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Anasazi (iou) and scant (iou)


Anasazi (iou)



Anasazi noun & adjective. M20.
[Navajo anaasazi, lit. 'enemy ancestors'.]
Archaeology.
A. noun. Pl. same, -s. A member of the Basket Maker and Pueblo peoples of northern Arizona and New Mexico, considered as together forming one continuous civilization; the culture of these peoples, the classic phase of which is dated between c 1050 and 1300.
b. adjective. Of the Anasazi or their culture.

scant (iou)



scant verb. [skant] LME.
[from SCANT adjective.]
I. verb intrans.
Become scant or scarce. obsolete exc. Scot. LME.
Nautical. Of wind: become unfavourable, draw too much ahead. Cf. SCANT adjective 6. M16.
II. verb trans.
Provide (a person etc.) with an inadequate supply; stint, limit, restrict. Also, keep (a person) short of something; restrict (a person) in a commodity etc. arch. M16.
Make scant or small; reduce in size, diminish in amount. arch. L16.
Stint the supply of; provide grudgingly; deny, withhold. arch. L16.
Confine within narrow bounds; limit, hedge in. obsolete exc. poet. L16.
G. M. Hopkins A dare-gale skylark scanted in a dull cage.
Slight, neglect. Now chiefly US. E17.
New York Review of Books No issue is scanted as too controversial.