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111certain services — In feudal and old English law, such services as were stinted (limited or defined) in quantity, and could not be exceeded on any pretense; as to pay a stated annual rent, or to plow such a field for three days. 2 Bl.Comm. 61 …
112certain services — In feudal and old English law, such services as were stinted (limited or defined) in quantity, and could not be exceeded on any pretense; as to pay a stated annual rent, or to plow such a field for three days. 2 Bl.Comm. 61 …
113certain services — Base services, stinted in quantity and not to be exceeded. See 2 Bl Comm 61 …
114meager — [mē′gər] adj. [ME megre < OFr megre (Fr maigre) < L macer, lean, thin < IE * makro < base * māk , long and thin > Gr makros, long, OE mæger, meager] 1. thin; lean; emaciated 2. of poor quality or small amount; not full or rich;… …
115urled — to be stinted in their growth ; said of such as do not grow. Hence an urling is in the North, a little dwarfish person. In the South such persons are called KNURLES …
116unstinted — adj. not stinted. Derivatives: unstintedly adv …
117stintedly — adverb : in a stinted manner * * * stintˈedly adverb • • • Main Entry: ↑stint …
118stintedness — noun ( es) : the quality or state of being stinted * * * stintˈedness noun • • • Main Entry: ↑stint …
119stint´less — stint1 «stihnt», verb, noun. –v.t. 1. to keep on short allowance; be saving or careful in using or spending; limit: »The parents stinted themselves of food to give it to their children. 2. Archaic. to stop; cease. –v.i. 1. be saving; get along on …
120stint´ing|ly — stint1 «stihnt», verb, noun. –v.t. 1. to keep on short allowance; be saving or careful in using or spending; limit: »The parents stinted themselves of food to give it to their children. 2. Archaic. to stop; cease. –v.i. 1. be saving; get along on …
