The Collaborative International 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.]
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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. To put an end to; to stop. [Obs.]
--Shak.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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To serve successfully; to get with foal; -- said of mares.
The majority of maiden mares will become stinted while at work.
--J. H. Walsh.
Wiktionary
n. Act of one who stints. vb. (present participle of stint English)
WordNet
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]
Usage examples of "stinting".
Including complaining that Brekke was shirking or stinting this or that.
It was true that Lord Larad was stinting nothing, though his guest list had multiplied four-fold.