Associations to the word «Dint»

Wiktionary

DINT, noun. (obsolete) A blow, stroke, especially dealt in a fight.
DINT, noun. Force, power; especially in by dint of.
DINT, noun. The mark left by a blow; an indentation or impression made by violence; a dent.
DINT, verb. To dent

Dictionary definition

DINT, noun. Interchangeable with `means' in the expression `by means of'.

Wise words

We should have a great fewer disputes in the world if words were taken for what they are, the signs of our ideas only, and not for things themselves.
John Locke