stint
41stint — v. & n. v.tr. 1 supply (food or aid etc.) in a niggardly amount or grudgingly. 2 (often refl.) supply (a person etc.) in this way. n. 1 a limitation of supply or effort (without stint). 2 a fixed or allotted amount of work (do one s stint). 3 a… …
42stint — Sanderling San der*ling, n. [Sand + ling. So called because it obtains its food by searching the moist sands of the seashore.] (Zo[ o]l.) A small gray and brown sandpiper ({Calidris arenaria}) very common on sandy beaches in America, Europe, and… …
43stint on — be restrictive or frugal in acquiring or providing: → stint …
44stint — 1. verb we saved by stinting on food Syn: skimp on, scrimp on, be economical with, economize on, be sparing with, hold back on, be frugal with; be mean with, be parsimonious with; limit, restrict; informal be stingy with, be mingy with, be tight… …
45stint — adv titta stirra el se ngn stint i ögonen …
46stint — Limit; restriction. An allotment. Blackstone says that a right of common of pasture which has not been admeasured is erroneously called a common without stint. See 3 Bl Comm 239 …
47Stint (disambiguation) — Stint could refer to: * Stint, one of several very small waders in the bird genus Calidris , which in North America are known as peeps. * Northern Shoveler, a species of duck. * , an English noun describing a short or limited period of time or… …
48stint´less — stint1 «stihnt», verb, noun. –v.t. 1. to keep on short allowance; be saving or careful in using or spending; limit: »The parents stinted themselves of food to give it to their children. 2. Archaic. to stop; cease. –v.i. 1. be saving; get along on …
49stint´ing|ly — stint1 «stihnt», verb, noun. –v.t. 1. to keep on short allowance; be saving or careful in using or spending; limit: »The parents stinted themselves of food to give it to their children. 2. Archaic. to stop; cease. –v.i. 1. be saving; get along on …
50Stint, der — Der Stint, des es, plur. die e, ein Nahme verschiedener sehr kleiner eßbarer Flußfische. 1. Des Salmo Eperlanus Linn. Franz. Eperlan. In einigen Gegenden Spiring. Er hat einen durchsichtigen Kopf, und violenartigen aber übel riechenden Geruch. 2 …
