GNU Collaborative International Dictionary of English

Found 5 definitions

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   Tine , n. [See Teen affliction.] Trouble; distress; teen. [Obs.] “Cruel winter's tine.”
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   Tine, v. t. [See Tind.] To kindle; to set on fire. [Obs.] See Tind. “To tine the cloven wood.”
   Dryden.
   
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   Coals of contention and hot vengeance tind.
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   Tine, v. i. [Cf. Tine distress, or Tine to kindle.] To kindle; to rage; to smart. [Obs.]
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   Ne was there slave, ne was there medicine
   That mote recure their wounds; so inly they did tine.
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   Tine, v. t. [AS. tnan, from tn an inclosure. See Town.] To shut in, or inclose. [Prov. Eng.]
   Halliwell.
   
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   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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