To assign a certain task to (a person), upon the performance of which he/she is excused from further labour for that day or period; to stent.
To impregnate successfully; to get with foal.
To be sparing or mean.
To restrain within certain limits; to bound; to restrict to a scant allowance.
Limit; bound; restraint; extent.
Quantity or task assigned; proportion allotted.
Any of several very small wading birds in the genus Calidris. Types of sandpiper, such as the dunlin or the sanderling.
A period of time spent doing or being something; a spell.