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Pronunciation : Tine
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [See Teen affliction.]
Definition : Defn: Trouble; distress; teen. [Obs.] "Cruel winter's tine." Spenser.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Tine
Part of Speech : v.
Etymology : [See Tind.]
Definition : Defn: To kindle; to set on fire. [Obs.] See Tind. "To tine the cloven wood." Dryden. Coals of contention and hot vegneance tind. Spenser.

t.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Tine
Part of Speech : v.
Etymology : [Cf. Tine distress, or Tine to kindle.]
Definition : Defn: 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.

i.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Tine
Part of Speech : v.
Etymology : [AS. t, from t an inclosure. See Town.]
Definition : Defn: To shut in, or inclose. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.

t.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Tine
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [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.]
Definition : Defn: A tooth, or spike, as of a fork; a prong, as of an antler.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913