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scantles

scantles is the third-person singular simple present indicative of scantle.

Meaning of scantle

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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Questions about scantles

What is scantles the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Scantles is the third-person singular simple present indicative of scantle.

Words near scantles in the dictionary

  1. scantity
  2. scantle
  3. Scantlebury
  4. Scantleburys
  5. scantled
  6. scantles
  7. scantlet
  8. scantlets
  9. Scantlin
  10. scantling
  11. scantlinged

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