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Webster 1913 Edition
Tine
Tine
,Verb.
T.
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.
TINE
,Verb.
T.
TINE
,Noun.
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.
Definition 2024
Tine
tine
tine
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /taɪn/
- Rhymes: -aɪn
Noun
tine (plural tines)
- A spike or point on an implement or tool, especially a prong of a fork or a tooth of a comb
- A small branch, especially on an antler or horn
Translations
prong
on antler
See also
Etymology 2
See teen (“affliction”).
Noun
tine
- (obsolete) Trouble; distress; teen.
- Spenser
- Cruel winter's tine.
- Spenser
Etymology 3
See tind.
Verb
tine (third-person singular simple present tines, present participle tining, simple past and past participle tined)
- To kindle; to set on fire.
- Dryden
- to tine the cloven wood
- Spenser
- coals of contention and hot vengeance tin'd
- Dryden
- (obsolete) To rage; to smart.
- Spenser
- Ne was there slave, ne was there medicine / That mote recure their wounds; so inly they did tine.
- Spenser
Etymology 4
From Old English tȳnan, from tūn (“enclosure”) (modern town).
Verb
tine (third-person singular simple present tines, present participle tining, simple past and past participle tined)
- To shut in, or enclose.
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Anagrams
Irish
Alternative forms
- teine (obsolete)
Etymology
From Old Irish teine, from Proto-Celtic *teɸnets (“fire”) (compare Breton and Cornish tan, Welsh tân).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈtʲɪnʲə]
Noun
tine f (genitive singular tine, nominative plural tinte)
Declension
Declension of tine
Fourth declension
Bare forms
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Forms with the definite article
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- Alternative genitive singular: tineadh
- Alternative dative singular: tinidh
- Alternative plural: tintreacha (Cois Fharraige)
Derived terms
- lus tine m (“fire-weed, rose-bay willow-herb”)
- tine ealaíne (“firework”)
- tine leictreach (“electric fire”)
Mutation
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
tine | thine | dtine |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References
- "tine" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
- “1 teine” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.