scantled

Verb (1)

scantle (third-person singular simple present scantles, present participle scantling, simple past and past participle scantled)

1. (obsolete, transitive) To scant; to be niggardly with; to divide into small pieces; to cut short or down.
   • All their pay / Must your discretion scantle; keep it back.c. 1608-1634, John Webster, Appius and Virginia

Verb (2)

scantle (third-person singular simple present scantles, present participle scantling, simple past and past participle scantled)

1. (intransitive) To be deficient; to fail.
   • That in her scantled banks, though wandring long inclos'd,1622, Michael Drayton, Poly-Olbion, song 24 p. 75

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