A pattern; a quantity cut for a particular purpose.

Asmall quantity; as a scantling of wit .

A certain proportion or quantity.

In the United States, timber sawed or cut into pieces of a small size, as for studs, railsThis seems to be allied to the L. scandula, and it is the sense in which I have ever heard it used in this country.

In seamen’s language, the dimensions of a piece of timber, with regard to its breadth and thickness.

Not plentiful; small.