Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - stint
Stint
stint
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 small sandpiper, esp. a dunlin. Derivatives stinter n. stintless adj. Etymology: OE styntan to blunt, dull, f. Gmc, rel. to STUNT(1)
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I. verb Etymology: Middle English, from Old English styntan to blunt, dull; akin to Old Norse stuttr scant Date: 13th century intransitive verb stop, desist, to be sparing or frugal , transitive verb to put an end to ; stop, 2. to limit within certain boundaries, to restrict with respect to a share or allowance , ~er noun II. noun Date: 1593 1. a definite quantity of work assigned, a period of time spent at a particular activity , restraint, limitation, see: task III. noun (plural ~s; also ~) Etymology: Middle English stynte Date: 15th century any of several small sandpipers (genus Calidris) ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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