GNU Collaborative International Dictionary of English

Found 3 definitions

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   Dent , n. [A variant of Dint.]
   A stroke; a blow. [Obs.] “That dent of thunder.”
   Chaucer.
   
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   A slight depression, or small notch or hollow, made by a blow or by pressure; an indentation.
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   A blow that would have made a dent in a pound of butter.
   De Quincey.
   
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   Dent, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dented; p. pr. & vb. n. Denting.] To make a dent upon; to indent.
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   The houses dented with bullets.
   Macaulay.
   
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   Dent, n. [F., fr. L. dens, dentis, tooth. See Tooth.] (Mach.) A tooth, as of a card, a gear wheel, etc.
   Knight.
   
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