| 单词 | to scant out |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto scant out 5. To stint the supply of; to refrain from giving, to withhold; to be niggardly of. Now rare. †to scant out: to dole out sparingly. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > retaining > niggardliness or meanness > be niggardly of [verb (transitive)] pinch?1529 to make dainty of (anything)1555 scant1573 the world > relative properties > quantity > insufficiency > [verb (transitive)] > stint scant1573 want1573 underdose1745 skincha1825 stint1838 skimp1879 the mind > possession > giving > distributing or dealing out > distribute or deal out [verb (transitive)] > sparingly or in small quantities to scant out1573 handful1626 halfpennyworth1676 dole1749 peddle1786 morsel1855 1573 T. Tusser Fiue Hundreth Points Good Husbandry (new ed.) f. 2v This tree..whose fruit to none is scanted, in house nor yet in fyeld. 1608 W. Shakespeare King Lear i. 269 You haue obedience scanted . View more context for this quotation a1616 W. Shakespeare Comedy of Errors (1623) ii. ii. 81 What he hath scanted them in haire, hee hath giuen them in wit. View more context for this quotation a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry V (1623) ii. iv. 47 Doth like a Miser spoyle his Coat, with scanting A little Cloth. View more context for this quotation 1630 W. Davenant Just Italian v. sig. H3 Th'obedience which I scanted to his life, Vnto his memory I'le strictly pay. a1641 T. Heywood & W. Rowley Fortune by Land & Sea (1655) i. ii. 8 What age doth scant me In sprightly vigour, Ile make good in wealth. 1689 R. Milward Selden's Table-talk 20 When Constantine became Christian, he so fell in love with the Clergy, that he let them be Judges of all things, but that continued not above three or four Years,..and then..all Jurisdiction belonged to him, and he scanted them out as much as he pleased. 1768 H. Walpole Mysterious Mother (1791) v. i. 74 Oft as they scant obedience to the church. 1846 R. Browning Let. in Lett. R. Browning & E. B. Barrett (1899) I. 392 I cannot undervalue my own treasure and so scant the only tribute of mere gratitude which is in my power to pay. < as lemmas |
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