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

Short :: Short (superl.) Limited in quantity; inadequate; insufficient; scanty; as, a short supply of provisions, or of water..

Ground :: Ground (n.) The tune on which descants are raised; the plain song.

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..

Short-wited :: Short-wited (a.) Having little wit; not wise; having scanty intellect or judgment.

Descant :: Descant (v. i.) A discourse formed on its theme, like variations on a musical air; a comment or comments..

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

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

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

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

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

Thinly :: Thinly (a.) In a thin manner; in a loose, scattered manner; scantily; not thickly; as, ground thinly planted with trees; a country thinly inhabited..

Spiderwort :: Spiderwort (n.) An American endogenous plant (Tradescantia Virginica), with long linear leaves and ephemeral blue flowers. The name is sometimes extended to other species of the same genus..

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..

Expatiate :: Expatiate (v. i.) To enlarge in discourse or writing; to be copious in argument or discussion; to descant.

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

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

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..

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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