\Dint\, 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}.]
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.

\Dint\, v. t. [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.