DINT

dint. Dint, n. a blow, stroke, force, power, mark, hole

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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. 1. A blow; a stroke. “Mortal dint.” Milton. “Like thunder's dint.” Fairfax.
2. 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 . 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.