\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.

\Stent\, v. i.
To stint; to stop; to cease.
      And of this cry they would never stenten. --Chaucer.

\Stent\, n.
An allotted portion; a stint. ``Attain'd his journey's
stent.'' --Mir. for Mag.