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

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

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..

Scantness :: Scantness (n.) The quality or condition of being scant; narrowness; smallness; insufficiency; scantiness.

Spare :: Spare (v. t.) Scanty; not abundant or plentiful; as, a spare diet..

Batten :: Batten (n .) A strip of sawed stuff, or a scantling; as, (a) pl. (Com. & Arch.) Sawed timbers about 7 by 2 1/2 inches and not less than 6 feet long. Brande & C. (b) (Naut.) A strip of wood used in fastening the edges of a tarpaulin to the deck, also around masts to prevent chafing. (c) A long, thin strip used to strengthen a part, to cover a crack, etc..

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..

Princewood :: Princewood (n.) The wood of two small tropical American trees (Hamelia ventricosa, and Cordia gerascanthoides). It is brownish, veined with lighter color..

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

Scant :: Scant (v. t.) To limit; to straiten; to treat illiberally; to stint; as, to scant one in provisions; to scant ourselves in the use of necessaries..

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..

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

Scantle :: Scantle (v. i.) To be deficient; to fail.

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..

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

Figurate :: Figurate (a.) Florid; figurative; involving passing discords by the freer melodic movement of one or more parts or voices in the harmony; as, figurate counterpoint or descant..

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

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

Scantling :: Scantling (v. t.) A piece of timber sawed or cut of a small size, as for studs, rails, etc..

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

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