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Webster 1913 Edition

Verb.

[

imp. & p. p.

Stunted

;

p. pr. & vb. n.

Stunting

[See

To hinder from growing to the natural size; to prevent the growth of; to stint, to dwarf;

as, to

stunt

a child; to

stunt

a plant

When, by a cold penury, I blast the abilities of a nation, and

stunt

the growth of its active energies, the ill or may do is beyond all calculation.

Burke.

Noun.

A check in growth; also, that which has been checked in growth; a stunted animal or thing.

Specifically: A whale two years old, which, having been weaned, is lean, and yields but little blubber.

Verb.

[See Stint.] To hinder from growth; applied to animals and plants; as, to stunt a child; to stunt a plant.