Vocabulary : Scanting to Scapegallows

Scanting : of Scant
Scantle : To be deficient; to fail. ;; To scant; to be niggard of; to divide into small pieces; to cut short or down.
Scantlet : A small pattern; a small quantity.
Scantling : Not plentiful; small; scanty. ;; A fragment; a bit; a little piece. ;; A piece or quantity cut for a special purpose; a sample. ;; A small quantity; a little bit; not much. ;; A piece of timber sawed or cut of a small size, as for studs, rails, etc. ;; The dimensions of a piece of timber with regard to its breadth and thickness; hence, the measure or dimensions of anything. ;; A rough draught; a rude sketch or outline. ;; A frame for casks to lie upon; a trestle.
Scantly : In a scant manner; not fully or sufficiently; narrowly; penuriously. ;; Scarcely; hardly; barely.

Scantness : The quality or condition of being scant; narrowness; smallness; insufficiency; scantiness.
Scanty : Wanting amplitude or extent; narrow; small; not abundant. ;; Somewhat less than is needed; insufficient; scant; as, a scanty supply of words; a scanty supply of bread. ;; Sparing; niggardly; parsimonious.
Scape : A peduncle rising from the ground or from a subterranean stem, as in the stemless violets, the bloodroot, and the like. ;; The long basal joint of the antennae of an insect. ;; The shaft of a column. ;; The apophyge of a shaft. ;; To escape. ;; An escape. ;; Means of escape; evasion. ;; A freak; a slip; a fault; an escapade. ;; Loose act of vice or lewdness.
Scaped : of Scape
Scapegallows : One who has narrowly escaped the gallows for his crimes.

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