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Scantling :: Scantling (a.) Not plentiful; small; scanty.

Descant :: Descant (v. i.) To sing a variation or accomplishment.

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.

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

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

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

Scanted :: Scanted (imp. & p. p.) of Scan.

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..

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..

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..

Skimp :: Skimp (a.) Scanty.

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..

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

Scantling :: Scantling (v. t.) A rough draught; a rude sketch or outline.

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

Meagre :: Meagre (a.) Destitute of richness, fertility, strength, or the like; defective in quantity, or poor in quality; poor; barren; scanty in ideas; wanting strength of diction or affluence of imagery..

Dole :: Dole (n.) That which is dealt out; a part, share, or portion also, a scanty share or allowance..

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

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

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