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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

STINTED, pp. Restrained to a certain limit or quantity; limited.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.

Moby Thesaurus

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