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1. i. çentik, çizgi, iz. i. ufak çukur; çentik, çizik, iz; kuvvet. ufak çukur açmak.
2. ufak oyuk; kuvvet; by dint of kuvvetiyle, vasıtasıyla, ufak çukur meydana getirmek, oyuk.
3. çentik. çizgi. iz.
4. çentik. kertik. darbe sonucu meydana gelen çukurcuk. çentik / kertik açmak. çukurcuk meydana getirmek.

Etymology : Middle English, from Old English dynt; akin to Old Norse dyntr noise
Pronunciation : 'dint
Function : noun
Date : before 12th century

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1. hollow, depression, dent. dint\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.].
2. a blow; a stroke. [obs.] "mortal dint." "like thunder's dint.".
3. the mark left by a blow; an indentation or impression made by violence; a dent. every dint a sword had beaten in it [the shield].
4. force; power; -- esp. in the phrase by dint of. now you weep; and, i perceive, you feel the dint of pity. it was by dint of passing strength that he moved the massy stone at length. w. scott.dint \dint\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. dinted; p. pr. & vb. n. dinting.] to make a mark or cavity on or in, by a blow or by pressure; to dent. tennyson.
5. A blow; a stroke.
6. The mark left by a blow; an indentation or impression made by violence; a dent.
7. Force; power; esp. in the phrase by dint of.
8. To make a mark or cavity on or in, by a blow or by pressure; to dent. interchangeable with `means' in the expression `by dint of'.
9. If you achieve a result by dint of something, you achieve it by means of that thing. He succeeds by dint of sheer hard work = by means of. by dint of (doing) sth by using a particular method.