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Definition of Stinting

Stinting
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.

Meaning of Stinting from wikipedia

- A stint is one of several very small waders in the paraphyletic "Calidris" ****emblage – often separated in Erolia – which in North America are known as...
- The little stint (Calidris minuta or Erolia minuta) is a very small wader. It breeds in arctic Europe and Asia, and is a long-distance migrant, wintering...
- Ajay Bhattacharyya, known professionally as Stint, is a Canadian record producer and songwriter. He has produced songs for Kesha, Gallant, MØ, Carly Rae...
- Temminck's stint (Calidris temminckii) is a small wader. This bird's common name and Latin binomial commemorate the Dutch naturalist Coenraad Jacob Temminck...
- The red-necked stint (Calidris ruficollis) is a small migratory wader. The genus name is from Ancient Gr**** kalidris or skalidris, a term used by Aristotle...
- The long-toed stint (Calidris subminuta) is a small wader. The genus name is from Ancient Gr**** kalidris or skalidris, a term used by Aristotle for some...
- Look up stint in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A stint is a small wader in the bird genus Calidris. Stint may also refer to: Northern shoveler, a species...
- In medicine, a stent is a tube usually constructed of a metallic alloy or a polymer. It is inserted into the lumen (hollow space) of an anatomic vessel...
- contemporary tone", Stanley concluded that "Southland is commendably stinting and cold, a series that doesn't aim to please, and is all the more pleasurable...
- was made of the common, for example, in overgrazing, a common would be stinted, that is, a limit would be put on the number of animals each commoner was...