2. Verb. (past of stint) ¹
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Definition of Stinted
1. stint [v] - See also: stint
Lexicographical Neighbors of Stinted
Literary usage of Stinted
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Church History of Britain, from the Birth of Jesus Christ Until the Year by Thomas Fuller, James Nichols (1842)
"Friars stinted to four Orders. Indeed, the pope at last grew sensible that the
world began to groan, as weary with the weight of friars ; who, ..."
2. The Foundations of Society and the Land: A Review of the Social Systems of by John Wynne Jeudwine (1918)
"Meadows and stinted Pastures.—When the spring came, the work animals lived on
the stinted pastures or on the field itself. ..."
3. A Digest of the Laws of England Respecting Real Property by William Cruise (1824)
"Ab.397. confined to a particular part of the year only; as from Michaelmas to
Lady-day ; in which case it is called a stinted common. ..."
4. The Talisman: A Tale of the Crusaders by Walter Scott (1878)
"... finding his audience inattentive, or being himself attracted by the dubious
appearances on the flank, stinted in his song; and the march became silent, ..."
5. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1858)
"Have they you neither cakes nor broo'?" For Effie, along with other persecutions,
stinted growing Maillie to a small allowance of food, ..."
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