dint /dɪnt/noun 3verb 1forms 3 noun3 •Especially in by dint of: force, power.O, now you weep; and, I perceive, you feel / The dint of pity — 1599 •The mark left by a blow; an indentation or impression made by violence; a dent.[D]epe wͭ dynt the sword enforced furst / had ransakt through his ribs ⁊ swete whyte brest at once had burst. — 1560 •(no longer used) A blow, stroke, especially dealt in a fight.Much daunted with that dint, her sence was dazd […] — 1590 verb1 •To dent.Your helmet was dinted in as if by a great shot. — 1854 formsdinted · dinting · dints
