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Webster's 1913 Dictionary
SCARCEMENT
SCARCEMENT
Scarce
"
ment,
n. (
Arch.
&
Engin.
)
Defn:
An
offset
where
a
wall
or
bank
of
earth,
etc.
, retreats,
leaving
a
shelf
or
footing.