dint
noun
1. an impression or hollow in a surface: 表面にある跡やくぼみ
(打ってできた)へこみ, くぼみ.
e.g. the soft dints at the top of a coconut.: ココナッツの先端の軽いくぼみ
2. archaic a blow or stroke, typically one made with a weapon in fighting.: 打撃。概して戦いの中で武器によって作られたもの。
force of attack; impact: 攻撃の力; 衝撃;
e.g. I perceive you feel the dint of pity. : あなたが残念に感じているは分かっています。
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verb with object
mark (a surface) with impressions or hollows: (表面に)押してできる印やくぼみを跡をつける
…をへこます, …に押しつけて印を付ける.
e.g. (as adjective dinted) : the metal was dull and dinted.: その金属はなまくらで窪みができていた。
PHRASES
by dint of = by means of
｟かたく｠ A〈方法など〉によって, Aの力で
e.g. he had gotten to where he was today by dint of sheer hard work.
ORIGIN
Old English dynt ‘stroke with a weapon’, reinforced in Middle English by the related Old Norse word dyntr; of unknown ultimate origin. Compare with dent.