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

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

Short :: Short (superl.) Limited in quantity; inadequate; insufficient; scanty; as, a short supply of provisions, or of water..

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

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

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

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

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

Descanter :: Descanter (n.) One who descants.

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..

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

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..

Notching :: Notching (n.) A method of joining timbers, scantling, etc., by notching them, as at the ends, and overlapping or interlocking the notched portions..

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

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

Exiguity :: Exiguity (n.) Scantiness; smallness; thinness.

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

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

Wind :: Wind (v. t.) To drive hard, or force to violent exertion, as a horse, so as to render scant of wind; to put out of breath..

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..

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