TYNING

Verb

tyning

present participle of tyne

Source: Wiktionary


TYNE

Tyne, v. t. Etym: [Icel. t.]

Definition: To lose. [Obs. or Scot.] "His bliss gan he tyne." Piers Plowman. Sir W. Scott.

Tyne, v. i.

Definition: To become lost; to perish. [Obs.] Spenser.

Tyne, n. Etym: [See Tine a prong.] (Zoöl.)

Definition: A prong or point of an antler.

Tyne, n. Etym: [See Teen, n.]

Definition: Anxiety; tine. [Obs.] "With labor and long tyne." Spenser.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

1 June 2025

BACKFIRE

(verb) come back to the originator of an action with an undesired effect; “Your comments may backfire and cause you a lot of trouble”; “the political movie backlashed on the Democrats”


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The average annual yield from one coffee tree is the equivalent of 1 to 1 1/2 pounds of roasted coffee. It takes about 4,000 hand-picked green coffee beans to make a pound of coffee.

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