Scant

skant, adj. not full or plentiful; scarcely sufficient: deficient.— n. scarcity: lack.— adv. scarcely: scantily.— v.t. and v.i. to limit: to stint: to begrudge.— adv. Scan′tily .— ns. Scan′tine ; Scan′-tity ( obs. ).— adv. Scant′ly , not fully or sufficiently, scarcely: narrowly: penuriously: scantily.— ns. Scant′ne , the condition or quality of being scant: smallne : insufficiency; Scant′-of-grace , a good-for-nothing fellow: a scapegrace.— adj. Scant′y , scant, not copious or full: hardly sufficient: wanting extent: narrow: small. [Ice. skamt , short, narrow, neut. of skammr , short.]