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ˈscarcen, v. Now dial. (see E.D.D.).
Also 6–7 scarsen.
[f. scarce a. + -en5. Cf. scarce v.]
1. trans. To make meagre or lean.
1594Carew Huarte's Exam. Wits (1616) 329 These three things..scarsen and drie vp the flesh, and their contraries, fatten and enlarge the same.
2. intr. To become scarce.
1803W. Taylor in Ann. Rev. I. 387/2 If drafts abound on a particular place, they tend to sink in value. If drafts scarcen on a particular place, they tend to rise in value. |