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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Tine \Tine\, verb (used without an object) [Cf. {Tine} distress, or {Tine} to kindle.] 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.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Tine \Tine\, verb (used with an object) [AS. t?nan, from t?n an inclosure. See {Town}.] To shut in, or inclose. [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Tine \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.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Tine \Tine\, noun [See {Teen} affliction.] Trouble; distress; teen. [Obs.] ''Cruel winter's tine.'' --Spenser.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Tine \Tine\, verb (used with an object) [See {Tind}.] To kindle; to set on fire. [Obs.] See {Tind}. ''To tine the cloven wood.'' --Dryden.
Coals of contention and hot vengeance tind. --Spenser.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
tine
noun: prong on a fork or pitchfork or antler
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