Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Barely; scarcely.
  • Neat; elegant; slender.
  • Short; scanty.
  • To jag; indent; denticulate.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Neat; handsome; elegant. See gimp.
  • adjective Slender; trim.
  • adjective Scant; barely enough.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective dated, Scotland and N England neat; trim; delicate; slender; handsome; spruce; elegant.
  • adjective dated, Scotland and N England scant; barely sufficient.

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