stinting

Verb

stint (third-person singular simple present stints, present participle stinting, simple past and past participle stinted)

1. (archaic, intransitive) To stop (an action); cease, desist.
   • We mon haue payne that neuer shall stynt15th c., “[The Creation]”, in Wakefield Mystery Plays; Re-edited in George England, Alfred W. Pollard, editors, The Towneley Plays (Early English Text Society Extra Series; LXXI), London: […] Oxford...

   Synonyms:

   anchor, astand, blin, brake, cease, desist, draw up, grind to a halt, halt, hold

2. (intransitive, obsolete) To stop speaking or talking (of a subject).
3. (intransitive) To be sparing or mean.
   • The next party you throw, don't stint on the beer.

   Synonyms:

   skimp

4. (transitive) To restrain within certain limits; to bound; to restrict to a scant allowance.
   • I shall not in the least go about to extenuate the Latitude of it: or to stint it only to the Produćtion of Weeds, of Thorns, Thisiles, and other the less useful Kinds of Plants1695, John Woodward, An Essay toward a Natural History of the Earth and Terrestrial Bodies
5. To assign a certain task to (a person), upon the performance of which he/she is excused from further labour for that day or period; to stent.
6. To impregnate successfully; to get with foal.
   • The majority of maiden mares will become stinted while at work.1861, John Henry Walsh, The Horse, in the Stable and the Field

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