(n.) A phalarope. 
                        
                    
                    
                        
                        
                            (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. 
                        
                    
                    
                        
                        
                            (v. i.) To stop; to cease. 
                        
                    
                    
                        
                        
                            (v. t.) Limit; bound; restraint; extent. 
                        
                    
                    
                        
                        
                            (v. t.) Quantity or task assigned; proportion allotted. 
                        
                    
                    
                        
                        
                            (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. 
                        
                    
                    
                        
                        
                            (v. t.) To put an end to; to stop. 
                        
                    
                    
                        
                        
                            (v. t.) To restrain within certain limits; to bound; to confine;   to restrain; to restrict to a scant allowance. 
                        
                    
                    
                        
                        
                            (v. t.) To serve successfully; to get with foal; -- said of   mares.