Scant
Scant , adjective
[Icelandic skamt, neuter of skamr, skammr, short; compare 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.
His sermon was scant, in all, a quarter of an hour.
2.
Sparing; parsimonious; chary.
Be somewhat scanter of your maiden presence.
Scant , transitive verb
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.
I am scanted in the pleasure of dwelling on your actions.
2.
To cut short; to make small, narrow, or scanty; to curtail.
Scant not my cups.
Scant , intransitive verb
To fail, or become less; to scantle; as, the wind scants.
Scant , adverb
In a scant manner; with difficulty; scarcely; hardly. [Obsolete] — Bacon
So weak that he was scant able to go down the stairs.
Scant , noun
Scantness; scarcity. [Rare] — T. Carew