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TINED
pronged, tined
(adjective) having prongs or tines; usually used in combination; “a three-tined fork”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
tined (not comparable)
Furnished with tines.
Anagrams
• denti-, detin, ident, indet., teind, tiend
Source: Wiktionary
Tined, a.
Definition: Furnished with tines; as, a three-tined fork.
TINE
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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