Wiktionary
by dint of
prep. 1 because of. 2 by means of.
Usage examples of "by dint of".
This good merchant earns it by dint of the invaluable information he has brought me.
It was soon discovered, however, that the pocket knives were insufficient for this purpose, but by dint of notching the young saplings and then breaking them down, they succeeded, in a couple of hours, in collecting wood enough to roof over a space between the hollow rock which contained the provisions and another rock, in shape like a hammer, which jutted out within five yards of it.
Over and over they went together until, by dint of belling sword stroke, Hightower pressed his opponent hard to stay ahorse.