jesters and jugglers were not awanting — Sir Walter Scott
Useful english dictionary. 2012.
Awanting — A*want ing, a. [Pref. a + wanting.] Missing; wanting. [Prov. Scot. & Eng.] Sir W. Hamilton. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
awanting — adjective missing; wanting, deficient, absent … Wiktionary
awanting — awant·ing … English syllables