What is the name meaning of SCARCE. Phrases containing SCARCE
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Girl/Female
French
Jasmine.
Girl/Female
Hebrew
God's favor.
Boy/Male
American, British, English, Irish
King's Doorkeeper; Stranger; Variant of Dorran Stranger
Surname or Lastname
English (East Midlands)
English (East Midlands) : from the Middle English personal name Thurmond, Old Norse þormundr, composed of the elements þórr, name of the Norse god of thunder (see Thor) + mundr ‘protection’. Reaney and Wilson suggest that, Thurmond having been an uncommon personal name, this surname may also represent the commoner name Thurmod, Thormod with the second element derived from Old Norse móþr ‘mind’, ‘courage’, but assimilated to -mund (a common second element in other compound names).German (Thurmann) : habitational name for someone from a place called Thur (see Thur).German (Thurmann) : occupational name for a watchman, from Middle Low German torn(e)man (torn(e) ‘tower’) or Middle High German turn, turm ‘tower’ + man ‘man’.Respelling of Jewish (from Ukraine) Turman, a nickname from Yiddish turman ‘inconstant man’.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Holliman.
Girl/Female
American, Australian, British, Christian, English, German, Greek
A Fern Plant; Darling; Feather
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian, Tamil
Name of Lord Muruga
Boy/Male
Tamil
Girl/Female
Armenian, Australian, British, Danish, Dutch, English, French, German, Greek, Swedish
Auspicious Speech; Good Repute; Sweet Spoken
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Pyle.
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SCARCE
adv.
Scarcely. See Unnethe.
adv.
Scarcely; hardly; barely.
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.
a.
Expanding into a flat, circular border at top, with scarcely any tube; as, a wheel-shaped corolla.
adv.
Frugally; penuriously.
v.
The uniform beating of a drum with strokes so rapid as scarcely to be distinguished by the ear.
n.
The quality or condition of being scarce; smallness of quantity in proportion to the wants or demands; deficiency; lack of plenty; short supply; penury; as, a scarcity of grain; a great scarcity of beauties.
adv.
With difficulty; scarcely. See Uneath.
adv.
Not easily; hardly; scarcely.
superl.
Not plentiful or abundant; in small quantity in proportion to the demand; not easily to be procured; rare; uncommon.
adv.
Alt. of Scarcely
n.
Alt. of Scarcity
adv.
Scarcely; hardly.
n.
An offset where a wall or bank of earth, etc., retreats, leaving a shelf or footing.
adv.
With difficulty; hardly; scantly; barely; but just.
v. i.
To beat a drum with strokes so rapid that they can scarcely be distinguished by the ear.
superl.
Scantily supplied (with); deficient (in); -- with of.
a.
To use frugally or stintingly, as that which is scarce or valuable; to retain or keep unused; to save.
superl.
Sparing; frugal; parsimonious; stingy.
adv.
In a scant manner; with difficulty; scarcely; hardly.