单词 | stinted |
释义 | stintedadj. 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. 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.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. 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). < adj.a1513 |
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