Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To become less; fail; be or become deficient.
- To make less; lessen; draw in.
- To cut up or divide into small pieces; partition.
- To cut down or cut short; scant.
- noun A gage by which slates are regulated to their proper length.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- intransitive verb obsolete To be deficient; to fail.
- transitive verb obsolete To scant; to be niggard of; to divide into small pieces; to cut short or down.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb obsolete, transitive To
scant ; to beniggardly with; to divide into small pieces; to cut short or down.
Etymologies
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
Old French escanteler, eschanteler.
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Examples
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Will you let us take the scantle, and the rig of it, your honor?”
Mary Anerley Richard Doddridge 2004
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Will you let us take the scantle, and the rig of it, your honor? "
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