Crossword-Solution: SCANTLE
Dictionary
| Word | Word Type | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| Scantle | v. i. | To be deficient; to fail. |
| Scantle | v. t. | To scant; to be niggard of; to divide into small pieces; to cut short or down. |
Anagrams
| Word | Anagrams | |
|---|---|---|
| SCANTLE | anagram | CANTLES, CENTALS, LANCETS |
We have 3 clues for the answer “SCANTLE”
| Clue | Answers |
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| Divide in small portions: Rare. | 1 answer |
| GAUGE to measure slate | 1 answer |
| STUD timber | 1 answer |
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Poet’s word, with inverted comma, for the end of the day
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Hint 1 meaning
The old plural of Eye.
Hint 2 anagram
ENE
Hint 3 another clue
AND STILL ___
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Sentences with SCANTLE (4)
Will you let us take the scantle, and the rig of it, your honor?” “By all means, if you can do so, my friend; but what have you to do it with?” “Hold on a bit, Sir, and you shall see.” With these words Bob clapped a piece of soft York bread into the hollow of his broad brown palm, moistened it with sugary dregs of ale, such as that good city loves, and kneading it firmly with some rapid flits of thumb, tempered and enriched it nobly with the mellow juice of quid.
Asaph Scantle, no longer ago than day before yesterday, after hearin' that things wasn't goin' very well with me, recommended me to marry you, and agreed that he would do his level best, by day and by night, to help me git you, if I would give him a suit of clothes, an umbrella, and a dictionary." At this Mrs.
Scantle, it's very hard." Asaph stood for a moment looking at a little bed of zinnias by the side of the door-step.
Since Asaph Scantle had married and settled he had not seen his sister nor spoken to her; but he determined that on so joyful an occasion as this he would show no resentment.
Where this answer appears
Appears in: NYT.
Used 1 time in crossword archives (1951).