== Ceramics == Dunting is a fault that can occur during the firing of ceramic articles. It is the `cracking that occurs in fired ceramic bodies as a result of a thermally induced stress` and is caused by a `ware cooled too quickly after it has been fired`. Although usually occurring during cooling dunts can also be caused by excessively fast h...
• (n.) A blow.
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Scottish, meaning: A small, controlled blow.
Dunt noun [ Dint .] A blow. [ Obsolete] R. of Glouc. 
to knock.