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Stent
Open directlyWebster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 1 of 3
Part of speech: noun (n.)
An allotted portion; a stint. "Attain'd his journey's stent." Mir. for Mag.
Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 2 of 3
Part of speech: verb (v.)
To keep within limits; to restain; to cause to stop, or cease; to stint. Then would he weep, he might not be stent. Chaucer. Yet n'ould she stent Her bitter railing and foul revilement. Spenser.
Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 3 of 3
Part of speech: verb (v.)
To stint; to stop; to cease. And of this cry they would never stenten. Chaucer.