stenting (plural stentings)
(medical) The surgical act of placing a stent, or supporting tube, into an artery, esophagus, or other passage or conduit in the body.
stenting
present participle of stent
stenting (plural stentings)
(UK, dialect) An opening in a wall in a coal mine.
• nettings, snetting, tentings
Source: Wiktionary
Stent"ing, n.
Definition: An opening in a wall in a coal mine. [Written also stenton.] [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.
Stent, v. t. [Obs. imp. Stente; obs. p. p. Stent.] Etym: [See Stint.]
Definition: To keep within limits; to restain; 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.
Stent, v. i.
Definition: To stint; to stop; to cease. And of this cry they would never stenten. Chaucer.
Stent, n.
Definition: An allotted portion; a stint. "Attain'd his journey's stent." Mir. for Mag.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
2 May 2025
(noun) excavation consisting of a vertical or sloping passageway for finding or mining ore or for ventilating a mine
Coffee starts as a yellow berry, changes into a red berry, and then is picked by hand to harvest. The red berry is de-shelled through a water soaking process and what’s left inside is the green coffee bean. This bean then dries in the sun for 3-5 days, where it is then packed and ready for sale.
