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scanting
ˈscanting, ppl. a. [f. scant v. + -ing2.] † a. Inclined to be sparing or niggardly; chary in giving or bestowing. Obs.1613 Uncasing of Machiav. 22 At such a time of care friends are scanting. 1674 J. B[rian] Harv. Home iv. 25 Gods hand in pouring forth will not be scanting. b. Decreasing, diminishin... Oxford English Dictionary
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Pantsing
Pantsing, also known as depantsing, debagging, dacking, flagging, sharking, and scanting is the act of pulling down a person's trousers and sometimes underpants wikipedia.org
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descanting
▪ I. descanting, vbl. n. (dɪˈskæntɪŋ) [f. as prec. + -ing1.] The action of the vb. descant: a. singing in ‘descant’; b. commenting, disquisition.1538 Starkey England i. iv. 137 Our Curyouse dyscantyng and conteryng [printed canteryng] in Churchys. 1561 J. Daus tr. Bullinger on Apoc. (1573) 12 A wond... Oxford English Dictionary
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scant
▪ I. scant, n. Obs. exc. dial. (skænt) Also 4–7 skant, 5–6 scante, 6 skaunte. [a. ON. skamt (neut. adj. used absol.): see scant a.] 1. Scanty supply; dearth, scarcity.a 1350 S. Andrew 274 in Horstm. Altengl. Leg. (1881) 7 When þai saw it skarsli spring, þan hopid þai to haue skant of corn And of fru... Oxford English Dictionary
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Wardensville, West Virginia
The first trustees of the town were James Scanting, Samuel Fry, John Pierce, Simon Switzer, and James W. Baker. wikipedia.org
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plenty
plenty, n. (a., adv.) (ˈplɛntɪ) Forms: see below. [ME. plenteð, plenteth, plenté, a. OF. plentet (12th c. in Oxf. Ps.), plented, plenté, -teit, nom. -tez, pleynte, mod.F. dial. plenté, pleinté:—L. plēnitāt-em fullness, f. plēn-us full: see -ty.] A. Illustration of Forms. (α) 3 plenteð, 4–6 plenteth,... Oxford English Dictionary
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Bibliography of John Adams
published the first major biography to use these previously inaccessible primary sources; his biography won a 1962 Bancroft Prize but was criticized for its scanting wikipedia.org
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Forward air control during the Vietnam War
The USAF was scanting and diluting the requirement that all FACs be qualified fighter pilots by this time, in its effort to supply the demand. wikipedia.org
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miser
▪ I. miser, a. and n.1 (ˈmaɪzə(r)) Also 6 myser, myzer, 7 mizer. β. 6–7 misard, 9 dial. miserd, misert, etc. [a. L. miser wretched, unfortunate. The β forms are due to association with the suffix -ard. Sp. and It. misero have, like the Eng. word, the two meanings of (1) wretched, (2) avaricious.] † ... Oxford English Dictionary
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projection
▪ I. projection, n. (prəʊˈdʒɛkʃən) [ad. L. prōjectiōn-em a throwing forward, extension, projection, n. of action f. prōjicĕre, or a. F. projection (13– 14th c. in Hatz.-Darm.): see project ppl. a.] I. 1. The action of projecting; the fact of being projected; throwing or casting forth or forward; imp... Oxford English Dictionary
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victual
▪ I. victual, n. (ˈvɪt(ə)l) Forms: α. 4–6 vitaile (4 -aille), vitayle (5 -aylle), 5 vitayll, 5–6 -ail(l; 4–6 vytayle (5–6 -aylle, 5 Sc. wytaylle), 5–6 vytaile (5 -aille), 5 -ayl(l; 4–5 vetaille (4 -aile), 5 vetayle, 6 -ayll; 5 Sc. wittail(e, -aill, wytaill, 6 vittayle, -aile, 6–7 vittail; 5 Sc. wict... Oxford English Dictionary
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cloth
▪ I. cloth, n. (klɒθ, -ɔː-) Forms: 1 cláð, 1–4 claþ, 3 cloð, 4 cloþ, 4– cloth, (4 cloþt, 4–5 cloþe, clooþ, clooth, 5 cloiþ, 4–7 clothe, 6–8 cloath). North. 3–5 clath, 4–5 klath, clathe; Sc. 5–6 clayth, -t, 5– claith. Also 4 cleth. [OE. cláþ, corresp. to OFr. klâth, klâd, klêth (mod.Fris. Saterl. klâ... Oxford English Dictionary
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