Very little, very few.
After his previous escapades, Mary had scant reason to believe John.
Not full, large, or plentiful; scarcely sufficient; scanty; meager; not enough.
a scant allowance of provisions or water; a scant pattern of cloth for a garment
Sparing; parsimonious; chary.
To limit in amount or share; to stint.
to scant someone in provisions; to scant ourselves in the use of necessaries
To fail, or become less; to scantle.
The wind scants.
A block of stone sawn on two sides down to the bed level.
A sheet of stone.
(wood) A slightly thinner measurement of a standard wood size.
Scarcity; lack.
With difficulty; scarcely; hardly.