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Definition of Scantle
1. v. i. To be deficient; to fail.
2. v. t. To scant; to be niggard of; to divide into small pieces; to cut short or down.
Definition of Scantle
1. to stint [v SCANTLED, SCANTLING, SCANTLES] - See also: stint
Lexicographical Neighbors of Scantle
Literary usage of Scantle
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Dictionary of Architecture and Building, Biographical, Historical, and by Russell Sturgis (1901)
"RS scantle A gauge by which slates are cut to the proper length. SCANTLING. A.
In carpenter work, the measurements of timber in its breadth and thickness, ..."
2. Publications by English Dialect Society (1875)
"scantle SLATE. Very small roofing slates, hung to laths by wooden pins and pointed
inside ... From a bill, 1807 : "To 50 scantle Slate is.$d." SCANTLINGS. ..."
3. A Dictionary of the English Language by Samuel Johnson, John Walker, Robert S. Jameson (1828)
"Ta scantle, (skan'-tl) ». n. To be deficient ; to fall. ... To scantle, (skan-tl) ».
o. To divide into little pieces. ..."
4. The Mechanic's Companion, Or, The Elements and Practice of Carpentry by Peter Nicholson (1842)
"scantle, is a gauge by which slates are regulated to their ... SORTING is the
regulating of slates to their proper length by means of the scantle. ..."
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