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

Descant :: Descant (v. i.) The canto, cantus, or soprano voice; the treble..

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

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

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..

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

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

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

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

Pilled :: Pilled (a.) Stripped of hair; scant of hair; bald.

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

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

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

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..

Skimp :: Skimp (a.) Scanty.

Scant :: Scant (adv.) In a scant manner; with difficulty; scarcely; hardly.

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..

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

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..

Fur :: Fur (v. t.) To nail small strips of board or larger scantling upon, in order to make a level surface for lathing or boarding, or to provide for a space or interval back of the plastered or boarded surface, as inside an outer wall, by way of protection against damp..

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