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Dent
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Part of speech: noun (n.)
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.
Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 2 of 3
Part of speech: noun (n.)
A tooth, as of a card, a gear wheel, etc. Knight.
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Part of speech: verb (v.)
To make a dent upon; to indent. The houses dented with bullets. Macaulay.