STINT, v.t. [Gr., narrow.] 1. To restrain within certain limits; to bound; to confine; to limit; as, to stint the body in growth; to stint the mind in knowledge; to stint a person in his meals. Nature wisely stints our appetite.2. To assign a certain task in labor, which being performed, the person is excused from further labor for the day, or for a certain time; a common popular use of the word in America.STINT, n. A small bird, the Tringa cinctus. STINT, n. 1. Limit; bound; restraint.2. Quantity assigned; proportion allotted. The workmen have their stint.Our stint of woe is common.
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