tine

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

tine
    n 1: prong on a fork or pitchfork or antler

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Tine \Tine\, n. [See {Teen} affliction.]
   Trouble; distress; teen. [Obs.] "Cruel winter's tine."
   --Spenser.
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from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Tine \Tine\, v. t. [See {Tind}.]
   To kindle; to set on fire. [Obs.] See {Tind}. "To tine the
   cloven wood." --Dryden.
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         Coals of contention and hot vengeance tind. --Spenser.
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from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Tine \Tine\, v. i. [Cf. {Tine} distress, or {Tine} to kindle.]
   To kindle; to rage; to smart. [Obs.]
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         Ne was there slave, ne was there medicine
         That mote recure their wounds; so inly they did tine.
                                                  --Spenser.
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from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

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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from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

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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