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▪ I. ˈdenting, vbl. n.
[f. dent v. + -ing1.]
1. The action of the verb dent, q.v.
1398Trevisa Barth. De P.R. xvii. clxii. (1495) 709 After many manere castynge, hewynge, dentynge, and planynge. 1591Percivall Sp. Dict., Abolladura, denting in with blowes, beating in, contusio.
†2. The result of this action; an indentation.
1388Wyclif Ex. xxvi. 17 Twei dentyngis [1382 rabitis] schulen be in the sidis of a table, bi which a table schal be ioyned to another table.
†3. Arch. = dentil. Obs.
1730A. Gordon Maffei's Amphith. 367 The great Cornish, with Modilions and Dentings.
▪ II. ˈdenting, ppl. a.
[f. as prec. + -ing2.]
That dents; † that strikes a blow.
1575Appius & Virginia Epil. in Hazl. Dodsley IV. 155 But denting death will cause them all to grant this world as vain. |