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

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

Scant :: Scant (n.) Scantness; scarcity.

Penurious :: Penurious (a.) Not bountiful or liberal; scanty.

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

Scantly :: Scantly (adv.) Scarcely; hardly; barely.

Scrimp :: Scrimp (a.) Short; scanty; curtailed.

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

Batten :: Batten (n .) A strip of sawed stuff, or a scantling; as, (a) pl. (Com. & Arch.) Sawed timbers about 7 by 2 1/2 inches and not less than 6 feet long. Brande & C. (b) (Naut.) A strip of wood used in fastening the edges of a tarpaulin to the deck, also around masts to prevent chafing. (c) A long, thin strip used to strengthen a part, to cover a crack, etc..

Scantling :: Scantling (a.) Not plentiful; small; scanty.

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..

Nog :: Nog (v. t.) To fill in, as between scantling, with brickwork..

Wart Hog :: Wart hog () Either one of two species of large, savage African wild hogs of the genus Phacoch/rus. These animals have a pair of large, rough, fleshy tubercles behind the tusks and second pair behind the eyes. The tusks are large and strong, and both pairs curve upward. The body is scantily covered with bristles, but there is long dorsal mane. The South African species (Phacoch/rus Aethiopicus) is the best known. Called also vlacke vark. The second species (P. Aeliani) is native of the coasts of

Dole :: Dole (n.) That which is dealt out; a part, share, or portion also, a scanty share or allowance..

Scantlet :: Scantlet (n.) A small pattern; a small quantity.

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..

Scantling :: Scantling (v. t.) A small quantity; a little bit; not much.

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

Scant :: Scant (v. i.) To fail, or become less; to scantle; as, the wind scants..

Bare :: Bare (a.) Destitute; indigent; empty; unfurnished or scantily furnished; -- used with of (rarely with in) before the thing wanting or taken away; as, a room bare of furniture..

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