Scant"ling (?), a. [See Scant, a.]
Not plentiful; small; scanty.
[Obs.]
Jer. Taylor.
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Scant"ling, n. [Cf. OF. eschantillon, F. 'echantillon, a sample, pattern, example. In some senses confused with scant insufficient. See Scantle, v. t.]
1.
A fragment; a bit; a little piece.
Specifically: (a)
A piece or quantity cut for a special purpose; a sample.
[Obs.]
Such as exceed not this scantling; -- to be solace to the sovereign and harmless to the people.
Bacon.
A pretty scantling of his knowledge may taken by his deferring to be baptized so many years.
Milton.
(b)
A small quantity; a little bit; not much
. [Obs.]
Reducing them to narrow scantlings.
Jer. Taylor.
2.
A piece of timber sawed or cut of a small size, as for studs, rails, etc.
3.
The dimensions of a piece of timber with regard to its breadth and thickness; hence, the measure or dimensions of anything.
4.
A rough draught; a rude sketch or outline.
5.
A frame for casks to lie upon; a trestle.
Knight.
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