DINT

dint

(noun) interchangeable with ‘means’ in the expression ‘by means of’

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology 1

Noun

dint (countable and uncountable, plural dints)

(obsolete) A blow, stroke, especially dealt in a fight.

Force, power; especially in by dint of.

The mark left by a blow; an indentation or impression made by violence; a dent.

Verb

dint (third-person singular simple present dints, present participle dinting, simple past and past participle dinted)

To dent.

Etymology 2

Contraction

dint

Pronunciation spelling of didn’t.

Anagrams

• NDTI, idn't, tind

Source: Wiktionary

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Dint, n. Etym: [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.]

Definition: To make a mark or cavity on or in, by a blow or by pressure; to dent. Donne. Tennyson.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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