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Webster 1913 Edition

Dint

Dint

,
Noun.
[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.
2.
The mark left by a blow; an indentation or impression made by violence; a dent.
Dryden.
Every
dint
a sword had beaten in it [the shield].
Tennyson.
3.
Force; power; – esp. in the phrase by dint of.
Now you weep; and, I perceive, you feel
The
dint
of pity.
Shakespeare
It was by
dint
of passing strength
That he moved the massy stone at length.
Sir W. Scott.

Dint

,
Verb.
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.

Webster 1828 Edition

Dint

DINT

,
Noun.
1.
A blow; a stroke.
2.
Force; violence; power exerted; as, to win by dint of arms, by dint of war, by dint of argument or importunity.
3.
The mark made by a blow; a cavity or impression made by a blow or by pressure on a substance; often pronounced dent.
His hands had made a dint.

DINT

,
Verb.
T.
To make a mark or cavity on a substance by a blow or by pressure. [See Indent.]

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