What is the meaning of SCAN. Phrases containing SCAN
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n.
Scantness; scarcity.
a.
Somewhat less than is needed; insufficient; scant; as, a scanty supply of words; a scanty supply of bread.
a.
Of or pertaining to the Scansores. See Illust.. under Aves.
a.
Not plentiful; small; scanty.
n.
The act of scanning; distinguishing the metrical feet of a verse by emphasis, pauses, or otherwise.
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Scant
n.
The quality or condition of being scant; narrowness; smallness; insufficiency; scantiness.
adv.
In a scant manner; with difficulty; scarcely; hardly.
n.
Quality or condition of being scanty.
adv.
In a scant manner; not fully or sufficiently; narrowly; penuriously.
adv.
In a scanty manner; not fully; not plentifully; sparingly; parsimoniously.
v. t.
To limit; to straiten; to treat illiberally; to stint; as, to scant one in provisions; to scant ourselves in the use of necessaries.
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.
n.
A rare metallic element of the boron group, whose existence was predicted under the provisional name ekaboron by means of the periodic law, and subsequently discovered by spectrum analysis in certain rare Scandinavian minerals (euxenite and gadolinite). It has not yet been isolated. Symbol Sc. Atomic weight 44.
v. t.
To cut short; to make small, narrow, or scanty; to curtail.
v. t.
To scant; to be niggard of; to divide into small pieces; to cut short or down.
a.
Capable of climbing; as, the woodpecker is a scansorial bird; adapted for climbing; as, a scansorial foot.
imp. & p. p.
of Scant
v. i.
To fail, or become less; to scantle; as, the wind scants.
n.
A native or inhabitant of Scandinavia.
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