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scanter | canter |

As an adjective scanter

is comparative of scant.

As a noun canter is

a gait of a horse between a trot and a gallop, consisting of three beats and a "suspension" phase, where there are no feet on the ground. Also describing this gait on other four legged animals.

As a verb canter is

to move at such pace.

scanter

English

Adjective

(head)
  • (scant)

    • Anagrams

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    scant

    English

    Adjective

    (er)
  • Very little, very few.
    • "After his previous escapades, Mary had scant reason to believe John."
  • Not full, large, or plentiful; scarcely sufficient; scanty; meager; not enough.
    • a scant''' allowance of provisions or water; a '''scant pattern of cloth for a garment
  • * Ridley
    • His sermon was scant , in all, a quarter of an hour.
  • Sparing; parsimonious; chary.
  • * Shakespeare
    • Be somewhat scanter of your maiden presence.

    Synonyms

    * few, little, slight * (l)

    Antonyms

    * ample, plenty

    Derived terms

    * scanty

    Related terms

    * scantily

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To limit in amount or share; to stint.
    • to scant''' someone in provisions; to '''scant ourselves in the use of necessaries
  • * Shakespeare
    • Scant not my cups.
  • * Francis Bacon
    • where man hath a great living laid together and where he is scanted
  • * Dryden
    • I am scanted in the pleasure of dwelling on your actions.
  • To fail, or become less; to scantle.
    • The wind scants .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (masonry) A block of stone sawn on two sides down to the bed level.
  • (masonry) A sheet of stone.
  • (wood) A slightly thinner measurement of a standard wood size.

    • Quotations

    * (English Citations of "scant")

    Adverb

    (-)
  • With difficulty; scarcely; hardly.
  • * Fuller
    • So weak that he was scant able to go down the stairs.
    (Francis Bacon)

    Anagrams

    * *

    canter

    English

    (wikipedia canter)

    Etymology 1

    Short for Canterbury pace , from the supposed easy pace of medieval pilgrims to Canterbury.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A gait of a horse between a trot and a gallop, consisting of three beats and a "suspension" phase, where there are no feet on the ground. Also describing this gait on other four legged animals.
  • A ride on a horse at such speed.

    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • To move at such pace.
  • To cause to move at a canter; to ride (a horse) at a canter.
    • Derived terms
    * in a canter, at a canter

    Etymology 2

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • One who cants or whines; a beggar.
  • One who makes hypocritical pretensions to goodness; one who uses canting language.
  • * Macaulay
    • The day when he was a canter and a rebel.

    Anagrams

    * ---- ==Jèrriais==

    Verb

    (roa-jer-verb)
  • to list
  • to lean
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