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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Scant a. [Compar. Scanter superl. Scantest.]
 1. Not full, large, or plentiful; scarcely sufficient; less than is wanted for the purpose; scanty; meager; not enough; as, a scant allowance of provisions or water; a scant pattern of cloth for a garment.
    His sermon was scant, in all, a quarter of an hour.   --Ridley.
 2. Sparing; parsimonious; chary.
    Be somewhat scanter of your maiden presence.   --Shak.
 Syn: -- See under Scanty.