transitive. To limit or restrict the supply of (money, bounty, etc.); to stint; to give (something) sparingly or grudgingly. Now British regional…

Phrase. to make dainty of (anything): to set great store by; hence, to be sparing or chary of; to make dainty to do (or to make dainty of doing; also…

To stint the supply of; to refrain from giving, to withhold; to be niggardly of. Now rare. †to scant out: to dole out sparingly.