n. [ OE. dint, dent, dunt, a blow, AS. dynt; akin to Icel. dyntr a dint, dynta to dint, and perh. to L. fendere (in composition). Cf. 1st Dent, Defend. ] 1. A blow; a stroke. [ Obs. ] “Mortal dint.” Milton. “Like thunder's dint.” Fairfax. [ 1913 Webster ]
2. The mark left by a blow; an indentation or impression made by violence; a dent. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]
Every dint a sword had beaten in it [ the shield ]. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]
3. Force; power; -- esp. in the phrase by dint of. [ 1913 Webster ]
Now you weep; and, I perceive, you feel The dint of pity. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
It was by dint of passing strength That he moved the massy stone at length. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Dinted; p. pr. & vb. n. Dinting. ] To make a mark or cavity on or in, by a blow or by pressure; to dent. Donne. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]
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