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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.
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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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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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