scantle

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Verb

scantle (scantles, present participle scantling; 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.

Verb

scantle (scantles, present participle scantling; past and past participle scantled)

1. (intransitive) To be deficient; to fail.

   • That in her scantled banks, though wand'ring long inclos'd,

Noun

scantle (plural scantles)

1. A gauge for measuring slates.

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