释义 |
stinter|ˈstɪntə(r)| [+ -er1.] One who or something which stints, in the senses of the verb.
1598Sylvester Du Bartas ii. i. i. Eden 140 If there..the Sun (the Season's stinter) Made no hot Summer, nor no hoary Winter. 1611Cotgr., Limiteur, a limiter, bounder, stinter. 1701Mem. St. Giles's (Surtees) 96 All these present Inhabitants..not booked as Stinters, or yt have not paid for..their Gates on our stinted Pasture..shall have no right there without paying..Six pounds in hand for their six Gates. a1716South Serm. (1727) II. 112 Let us now see whether a Set-form, or this Extemporary way, be the greater hinderer, and stinter of it [the Spirit of Prayer]. |