Meaning of scantle | Babel Free

Definitions

1. To scant; to be niggardly with; to divide into small pieces; to cut short or down.
   obsolete, transitive
2. To be deficient; to fail.
   intransitive

Examples

“c. 1608-1634, John Webster, Appius and Virginia All their pay / Must your discretion scantle; keep it back.”

“That in her scantled banks, though wandring long inclos'd,”

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