Scantness; scarcity.
Sparing; parsimonious; chary.
In a scant manner; with difficulty; scarcely; hardly.
To fail, or become less; to scantle; as, the wind scants.
To cut short; to make small, narrow, or scanty; to curtail.
To answer in return; to repay; to compensate; to make amends for. Which in weight to reanswer, his pettiness would bow under. Shak.