stint

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 ]