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. ] See Tind. “To tine the cloven wood.” Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. ] 1. (Med.) A name applied to various skin diseases, but especially to ringworm. See Ringworm, and Sycosis. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Zool.) A genus of small Lepidoptera, including the clothes moths and carpet moths. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) Any species of Tinea, or of the family Tineidae, which includes numerous small moths, many of which are injurious to woolen and fur goods and to cultivated plants. Also used adjectively. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Furnished with tines; as, a three-tined fork. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) Same as Tinean. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Tinemen [ Probably akin to tine to shut or inclose. ] (O. Eng. Forest Law) An officer of the forest who had the care of vert and venison by night. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]