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Entry 4 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Dint

/dĭnt/ · IPA /dɪnt/
01 n. A blow; a stroke.
  1. 1.
    A blow; a stroke.[Obs.]
  2. 2.
    The mark left by a blow; an indentation or impression made by violence; a dent.
    “Every dint a sword had beaten in it [the shield].” — Tennyson.
  3. 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.
02 v. t. To make a mark or cavity on or in, by a blow or by pressure; to dent.
imp. & p. p. Dinted; p. pr. & vb. n. Dinting
  1. 1.
    To make a mark or cavity on or in, by a blow or by pressure; to dent.