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Definition of Stints

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Sanderling San"der*ling, n. [Sand + -ling. So called because it obtains its food by searching the moist sands of the seashore.] (Zo["o]l.) 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 Stint, n. (Zo["o]l.) (a) 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. (b) A phalarope.
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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.
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Stint Stint, v. i. To stop; to cease. [Archaic] They can not stint till no thing be left. --Chaucer. And stint thou too, I pray thee. --Shak. The damsel stinted in her song. --Sir W. Scott.
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Stint Stint, n. [Also written stent. See Stint, v. t.] 1. Limit; bound; restraint; extent. God has wrote upon no created thing the utmost stint of his power. --South. 2. Quantity or task assigned; proportion allotted. His old stint -- three thousand pounds a year. --Cowper.

Meaning of Stints from wikipedia

- considered stints/peeps are: Semipalmated sandpiper, Calidris pusilla or Erolia pusilla Western sandpiper, Calidris mauri or Erolia mauri Red-necked stint, Calidris...
- movements distinguish this species from all waders except the other dark-legged stints. It measures 13–17 cm (5.1–6.7 in) in length, 28–37 cm (11–15 in) in wingspan...
- stint is strongly migratory, wintering at freshwater sites in tropical Africa, the Indian Subcontinent and parts of Southeast Asia. Temminck's stints...
- movements distinguish this species from all waders except the other dark-legged stints. It can be distinguished from these in all plumages by its combination of...
- 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...
- of stints and peeps British Birds 77(7):293-315 Alström, Per & Urban Olsson (1989) The identification of juvenile Red-necked and Long-toed Stints British...
- Ajay Bhattacharyya, known professionally as Stint, is a Canadian record producer and songwriter. He has produced songs for Kesha, Gallant, MØ, Carly Rae...
- 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...
- The club enjo**** stints on the third tier while it was named Segunda Divisão B; from 1994 to 2000 and in 2001–02. The subsequent stint on the fourth tier...
- primarily with the New Orleans Saints from 1971 to 1982. He also had brief stints with the Houston Oilers and the Minnesota Vikings. He pla**** college football...