Dint

Noun

 * 1)  A blow, stroke, especially dealt in a fight.
 * 2) *1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, I.i:
 * Much daunted with that dint, her sence was dazd [...].
 * 1) Force, power; especially in by dint of:.
 * 2) A dent.

Derived terms

 * by dint of

Verb

 * 1) To dent

Thesaurus
alveolation, alveolus, amperage, armipotence, authority, bang, bash, bat, beating, beef, belt, biff, black power, blow, bonk, boss, brute force, bump, charge, charisma, chop, clip, clout, clump, cogence, cogency, colophon, compulsion, concavity, convexity, crack, cut, dactylogram, dactylograph, dash, dent, depress, dig, dimple, drive, drub, drubbing, drumming, duress, effect, effectiveness, effectuality, embossment, energy, engrave, excrescence, fingerprint, flower power, footmark, footprint, footstep, force, force majeure, forcefulness, fossil footprint, full blast, full force, furrow, fusillade, gouge, hit, honeycomb, ichnite, ichnolite, impress, impression, imprint, indent, indentation, indention, indenture, influence, jab, knock, lick, lump, main force, main strength, mana, might, might and main, mightiness, moxie, muscle power, notch, pad, paw print, pawmark, pelt, pimple, pit, pizzazz, plunk, pock, pockmark, poke, poop, potence, potency, potentiality, pound, power, power pack, power structure, power struggle, powerfulness, prepotency, press in, print, productiveness, productivity, pug, pugmark, puissance, pull, punch, punch in, push, rap, recess, seal, set back, set in, sigil, signet, sinew, slam, slog, slug, smack, smash, sock, stamp, steam, step, strength, stroke, strong arm, stud, sunken part, superiority, superpower, swat, swing, swipe, tamp, tattoo, thumbmark, thumbprint, thump, thwack, validity, vehemence, vestige, vigor, vim, virility, virtue, virulence, vitality, wattage, weight, whack, whop, yerk

Etymology
From dynt.

Anagrams

 * NDTI
 * tind

Noun

 * 1) dent
 * 2) blow, stroke
 * 3) * Sir Gawain and the Green Knight,
 * Ayein his dyntez sore ye may not yow defende.