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Definition of scant

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

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

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

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

Scantling :: Scantling (v. t.) A piece or quantity cut for a special purpose; a sample.

Figured :: Figured (a.) Free and florid; as, a figured descant. See Figurate, 3..

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

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

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..

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

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

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

Scrimp :: Scrimp (a.) Short; scanty; curtailed.

Pilled :: Pilled (a.) Stripped of hair; scant of hair; bald.

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

Scanty :: Scanty (a.) Sparing; niggardly; parsimonious.

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

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

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

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..

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..