'Tine' definitions:

Definition of 'tine'

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noun
Prong on a fork or pitchfork or antler

Definition of 'Tine'

From: GCIDE
  • Tine \Tine\, n. [See Teen affliction.] Trouble; distress; teen. [Obs.] "Cruel winter's tine." --Spenser. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Tine'

From: GCIDE
  • Tine \Tine\, v. t. [See Tind.] To kindle; to set on fire. [Obs.] See Tind. "To tine the cloven wood." --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
  • Coals of contention and hot vengeance tind. --Spenser. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Tine'

From: GCIDE
  • Tine \Tine\, v. i. [Cf. Tine distress, or Tine to kindle.] To kindle; to rage; to smart. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
  • Ne was there slave, ne was there medicine That mote recure their wounds; so inly they did tine. --Spenser. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Tine'

From: GCIDE
  • Tine \Tine\, v. t. [AS. t?nan, from t?n an inclosure. See Town.] To shut in, or inclose. [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Tine'

From: GCIDE
  • Tine \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. [1913 Webster]

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