stent
stent is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 3 senses. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.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.
- 2.To stint; to stop; to cease. And of this cry they would never stenten. Chaucer.
- 3.An allotted portion; a stint. "Attain'd his journey's stent." Mir. for Mag.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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Definition-first questions whose answer is stent.
- What is 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 called?
- What is to stint; to stop; to cease. And of this cry they would never stenten. Chaucer called?
- What is an allotted portion; a stint. "Attain'd his journey's stent." Mir. for Mag called?
Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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