Scant(adv.) In a scant manner; with difficulty; scarcely; hardly.
Scant(n.) Scantness; scarcity.
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.
Scant(superl.) Sparing; parsimonious; chary.
Scant(v. i.) To fail, or become less; to scantle; as, the wind scants.
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.
Scant(v. t.) To cut short; to make small, narrow, or scanty; to curtail.
Scanted(imp. & p. p.) of Scant
Scanting(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Scant
Scantly(adv.) In a scant manner; not fully or sufficiently; narrowly; penuriously.
Scantly(adv.) Scarcely; hardly; barely.
Scantness(n.) The quality or condition of being scant; narrowness; smallness; insufficiency; scantiness.
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