Definition of scant

• 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.
• superl. - Sparing; parsimonious; chary.
• 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.
• v. t. - To cut short; to make small, narrow, or scanty; to curtail.
• v. i. - To fail, or become less; to scantle; as, the wind scants.
• adv. - In a scant manner; with difficulty; scarcely; hardly.
• n. - Scantness; scarcity.