Scanting

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Scant \Scant\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Scanted}; p. pr. & vb. n.
     {Scanting}.]
     1. To limit; to straiten; to treat illiberally; to stint; as,
        to scant one in provisions; to scant ourselves in the use
        of necessaries.
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              Where a man hath a great living laid together and
              where he is scanted.                  --Bacon.
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              I am scanted in the pleasure of dwelling on your
              actions.                              --Dryden.
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     2. To cut short; to make small, narrow, or scanty; to
        curtail. "Scant not my cups." --Shak.
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