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Macerate :: Macerate (v. t.) To subdue the appetites of by poor and scanty diet; to mortify.

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..

Surmise :: Surmise (n.) A thought, imagination, or conjecture, which is based upon feeble or scanty evidence; suspicion; guess; as, the surmisses of jealousy or of envy..

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

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

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

Figurate :: Figurate (a.) Florid; figurative; involving passing discords by the freer melodic movement of one or more parts or voices in the harmony; as, figurate counterpoint or descant..

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

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

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

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..

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

Descanting :: Descanting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Descan.

Hackberry :: Hackberry (n.) A genus of trees (Celtis) related to the elm, but bearing drupes with scanty, but often edible, pulp. C. occidentalis is common in the Eastern United States..

Wind :: Wind (v. t.) To drive hard, or force to violent exertion, as a horse, so as to render scant of wind; to put out of breath..

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

Fillet :: Fillet (n.) Any scantling smaller than a batten.

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

Scantle :: Scantle (v. i.) To be deficient; to fail.

Scant :: Scant (v. t.) To cut short; to make small, narrow, or scanty; to curtail..

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