Толковый словарь английского языка - scant
Scant
scant
I. adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Old Norse skamt, neuter of skammr short Date: 14th century 1. dialect excessively frugal, not prodigal ; chary , 2. barely or scarcely sufficient, lacking in amplitude or quantity , having a small or insufficient supply , see: meager ~ly adverb ~ness noun II. adverb Date: 15th century scarcely , hardly , III. transitive verb Date: circa 1580 to provide an incomplete supply of, to make small, narrow, or meager, to give ~ attention to ; slight , to provide with a meager or inadequate portion or supply ; stint
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adj. & v. --adj. barely sufficient; deficient (with scant regard for the truth; scant of breath). --v.tr. archaic provide (a supply, material, a person, etc.) grudgingly; skimp; stint. Derivatives scantly adv. scantness n. Etymology: ME f. ON skamt neut. of skammr short ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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