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Scant
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What's The Definition Of Scant?
[v] supply sparingly, with a meager allowance
[v] limit in quality or quantity [v] work hastily or carelessly; deal with inadequately and superficially Synonyms | Synonyms for Scant: skimp | skimp | stint Related Terms | Find terms related to Scant: See Also | furnish | gloss over | provide | render | restrict | skate over | skimp over | slur over | smooth over | supply | work Scant In Webster's Dictionary \Scant\, a. [Compar. {Scanter}; superl. {Scantest}.]
[Icel. skamt, neuter of skamr, skammr, short; cf. skamta to
dole out, to portion.]
1. 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.
His sermon was scant, in all, a quarter of an hour.
--Ridley.
2. Sparing; parsimonious; chary.
Be somewhat scanter of your maiden presence. --Shak.
Syn: See under {Scanty}.
\Scant\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Scanted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Scanting}.] 1. To limit; to straiten; to treat illiberally; to stint; as, to scant one in provisions; to scant ourselves in the use of necessaries. Where a man hath a great living laid together and where he is scanted. --Bacon. I am scanted in the pleasure of dwelling on your actions. --Dryden. 2. To cut short; to make small, narrow, or scanty; to curtail. ``Scant not my cups.'' --Shak. \Scant\, v. i. To fail, or become less; to scantle; as, the wind scants. \Scant\, adv. In a scant manner; with difficulty; scarcely; hardly. [Obs.] --Bacon. So weak that he was scant able to go down the stairs. --Fuller. \Scant\, n. Scantness; scarcity. [R.] --T. Carew. |
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