To keep safe; to defend; to guard; to prevent harm coming to.
To book a passenger on a later flight if there is a chance they will not be able to board their earlier reserved flight.
To limit in amount or share; to stint.
To fail, or become less; to scantle.
A sheet of stone.
Scarcity; lack.
A small piece or quantity.
A slightly thinner measurement of a standard wood size.
A block of stone sawn on two sides down to the bed level.
Very little, very few.
Not full, large, or plentiful; scarcely sufficient; scanty; meager.
Sparing; parsimonious; chary.