Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Scant \Scant\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Scanted}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Scanting}.]
   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. To cut short; to make small, narrow, or scanty; to
      curtail. ``Scant not my cups.'' --Shak.