GNU Collaborative International Dictionary of English
last match results
Found 5 definitions
-
Tine (?), n. [See Teen affliction.] Trouble; distress; teen. [Obs.] “Cruel winter's tine.” Spenser.
[1913 Webster]
-
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]
-
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]
-
Tine, v. t. [AS. t>nan, from t>n an inclosure. See Town.] To shut in, or inclose. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.
[1913 Webster]
-
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]