scant

1. Very little, very few.

   After his previous escapades, Mary had scant reason to believe John.

2. Not full, large, or plentiful; scarcely sufficient; scanty; meager; not enough.

   a scant allowance of provisions or water; a scant pattern of cloth for a garment

3. Sparing; parsimonious; chary.

1. To limit in amount or share; to stint.

   to scant someone in provisions; to scant ourselves in the use of necessaries

2. To fail, or become less; to scantle.

   The wind scants.

1. A block of stone sawn on two sides down to the bed level.
2. A sheet of stone.
3. (wood) A slightly thinner measurement of a standard wood size.

noun

Scarcity; lack.

adverb

With difficulty; scarcely; hardly.