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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..

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

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

Descant :: Descant (v. i.) To comment freely; to discourse with fullness and particularity; to discourse at large.

Scantling :: Scantling (v. t.) A frame for casks to lie upon; a trestle.

Scant :: Scant (v. t.) To limit; to straiten; to treat illiberally; to stint; as, to scant one in provisions; to scant ourselves in the use of necessaries..

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

Descant :: Descant (v. i.) Originally, a double song; a melody or counterpoint sung above the plain song of the tenor; a variation of an air; a variation by ornament of the main subject or plain song..

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..

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

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..

Descanted :: Descanted (imp. & p. p.) of Descan.

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..

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..

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

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

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..

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

Skimp :: Skimp (a.) Scanty.

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