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Show 1. No i Vet feantly meafures what T fhall po! 'd';s.r Disyde plentiful; fcarce ; lefs than wha prOPC o L‘()IHPC(CXH' nefs; meannefs ; {fmallnefs the colour He was a man fierce, and of no evil difpofition and the fize To find out, that owance of ftar-light Sca'~ty Would over-tafk the beft land-pilot's art. not liberal; not parfimoni "From this time . Be fomewhat fcanter of your maiden prefence SCANT ly akelpeare adv. [from theadjeQtive.] Scarcehardly Obfolete The' people, befide their travail, charge, an long attendance, received of the bankers fean twenty fhillings for thirty Camden's Remains We feant read in any writer, that there hav been fcen any people upon the fouth coaft Abbot's Defeript. of the World A wild pamphlet, befides other malignities would feant allow him to be a gentleman. Wotton O'er yonder hill does frunt the dawn appear Sca'NTiLY adv Gay [from feansy. 2. Sparingly; niggardly 7. /i [from foanty. o fpace compafs. wan o Virgil has fometimes two of them in a line but the feantinefs of our heroick verfe is not capable of receiving more than one Diyden 2. Want of amplitude or greatnefs; wan of liberality Alexander was much troubled at the fizntingf of nature itfclf, that therec were no more world for him to d'fturb South ScA'NTFLET. 7. /o [corrupted, as it feems from feantling.] A fmall pattern; fmall quantity; a little piece Whil the worl wa but thin, the ages o mankind were longer; and as the world gre fuller, fo their lives were {fucceBlively reduce to a fhorter feantlet, 'till they came to that tim of life which they now have Hale SCA'NTLING cza tellino L #. [i [efchantillon French Italian. quantity cut for a particular purpofe Tis hard to fiod out a woman that's of a jul ting for her age, humour, and for tune, t make a wife of 2. A certain proportion The fuccefs Although particular, fhall give a fean Of good or bad unto the general Stakefpeare 5. A fimall quantity Reduc proportions defires to narro feantlings and final ‘IJz.'.)'/yr'.: Rule of living holy A feantling of wit lay gafping for life, an groaning beneath a heap of rabbifh Dryden In this narrdw feantling of capacity, we enjo but one plealure at once ocke SCA'NTLY. adv. [from feant. 1. Scarcely; hardly. Obfolete England, in the opinion of the popes, wa preferred, becaufe it contained in the ecclefiaftical divifio their fcvera Jeantly one 2. Narrowly plitude tw large provinces /legati nati thought foaninef wherea of eftat 1/(1_3,":(‘(1&/ the miferable f.;un!v; : q 1 edi Narrow [The fame with fant. fmall wantin dmplim:lc whic Franc ha ha Camden's Remains penurioufly; withou My eager love, I'll give myfelf the lye The very hope is a full happinefs am up higher to the brea a d Jeapula %c.&:PUL.&R. }m/j. [ f pulaire, B Sca PULARY. § feapula, L t] belonging to the fhouiders The humours difperfe throy of thic axillary artery to the fmfig the brarhe .'llary brancheg Th As long as on ca increafe th number h will think the idea he hath a litcle too feanty fo pofitive infinity His dominion fo b Locle wer very narro and Sfranty had not the poficffion of a foo o land 'till lie bought a field of the fons of Heth. Zacke Now feantier limits the proud arch confine And fcarc o are feen the proftrate Nile and Rhine A fimall Euphrates through the picce is roli'd And little cagles wave their wings in gold Pope 2. Small poor not copious; no Their language bein dated only to the fe ample franty, and accommoneceflaries of a need fimple life, had no word thoufand in it to ftand for Locke 3. Sparing Woodrward niggardly ; parfimonious In illuftrating a point of difficulty, be not to Jeanty of words, but rather become copious i your language Walts They with fuch fcanty wages pa The bondage and the flavery of years wwift 70 ScAPE. w. a. [contracted from cfeape. To efcape; to mifs not to incur; to fly to avoid ; to fhun What, have I feaped love-letters in the holyday time of my beauty, and am I now a fubje fo the S/)a/aej;'n'.'zre I doubt not but to die a fair death, if 1 feap hanging What can '/iepe the ey Shakefpear Of God all-feeing 70 SCAPE. @, n or danger DMilton To get away from hur Could they not fall unpity'd on the plain But flain revive and taken, feape again ? Dryd Scarg. n. /i [from the verb. to Efcape; flight from hurt or danger the act of declining or running fro danger; accident of fafety I fpoke of moft difaft'rous chances Of hair-breadth frapes in th' imminen breach 2. Means of efcape; evafion Having purpos' Can have no way bu Vain lunatick, againf Difpute, and couquer deadl S /').zlvgf;' 1 c.u‘e fa fehood, yo falfehood to be true thefe fzapes 1 coul if T wonld Donre 3. Negligent freak ; deviation from regularity No natural exhalation in the fky No feape of nature no diftemper'd day . But they will pluck away it's nat'ral caule And call them meteors, prodigies, and fizns 4. Loofe act of vice or lewdnefs S//th":/‘.l eare A bearne! a very precty bearne! fure fome Jeape : though T am not bookifh, yet I can rca waiting-gentlewoman in the Jeape.. Shakefpeare Thou lurkd' In valley or green meadow, to way-la Some beauty rare, Califlo, Clymene Too long thou laid'ft thy fapes on names ador'd. vifcer wer countcrpoifizan ".'fw(‘fl:;;, weight of the frapular part - U Derh an SC';\R,. 2. fo [from ¢ ehar, ¢fcare, Fren saxagox.] . mar fire; a eicatrix fhort of quantity {uflicient of providence He fpok Scantily of me, when perforce he could no But pay me terms of honour Shakefp 1. Narrownefs;- wan h There remained few marks of the old tradition, {o they had narrow and fianiy conception -1. Narrowly; not plentitully ScA'NTINESS tha our capacitics with the vafl profundity of things truth and modefly would teach us wary language Glanwille's Seep '/.".s 2. Wary favin too great an evil Did we but compar All which before was poor and [een Donne Redoubles ftill and muitiplies In fuch a fe Narrow #z. f. [from fians, ScA'NTNESs. White is a penurious colour, and where moifrure is feant : {o blue violets, and other flowers if they be ftarved, tarn pale and white Bavon A fingle vielet tranfplant The ftrenoth SC SC SC mad by a hur Scratch thee but with a pi Some fear of it PS&:::?/; t}zre:fi i s '1'"!116 {‘"fl delicious air e "o heal the fears of thefe co Shall breathe her balm. s Mll&n It may be ftruck out of the o uife] €ncy o God, an leave no Jear nor blemifh beh ng . Thisicarth had the beauty of yo th and bloom ing natu . flf[m e, and not a wrinkle J a or fradur on all its body Burng In a hemorrhage from the lungs Ttyptickars often infignificant; and i th y couid Operat upon the affcéted part, o far as t make a i when that fell off, the difeafe would r tyry Arbuthnot on Dig 70 Scar. @. a. [from the noun,] Tomg as with a fore or wound Yet I'll not fhed her blood Nor fear that whiter fkin of her's than fnow And fimooth as monumental alabafter SCARAE 7. [ fcarabée Shakfp Fr. fearabas Lartin.] A beetle; an infet with fheathed wings A fmall fzarab is bred in the very tips of ¢nleaves: thefe leaves may be obferved to be dr and dead as alfo turgid, in which lieth a dirty whitifh, rough maggot, from which procecds bectle Derbam's Phyfico-Thelys SCA'RAMOUCH. . /. [eftarmouche, Fr.] buffoon in motly drefs It makes the folemnities of juftice pageantry and the bench reverend poppets, or fraramut in fcarlet Collier SCARCE adj [ fearfo, Italian; filaer Dutch. 1. Not plentifal ; not copious A Swede will no more fell you his hemp fo lefs filver; becaufe you tell him filver is feara now in Eugland, and therefore rifen one fifth i value, than a tradefman of London will fellhi commodity cheaper to the Iile of Man, becaf money is fearce there 2. Rare; not common L The fearceft of all is a Pefcennius‘ngerlo}lf medallion well preferved Add A'RCELY S adw. [ from the adjedtive. t. Hardly ; fcantly A thing which we fo lttle hopefead rcetoly feebzl{, xcz even they which beheld it don : :s' their own fenfes When we our betters fee _b-carmgrour "'osiu We fearcely think our miferies our 1oes \ m r e ( bu i b d o a u A/"e, whic ha ul fh l n u e n c a h from dea ys dla) i: ?_ li k lo a w b i thing abou paration forit, fearce ever appears, 0 ;i d!v .'% g i n a f tll d m g h but in th utmof gauder of youth ; lj .fi ca Do s i e c y y e You ngcit any 2. With difficulty He fearcely knew him, finymg Nl: :g::"v‘n- t n h u b a r f His biott ( d t t foarcely fi an fails h Slowl Milton e h f wit pour wate SC'{)/{Z;ULA. #. /o [Latin,] The fhoulder- | "The preflin SCA'/RCENESS.}"_/: [fromfcaf:e. plade The heat went off from the parts, and fpread F Sca/RCITY |