Meaning of TINE
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| Definition: | | [n] prong on a fork or pitchfork |
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| See Also: | | fork, pitchfork, prong | |
Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\Tine\, n. [See {Teen} affliction.]
Trouble; distress; teen. [Obs.] ``Cruel winter's tine.''
--Spenser.
\Tine\, v. t. [See {Tind}.]
To kindle; to set on fire. [Obs.] See {Tind}. ``To tine the
cloven wood.'' --Dryden.
Coals of contention and hot vengeance tind. --Spenser.
\Tine\, v. i. [Cf. {Tine} distress, or {Tine} to kindle.]
To kindle; to rage; to smart. [Obs.]
Ne was there slave, ne was there medicine That mote
recure their wounds; so inly they did tine. --Spenser.
\Tine\, v. t. [AS. t?nan, from t?n an inclosure. See
{Town}.]
To shut in, or inclose. [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell.
\Tine\, n. [OE. tind, AS. tind; akin to MHG. zint, Icel.
tindr, Sw. tinne, and probably to G. zinne a pinnacle, OHG.
zinna, and E. tooth. See {Tooth}.]
A tooth, or spike, as of a fork; a prong, as of an antler.
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