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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Scant \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.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Where a man hath a great living laid together and
              where he is scanted.                  --Bacon.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              I am scanted in the pleasure of dwelling on your
              actions.                              --Dryden.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. To cut short; to make small, narrow, or scanty; to
        curtail. ``Scant not my cups.'' --Shak.
        [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Scant \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.
  
              Where a man hath a great living laid together and
              where he is scanted.                  --Bacon.
  
              I am scanted in the pleasure of dwelling on your
              actions.                              --Dryden.
  
     2. To cut short; to make small, narrow, or scanty; to
        curtail. ``Scant not my cups.'' --Shak.

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  scanting
     vb.
     (present participle of en scant nocat=1)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  scanting
     vb.
     (present participle of en scant nocat=1)

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  scanting
     vb.
     (present participle of en scant nocat=1)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  scanting
     vb.
     (present participle of en scant nocat=1)

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  scanting
     Engelska a.
     (avledning en scant ordform=prespart)
     Engelska vb.
     (böjning en verb scant)

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ara ]

  Scanting /skˈantɪŋ/
  التحديد

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  scanting /skˈantɪŋ/
  knausernd
     Synonym: being tight
  
   see: be tight with, scant, been tight, scanted, is tight, scants, was tight, scanted
  

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