TINE

tine

(noun) prong on a fork or pitchfork or antler

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology 1

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.

(dialect) A wild vetch or tare.

Etymology 2

Unknown origin, possibly related to etymology 1.

Adjective

tine (comparative tiner, superlative tinest)

small, diminutive

Etymology 3

Noun

tine

(obsolete) Trouble; distress; teen.

Etymology 4

Verb

tine (third-person singular simple present tines, present participle tining, simple past and past participle tined)

To kindle; to set on fire.

(obsolete) To rage; to smart.

Etymology 5

Verb

tine (third-person singular simple present tines, present participle tining, simple past and past participle tined)

To shut in, or enclose.

Anagrams

• Tien, neti, nite, tein

Source: Wiktionary

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Tine, n. Etym: [See Teen affliction.]

Definition: Trouble; distress; teen. [Obs.] "Cruel winter's tine." Spenser.

Tine, v. t. Etym: [See Tind.]

Definition: To kindle; to set on fire. [Obs.] See Tind. "To tine the cloven wood." Dryden. Coals of contention and hot vegneance tind. Spenser.

Tine, v. i. Etym: [Cf. Tine distress, or Tine to kindle.]

Definition: 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, v. t. Etym: [AS. t, from t an inclosure. See Town.]

Definition: To shut in, or inclose. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.

Tine, n. Etym: [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.]

Definition: A tooth, or spike, as of a fork; a prong, as of an antler.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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