"scantle" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈskæntəl/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-scantle.wav [Southern-England] Forms: scantles [plural]
Etymology: scant + -le Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|scant|le}} scant + -le Head templates: {{en-noun}} scantle (plural scantles)
  1. A gauge for measuring slates.
    Sense id: en-scantle-en-noun-VVo400W6 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -le Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 21 43 36 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 30 34 36 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -le: 34 33 33
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Verb

IPA: /ˈskæntəl/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-scantle.wav [Southern-England] Forms: scantles [present, singular, third-person], scantling [participle, present], scantled [participle, past], scantled [past]
Etymology: Old French escanteler, eschanteler. Etymology templates: {{uder|en|fro|escanteler}} Old French escanteler Head templates: {{en-verb}} scantle (third-person singular simple present scantles, present participle scantling, simple past and past participle scantled)
  1. (obsolete, transitive) To scant; to be niggardly with; to divide into small pieces; to cut short or down. Tags: obsolete, transitive
    Sense id: en-scantle-en-verb-Xac~CjHN Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -le, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 21 43 36 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 30 34 36 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -le: 34 33 33
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Verb

IPA: /ˈskæntəl/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-scantle.wav [Southern-England] Forms: scantles [present, singular, third-person], scantling [participle, present], scantled [participle, past], scantled [past]
Etymology: scant + -le Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|scant|le}} scant + -le Head templates: {{en-verb}} scantle (third-person singular simple present scantles, present participle scantling, simple past and past participle scantled)
  1. (intransitive) To be deficient; to fail. Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-scantle-en-verb-hajQRvNo Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -le Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 21 43 36 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 30 34 36 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -le: 34 33 33
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for scantle meaning in English (5.9kB)

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