"scantling" meaning in All languages combined

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      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "",
        "3": "-ling"
      },
      "expansion": "+ -ling",
      "name": "suffix"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "fro",
        "3": "escantillon",
        "4": "",
        "5": "sample pattern"
      },
      "expansion": "Old French escantillon (“sample pattern”)",
      "name": "uder"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Alteration of scantillon + -ling, from Old French escantillon (“sample pattern”) (Modern French échantillon). Later senses also influenced by similarity with scant.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "more scantling",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "most scantling",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "scantling (comparative more scantling, superlative most scantling)",
      "name": "en-adj"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "scant‧ling"
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1652, Edward Benlowes, Theophila:",
          "text": "Heav'ns Glorie to atchieve, what scantling Span Hath the frail Pilgrimage of Man!",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Not plentiful; small; scanty."
      ]
    }
  ],
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    },
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  "wikipedia": [
    "scantling"
  ],
  "word": "scantling"
}