Definition of stint

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Stint (v. t.) To restrain within certain limits; to bound; to confine; to restrain; to restrict to a scant allowance.

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Stint :: Stint (v. t.) Limit; bound; restraint; extent.
Profuse :: Profuse (a.) Pouring forth with fullness or exuberance; bountiful; exceedingly liberal; giving without stint; as, a profuse government; profuse hospitality..
Stint :: Stint (n.) Any one of several species of small sandpipers, as the sanderling of Europe and America, the dunlin, the little stint of India (Tringa minuta), etc. Called also pume..
Free-liver :: Free-liver (n.) One who gratifies his appetites without stint; one given to indulgence in eating and drinking.
Stunt :: Stunt (v. t.) To hinder from growing to the natural size; to prevent the growth of; to stint, to dwarf; as, to stunt a child; to stunt a plant..
Stent :: Stent (v. i.) To stint; to stop; to cease.
Calced :: Calced (a.) Wearing shoes; calceated; -- in distintion from discalced or barefooted; as the calced Carmelites.
Stint :: Stinting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Stin.
Stintedness :: Stintance (n.) Restraint; stoppage.
Stint :: Stint (v. t.) To restrain within certain limits; to bound; to confine; to restrain; to restrict to a scant allowance.
Scant :: Scant (v. t.) To limit; to straiten; to treat illiberally; to stint; as, to scant one in provisions; to scant ourselves in the use of necessaries..
Spare :: Spare (a.) To use frugally or stintingly, as that which is scarce or valuable; to retain or keep unused; to save..
Stinter :: Stintedness (n.) The state of being stinted.
Stenting :: Stent (n.) An allotted portion; a stint.
Stinting :: Stinted (imp. & p. p.) of Stin.
Sanderling :: Sanderling (n.) A small gray and brown sandpiper (Calidris arenaria) very common on sandy beaches in America, Europe, and Asia. Called also curwillet, sand lark, stint, and ruddy plover..
Stint :: Stint (v. t.) To serve successfully; to get with foal; -- said of mares.
Stint :: Stint (v. t.) 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..
Stinted :: Stint (n.) A phalarope.
Stent :: Stent (v. t.) To keep within limits; to restrain; to cause to stop, or cease; to stint..
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