What is "stinted"

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.

1. (context dated English) constrained; restrained; confined. v

2. (en-past of: stint)