DINT, n. 1. A blow; a stroke.2. Force; violence; power exerted; as, to win by dint of arms, by dint of war, by dint of argument or importunity.3. The mark made by a blow; a cavity or impression made by a blow or by pressure on a substance; often pronounced dent. His hands had made a dint.DINT, v.t. To make a mark or cavity on a substance by a blow or by pressure. [See Indent.]
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