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Definition of Scanted
1. scant [v] - See also: scant
Lexicographical Neighbors of Scanted
Literary usage of Scanted
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Chronological History of the West Indies by Thomas Southey (1827)
"... that the slaves are " scanted and overworked," it follows, that the miseries
of the slaves from this cause have at all times been enormously great. ..."
2. The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the by Richard Hakluyt (1904)
"Three canoas of Portugals £íf Indians. THE ENGLISH VOYAGES winde scanted : then
we went in ... scanted ..."