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

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

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..

Thinly :: Thinly (a.) In a thin manner; in a loose, scattered manner; scantily; not thickly; as, ground thinly planted with trees; a country thinly inhabited..

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

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

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

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..

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

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

Scrimp :: Scrimp (v. t.) To make too small or short; to limit or straiten; to put on short allowance; to scant; to contract; to shorten; as, to scrimp the pattern of a coat..

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

Ground :: Ground (n.) The tune on which descants are raised; the plain song.

Meagreness :: Meagreness (n.) The state or quality of being meager; leanness; scantiness; barrenness.

Descanted :: Descanted (imp. & p. p.) of Descan.

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

Spiderwort :: Spiderwort (n.) An American endogenous plant (Tradescantia Virginica), with long linear leaves and ephemeral blue flowers. The name is sometimes extended to other species of the same genus..

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

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

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..

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