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

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

Dole :: Dole (v. t.) To deal out in small portions; to distribute, as a dole; to deal out scantily or grudgingly..

Scantily :: Scantily (adv.) In a scanty manner; not fully; not plentifully; sparingly; parsimoniously.

Descant :: Descant (v. i.) Originally, a double song; a melody or counterpoint sung above the plain song of the tenor; a variation of an air; a variation by ornament of the main subject or plain song..

Stint :: Stint (v. t.) To restrain within certain limits; to bound; to confine; to restrain; to restrict to a scant allowance.

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

Scarce :: Scarce (superl.) Scantily supplied (with); deficient (in); -- with of.

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

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

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

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

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..

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

Scantling :: Scantling (v. t.) A fragment; a bit; a little piece.

Scant :: Scant (superl.) Sparing; parsimonious; chary.

Fur :: Fur (v. t.) To nail small strips of board or larger scantling upon, in order to make a level surface for lathing or boarding, or to provide for a space or interval back of the plastered or boarded surface, as inside an outer wall, by way of protection against damp..

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

Extemporize :: Extemporize (v. t.) To do, make, or utter extempore or off-hand; to prepare in great haste, under urgent necessity, or with scanty or unsuitable materials; as, to extemporize a dinner, a costume, etc..

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