Dent \Dent\, 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.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Dent \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.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Dent \Dent\, n. [F., fr. L. dens, dentis, tooth. See Tooth.]

(Mach.) A tooth, as of a card, a gear wheel, etc. --Knight.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)