scant
skænt-
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less than the correct or legal or full amount often deliberately so "a light pound","a scant cup of sugar","regularly gives short weight" -
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supply sparingly and with restricted quantities "sting with the allowance" -
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limit in quality or quantity -
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work hastily or carelessly; deal with inadequately and superficially
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In a scant manner; with difficulty; scarcely; hardly. "So weak that he was scant able to go down the stairs." -
Scant
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." -
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Scantness; scarcity. -
Scant
Sparing; parsimonious; chary. "Be somewhat scanter of your maiden presence." -
Scant
To cut short; to make small, narrow, or scanty; to curtail. "Scant not my cups." -
Scant
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."
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Short in quantity; scarcely sufficient; rather less than is wanted for the purpose; not enough; scanty: as, a scant allowance of provisions or water; a scant piece of cloth for a garment. -
scant
Sparing; parsimonious; chary. -
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Having a limited or scanty supply; scarce; short: with of. -
scant
Nautical, of the wind, coming from a direction such that a ship will barely lie her course even when close-hauled. -
(n)
scant
Scarcity; scantiness; lack. -
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Scarcely; hardly. -
scant
Scantily; sparingly. -
scant
To put on scant allowance; limit; stint: as, to scant one in provisions or necessaries. -
scant
To make small or scanty; diminish; cut short or down. -
scant
To be niggard or sparing of; begrudge; keep back. -
scant
Nautical, of the wind, to become less favorable; blow in such a direction as to hinder a vessel from continuing on her course even when close-hauled.
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skant not full or plentiful; scarcely sufficient: deficient -
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Scant
scarcity: lack -
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Scant
scarcely: scantily -
(v.t., v.i)
Scant
to limit: to stint: to begrudge
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary Icel. skamt, neuter of skamr, skammr, short; cf. skamta, to dole out, to portion
Geo-engineering wins scant enthusiasm at UN climate talks. chicagotribune.com
The Conservative government has made changes to environmental protection laws but there are scant details on what regulations will replace them. vancouversun.com
Geo -engineering wins scant enthusiasm at UN climate talks. chicagotribune.com
To make a ghost , use a scant tablespoon of frosting from second can for each bar. hsv.com
Admiral Ackbar "backlash" a joke : evidence of anti-Ackbar effort scant. sfgate.com
Jupiter 's disk diameter – which is now 48.5 arc seconds – is large, considering it was scant 33 or 34 arc seconds across just last summer. ashingtonpost.com
In the footage, he clashes with 'Reservoir Dogs' actor Michael Madsen, who plays the father of his girlfriend, the latter of which we meet in a scant few flashbacks. mix941kmxj.com
Osprey used lessons and materials from its hardcore backpacking line to create the lightest fully-featured carry-on on the market, at a scant four pounds. mensjournal.com
Peter Gabriel strolled onto the stage at HP Pavilion on Tuesday with the house lights still glaring and the upper tier of the arena empty save for a scant few concertgoers sprinkled throughout the vast space. sfbg.com
Pontiac estimates the GXP will hustle to 60 mph in a scant 4.7 seconds. roadandtrack.com
The Surreal Estate of Dorothea Tanning: Late Painter's Pad Sells For $5.5 M. Brookfield CEO J Bruce Flatt Flees Tribeca Loft for Scant Profit. observer.com
Their twisted twigs provide scant relief from the sun, and their roots leach precious water. dallasnews.com
Mechanical details are scant, but the company did reveal a few basics. automobilemag.com
Findings by Stanford University researchers that there is scant nutritional difference between organic and conventionally grown produce, and that they are similarly safe to eat, isn't really surprising. standardspeaker.com
With elections only a scant three weeks away on November 8th, experts are predicting a very lackluster turnout. nj1015.com
So far the observational evidence for pinched or twisted fields near young stars is scant, although there are possible detections toward W3 (Greaves, Murray, & Holland 1994), Mon R2 (Greaves, Holland, & Murray 1995), and a number of other cloud cores (Greaves & Holland 1998).
Magnetic Field Morphology of Orion-IRc2 from 86 GHz SiO Maser Polarization Images
In particular, we look at correlations with higher-J yrast states, which with few exceptions have been paid scant attention so far.
A new puzzle for random interaction
One of the possible reasons why scant attention has been focused on longest paths is that, while shortest paths can be determined in polynomial time, longest path identification is an NP-complete problem (e.g. ).
Random and Longest Paths: Unnoticed Motifs of Complex Networks
Still, given their scant numbers in other galaxies, we expect the missing number of WNs to be a few percent of the total number of WRs.
The Wolf-Rayet Content of M31
There is scant evidence for any such relation, but we might assume β = 1 and attempt to estimate α as follows.
Testing Closed String Field Theory with Marginal Fields
The Colonel had but scant sympathy with lovers; they so rarely had any discrimination. "A Venetian June" by
Two scant cups sugar, two eggs, one-half cup sour cream or sour milk, one teaspoonful soda, season with nutmeg, flour enough to roll out. "The Community Cook Book" by
For these exercises we then had scant respect. "From Sail to Steam, Recollections of Naval Life" by
He paid scant attention to the boys, but left them to their own devices. "The Young Bank Messenger" by
The autumn breeze stirred his snow-white hair, his scant gray beard. "Blue Ridge Country" by
Colonel Hector A. Macdonald alone seems as yet to have had extended to him scant military recognition of his invaluable services. "Khartoum Campaign, 1898" by
Stanley was devoutly religious while Rhodes paid scant attention to the spiritual side. "An African Adventure" by
Such a fright have I had this morrow, I may scantly hold my pen. "Joyce Morrell's Harvest" by
They received scant consideration of their protest. "A German Pompadour" by
They received but scant courtesy and usually a vicious peck tumbled them off the branch. "Edge of the Jungle" by
For sorrowe and for eare;
When lo! instead of that lothelye dame,
Hee sawe a young ladye faire.
And brent my bower, and slew my knight;
And trembling hid in mans array,
I scant with life escap'd away.
With wind alone the branches move,
And though the leaves be scant above
The Autumn shall not shame us.
Although the verse be somewhat scant,
God doth supplie the want.
As when th' heart sayes (sighing to be approved)
O, could I love! and stops; God writeth, Loved.
Is it where he by chance is born?
Doth not the yearning spirit scorn
In such scant borders to be spanned?
Oh yes! his fatherland must be
As the blue heaven wide and free!
Their sadness seemed to chide me, when I gave you scant replies;
You asked "Did I remember?" and "When had I ceased to care?"
In vain you fanned the ember, for the love flame was not there.