Available Definitions:
1) n. - 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.
2) n. - A phalarope.
3) v. t. - To restrain within certain limits; to bound; to confine; to restrain; to restrict to a scant allowance.
4) v. t. - To put an end to; to stop.
5) v. t. - 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.
6) v. t. - To serve successfully; to get with foal; -- said of mares.
7) v. i. - To stop; to cease.
8) v. t. - Limit; bound; restraint; extent.
9) v. t. - Quantity or task assigned; proportion allotted.