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