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SCANT Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster
verb ; 1 · to provide an incomplete supply of ; 2 · to make small, narrow, or meager ; 3 · to give scant attention to : slight ; 4 · to provide with a meager or ...
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SCANTING Synonyms: 17 Similar and Opposite Words
Synonyms for SCANTING: sparing, conserving, skimping (on), stinting (on), preserving, doling out, nursing, rationing (out); Antonyms of SCANTING: pouring, ...
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scanting, adj. meanings, etymology and more
The earliest known use of the adjective scanting is in the early 1600s. OED's earliest evidence for scanting is from 1613, in the writing of Nicholas Breton, ...
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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...
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Scant - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms - Vocabulary.com
Scant is an adjective that means "a tiny amount," like your scant attendance at practice this week that results in being benched from the big game.
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scanting, n. meanings, etymology and more | Oxford English Dictionary
There is one meaning in OED's entry for the noun scanting. See 'Meaning & use' for definition, usage, and quotation evidence.
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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
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scanting - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
scanting. present participle and gerund of scant. Anagrams. edit · cantings, stancing · Categories: English non-lemma forms · English verb forms.
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SCANT | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary
very little and not enough: He pays scant attention to the needs of his children. scant regard for the truth almost: Add a scant half litre (= almost half a ...
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scant, scanting, scanted, scants- WordWeb dictionary definition
Work hastily or carelessly; deal with inadequately and superficially "The contractor scanted on the building materials, compromising the structure's integrity";
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Scanting Definition & Meaning - YourDictionary
Scanting definition: Present participle of scant.
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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...
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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...
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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.
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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,...
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