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Scanting
(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.
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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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Descanting
(gcide) | Descant \Des*cant"\ (d[e^]s*k[a^]nt"), v. i. [imp. & p. p.
Descanted; p. pr. & vb. n. Descanting.] [From descant;
n.; or directly fr. OF. descanter, deschanter; L. dis- +
cantare to sing.]
1. To sing a variation or accomplishment.
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2. To comment freely; to discourse with fullness and
particularity; to discourse at large.
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A virtuous man should be pleased to find people
descanting on his actions. --Addison.
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