To refrain from using or consuming; to use in a frugal or economical manner. Now rare.

To spare or save (something); to leave over; to use sparingly or frugally.

to spare for. With negative: to refrain from action in order to avoid or save (expense, trouble, etc.); to be sparing of or in (something).

inch out. To deal out inch by inch, hence, by small amounts or sparingly. Obsolete.

transitive. Scottish. To measure out in tape-lengths; to deal out slowly or sparingly; to use sparingly.

To cause to last out; to use sparingly.

transitive. To restrict in amount; to use sparingly or thriftily; to dispose of briefly. In later use also: to gather or accumulate thriftily; to…