scantle

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈskæntəl/

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Etymology 1

Old French escanteler, eschanteler.

Verb

scantle (third-person singular simple present scantles, present participle scantling, simple past and past participle scantled)

1. (obsolete, transitive) To scant; to be niggardly with; to divide into small pieces; to cut short or down.
   • c. 1608-1634, John Webster, Appius and Virginia

     All their pay / Must your discretion scantle; keep it back.

Etymology 2

From scant +‎ -le.

Verb

scantle (third-person singular simple present scantles, present participle scantling, simple past and past participle scantled)

1. (intransitive) To be deficient; to fail.
   • 1622, Michael Drayton, Poly-Olbion, song 24 p. 75:

     That in her scantled banks, though wandring long inclos'd,

Noun

scantle (plural scantles)

1. A gauge for measuring slates.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “scantle”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Anagrams

• Lancets, Stancel, cantels, cantles, centals, lancets