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Webster 1913 Edition
Stint
Stint
,Noun.
(Zool.)
(a)
Any one of several species of small sandpipers, as the sanderling of Europe and America, the dunlin, the little stint of India (
Tringa minuta
), etc. Called also pume
. (b)
A phalarope.
Stint
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Stinted
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Stinting
.] 1.
To restrain within certain limits; to bound; to confine; to restrain; to restrict to a scant allowance.
I shall not go about to extenuate the latitude of the curse upon the earth, or
stint
it only to the production of weeds. Woodward.
She
stints
them in their meals. Law.
2.
To put an end to; to stop.
[Obs.]
Shak.
3.
To assign a certain (i. e., limited) task to (a person), upon the performance of which one is excused from further labor for the day or for a certain time; to stent.
4.
To serve successfully; to get with foal; – said of mares.
The majority of maiden mares will become
stinted
while at work. J. H. Walsh.
Stint
,Verb.
I.
To stop; to cease.
[Archaic]
They can not
stint
till no thing be left. Chaucer.
And
stint
thou too, I pray thee. Shakespeare
The damsel
stinted
in her song. Sir W. Scott.
1.
Limit; bound; restraint; extent.
God has wrote upon no created thing the utmost
stint
of his power. South.
2.
Quantity or task assigned; proportion allotted.
His old
stint
– three thousand pounds a year. Cowper.
Webster 1828 Edition
Stint
STINT
,Verb.
T.
1.
To restrain within certain limits; to bound; to confine; to limit; as, to stint the body in growth; to stint the mind in knowledge; to stint a person in his meals. Nature wisely stints our appetite.
2.
To assign a certain task in labor, which being performed, the person is excused from further labor for the day, or for a certain time; a common popular use of the word in America.STINT
,Noun.
STINT
,Noun.
1.
Limit; bound; restraint.2.
Quantity assigned; proportion allotted. The workmen have their stint.Our stint of woe is common.