Hypertext Webster Gateway: "scant"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Scant \Scant\, v. i.
To fail, or become less; to scantle; as, the wind scants.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Scant \Scant\, adv.
In a scant manner; with difficulty; scarcely; hardly. [Obs.]
--Bacon.

So weak that he was scant able to go down the stairs.
--Fuller.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Scant \Scant\, n.
Scantness; scarcity. [R.] --T. Carew.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Scant \Scant\, a. [Compar. {Scanter}; superl. {Scantest}.]
[Icel. skamt, neuter of skamr, skammr, short; cf. 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.
--Ridley.

2. Sparing; parsimonious; chary.

Be somewhat scanter of your maiden presence. --Shak.

Syn: See under {Scanty}.

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 WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

scant
adj : less than the correct or legal or full amount often
deliberately so; "a light pound"; "a scant cup of
sugar"; "regularly gives short weight" [syn: {light}, {scant(p)},
{short}]
v 1: work hastily or carelessly; deal with inadequately and
superficially [syn: {skimp}]
2: limit in quality or quantity [syn: {skimp}]
3: supply sparingly, with a meager allowance [syn: {stint}, {skimp}]


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