[dɪnt], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a dent or hollow in a surface
(e.g: the soft dints at the top of a coconut)

- a blow or stroke, typically one made with a weapon in fighting


Phrases:
- by dint of

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

[dɪnt], (Verb)

Definitions:
- mark (a surface) with dents or hollows
(e.g: the metal was dull and dinted)


Phrases:
- by dint of

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