scant
suomi-englanti sanakirjascant englannista suomeksi
pihtailla
pihistellä, kitsastella
tuhria
niukka
Verbi
Substantiivi
scant englanniksi
Not full, large, or plentiful; scarcely sufficient; scanty; meager.
(ux)
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(quote-journal)
Sparing; parsimonious; chary.
(RQ:Shakespeare Hamlet)
(RQ:Shakespeare Antony and Cleopatra)
(RQ:Bacon Essayes)
To fail, or become less; to scantle.
Very little, very few.
(q) ''The failure of this project has scant to do with me.''
A small piece or quantity.
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1846, J T Hackett, ''Ability of the public to make the projected railways'', reprinted in ''The Railway Register Vol. IV'', page 144 https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=MEsFAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA144&dq=%22scant%22
- Even if labour were diverted to a great extent from our grand staple, the cotton manufacture, we are not prepared to admit that the country would be worse off. The worst that could happen in such a case would be, that for a few years, during the inordinate progress of railways, our population would run short of shirts and shifts. If the woollen manufacture be the theme, there would be a scant of coats and petticoats; or if the earthenware manufacture, there must be fewer teapots and pipkins.
A block of stone sawn on two sides down to the bed level.
A sheet of stone.
A slightly thinner measurement of a standard wood size.
With difficulty; scarcely; hardly.
(RQ:Bacon Colours of Good and Evil)
(RQ:Fuller Church History)