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
Dint, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dinted; p. pr. & vb. n. Dinting.]
Defn: To make a mark or cavity on or in, by a blow or by pressure; to dent. Donne. Tennyson.
DINUMERATION Di*nu`mer*a"tion, n. Etym: [L. dinumeratio; di- = dis- + numerare to count, fr. numerus number.]
Defn: Enumeration. [Obs.] Bullokar.
DIOCESAN
Di*oc"e*san, a. Etym: [LL. dioecesanus: cf. F. diocésain.]
Defn: Of or pertaining to a diocese; as, diocesan missions.
DIOCESAN
Di*oc"e*san, n.