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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. |
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Sparing; parsimonious; chary. |
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To limit; to straiten; to treat illiberally; to stint;
as, to scant one in provisions; to scant ourselves in the use of
necessaries. |
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To cut short; to make small, narrow, or scanty; to
curtail. |
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To fail, or become less; to scantle; as, the wind scants. |
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In a scant manner; with difficulty; scarcely; hardly. |
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Scantness; scarcity. |
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