An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language / in which the words are explained in their different senses, authorized by the names of the writers by whom they are used, or the titles of the works in which they occur, and deduced from their originals

by John Jamieson

2. To reproach; to make taunting or censorious reflections on the character of others, especially in an oblique manner, S.
J. Nicol.
3. To give a cursory account of any thing, S.
A. Douglas.

Scance, s.
1. A cursory calculation, S.
2. A rapid sketch in conversation, S.

SCANSYTE, part. pa. Seeming.

Su. G. skin-a, apparere.

Wallace.

SCANT, s. Scarcity.
V. [Skant].

SCANTLINGS, s. pl. Rafters which support the roof of a projection, Ang.

Teut. schantse, sepimentum muri.

Scantlins, adv. Scarcely, S. B.
Gl. Shirr.

Scantlishin, s.
1. Scanty increase, W. Loth.
2. Small remainder, ibid.