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stint

1. noun /stɪnt/

a) A period of time spent doing or being something. A spell.

He had a stint in jail.

b) Any of several very small wading birds in the genus Calidris. Types of sandpiper, such as the dunlin or the sanderling.

2. verb /stɪnt/

a) To stop (an action); cease, desist.

O do thy cruell wrath and spightfull wrong / At length allay, and stint thy stormy strife [...].

b) To be sparing or mean.

Now wol I stynten of this Arveragus, / And speken I wole of Dorigen his wyf

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