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

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

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

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

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 piece of timber sawed or cut of a small size, as for studs, rails, etc..

Scantiness :: Scantiness (n.) Quality or condition of being scanty.

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

Coruscant :: Coruscant (a.) Glittering in flashes; flashing.

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..

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

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

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

Scantle :: Scantle (v. t.) To scant; to be niggard of; to divide into small pieces; to cut short or down.

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

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

Skimp :: Skimp (v. t.) To make insufficient allowance for; to scant; to scrimp.

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

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

Eke :: Eke (v. t.) To increase; to add to; to augment; -- now commonly used with out, the notion conveyed being to add to, or piece out by a laborious, inferior, or scanty addition; as, to eke out a scanty supply of one kind with some other..

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