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Definitions for: Scant
[v] supply sparingly, with a meager allowance
[v] limit in quality or quantity
[v] work hastily or carelessly; deal with inadequately and superficially
Webster (1913) Definition: 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.
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.
Scant, v. i.
To fail, or become less; to scantle; as, the wind scants.
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.
Scant, n.
Scantness; scarcity. [R.] --T. Carew.
Synonyms: skimp, skimp, stint
See Also: furnish, gloss over, provide, render, restrict, skate over, skimp over, slur over, smooth over, supply, work
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