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Sanderling \San"der*ling\, n. [Sand -ling. So called because
it obtains its food by searching the moist sands of the
seashore.] (Zool.)
A small gray and brown sandpiper ({Calidris arenaria}) very
common on sandy beaches in America, Europe, and Asia. Called
also {curwillet}, {sand lark}, {stint}, and {ruddy plover}.
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Stint \Stint\, v. i.
To stop; to cease. [Archaic]
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They can not stint till no thing be left. --Chaucer.
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And stint thou too, I pray thee. --Shak.
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The damsel stinted in her song. --Sir W.
Scott.
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Stint \Stint\, n. (Zool.)
(a) Any one of several species of small sandpipers, as the
sanderling of Europe and America, the dunlin, the little
stint of India ({Tringa minuta}), etc. Called also
{pume}.
(b) A phalarope.
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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.
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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.
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She stints them in their meals. --Law.
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2. To put an end to; to stop. [Obs.] --Shak.
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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.
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4. To serve successfully; to get with foal; -- said of mares.
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The majority of maiden mares will become stinted
while at work. --J. H. Walsh.
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Stint \Stint\, n. [Also written stent. See {Stint}, v. t.]
1. Limit; bound; restraint; extent.
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God has wrote upon no created thing the utmost stint
of his power. --South.
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2. Quantity or task assigned; proportion allotted.
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His old stint -- three thousand pounds a year.
--Cowper.
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