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. ]
Every dint a sword had beaten in it [ the shield ]. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]
Now you weep; and, I perceive, you feel
The dint of pity. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
It was by dint of passing strength
That he moved the massy stone at length. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t.