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(dnt), n.[A variant of Dint.] 1. A stroke; a blow. [Obs.] "That dent of thunder." Chaucer. 2. A slight depression, or small notch or hollow, made by a blow or by pressure; an indentation. A blow that would have made a dent in a pound of butter. De Quincey. Dent v. t.[imp. & p. p.Dented; p. pr. & vb. n.Denting.] To make a dent upon; to indent. The houses dented with bullets. Macaulay. Dent n.[F., fr. L. dens, dentis, tooth. See Tooth.] (Mach.) A tooth, as of a card, a gear wheel, etc. Knight. スポンサード リンク
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