Definitions for: Dint


[n] interchangeable with `means' in the expression `by dint of'



Webster (1913) Definition: Dint, 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.

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. --Shak.

It was by dint of passing strength That he moved the
massy stone at length. --Sir W.
Scott.


Dint, 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.

See Also: agency, means, way

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