spec. The time spent (connoting the trouble taken or labour performed) in doing something. in phrases such as to quitor yield (one) his while, to…

An allotted portion of work; a definite task; a period of time spent on a particular job; a turn (at doing something). to work by stint (see quot…

A bout of revelry, amusement, fighting, etc.; a short spell, spurt. Obsolete.

Apparently a bout, spell.

A continuous course or period of some work, occupation, or employment; a turn or bout at something. Also without const.

The act or fact of recurring or coming round again. †Also: each of a series of repetitions of an action.

An act or spell of making or allowing machinery to run. Also: a spell of manufacturing a product.

attributive and in other combinations, as fling period (sense 5); fling-brain n. Obsolete a person of flighty and hasty character. fling-brained adj.…

A session or bout of some activity; an experience, an attempt.

transferred and figurative. A period of indulgence in a particular pastime, emotion, interest, etc.; = fit, n.2 4a; frequently with defining word…

A state of intoxication; hence, a drinking bout; a spree or ‘binge’. Also transferred. Now rare.