Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Stent"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Stent \Stent\, v. t. [Obs. imp. {Stente}; obs. p. p. {Stent}.]
[See {Stint}.]
To keep within limits; to restrain; 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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Stent \Stent\, v. i.
To stint; to stop; to cease.
And of this cry they would never stenten. --Chaucer.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Stent \Stent\, n.
An allotted portion; a stint. ``Attain'd his journey's
stent.'' --Mir. for Mag.
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