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.
© Webster 1913.
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.
© Webster 1913.