scantling vs taster

scantling

noun
  • The set size or dimension of a piece of timber, stone etc., or materials used to build ships or aircraft. 

  • A small, upright beam of timber used in construction, especially less than five inches square. 

  • Timber in the form of small beams and pieces. 

adj
  • Not plentiful; small; scanty. 

taster

noun
  • A sample of something bigger or grander intended for future use 

  • A person who is, by genetic makeup, able to taste phenylthiocarbamide 

  • Someone who tastes something, especially food, wine etc., for quality. 

  • A kind of zooid situated on the polyp-stem of certain Siphonophorae, resembling the feeding zooids, but destitute of mouths. 

  • An object in which, or by which, food or drink is tasted, for example a dram cup 

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