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Webster 1913 Edition


Tine

Tine

,
Noun.
[See
Teen
affliction.]
Trouble; distress; teen.
[Obs.]
“Cruel winter’s tine.”
Spenser.

Tine

,
Verb.
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

,
Verb.
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

,
Verb.
T.
[AS.
t[GREEK]nan
, from
t[GREEK]n
an inclosure. See
Town
.]
To shut in, or inclose.
[Prov. Eng.]
Halliwell.

Tine

,
Noun.
[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.

Webster 1828 Edition


Tine

TINE

,
Verb.
T.
To kindle, to set on fire. [See Tind.]

TINE

,
Verb.
T.
[L. teneo.] To shut or inclose; to fill. [Not in use or local.]

TINE

,
Noun.
[L. dens.]
1.
The tooth or spike of a fork; a prong; also,the tooth of a harrow or drag.
2.
Trouble; distress. [Not in use.]

TINE

,
Verb.
I.
To rage; to smart; to fight.

Definition 2024


tîne

tîne

See also: tine, Tine, tíne, tiñe, tinë, and ține

Kurdish

Verb

tîne

  1. Third-person singular present of anîn.