scantling

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scantling measured size; small or scanty amount; †pattern XVI; small piece of wood, etc. XVII. alt., by assoc. with LING1, of †scantlon gauge (XIII), dimension (XIV), sample (XV), aphetic — OF. escantillon (mod. échantillon sample), alt. of eschandillon, f. medL. *scandalium, -ilium, f. L. scandere climb.

Scantling

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Scantling

a small quantityJohnson, 1755.

Examples : scantling of apples, 1849; of burgundy, 1765; of eloquence, 1704; of food 1835; of geological knowledge, 1876; of paper, 1743; of time, 1665; of wit, 1680.

scantling

views updated May 29 2018

scantling.
1. Piece of timber, the thickness and breadth of which are of small dimensions.

2. As stud.

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