke :: Eke (v. t.) To increase; to add to; to augment; -- now commonly used with out, the notion conveyed being to add to, or piece out by a laborious, inferior, or scanty addition; as, to eke out a scanty supply of one kind with some other..

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