Stint: English to English |
Stint (n.) A phalarope. |
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. |
Stint (v. i.) To stop; to cease. |
Stint (v. t.) Limit; bound; restraint; extent. |
Stint (v. t.) Quantity or task assigned; proportion allotted. |
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. |
Stint (v. t.) To put an end to; to stop. |
Stint (v. t.) To restrain within certain limits; to bound; to confine; to restrain; to restrict to a scant allowance. |
Stint (v. t.) To serve successfully; to get with foal; -- said of mares. |