n. [ See Teen affliction. ] Trouble; distress; teen. [ Obs. ] “Cruel winter's tine.” Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. [ See Tind. ] To kindle; to set on fire. [ Obs. ]
Coals of contention and hot vengeance tind. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. i. [ Cf. Tine distress, or Tine to kindle. ] To kindle; to rage; to smart. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
Ne was there slave, ne was there medicine
That mote recure their wounds; so inly they did tine. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. [ AS. t&unr_;nan, from t&unr_;n an inclosure. See Town. ] To shut in, or inclose. [ Prov. Eng. ] Halliwell. [ 1913 Webster ]
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. [ 1913 Webster ]
‖n. [ L., a worm, a moth. ]
n. (Zool.) Any species of Tinea, or of the family
a. Furnished with tines;
n. (Zool.) Same as Tinean. [ 1913 Webster ]
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