dent

name

1. A village and civil parish in Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, England, previously in South Lakeland district (OS grid ref SD7086).
2. A surname.

noun

Etymology: From French dent, from Latin dēns, dentis (“tooth”). Doublet of dens and tooth.

1. A tooth, as of a card, a gear wheel, etc.
2. A slot or a wire in a reed.

   “Centering for a weaving width of 15 7/15", sley 2 ends per dent in a 15-dent reed, or centering for a width of 15 5/10", sley 3 ends per dent in a 10-dent reed.”

verb

Etymology: From Middle English dent, dente, dint (“a blow; strike; dent”), from Old English dynt (“blow, strike, the mark or noise of a blow”), from Proto-Germanic *duntiz (“a blow”). Akin to Old Norse dyntr (“dint”). Doublet of dint.

1. To impact something, producing a dent.
2. To develop a dent or dents.

   “Copper is soft and dents easily.”