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scant
(encz) | scant,nedostatečný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
Scant
(gcide) | Scant \Scant\, v. i.
To fail, or become less; to scantle; as, the wind scants.
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Scant
(gcide) | Scant \Scant\, adv.
In a scant manner; with difficulty; scarcely; hardly. [Obs.]
--Bacon.
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So weak that he was scant able to go down the stairs.
--Fuller.
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Scant
(gcide) | 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.
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His sermon was scant, in all, a quarter of an hour.
--Ridley.
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2. Sparing; parsimonious; chary.
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Be somewhat scanter of your maiden presence. --Shak.
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Syn: See under Scanty.
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Scant
(gcide) | Scant \Scant\, n.
Scantness; scarcity. [R.] --T. Carew.
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Scant
(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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scant
(wn) | scant
adj 1: 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, scant]
2: limit in quality or quantity [syn: scant, skimp]
3: supply sparingly and with restricted quantities; "sting with
the allowance" [syn: stint, skimp, scant] |
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descant
(encz) | descant,diskant n: Zdeněk Broždescant,protihlas n: Zdeněk Broždescant,soprán n: Zdeněk Brož |
descant on
(encz) | descant on, v: |
discant
(encz) | discant, n: |
scantier
(encz) | scantier,omezenější adj: Zdeněk Brož |
scantiest
(encz) | scantiest,nejomezenější adj: Zdeněk Brožscantiest,nejtěsnější adj: Zdeněk Brož |
scantily
(encz) | scantily,skrovně adv: Zdeněk Brož |
scantily clad
(encz) | scantily clad, adj: |
scantiness
(encz) | scantiness,skrovnost n: Zdeněk Brož |
scantling
(encz) | scantling,hranolek n: Zdeněk Brožscantling,trámek n: Zdeněk Brož |
scantly
(encz) | scantly, |
scantness
(encz) | scantness, |
scanty
(encz) | scanty,nedostatečný adj: josescanty,omezený adj: Zdeněk Brož |
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