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Princewood :: Princewood (n.) The wood of two small tropical American trees (Hamelia ventricosa, and Cordia gerascanthoides). It is brownish, veined with lighter color..

Tradescantia :: Tradescantia (n.) A genus including spiderwort and Wandering Jew.

Descanter :: Descanter (n.) One who descants.

Spare :: Spare (v. t.) Scanty; not abundant or plentiful; as, a spare diet..

Scantling :: Scantling (v. t.) The dimensions of a piece of timber with regard to its breadth and thickness; hence, the measure or dimensions of anything..

Scanty :: Scanty (a.) Somewhat less than is needed; insufficient; scant; as, a scanty supply of words; a scanty supply of bread..

Scantling :: Scantling (v. t.) A piece or quantity cut for a special purpose; a sample.

Scant :: Scant (v. t.) To limit; to straiten; to treat illiberally; to stint; as, to scant one in provisions; to scant ourselves in the use of necessaries..

Figured :: Figured (a.) Free and florid; as, a figured descant. See Figurate, 3..

Coruscant :: Coruscant (a.) Glittering in flashes; flashing.

Discant :: Discant (n.) See Descant, n..

Meagre :: Meagre (a.) Destitute of richness, fertility, strength, or the like; defective in quantity, or poor in quality; poor; barren; scanty in ideas; wanting strength of diction or affluence of imagery..

Scantling :: Scantling (v. t.) A fragment; a bit; a little piece.

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

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

Scant :: Scant (superl.) Sparing; parsimonious; chary.

Dole :: Dole (v. t.) To deal out in small portions; to distribute, as a dole; to deal out scantily or grudgingly..

Scanting :: Scanting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Scan.

Scant :: Scant (superl.) Not full, large, or plentiful; scarcely sufficient; less than is wanted for the purpose; scanty; meager; not enough; as, a scant allowance of provisions or water; a scant pattern of cloth for a garment..

Stint :: Stint (v. t.) To restrain within certain limits; to bound; to confine; to restrain; to restrict to a scant allowance.

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