dint

dint is a   Noun

Definition:

[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.

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