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[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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.
      1913 webster

            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.
      1913 webster

            she stints them in their meals.       --law.
      1913 webster

   2. to put an end to; to stop. obs. --shak.
      1913 webster

   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.
      1913 webster

   4. to serve successfully; to get with foal; -- said of mares.
      1913 webster

            the majority of maiden mares will become stinted
            while at work.                        --j. h. walsh.
      1913 webster
see also:
stinted stinting stent stunt 
[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0
stinting
     adj : avoiding waste; "an economical meal"; "an economical
           shopper"; "a frugal farmer"; "a frugal lunch"; "a
           sparing father and a spending son"; "sparing in their
           use of heat and light"; "stinting in bestowing gifts";
           "thrifty because they remember the great depression";
           "`scotch' is used only informally" syn: economical,
           frugal, scotch, sparing
see also:
economical frugal scotch sparing 
[3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
26 moby thesaurus words for "stinting":
   cheeseparing, economy, economy of assumption, economy of means,
   elegance, frugal, frugal to excess, frugality, law of parsimony,
   measured, moderate, overfrugal, parsimonious, parsimoniousness,
   parsimony, penny-wise, penny-wise and pound-foolish, pinching,
   restrained, scamping, scrimping, skimping, sober, sparing,
   temperate, too frugal





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