dint
noun
force; power.
dints
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present tense formof dint (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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"Human nature's much the same at the bottom, whether it has gold on the top of it or the dints of the hammer, and Mrs. Jimmy was good all through."
From Alton of Somasco by Harold Bindloss
In that rocky mountain you will find three dales, one of which is very deep, those are the dints made by your hammer.
From Folk-Lore and Legends; Scandinavian by Various
I burst out, for the familiar labels, ay, the very dints in the brass lock, carried only sour memories to me, now.
From Margarita's Soul The Romantic Recollections of a Man of Fifty by J. Scott (John Scott) Williams
I mount no longer when the trumpets call; My battle-harness idles on the wall, The spider's castle, camping-ground of dust, Not without dints, and all in front, I trust.
From The Complete Poetical Works of James Russell Lowell by James Russell Lowell
He was not panoplied, like Aeschylus or Milton, in their grim and shining armor; yet what armor he wore bore kindred proud dints from the hellions' batterings.
From The Crest-Wave of Evolution A Course of Lectures in History, Given to the Graduates' Class in the Raja-Yoga College, Point Loma, in the College-Year 1918-19 by Kenneth Morris
