"scantling" meaning in All languages combined

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        "3": "escantillon",
        "4": "",
        "5": "sample pattern"
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      "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"
      ]
    }
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      "expansion": "scantling (comparative more scantling, superlative most scantling)",
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  "hyphenation": [
    "scant‧ling"
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
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      ],
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        {
          "ref": "1652, Edward Benlowes, Theophila:",
          "text": "Heav'ns Glorie to atchieve, what scantling Span Hath the frail Pilgrimage of Man!",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
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        "Not plentiful; small; scanty."
      ],
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        [
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          "small"
        ],
        [
          "scanty",
          "scanty"
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        {
          "word": "inadequate"
        },
        {
          "word": "rare"
        }
      ]
    }
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      "ipa": "/ˈskæntlɪŋ/"
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}