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scanter |
1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. 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}.
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