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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

TINE, v.t. To kindle, to set on fire. [See Tind.]
TINE, v.t. [L. teneo.] To shut or inclose; to fill. [Not in use or local.]
TINE, n. [L. dens.]
1. The tooth or spike of a fork; a prong; also,the tooth of a harrow or drag.
2. Trouble; distress. [Not in use.]
TINE, v.i. To rage; to smart; to fight.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: prong on a fork or pitchfork or antler

Merriam Webster's

I. noun Etymology: Middle English tind, from Old English; akin to Old High German zint point, tine Date: before 12th century 1. a slender pointed projecting part ; prong 2. a pointed branch of an antler • tined adjective II. verb (tined or tint; tining) Etymology: Middle English, of Scandinavian origin; akin to Old Norse ty?na to lose, destroy, tj?n injury, loss — more at teen Date: 13th century transitive verb dialect British lose intransitive verb dialect British to become lost

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. a prong or tooth or point of a fork, comb, antler, etc. Derivatives: tined adj. (also in comb.). Etymology: OE tind

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(tines) The tines of something such as a fork are the long pointed parts. (FORMAL) N-COUNT

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. Spike of a fork, prong.