scant1ly

[Eng.scanty; -ly.] 1. In a scanty manner or degree; not plentifully. 2. Sparingly, grudgingly. scănt'-I-ne , s . [English scanty; -ne .] The quality or state of being scanty or scant; narrow. ne ; want of size, extent, or abundance; insuf ficiency, shortne , scantne . "Supplying the defect of a scantine of dre ."-Reynolds: Art of Painting , Note 212. *scănt'-1-ty, *scant-i-tie, s. [Eng.scant; -ity.] Scantine , scantne , deficiency, scarcity. *scăn-tle (1), v. i. & t . [Eng. scant ; frequent. suff.-le.] A. In trans.: To become scant or deficient; to fail. B. Trans.: To scant; to cut short or down; to be niggard of; to grudge. "The soaring kite there scantled his large wings, And to the ark the hovering castril brings." Drayton: Noah's Ark . *scăn-tle (2), v . t . [O. Fr. eschanteler , from es (Lat. ex-)=out, and cantel=a corner, a cantle (q. v.).] To divide into small pieces. "The Pope's territories will, within a century, be scan tled out among the great powers who have now a footing in Italy."-Chesterfield. scăn'-tle, s . [Cf. scan til one , and Norw.skant=a measuring rod.] A gauge by which slates are regu. lated to their proper length. *scănt-lět, s. [SCANTLE (1), r.) A small pat tern, sample, or piece; a fragment. "While the world was but thin, the ages of mankind were longer; and as the world grew fuller, so their lives were succe ively reduced to a sho Orig. of Mankind, shorter scantlet." - Hale: