What is to cut short; to make small, narrow, or scanty; to curtail. "Scant not my cups." Shak called?
scant — To cut short; to make small, narrow, or scanty; to curtail. "Scant not my cups." Shak. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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