scantling
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The Commandant took the tools from him and easily pried open the lid, for the scantling was light, almost flimsy.
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- noun A very small amount; a modicum.
- noun A small timber used in construction.
- noun The dimensions of a building material, especially the width and thickness of a timber.
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- I found a hiding place in a pile of boards or scantling, where I kept concealed during that day. — Narrative of the Life and Adventures of an American Slave Written by Himself
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[18 Of learning long a scantling was the portion of the Gael Untaught by calculation's art their loss or gain to unveil Though well was seen the Saxon's power their interest to betray But now, to knowledge thanks, the Gael are letter-wise as they Well fare the benefactors who have raised us from the ground Even as were raised from brutal dust our countrymen around Now ignorance shall furl her wing, and while our hopes aspire To all her native darkness she must in despair retire Each nook will have its scholar craft, and high in learning's scale Will mount the inspirations of the language of the Gael Yes!
— The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume V. The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century -
The Commandant took the tools from him and easily pried open the lid, for the scantling was light, almost flimsy.
— Major Vigoureux -
Of learning long a scantling was the portion of the Gael,
— The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume V. The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century -
Of learning long a scantling was the portion of the Gael, vol. v.,
— The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume VI The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century
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- Alteration of Middle English scantlon, scantilon, carpenter's gauge, from Old French escantillon, alteration of *eschandillon, from Late Latin *scandiculum, alteration of scandāculum, ladder, gauge, from Latin scandere, to climb; see skand- in Indo-European roots.
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/ (skăntˈlĭng, -lĭn)/
ahd pronounces "scantling"
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