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Discant :: Discant (n.) See Descant, n..

Surmise :: Surmise (n.) A thought, imagination, or conjecture, which is based upon feeble or scanty evidence; suspicion; guess; as, the surmisses of jealousy or of envy..

Scanty :: Scanty (a.) Wanting amplitude or extent; narrow; small; not abundant.

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

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..

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

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..

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

Bare :: Bare (a.) Destitute; indigent; empty; unfurnished or scantily furnished; -- used with of (rarely with in) before the thing wanting or taken away; as, a room bare of furniture..

Descant :: Descant (v. i.) The canto, cantus, or soprano voice; the treble..

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

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

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

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

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

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

Tradescantia :: Tradescantia (n.) A genus including spiderwort and Wandering Jew.

Scanty :: Scanty (a.) Somewhat less than is needed; insufficient; scant; as, a scanty supply of words; a scanty supply of bread..

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..

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..

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