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Webster's Dictionary (1865)

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Stunt

Stūnt, v. t.

verbtransitive

v. t. [imp. & p. p. STUNTED; p. pr. & vb. n. STUNTING.] [A-S. stintan, stȳntan, to blunt, stunt, blunt, foolish. See STINT.] To hinder from growth; to prevent the growth of; to stint; as, to stunt a child; to stunt a plant.

When, by a cold penury, I blast the abilities of a nation, and stunt the growth of its active energies, the ill I may do is beyond all calculation. Burke.

Stŭnt, n.

noun

A check in growth, or that which has been checked in its growth; a stunted animal or thing; specifically, a young whale, two years old, which, having been weaned, is lean, and yields but little blubber.