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tine 
[tahyn] Pronunciation Key
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[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]
] —Related forms
tined, adjective
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| tine
(tīn) Pronunciation Key
n.
[Middle English, from Old English tind.] tined (tīnd) adj. |
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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
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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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American Heritage Stedman's Medical Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
tine (tīn)
n.
- The slender pointed end of an instrument, such as an explorer used in dentistry.
- An instrument usually containing several individual prongs and used to introduce antigen, such as tuberculin, into the skin.
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
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Tine\, n. [See Teen affliction.] Trouble; distress; teen. [Obs.] "Cruel winter's tine." --Spenser.
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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\, 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\, 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\, 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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