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Skinch :: Skinch (v. t. & i.) To give scant measure; to squeeze or pinch in order to effect a saving.

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

Broadleaf :: Broadleaf (n.) A tree (Terminalia latifolia) of Jamaica, the wood of which is used for boards, scantling, shingles, etc; -- sometimes called the almond tree, from the shape of its fruit..

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

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

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

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..

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

Exiguous :: Exiguous (a.) Scanty; small; slender; diminutive.

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

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

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

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

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

Descant :: Descant (v. i.) The upper voice in part music.

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.

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

Scanty :: Scanty (a.) Sparing; niggardly; parsimonious.

Notching :: Notching (n.) A method of joining timbers, scantling, etc., by notching them, as at the ends, and overlapping or interlocking the notched portions..

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