skimp

skimp
v. trans.
P. ἐπισύρειν.
Not skimping the work, but furnishing (the ships) in the best manner possible: P. οὐδʼ ἀφοσιούμενος ἀλλʼ ὡς οἷόν τʼ ἄριστα παρασκευαζόμενος (Isaeus, 67, 20).