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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
.]
[OE.
stinten
,
stenten
,
stunten
, to cause to cease, AS.
styntan
(in comp.) to blunt, dull, fr.
stunt
dull, stupid; akin to Icel.
stytta
to shorten,
stuttr
short, dial, Sw.
stynta
to shorten,
stunt
short. Cf.
Stent
,
Stunt
.]
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.

Stint

,
Noun.
[Also written
stent
. See
Stint
,
Verb.
T.
]
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.
[Gr., narrow.]
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.
A small bird, the Tringa cinctus.

STINT

,
Noun.
1.
Limit; bound; restraint.
2.
Quantity assigned; proportion allotted. The workmen have their stint.
Our stint of woe is common.

Definition 2024


stint

stint

English

Noun

stint (plural stints)

  1. A period of time spent doing or being something. A spell.
    He had a stint in jail.
    • 2012 May 13, Andrew Benson, “Williams's Pastor Maldonado takes landmark Spanish Grand Prix win”, in BBC Sport:
      That left Maldonado with a 6.2-second lead. Alonso closed in throughout their third stints, getting the gap down to 4.2secs before Maldonado stopped for the final time on lap 41.
  2. limit; bound; restraint; extent
    • South
      God has wrote upon no created thing the utmost stint of his power.
  3. Quantity or task assigned; proportion allotted.
    • Cowper
      His old stint three thousand pounds a year.
Translations

Verb

stint (third-person singular simple present stints, present participle stinting, simple past and past participle stinted)

  1. (archaic, intransitive) To stop (an action); cease, desist.
    • 1460-1500, The Towneley Playsː
      We maun have pain that never shall stint.
    • 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, III.iii:
      O do thy cruell wrath and spightfull wrong / At length allay, and stint thy stormy strife []
    • (Can we date this quote?) Shakespeare
      And stint thou too, I pray thee.
    • (Can we date this quote?) Sir Walter Scott
      The damsel stinted in her song.
  2. (obsolete, intransitive) To stop speaking or talking (of a subject).
  3. (intransitive) To be sparing or mean.
    The next party you throw, don't stint on the beer.
  4. (intransitive) To restrain within certain limits; to bound; to restrict to a scant allowance.
    • (Can we date this quote?) Woodward
      I shall not go about to extenuate the latitude of the curse upon the earth, or stint it only to the production of weeds.
    • (Can we date this quote?) Law
      She stints them in their meals.
  5. To assign a certain task to (a person), upon the performance of which he/she is excused from further labour for that day or period; to stent.
  6. To impregnate successfully; to get with foal; said of mares.
    • (Can we date this quote?) J. H. Walsh
      The majority of maiden mares will become stinted while at work.
Translations

Etymology 2

Origin unknown.

Noun

stint (plural stints)

  1. Any of several very small wading birds in the genus Calidris. Types of sandpiper, such as the dunlin or the sanderling.
Translations

Etymology 3

Noun

stint (plural stints)

  1. Misspelling of stent (medical device).

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