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tine       [tahyn] Pronunciation Key
–noun
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
Also, especially British, tyne.


[Origin: bef. 900; late ME tyne, ME tind, OE; c. OHG zint, ON tindr]

tined, adjective
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tine       (tīn)  Pronunciation Key 
n.  
  1. A branch of a deer's antlers.
  2. A prong on an implement such as a fork or pitchfork.


[Middle English, from Old English tind.]

tined (tīnd) adj.
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tine 
O.E. tind, a general Gmc. word (cf. O.H.G. zint "sharp point, spike," O.N. tindr "tine, point, top, summit," Ger. Zinne "pinnacle"), of unknown origin.

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tine

noun
prong on a fork or pitchfork or antler 

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tine (tīn)
n.

  1. The slender pointed end of an instrument, such as an explorer used in dentistry.
  2. An instrument usually containing several individual prongs and used to introduce antigen, such as tuberculin, into the skin.

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Tine

Tine\, n. [See Teen affliction.] Trouble; distress; teen. [Obs.] "Cruel winter's tine." --Spenser.

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Tine

Tine\, v. t. [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.

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Tine

Tine\, v. i. [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.

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Tine

Tine\, v. t. [AS. t?nan, from t?n an inclosure. See Town.] To shut in, or inclose. [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell.

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Tine

Tine\, n. [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.

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