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单词 stinted
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stintedadj.

/ˈstɪntɪd/
Etymology: < stint v. + -ed suffix1.
1.
a. Fixed or limited by authority or decree; appointed, set. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
society > authority > command > command or bidding > [adjective] > ordaining, prescribing, or appointing > ordained, prescribed, or appointed
setc1050
assignedc1374
ordaineda1382
peremptor1397
prescriptc1460
constitute1483
prescribedc1503
assigneea1513
stinteda1513
peremptory1513
pointed1523
appointed1535
state1581
statuted1606
stated1644
instituted1647
constituted1651
indictive1656
indicteda1706
issued1760
prescriptive1765
ordered1780
mandated1944
α.
a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) II. f. xxviv Where the Mayre and comynaltie of the Cytie had by the Kyngis graunte the cytye to ferme..for astynted and asserteyned summe of Money.
c1550 Disc. Common Weal Eng. (1893) 86 And some other, as gentlemen,..servingmen, and all other livinge by anie rated and stinted rent or stipend, are greate loosers by it [sc. by the alteration of the coinage].
1593 T. Nashe Christs Teares 28 The Earth left to be so fruitfull as it wont. No season but it exceeded hys stinted temprature.
1611 T. Coryate Crudities sig. Tt2 If any should dare..to passe by any of these places, and not pay the stinted summe of money.
1643 J. Milton Doctr. Divorce 34 Of popular vices those that may be committed legally, will be more pernicious then those..not under a stinted priviledge to sin orderly and regularly.
a1716 R. South Serm. Several Occasions (1744) XI. 226 The creatures also have their set and stinted times allotted them, beyond which they can do nothing with success.
β. 1794 Har'st Rig xxxii. 14 Now when the stented time is past Which they're allowed to break their fast The master comes.
b. In the controversies of the 17th cent. frequently applied (echoing Barrow's use: see quot. a1593) to set liturgical forms as opposed to ‘free’ prayer. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
society > faith > worship > observance, ritual > [adjective] > relating to liturgy > set
stinteda1593
a1593 H. Barrow in H. Barrow et al. Exam. (c1596) sig. Bjv Quest. 2. Wither he thinketh that any Leitourgies, or prescript formes of prayer may be imposed vpon the church: and whither al read and stinted prayers be mere babling in Gods sight? Ans. I finde in the worde of God no..such stinted leitourgies prescribed.
1610 Bp. J. Hall Common Apol. against Brownists xxxvii. 92 The Priest was appointed of old to vse a set forme vnder the law,..so the people,..Both of them a stinted Psalme for the Sabboth.
1649 J. Milton Εικονοκλαστης xvi. 151 He with sighs unutterable by any words, much less by a stinted Liturgie, dwelling in us makes intercession for us.
1712 P. King Enq. Constit. Primitive Church ii. 33 Now these other prayers which made up a great part of Divine Service were not stinted and imposed forms.
2. Of pasture: divided into or subject to rights of pasturage; limited to the pasturing of a definite number of cattle.
ΘΚΠ
the world > food and drink > farming > farm > farmland > grassland > [adjective] > pasture > divided into pasturage
stinted1691
the world > food and drink > farming > farm > farmland > grassland > [adjective] > pasture > subject to rights of pasturage
stinted1691
the world > food and drink > farming > farm > farmland > grassland > [adjective] > pasture > limited to specific number of cattle
couchant and levant1496
levant and couchant1594
stinted1691
1691 Revol. New Eng. Justified in Andros Tracts (1868) I. 97 The Proprietors of the stinted Pasture in Charlestown.
1700 in J. Barmby Memorials St. Giles's, Durham (1896) 96 The many Whins that groweth on Gilligate Moor (or stainted Pasture) do very much damnifie the said moor.
1796 W. Marshall Rural Econ. W. Eng. II. 136 They were made from the unreclaimed forest state; without the intervention of common fields or stinted pastures.
1854 Spec. Rep. Inclosure Comm. 3 Wanwood stinted pasture.
1854 Spec. Rep. Inclosure Comm. 3 Common fields and lands, subject to stinted rights.
1892 M. C. F. Morris Yorks. Folk-talk Gloss. s.v. A stinted pasture is a pasture limited to carry so many sheep.
3.
a. Limited in quantity, scanty.
ΘΚΠ
the world > relative properties > quantity > insufficiency > [adjective] > limited in quantity or amount
narrowOE
poor?c1225
scarce1297
straitc1386
feeblea1513
scant1556
niggardly1564
slender1564
limited1590
scanted1594
sparing1602
scantled1604
stinted1629
exiguous1630
unlavished1635
scanty1658
unprofuse1727
costivea1734
incopious1734
niggard1751
jimp1768
skimped1839
stingy1854
restricted1856
niggard-measured1881
1629 J. Gaule Practique Theories Christs Predict. 169 Mine owne Infinicie [sic] enlarges me to Wrath aboue their stinted Capacities.
1783 G. Crabbe Village i. 12 Nor mock the misery of a stinted meal; Homely not wholesome, plain not plenteous.
1819 W. Scott Ivanhoe II. xii. 209 I would rather remain in this hall a week without food save the prisoner's stinted loaf.
1863 A. W. Kinglake Invasion of Crimea I. xi. 161 This order..conferred but a narrow and stinted authority.
1864 Ld. Tennyson Enoch Arden in Enoch Arden, etc. 45 He..help'd At lading and unlading the tall barks, That brought the stinted commerce of those days.
1890 Spectator 15 Feb. [He] made an insufficient and stinted apology, when at last it became evident that an apology must be made.
b. Limited in scope, narrow.
ΘΚΠ
the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > quality of being special or restricted in application > quality of being restricted or limited > [adjective]
narroweOE
restraint1445
modifiedc1485
limitate1541
restricteda1550
strait-laced1549
scant1556
circumcised1561
contract1561
restrained1578
determinate1586
limited1590
restrict1597
strict1597
confined1605
determineda1616
limitary1620
prescript1645
modificated1646
circumscribed1647
conscribed1654
limitated1654
reserved1654
coarctated1655
straiteneda1665
unabsolute1694
stinted1710
bounded1711
contracted1711
cramped1741
special1815
municipal1856
fine-cut1894
stingy1927
1710 G. Berkeley Treat. Princ. Human Knowl. §81 My own few, stinted, narrow inlets of perception.
1770 H. Brooke Fool of Quality V. xvii. 281 [They] would thrust me wholly from Christ, if I did not consent to receive him within their stinted pale.
4.
a. Of a plant or animal: checked in growth, undeveloped; (hence) undersized. Cf. stunted adj.
ΘΚΠ
the world > plants > by growth or development > defined by poor growth > [adjective] > stunted or underdeveloped
wanthriven1508
scrubby1591
unthriven1680
nithered1691
strunty1756
stinted1759
starved1785
nirled1808
scrunty1811
scrawny1883
1759 J. Mills tr. H. L. Duhamel du Monceau Pract. Treat. Husbandry i. xii. 64 When plants grow stinted or sickly in a poor soil.
1763 J. Mills New Syst. Pract. Husbandry IV. 320 If they make thriving shoots, which have not a ragged or stinted appearance.
a1831 H. Mackenzie in R. Burns Wks. (1836) V. 407 And scarce a stinted birk is left To shiver in the blast its lane.
1842 Florist's Jrnl. (1846) 3 83 If the situation is much exposed and the soil very poor, the dog-rose is very stinted, and soon ceases to grow.
b. In extended use.
ΚΠ
1834 T. Carlyle Sartor Resartus i. i. 2/2 Perhaps it is proof of the stinted condition in which pure Science..languishes among us.
1864–8 R. Browning James Lee's Wife viii. iii Who art thou, with stinted soul And stunted body?
5. Of a mare or she-ass: in foal.
ΘΚΠ
the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > [adjective] > relating to or like an ass > in foal (of ass)
stinted1847
the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > horse defined by gender or age > [adjective] > of or like a mare > pregnant
full of foal, calf, etc.1722
in-foal1827
stinted1847
foaly1849
foaling1885
1847 J. O. Halliwell Dict. Archaic & Provinc. Words II Stinted, in foal, as a mare. West.
1884 West Sussex Gaz. 25 Sept. 2/9 A female donkey, stinted.

Derivatives

ˈstintedly adv.
ΘΚΠ
the world > relative properties > quantity > insufficiency > [adverb] > scantily or meagrely
feeblyc1290
scarcely1340
scantc1440
scantly1509
daintilya1513
barelya1535
thinly1537
leanly1580
meagrelya1586
starvedly1606
exile1654
scantily1774
skimpingly1853
skimpily1859
stintedly1863
barrenly1877
1863 ‘G. Eliot’ Romola II. xviii. 219 He was content to lie hard, and live stintedly.
1892 Ld. Tennyson Foresters i. i Now you know why we live so stintedly.
ˈstintedness n.
ΘΚΠ
the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > quality of being special or restricted in application > quality of being restricted or limited > [noun]
limitation1597
limitedness1631
confinedness1639
narrowness1641
contractedness1659
inextension1827
stintedness1827
restrictedness1828
boundedness1886
society > authority > subjection > restraint or restraining > restriction or limitation > [noun] > quality of being restricted or limited
limitation1597
limitedness1631
confinedness1639
contractedness1659
stintedness1827
restrictedness1828
1827 T. Carlyle Richter in Edinb. Rev. June 189 It is..a nature in harmony with itself, reconciled to the world and its stintedness and contradiction.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1917; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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