·noun Scantness; scarcity.
II. Scant ·superl Sparing; parsimonious; chary.
III. Scant ·adv In a scant manner; with difficulty; scarcely; hardly.
IV. Scant ·vi To fail, or become less; to Scantle; as, the wind scants.
V. Scant ·vt To cut short; to make small, narrow, or scanty; to Curtail.
VI. Scant ·vt To Limit; to Straiten; to treat illiberally; to Stint; as, to scant one in provisions; to scant ourselves in the use of necessaries.
VII. Scant ·superl 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.