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Scrimp :: Scrimp (v. t.) To make too small or short; to limit or straiten; to put on short allowance; to scant; to contract; to shorten; as, to scrimp the pattern of a coat..

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

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

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

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

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

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

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..

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

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

Wart Hog :: Wart hog () Either one of two species of large, savage African wild hogs of the genus Phacoch/rus. These animals have a pair of large, rough, fleshy tubercles behind the tusks and second pair behind the eyes. The tusks are large and strong, and both pairs curve upward. The body is scantily covered with bristles, but there is long dorsal mane. The South African species (Phacoch/rus Aethiopicus) is the best known. Called also vlacke vark. The second species (P. Aeliani) is native of the coasts of

Lean :: Lean (v. i.) Wanting fullness, richness, sufficiency, or productiveness; deficient in quality or contents; slender; scant; barren; bare; mean; -- used literally and figuratively; as, the lean harvest; a lean purse; a lean discourse; lean wages..

Scanting :: Scanting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Scan.

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

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..

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

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

Fillet :: Fillet (n.) Any scantling smaller than a batten.

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

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

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