Definition of Stinted

1. Adjective. (dated) Constrained; restrained; confined. ¹

2. Verb. (past of stint) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Stinted

1. stint [v] - See also: stint

Lexicographical Neighbors of Stinted

stinkpot
stinkpots
stinks
stinks on ice
stinkstone
stinkstones
stinkt
stinkweed
stinkweeds
stinkwood
stinkwoods
stinky
stinky squid
stint
stintance
stinted (current term)
stintedness
stinter
stinters
stintier
stintiest
stinting
stintings
stintless
stints
stinty
stip
stipa
stipas
stipe

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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