Both Uses of
scanty
in
Jacob Have I Loved
- The Captain followed Caroline to the kitchen and rinsed his hands by pouring a scant dipper of our precious fresh water over them.†
Chpt 12
- We stopped only long enough to sell our scanty harvest to a buy boat along the way and then headed straight for Rass.
Chpt 15 *scanty = small in amount
Definition:
small in amount -- often inadequate
or:
of clothes: barely covering the area on which they are worn
or:
of clothes: barely covering the area on which they are worn