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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Stint \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.
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              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.
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              She stints them in their meals.       --Law.
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     2. To put an end to; to stop. [Obs.] --Shak.
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     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.
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     4. To serve successfully; to get with foal; -- said of mares.
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              The majority of maiden mares will become stinted
              while at work.                        --J. H. Walsh.
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Stint \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.
  
              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.

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  stinted
     a.
     (lb en dated) constrained; restrained; confined.
     vb.
     (infl of en stint  ed-form)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  stinted
     a.
     (lb en dated) constrained; restrained; confined.
     vb.
     (infl of en stint  ed-form)

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  stinted
     a.
     (lb en dated) constrained; restrained; confined.
     vb.
     (infl of en stint  ed-form)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  stinted
     a.
     (lb en dated) constrained; restrained; confined.
     vb.
     (infl of en stint  ed-form)

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  stinted
     Englanti vb.
     (en-v-taivm s tint ed)

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  stinted
     Engelska a.
     (avledning en stint ordform=perfpart)
     Engelska vb.
     (böjning en verb stint)

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]


  Stinted /stˈɪntɪd/
  مقتّر