A block of stone sawn on two sides down to the bed level.
A sheet of stone.
Scarcity; lack.
A small piece or quantity.
A slightly thinner measurement of a standard wood size.
Very little, very few.
To fail, or become less; to scantle.
To limit in amount or share; to stint.
Not full, large, or plentiful; scarcely sufficient; scanty; meager.
Sparing; parsimonious; chary.
A furrow between two ridges, to drain off the surface water.
Utter; complete; absolute.
Painstaking and careful not to miss or omit any detail.