What is the meaning of Scant?

Not full, large, or plentiful; scarcely sufficient; scanty; meager.

Sparing; parsimonious; chary.

Slightly diminished; just short of the amount described.

To limit in amount or share; to stint.

To fail, or become less; to scantle.

Very little, very few.

A small piece or quantity.

Scarcity; lack.

A block of stone sawn on two sides down to the bed level.

A sheet of stone.

A slightly thinner measurement of a standard wood size.

With difficulty; scarcely; hardly.

Source: wiktionary.org