In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
tines
plural of tine
• Stein, Tiens, inset, neist, nites, senti, set in, sient, snite, stein, tsine
Source: Wiktionary
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
27 June 2025
(adjective) having four equal sides and four right angles or forming a right angle; “a square peg in a round hole”; “a square corner”
In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.