- (v.i.) To fail or become less; to scantle; as, the wind scants.
- (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.
- (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.
- (n.) Scantness; scarcity.
- (superl.) Sparing; parsimonious; chary.
- (adv.) In a scant manner; with difficulty; scarcely; hardly.
- (v.t.) To cut short; to make small, narrow or scanty; to curtail.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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