dint

English

Etymology

From Old English dynt.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /dɪnt/

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• Rhymes: -ɪnt

Noun

dint (countable and uncountable; plural dints)

1. (obsolete) A blow, stroke, especially dealt in a fight.
   • 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, I.i:

     Much daunted with that dint, her sence was dazd [...].

2. Force, power; especially in by dint of.
3. A dent.

Derived terms

• by dint of

Verb

dint (third-person singular simple present dints, present participle dinting, simple past and past participle dinted)

1. To dent
   • 1915, Jeffery Farnol, Beltane The Smith^[1]:

     And, in that moment came one, fierce and wild of aspect, in dinted casque and rusty mail who stood and watched--ah God!

   • 1854, W. Harrison Ainsworth, The Star-Chamber, Volume 2^[2]:

     Your helmet was dinted in as if by a great shot.

Anagrams

• NDTI
• tind

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Middle English

Noun

dint (plural s)

1. dent
2. blow, stroke
   • Sir Gawain and the Green Knight,

     Ayein his dyntez sore ye may not yow defende.