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dintless, a.|ˈdɪntlɪs|
[f. dint n. + -less.]
Without a dint or dints.
1. Not producing a dint or impression.
1558T. Phaer æneid ii. E iij, On his targat side it hit, where dyntlesse down it hyng. 1647Trapp Comm. 1 Thess. iii. 4 Darts fore-seen are dintlesse. 1847Blackie in Blackw. Mag. LXII. 238 Dintless the missile hail is pour'd.
2. That has, or receives, no dint.
1860Ruskin Mod. Paint. V. vi. x. §24. 102 Veiling with hushed softness its dintless rocks.
3. dial. See quot., and cf. dint n. 2.
1878Cumbld. Gloss., Dintless, lacking in energy. |