Scantling
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Scantling [SKANT-ling]
Part of speech: noun
Origin: Old French, early 16th century
1. A specimen, sample, or small amount of something.
2. The size to which a piece of wood or stone is measured and cut.
Examples of scantling in a sentence
"There's only a scantling of milk left, so please pick up a new carton."
"The shed door was built to a scantling of 7 feet tall."
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