Dictionary

Very little, very few.

Example: After his previous escapades, Mary had scant reason to believe John.

Not full, large, or plentiful; scarcely sufficient; scanty; meager; not enough.

Example: a scant allowance of provisions or water; a scant pattern of cloth for a garment

Sparing; parsimonious; chary.

To limit in amount or share; to stint.

Example: to scant someone in provisions; to scant ourselves in the use of necessaries

To fail, or become less; to scantle.

Example: The wind scants.

A block of stone sawn on two sides down to the bed level.

A sheet of stone.

(wood) A slightly thinner measurement of a standard wood size.

Scarcity; lack.

With difficulty; scarcely; hardly.