Now you weep; and, I perceive, you feel
The dint of pity.
Shak.
It was by dint of passing strength
That he moved the massy stone at length.
Sir W. Scott.
Dint, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dinted; p. pr. & vb. n. Dinting.] To make a mark or cavity on or in, by a blow or by pressure; to dent. Donne. Tennyson.
Di*nu`mer*a"tion (?), n. [L. dinumeratio; di- = dis- + numerare to count, fr. numerus number.] Enumeration. [Obs.] Bullokar.
Di*oc"e*san (?; 277), a. [LL. dioecesanus: cf. F. diocésain.] Of or pertaining to a diocese; as, diocesan missions.
Di*oc"e*san, n. 1. A bishop, viewed in relation to his diocese; as, the diocesan of New York.