tine Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun prong on a fork or pitchfork or antler

WordNet

Tine noun
Etymology
See Teen affliction.
Definitions
  1. Trouble; distress; teen. Obs. "Cruel winter's tine." Spenser.
Tine transitive verb
Etymology
See Tind.
Definitions
  1. To kindle; to set on fire. Obs. See Tind. "To tine the cloven wood." Dryden.
    Coals of contention and hot vegneance tind. Spenser.
Tine intransitive verb
Etymology
Cf. Tine distress, or Tine to kindle.
Definitions
  1. 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 transitive verb
Etymology
AS. tnan, from tn an inclosure. See Town.
Definitions
  1. To shut in, or inclose. Prov. Eng. Halliwell.
Tine noun
Etymology
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.
Definitions
  1. A tooth, or spike, as of a fork; a prong, as of an antler.

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