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stinting

 

  2  definitions  found 
 
  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  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  stinting 
  adj  :  avoiding  waste;  "an  economical  meal";  "an  economical 
  shopper";  "a  frugal  farmer";  "a  frugal  lunch";  "a 
  sparing  father  and  a  spending  son";  "sparing  in  their 
  use  of  heat  and  light";  "stinting  in  bestowing  gifts"; 
  "thrifty  because  they  remember  the  great  Depression"; 
  (`scotch'  is  used  only  informally)  [syn:  {economical}, 
  {frugal},  {scotch},  {sparing}]




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