Dint
A blow; a stroke.
The mark left by a blow; an indentation or impression made by violence; a dent.
Force; power; -- esp. in the phrase by dint of.
To make a mark or cavity on or in, by a blow or by pressure; to dent.
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Dint Quotations
A revolution can be neither made nor stopped. The only thing that can be done is for one of several of its children to give it a direction by dint of victories.
Napoleon Bonaparte
This was possible only by dint of extended periods of frequently quite painful reflection and digestion.
Brian Ferneyhough
Success depends in a very large measure upon individual initiative and exertion, and cannot be achieved except by a dint of hard work.
Anna Pavlova
I cannot now change my style, which I acquired, as you can imagine, by dint of labour.
Henri Rousseau
Dint Translations
dint in German is Einbeulung, Beule
dint in Italian is ammaccatura
dint in Spanish is chichon
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