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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Dint \Dint\, noun [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.
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.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Dint \Dint\, verb (used with an object) [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.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
dint
noun: interchangeable with 'means' in the expression 'by dint of'
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
170 Moby Thesaurus words for "dint": alveolation, alveolus, amperage, armipotence, authority, bang, bash, bat, beating, beef, belt, biff, black power, blow, bonk, boss, brute force, bump, charge, charisma, chop, clip, clout, clump, cogence, cogency, colophon, compulsion, concavity, convexity, crack, cut, dactylogram, dactylograph, dash, dent, depress, dig, dimple, drive, drub, drubbing, drumming, duress, effect, effectiveness, effectuality, embossment, energy, engrave, excrescence, fingerprint, flower power, footmark, footprint, footstep, force, force majeure, forcefulness, fossil footprint, full blast, full force, furrow, fusillade, gouge, hit, honeycomb, ichnite, ichnolite, impress, impression, imprint, indent, indentation, indention, indenture, influence, jab, knock, lick, lump, main force, main strength, mana, might, might and main, mightiness, moxie, muscle power, notch, pad, paw print, pawmark, pelt, pimple, pit, pizzazz, plunk, pock, pockmark, poke, poop, potence, potency, potentiality, pound, power, power pack, power structure, power struggle, powerfulness, prepotency, press in, print, productiveness, productivity, pug, pugmark, puissance, pull, punch, punch in, push, rap, recess, seal, set back, set in, sigil, signet, sinew, slam, slog, slug, smack, smash, sock, stamp, steam, step, strength, stroke, strong arm, stud, sunken part, superiority, superpower, swat, swing, swipe, tamp, tattoo, thumbmark, thumbprint, thump, thwack, validity, vehemence, vestige, vigor, vim, virility, virtue, virulence, vitality, wattage, weight, whack, whop, yerk
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