SCANT
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Scant (?), a. [Compar. Scanter (?); superl. Scantest.] [Icel. skamt, neuter of skamr, skammr, short; cf. skamta to dole out, to portion.] 1. 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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His sermon was scant, in all, a quarter of an hour.
Ridley.
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2. Sparing; parsimonious; chary.
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Be somewhat scanter of your maiden presence.
Shak.
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Syn. -- See under Scanty.
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Scant, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Scanted; p. pr. & vb. n. Scanting.] 1. 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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Where a man hath a great living laid together and where he is scanted.
Bacon.
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I am scanted in the pleasure of dwelling on your actions.
Dryden.
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2. To cut short; to make small, narrow, or scanty; to curtail. “Scant not my cups.” Shak.
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Scant, v. i. To fail, or become less; to scantle; as, the wind scants.
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Scant, adv. In a scant manner; with difficulty; scarcely; hardly. [Obs.] Bacon.
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So weak that he was scant able to go down the stairs.
Fuller.
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Scant, n. Scantness; scarcity. [R.] T. Carew.
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