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  1.                 From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
                    

    Din \Din\, v. i. To sound with a din; a ding. [1913 Webster]

    The gay viol dinning in the dale. --A. Seward. [1913 Webster]

  2.                 From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
                    

    Din \Din\ (d[i^]n), n. [AS. dyne, dyn; akin to Icel. dynr, and to AS. dynian to resound, Icel. dynja to pour down like hail or rain; cf. Skr. dhuni roaring, a torrent, dhvan to sound. Cf. Dun to ask payment.] Loud, confused, harsh noise; a loud, continuous, rattling or clanging sound; clamor; roar. [1913 Webster]

    Think you a little din can daunt mine ears? --Shak. [1913 Webster]

    He knew the battle's din afar. --Sir W. Scott. [1913 Webster]

    The dust and din and steam of town. --Tennyson. [1913 Webster]

  3.                 From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
                    

    Din \Din\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dinned; p. pr. & vb. n. Dinning.] [AS. dynian. See Din, n.] 1. To strike with confused or clanging sound; to stun with loud and continued noise; to harass with clamor; as, to din the ears with cries. [1913 Webster]

    2. To utter with a din; to repeat noisily; to ding. [1913 Webster]

    This hath been often dinned in my ears. --Swift. [1913 Webster]

    To din into, to fix in the mind of another by frequent and noisy repetitions. --Sir W. Scott. [1913 Webster]