Stent

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
stent
    n 1: a slender tube inserted inside a tubular body part (as a
         blood vessel) to provide support during and after surgical
         anastomosis
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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.
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         Then would he weep, he might not be stent. --Chaucer.
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         Yet n'ould she stent
         Her bitter railing and foul revilement.  --Spenser.
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from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Stent \Stent\, v. i.
   To stint; to stop; to cease.
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         And of this cry they would never stenten. --Chaucer.
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from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Stent \Stent\, n.
   An allotted portion; a stint. "Attain'd his journey's stent."
   --Mir. for Mag.
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