Stint

stint, v.t. to shorten: to limit: to restrain.— v.i. to cease, stop: to be saving.— n. limit: restraint, restriction: proportion allotted, fixed amount: one of several species of sandpiper, the dunlin.— adj. Stint′ed , limited.— ns. Stint′edne ; Stint′er .— adv. Stint′ingly .— adjs. Stint′le ; Stint′y . [A.S. styntan — stunt , stupid.]