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.
Dent (dĕnt), 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.