SCANT (2)

scant (2). Scant, a. narrow, scanty; ad. scarcely, hardly

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