v. 1. to etch in aquatint. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

{ } n. [ It. acquatinta dyed water; acqua (L. aqua) water + tinto, fem. tinta, dyed. See Tint. ] A kind of etching in which spaces are bitten by the use of aqua fortis, by which an effect is produced resembling a drawing in water colors or India ink; also, the engraving produced by this method. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Fine Arts) (a) That part of a painting, engraving, or the like, which is neither in full darkness nor full light. (b) The shade itself; neither the darkest nor the lightest in a composition. Also called half tint. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Fine Arts) A style of engraving in relief by means of voltaic electricity. A picture is drawn on a metallic plate with some material which resists the fluids of a battery; so that, in electro-typing, the parts not covered by the varnish, etc., receive a deposition of metal, and produce the required copy in intaglio. A cast of this is then the plate for printing. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Litho- + tint. ] 1. A kind of lithography by which the effect of a tinted drawing is produced, as if made with India ink. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A picture produced by this process. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. mezzo-tinto. ] A manner of engraving on copper or steel by drawing upon a surface previously roughened, and then removing the roughness in places by scraping, burnishing, etc., so as to produce the requisite light and shade. Also, an engraving so produced. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To engrave in mezzotint. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who engraves in mezzotint. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ It. mezzo half + tinto tinted, p. p. of tingere to dye, color, tinge, L. tingere. See Mezzo. ] Mezzotint. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Mezzotintoed p. pr. & vb. n. Mezzotintoing ] To engrave in mezzotint; to represent by mezzotint. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) (a) Any one of several species of small sandpipers, as the sanderling of Europe and America, the dunlin, the little stint of India (Tringa minuta), etc. Called also pume. (b) A phalarope. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Stinted; p. pr. & vb. n. Stinting. ] [ OE. stinten, stenten, stunten, to cause to cease, AS. styntan (in comp.) to blunt, dull, fr. stunt dull, stupid; akin to Icel. stytta to shorten, stuttr short, dial, Sw. stynta to shorten, stunt short. Cf. Stent, Stunt. ] 1. To restrain within certain limits; to bound; to confine; to restrain; to restrict to a scant allowance. [ 1913 Webster ]

I shall not go about to extenuate the latitude of the curse upon the earth, or stint it only to the production of weeds. Woodward. [ 1913 Webster ]

She stints them in their meals. Law. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To put an end to; to stop. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To assign a certain (i. e., limited) task to (a person), upon the performance of which one is excused from further labor for the day or for a certain time; to stent. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. To serve successfully; to get with foal; -- said of mares. [ 1913 Webster ]

The majority of maiden mares will become stinted while at work. J. H. Walsh. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To stop; to cease. [ Archaic ] [ 1913 Webster ]

They can not stint till no thing be left. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

And stint thou too, I pray thee. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

The damsel stinted in her song. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

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n. [ Also written stent. See Stint, v. t. ] 1. Limit; bound; restraint; extent. [ 1913 Webster ]

God has wrote upon no created thing the utmost stint of his power. South. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Quantity or task assigned; proportion allotted. [ 1913 Webster ]

His old stint -- three thousand pounds a year. Cowper. [ 1913 Webster ]

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n. Restraint; stoppage. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The state of being stinted. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who, or that which, stints. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Without stint or restraint. [ 1913 Webster ]

The stintlesstears of old Heraclitus. Marston. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ For older tinct, fr. L. tinctus, p. p. of tingere to dye: cf. F. teinte, teint, It. tinta, tinto. See Tinge, and cf. Taint to stain, a stain, Tent a kind of wine, Tinto. ] A slight coloring. Specifically: -- [ 1913 Webster ]

(a) A pale or faint tinge of any color. [ 1913 Webster ]

Or blend in beauteous tints the colored mass. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

Their vigor sickens, and their tints decline. Harte. [ 1913 Webster ]

(b) A color considered with reference to other very similar colors; as, red and blue are different colors, but two shades of scarlet are different tints. [ 1913 Webster ]

(c) (Engraving) A shaded effect produced by the juxtaposition of many fine parallel lines. [ 1913 Webster ]

Tint tool (Eng.), a species of graver used for cutting the parallel lines which produce tints in engraving. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Tinted; p. pr. & vb. n. Tinting. ] To give a slight coloring to; to tinge. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. tintamarre. ] A hideous or confused noise; an uproar. [ Obs. ] Howell. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A certain old dance. [ Obs. ] Halliwell. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) The wren. [ Prov. Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ L. tintinnabulum a little bell, fr. tintinnare to ring, to jingle, tinnire to jingle. ] Having or making the sound of a bell; tinkling. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A tinkling sound, as of a bell or bells. Poe. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of, pertaining to, or resembling, the tinkling of a bell; having a tinkling sound; tintinnabular. De Quincey. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. Tintinnabula /plu>. [ L., a bell. See Tintinnabular. ] A bell; also, a set or combination of bells or metal plates used as a musical instrument or as a toy. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ Pg., tinged, fr. L. tinctus, p. p. of tingere to tinge. See Tint, n. ] A red Madeira wine, wanting the high aroma of the white sorts, and, when old, resembling tawny port. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Tint + -meter. ] (Physics) An apparatus for the determination of colors by comparison with arbitrary standards; a colorimeter. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. Same as Ferrotype. [ 1913 Webster ]

See accommodating.
See aching.
See ailing.
See aiming.
See alarming.
See altering.
See appreciating.
See approving.
See aspiring.
See assisting.
See attempting.
See attending.
See bearing.
See befitting.
See beginning.
See believing.
See bleaching.
See bleeding.
See blemishing.
See blenching.
See blossoming.
See blushing.
See boding.
See branching.
See breathing.
See burning.
See calculating.
See ceasing.
See changing.
See charming.
See communicating.
See complaining.
See complying.
See conceiving.
See conducing.
See confessing.
See conniving.
See consenting.
See considering.
See conspiring.
See consulting.
See consuming.
See contending.
See contriving.
See conversing.
See convincing.
See dawning.
See decaying.
See delaying.
See depending.
See derogating.
See deserving.
See desiring.
See despairing.
See detesting.
See deviating.
See differencing.
See discerning.
See discording.
See discriminating.
See disobliging.
See dispensing.
See dissembling.
See dissolving.
See distinguishing.
See distracting.
See disturbing.
See doubting.
See dreading.
See drooping.
See ebbing.
See echoing.
See edifying.
See ending.
See enduring.
See engaging.
See enjoying.
See entering.
See enterprising.
See entertaining.
See envying.
See existing.
See fadging.
See fading.
See fainting.
See faltering.
See fearing.
See feigning.
See fighting.
See fitting.
See flagging.
See flattering.
See flinching.
See folding.
See forbearing.
See foreboding.
See foreseeing.
See forgiving.
See giving.
See grudging.
See harming.
See heeding.
See hesitating.
See hoping.
See hurting.
See importing.
See imposing.
See improving.
See interesting.
See intermitting.
See intoxicating.
See inviting.
See jarring.
See laboring.
See lingering.
See listening.
See loving.
See meddling.
See meriting.
See mistrusting.
See moving.
See murmuring.
See obliging.
See observing.
See offending.
See opening.
See pardoning.
See paying.
See perceiving.
See performing.
See perishing.
See pitying.
See pleasing.
See possessing.
See preaching.
See prepossessing.
See presuming.
See pretending.
See prevailing.
See prevaricating.
See profiting.
See promising.
See proving.
See quailing.
See questioning.
See reasoning.
See recalling.
See reclining.
See recurring.
See referring.
See reflecting.
See refunding.
See refusing.
See rejoicing.
See relaxing.
See relishing.
See remembering.
See repenting.
See repining.
See reproving.
See repulsing.
See resisting.
See resolving.
See resting.
See returning.
See rewarding.
See sanctifying.
See satisfying.
See searching.
See seeing.
See setting.
See shrinking.
See sinking.
See sleeping.
See slipping.
See slumbering.
See speaking.
See stinting.
See stirring.
See stooping.
See submitting.
See sufficing.
See suiting.
See surging.
See suspecting.
See sweating.
See swerving.
See sympathizing.
See tasting.
See thriving.
See tiring.
See toiling.
See trading.
See trembling.
See trespassing.
See trifling.
See vacillating.
See varying.
See walking.
See wandering.
See waning.
See wasting.
See wavering.
See weeping.
See winking.
See winning.
See withdrawing.
See withering.
See wondering.
See working.
See writing.
See yielding.
----- and the like. [ 1913 Webster ]

The above classes of words are unlimited in extent, and such compounds may be formed by any writer or speaker at will from almost all the adjectives or participles in the language, excepting those which have a recognized and usual negative correspondent with the prefix -in. No attempt will be made, therefore, to define them all in this Dictionary; many will be omitted from its Vocabulary which are negations of the simple word, and are readily explained by prefixing a not to the latter. Derivatives of these words in -ly and -ness will also, for the most part, be omitted for the same or similar reasons. [ 1913 Webster ]

There will be inserted as separate articles with definitions, the following: -- [ 1913 Webster ]

1. Those which have acquired an opposed or contrary, instead of a merely negative, meaning; as, unfriendly, ungraceful, unpalatable, unquiet, and the like; or else an intensive sense more than a prefixed not would express; as, unending, unparalleled, undisciplined, undoubted, unsafe, and the like. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Those which have the value of independent words, inasmuch as the simple words are either not used at all, or are rarely, or at least much less frequently, used; as, unavoidable, unconscionable, undeniable, unspeakable, unprecedented, unruly, and the like; or inasmuch as they are used in a different sense from the usual meaning of the primitive, or especially in one of the significations of the latter; as, unaccountable, unalloyed, unbelieving, unpretending, unreserved, and the like; or inasmuch as they are so frequently and familiarly used that they are hardly felt to be of negative origin; as, uncertain, uneven, and the like. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Those which are anomalous, provincial, or, for some other reason, not desirable to be used, and are so indicated; as, unpure for impure, unsatisfaction for dissatisfaction, unexpressible for inexpressible, and the like. [ 1913 Webster ]

II. Un- is prefixed to nouns to express the absence of, or the contrary of, that which the noun signifies; as, unbelief, unfaith, unhealth, unrest, untruth, and the like. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Compounds of this last class are given in full in their proper order in the Vocabulary. [ 1913 Webster ]