Part 3133

<i>Burns.</i>

<h1>Dint</h1> <Xpage=414>

<hw>Dint</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>dint</ets>, <ets>dent</ets>, <ets>dunt</ets>, a blow, AS. <ets>dynt</ets>; akin to Icel. <ets>dyntr</ets> a dint, <ets>dynta</ets> to dint, and perh. to L. <ets>fendere</ets> (in composition). Cf. 1st <er>Dent</er>, <er>Defend</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>A blow; a stroke.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> "Mortal <i>dint</i>." <i>Milton</i>. "Like thunder's <i>dint</i>."

<i>Fairfax.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The mark left by a blow; an indentation or impression made by violence; a dent.</def>

<i>Dryden.</i>

<blockquote>Every <b>dint</b> a sword had beaten in it [the shield]. <i>Tennyson.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Force; power; -- esp. in the phrase <i>by dint of</i>.</def>

<blockquote>Now you weep; and, I perceive, you feel The <b>dint</b> of pity. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>It was by <b>dint</b> of passing strength That he moved the massy stone at length. <i>Sir W. Scott.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Dint</h1> <Xpage=414>

<hw>Dint</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Dinted</er>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Dinting</er>.]</wordforms> <def>To make a mark or cavity on or in, by a blow or by pressure; to dent.</def>

<i>Donne. Tennyson.</i>

<h1>Dinumeration</h1> <Xpage=414>

<hw>Di*nu`mer*a"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>dinumeratio</ets>; <ets>di- = dis-</ets> + <ets>numerare</ets> to count, fr. <ets>numerus</ets> number.]</ety> <def>Enumeration.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Bullokar.</i>

<h1>Diocesan</h1> <Xpage=414>

<hw>Di*oc"e*san</hw> <tt>(?; 277)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[LL. <ets>dioecesanus</ets>: cf. F. <ets>dioc\'82sain</ets>.]</ety> <def>Of or pertaining to a diocese; <as>as, <ex>diocesan</ex> missions</as>.</def>

<h1>Diocesan</h1> <Xpage=414>

<hw>Di*oc"e*san</hw>, <tt>n.</tt>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>A bishop, viewed in relation to his diocese; <as>as, the <ex>diocesan</ex> of New York</as>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <pluf>pl.</pluf> <def>The clergy or the people of a diocese.</def>

<i>Strype.</i>

<h1>Diocese</h1> <Xpage=414>

<hw>Di"o*cese</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Dioceses</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[OE. <ets>diocise</ets>, OF. <ets>diocise</ets>, F. <ets>dioc\'82se</ets>, L. <ets>dioecesis</ets>, fr. Gr. <?/ housekeeping, administration, a province, a diocese, fr. <?/ to keep house, manage; <?/ through + <?/ to manage a household, <?/ a house. See <er>Economy</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Eccl.)</fld> <def>The circuit or extent of a bishop's jurisdiction; the district in which a bishop exercises his ecclesiastical authority.</def> <altsp>[Frequently, but improperly, spelt <asp>diocess</asp>.]</altsp>

<h1>Diocesener</h1> <Xpage=414>

<hw>Di`o*ce"se*ner</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who belongs to a diocese.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>