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{ } n. [ It. acquatinta dyed water; acqua (L. aqua) water + tinto, fem. tinta, dyed. See Tint. ] A kind of etching in which spaces are bitten by the use of aqua fortis, by which an effect is produced resembling a drawing in water colors or India ink; also, the engraving produced by this method. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Fine Arts) (a) That part of a painting, engraving, or the like, which is neither in full darkness nor full light. (b) The shade itself; neither the darkest nor the lightest in a composition. Also called half tint. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Fine Arts) A style of engraving in relief by means of voltaic electricity. A picture is drawn on a metallic plate with some material which resists the fluids of a battery; so that, in electro-typing, the parts not covered by the varnish, etc., receive a deposition of metal, and produce the required copy in intaglio. A cast of this is then the plate for printing. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Litho- + tint. ] 1. A kind of lithography by which the effect of a tinted drawing is produced, as if made with India ink. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A picture produced by this process. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. mezzo-tinto. ] A manner of engraving on copper or steel by drawing upon a surface previously roughened, and then removing the roughness in places by scraping, burnishing, etc., so as to produce the requisite light and shade. Also, an engraving so produced. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To engrave in mezzotint. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who engraves in mezzotint. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ It. mezzo half + tinto tinted, p. p. of tingere to dye, color, tinge, L. tingere. See Mezzo. ] Mezzotint. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Mezzotintoed p. pr. & vb. n. Mezzotintoing ] To engrave in mezzotint; to represent by mezzotint. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (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. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

She stints them in their meals. Law. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To put an end to; to stop. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. To serve successfully; to get with foal; -- said of mares. [ 1913 Webster ]

The majority of maiden mares will become stinted while at work. J. H. Walsh. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To stop; to cease. [ Archaic ] [ 1913 Webster ]

They can not stint till no thing be left. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

And stint thou too, I pray thee. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

The damsel stinted in her song. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

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n. [ Also written stent. See Stint, v. t. ] 1. Limit; bound; restraint; extent. [ 1913 Webster ]

God has wrote upon no created thing the utmost stint of his power. South. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Quantity or task assigned; proportion allotted. [ 1913 Webster ]

His old stint -- three thousand pounds a year. Cowper. [ 1913 Webster ]

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n. Restraint; stoppage. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The state of being stinted. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who, or that which, stints. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Without stint or restraint. [ 1913 Webster ]

The stintlesstears of old Heraclitus. Marston. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ For older tinct, fr. L. tinctus, p. p. of tingere to dye: cf. F. teinte, teint, It. tinta, tinto. See Tinge, and cf. Taint to stain, a stain, Tent a kind of wine, Tinto. ] A slight coloring. Specifically: -- [ 1913 Webster ]

(a) A pale or faint tinge of any color. [ 1913 Webster ]

Or blend in beauteous tints the colored mass. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

Their vigor sickens, and their tints decline. Harte. [ 1913 Webster ]

(b) A color considered with reference to other very similar colors; as, red and blue are different colors, but two shades of scarlet are different tints. [ 1913 Webster ]

(c) (Engraving) A shaded effect produced by the juxtaposition of many fine parallel lines. [ 1913 Webster ]

Tint tool (Eng.), a species of graver used for cutting the parallel lines which produce tints in engraving. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Tinted; p. pr. & vb. n. Tinting. ] To give a slight coloring to; to tinge. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. tintamarre. ] A hideous or confused noise; an uproar. [ Obs. ] Howell. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A certain old dance. [ Obs. ] Halliwell. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) The wren. [ Prov. Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ L. tintinnabulum a little bell, fr. tintinnare to ring, to jingle, tinnire to jingle. ] Having or making the sound of a bell; tinkling. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A tinkling sound, as of a bell or bells. Poe. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of, pertaining to, or resembling, the tinkling of a bell; having a tinkling sound; tintinnabular. De Quincey. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. Tintinnabula /plu>. [ L., a bell. See Tintinnabular. ] A bell; also, a set or combination of bells or metal plates used as a musical instrument or as a toy. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ Pg., tinged, fr. L. tinctus, p. p. of tingere to tinge. See Tint, n. ] A red Madeira wine, wanting the high aroma of the white sorts, and, when old, resembling tawny port. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Tint + -meter. ] (Physics) An apparatus for the determination of colors by comparison with arbitrary standards; a colorimeter. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. Same as Ferrotype. [ 1913 Webster ]