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scantle

scantle


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Scantle  \Scan"tle\,  v.  i.  [Dim.  of  scant,  v.] 
  To  be  deficient;  to  fail  [Obs.]  --Drayton. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Scantle  \Scan"tle\,  v.  t.  [OF.  escanteler  eschanteler  to  break 
  into  contles;  pref.  es-  (L.  ex)  +  cantel,  chantel,  corner, 
  side  piece.  Confused  with  E.  scant.  See  {Cantle}.] 
  To  scant;  to  be  niggard  of  to  divide  into  small  pieces;  to 
  cut  short  or  down  [Obs.] 
 
  All  their  pay  Must  your  discretion  scantle;  keep  it 
  back  --J.  Webster.