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third-person singular simple present scantles, present participle scantling, simple past and past participle scantled
(obsolete, transitive) To scant; to be niggardly with; to divide into small pieces; to cut short or down. quotations
All their pay / Must your discretion scantle; keep it back.
c. 1608-1634, John Webster, Appius and Virginia
(intransitive) To be deficient; to fail. quotations examples
That in her scantled banks, though wandring long inclos'd,
1622, Michael Drayton, Poly-Olbion, song 24 p. 75
plural scantles
A gauge for measuring slates. examples