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use usually written or printed on parchment prepared from the skin of the sheep. [College Cant]

Ship breaker, one who breaks up vessels when unfit for further use. -- Ship broker, a mercantile agent employed in buying and selling ships, procuring cargoes, etc., and generally in transacting the business of a ship or ships when in port. -- Ship canal, a canal suitable for the passage of seagoing vessels. -- Ship…

Limited in quantity; inadequate; insufficient; scanty; as, a short supply of provisions, or of water.

Having little wit; not wise; having scanty intellect or judgment.

majesty, And thereon sat a woman gorgeous gay. Spenser. In our great hall there stood a vacant chair . . . And Merlin called it "The siege perilous." Tennyson.

The quality or state of being significant.

Having signification or meaning; expressive of a meaning or purpose; significant. Neither in the degrees of kindred they were destitute of significative words. Camden. -- Sig*nif"i*ca*tive*ly, adv. -- Sig*nif"i*ca*tive*ness, n.

Significant. -- n.

An Old World finch of the genus Minia, as the M. Malabarica of India, and M. cantans of Africa.

er as a monetary standard; -- so called by those who favor the gold standard. [Colloq. or Cant]

A settled quantity or allowance. See Assize. [Obs.] "To scant my sizes." Shak.

To make insufficient allowance for; to scant; to scrimp. [Prov. Eng. & Colloq. U. S.]

s own, or to use in such exercise cribs, memeoranda, etc., which are prohibited. [College Cant, U.S.]

To give scant measure; to squeeze or pinch in order to effect a saving. [Prev. Eng. & Colloq. U.S.]

expression; also, the jargon of some particular calling or class in society; low popular cant; as, the slang of the theater, of college, of sailors, etc.

ion or for election; a list of candidates, or a programme of action, devised beforehand. [Cant, U.S.] Bartlett. Adhesive slate (Min.), a kind of slate of a greenish gray color, which absorbs water rapidly, and adheres to the tongue; whence the name. -- Aluminous slate, or Alum slate (Min.), a kind of slate containing…

ubber from a whale, or for stirring a fire of coals; a slice bar; a peel; a fire shovel. [Cant]

Not decidedly marked; not forcible; inconsiderable; unimportant; insignificant; not severe; weak; gentle; -- applied in a great variety of circumstances; as, a slight (i. e., feeble) effort; a slight (i. e., perishable) structure; a slight (i. e., not deep) impression; a slight (i. e., not convincing) argument; a sligh…

t hard, esp. with little attention to aim or the like, as in cricket or boxing; to slug. [Cant or Slang]

A hard hitter; a slugger. [Cant or Slang] T. Hughes.