Definition of scant

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Scant (v. i.) To fail, or become less; to scantle; as, the wind scants..

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Expatiate :: Expatiate (v. i.) To enlarge in discourse or writing; to be copious in argument or discussion; to descant.
Descanted :: Descanted (imp. & p. p.) of Descan.
Pilled :: Pilled (a.) Stripped of hair; scant of hair; bald.
Scantiness :: Scantiness (n.) Quality or condition of being scanty.
Descanter :: Descanter (n.) One who descants.
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..
Scanting :: Scanting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Scan.
Scant :: Scant (v. t.) To cut short; to make small, narrow, or scanty; to curtail..
Descant :: Descant (v. i.) A discourse formed on its theme, like variations on a musical air; a comment or comments..
Short :: Short (superl.) Limited in quantity; inadequate; insufficient; scanty; as, a short supply of provisions, or of water..
Scantlet :: Scantlet (n.) A small pattern; a small quantity.
Exiguity :: Exiguity (n.) Scantiness; smallness; thinness.
Scant :: Scant (n.) Scantness; scarcity.
Penurious :: Penurious (a.) Not bountiful or liberal; scanty.
Stud :: Stud (n.) An upright scanting, esp. one of the small uprights in the framing for lath and plaster partitions, and furring, and upon which the laths are nailed..
Scantling :: Scantling (v. t.) A small quantity; a little bit; not much.
Dole :: Dole (n.) That which is dealt out; a part, share, or portion also, a scanty share or allowance..
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..
Short-wited :: Short-wited (a.) Having little wit; not wise; having scanty intellect or judgment.
Tradescantia :: Tradescantia (n.) A genus including spiderwort and Wandering Jew.
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