Sekirov Dictionary

tine

/taɪn/

noun 4
verb 3
adjective 1
forms 5

noun4

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A spike or point on an implement or tool, especially a prong of a fork or a tooth of a comb.
- The tines of the fork were quite evidently of iron or steel, the girl did not know which, while the handle and the spoon were of the same material as the smaller vessels. — 1920
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A small branch, especially on an antler or horn.
- “I answer not the challenge of my prisoner,” said Front-de-Boeuf; “nor shalt thou, Maurice de Bracy.—Giles,” he continued, “hang the franklin’s glove upon the tine of yonder branched antlers:[…] — 1819
(dialect) A wild vetch or tare.
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(no longer used) Trouble; distress; teen.
- As wither'd Weed through cruel Winter's Tine — 1590

verb3

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(no longer used) To shut in, or enclose.
- “Terrible trying,” said Oak. “I’ve been wet through twice a-day, either in snow or rain, this last fortnight. Cainy and I haven’t tined our eyes to-night.” — 1874
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(no longer used) To kindle; to set on fire.
- Coals of contention and hot vengeance tin'd. — 1590
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(no longer used) To rage; to smart.
- Ne was there salve, ne was there medicine, / That mote recure their wounds; so inly they did tine. — 1590

adjective1

small, diminutive

forms

tined · tining · tines · tiner · tinest

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