duntle, v. dial.
(ˈdʌnt(ə)l)
[perh. dim. and freq. of dunt v.: but see also dunkle.]
trans. To knock; to dent with a blow.
| 1852 R. S. Surtees Sponge's Sp. Tour xxvii. 167 It was between these places that I got my head duntled into my hat. 1857 Kingsley Two Y. Ago Introd. (1879) 6 His cap is duntled in: his back bears fresh stains of peat. |