Emily Dickinson Lexicon

STINT, v.i. [Sax. stintan, to stint, or stunt; Ice. stunta; Gr. στενος, narrow.]

1. To restrain within certain limits; to bound; to confine; to limit; as, to stint the body in growth; to stint the mind in knowledge; to stint a person in his meals. Nature wisely stints our appetite. – Dryden.
2. To assign a certain task in labor, which being performed, the person is excused from further labor for the day, or for a certain time; a common popular use of the word in America.