stent : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: stent	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for stent
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
stent n a slender tube inserted inside a tubular body part (as a blood vessel) to provide support during and after surgical anastomosis
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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. Then would he weep, he might not be stent. --Chaucer. Yet n'ould she stent Her bitter railing and foul revilement. --Spenser.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Stent \Stent\, v. i. To stint; to stop; to cease. And of this cry they would never stenten. --Chaucer.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Stent \Stent\, n. An allotted portion; a stint. [bd]Attain'd his journey's stent.[b8] --Mir. for Mag.