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▪ I. tine, n.1|taɪn| Forms: α. 1, 3–6 tind, 4–6 tynde, 5 tyynde, 6 (9 dial.) tynd. β. (5 tene), 5–9 tyne, 6– tine. [OE. tind = MHG. zint sharp point, ON. tindr tine (Sw. tinne, Da. dial. tind tooth of a rake):—OTeut. *tind-iz. (To the same root prob. belongs OHG. zinna merlon of a wall:—OTeut. *tindjôn-.) OE. tind became in ME. tīnd, as in bind, etc.; whence, by loss of d, tine, as in tind v. Cf. WFris. tine, tooth of fork, etc.] 1. Each of a series of projecting sharp points on some weapon or implement, as a harrow, fork, eel-spear, etc.; a prong, spike, tooth. αa700Epinal Gloss. (O.E.T.) 873 Rostris, foraeuuallum, uel tindum. c725Corpus Gloss. (ibid.) 1753 Rostri, tindas. a1400Erasmus (Bedf. MS. lf. 280) in Horstm. Altengl. Leg. (1878) 202 Castyng hym oftyn on þe tyndes of an harow. c1400Laud Troy Bk. 15724 Thei..Sclow hem thikkere with her arwes Than tyndes of tre stondis In harwes. c1440Promp. Parv. 494/1 Tyynde, prekyl (K. tynde, pryke), carnica. 1668R. B. Adagia Scot. 37 Many maisters, quoth the Poddock to the Harrow, when every tind took her a knock. β1554Lydgate's Bochas ix. vi. 200 b/2 The fiery tines of his brennyng arow. 1591Greene Art Conny Catch. ii. (1592) 25 A long hooke..that hath at the end a crooke, with three tynes turned contrary. 1642Fuller Holy & Prof. St. iii. xxi. 211 That fork needing strong tines wherewith one must thrust away nature. 1644[Walsingham] Effigies True Fortitude 12 An old man..with his Pitchforke ran at Captaine Smith, and twice stroke the tynes thereof against his breast. 1649W. Blithe Eng. Improv. Impr. xvi. (1653) 104 Two or three sorts of Harrows, each Harrow having his Teeth or tines thicker than other. 1721[see tig n.1 1]. a1734North Lives (1826) II. 201 A fork with five tines. 1789Trans. Soc. Arts I. 100 A harrow composed of coulters instead of tines. 1828Craven Gloss., Tine, the prong of a fork..; also the tooth of a harrow. 1968J. Arnold Shell Bk. Country Crafts 92 The larger, called a drag rake, carrying about thirty tines compared with fifteen for the garden rake. 1978Cornish Guardian 27 Apr. 10/4 (Advt.), 60in rotavator with new tines. 1979P. Theroux Old Patagonian Express (1980) xiv. 289 The man jerked the tines of his fork into a slab of ham. 2. a. Each of the pointed branches of a deer's horn. α [a1000Sal. & Sat. (Kemble) 150 Anra ᵹehwylc deor hæbbe synderlice xii hornas irene, and anra ᵹehwylc horn hæbbe xii tindas irene, and anra ᵹehwylc tind hæbbe synderlice xii ordas.] c1375Sc. Leg. Saints xxix. (Placidas) 105 A gret hart..he saw betwen his tyndis brycht A verray croice schenand lycht. c1430Syr Tryam. 1085 The herte stroke hym wyth hys tyndys. 1513Douglas æneis vii. ix. 18 This hart..With large heid and tyndis fwrnest fayr. 1593Rites of Durham (1903) 24 Dyd cast backe his handes betwixt y⊇ Tyndes of y⊇ said harte to stay him selfe. β1495Trevisa's Barth. De P.R. xviii. xxx. 792 The aege of hartys is knowe by auntlers and tynes of his hornes, for euery yere it encreacith bi a tyne vnto vii yere. 1616Surfl. & Markh. Country Farme 684 You may likewise iudge of their age by the tynes of their hornes. 1825Scott Talism. xxiv, A stag of ten tynes. 1877Encycl. Brit. VII. 23 The antlers of the Stag are rounded, and bear three ‘tines’ or branches, and a crown consisting of three or more points... The antlers during the second year consist of a simple unbranched stem, to which a tine or branch is added in each successive year, until the normal development is attained. †b. A small branch or twig of a tree; the stalk of a fruit. Obs. rare.
13..E.E. Allit. P. A. 78 As bornyst syluer þe lef onslydez, Þat þike con trylle on vcha tynde [rime schynde]. 13..Minor Poems fr. Vernon MS. lii. 82 His hed nou leoneþ on þornes tynde. c1440Pallad. on Husb. iv. 395 Pomes take, The tenes with, to stonde in cannes saue. c. transf. Each of two branches of a stream.
1875R. F. Burton Gorilla L. (1876) II. 73 We reached a shallow fork, one tine of which..comes from the Congo Grande. †3. A rung or step of a ladder. Obs. rare.
a1225Ancr. R. 354 Scheome and pine, ase Seint Bernard seið, beoð þe two leddre stalen..and bitweonen þeos stalen beoð þe tindes ivestned of alle gode þeawes, bi hwuche me climbeð to þe blisse of heouene. 4. [f. tine v.3] An act of harrowing.
1778W. H. Marshall Minutes Agric. 12 Dec. an. 1776, Our first tine was with fine harrows, which broke the crum, without tearing-up the sod. 1825Jamieson s.v., A double tynd, or teind, is harrowing the same piece of ground twice at the same yoking. 1854Jrnl. R. Agric. Soc. XV. ii. 403 Some sow it after the barley, and give it a tine with the harrows. †5. attrib. and Comb.: tine-knife, see quot.; tine nail (tynd nale), a large sharp-pointed nail, a spike. Obs.
1555–6Burgh Rec. Edinb. (1871) II. 322 For xixxx of grait tynd nalis to the greit yat of the tolbuith. 1888Sheffield Gloss., Tine-knife, a knife whose haft is made from a tine of a stag's antler. ▪ II. † tine, n.2 Obs. rare—1. In 4 tin. [f. tine v.2] Loss.
c1320Sir Tristr. 3006 In wining and in tin Trewe to ben ay, In ioie and in pin, In al þing, to say. ▪ III. † tine, n.3 Obs. Also tyne. [a. F. tine large vessel, tub (c 1230 in Godef.), Sp., It. tina:—L. tīna wine-jar.] A vessel for brewing; a tub, vat.
[1310Letter-Bk. D. Lond. lf. 99 b, Item bona capta..super Aliciam relictam Walteri le Cuuer .j. Cumelina et .j. Tyna, precium vj d.] 1337Ibid. F. lf. 20 Hoi'es bracinas tenentes..qui mittunt... Braciatores suos cum vasis suis vocatis Tynes ad dictum Conductum. 1388–9Abingdon Rolls (Camden) 57, ij vates et j tyne. a1400Chaucer Balade to Rosemounde 9 For thogh I wepe of teres ful a tyne [cf. Fr. Le jor i ot plore de larmes pleine tine (see Skeat's Chaucer I. 549).] ▪ IV. tine, n.4 Obs. exc. dial. Also tyne. [Etymology uncertain: see Note below.] A wild vetch or tare; a name for certain leguminous plants growing as weeds in corn, etc., and climbing by their tendrils, esp. the strangle-tare, Vicia hirsuta; also locally V. Cracca, and Lathyrus tuberosus.
c1540J. Heywood in J. Redford Mor. Play Wit & Sc. (Shaks. Soc.) 79 This vice I lyken to a weede That husbond⁓men have named tyne, The whych in corne doth roote or brede. 1567Golding Ovid's Met. v. (1593) 120 The tines and bryars did overgrow the wheate. 1573Tusser Husb. (1878) 109 The titters or tine makes hop to pine. 1707Mortimer Husb. (1721) I. 128 The Docks, Tyne, Tares, Mayweed, &c. pull up by hand. 1726Dict. Rust. (ed. 3), Chalkly-Lands..naturally produce May-weed, Poppeys, Tine, &c. 1733W. Ellis Chiltern & Vale Farm. 300 Wild Thetch, Tyne, or Bind-weed, is an ugly Companion amongst the Corn. b. Also called tine-grass, tine-tare (tintare, tyntare), tine-weed.
c1450Alphita (Anecd. Oxon.) 186 Trifolium acutum, an. wildetare uel tintare. Ibid. 189 Viciola, angl. tintara. 1577B. Googe Heresbach's Husb. i. (1586) 35 It groweth halfe a yarde hie, leaued like Tyntare. 1621G. Sandys Ovid's Met. v. (1626) 101 Tintare [pr. kintare], and Darnell [L. lolium tribulique] tire The fetter'd Wheat; and weeds that through it spire. 1733W. Ellis Chiltern & Vale Farm. 302 Cliver or chickweed..twists about the Wheat, like the Tyne-weed. 1744–50― Mod. Husbandm. I. i. 143 The Tyne-grass and the Lady-finger grass are the two best sorts of Natural Meadow Grasses. 1861Miss Pratt Flower. Pl. II. 134 Vicia hirsuta (Hairy Tare)..the Tine Tare as it is called in some counties. c1878Oxford Bible-Helps 217 Lentiles,..a species of vetch, resembling the tine-tare, grown on poorer soils. [Note. As tintare, tine-tare, appears to occur nearly a century earlier than the simple form tine, it was possibly the original name, its first element being one of the other tine words. If originally applied to Vicia hirsuta, the sense ‘small or diminutive tare’ (f. tine a.) would be appropriate enough. But perhaps derivation from tine v.2, or tine n.1 or n.2, in reference to the injury or trouble which it causes, is more likely. Cf. the name strangle-tare.] ▪ V. † tine, n.5 Obs. Also 6 tyne. (Only in and after Spenser.) [By-form of teen n.1 in various senses. Perh. from Norse: cf. Norw. dial. týne injury: cf. tine v.2 2.] Affliction, trouble, sorrow.
1590Spenser F.Q. i. ix. 15 To seek her out with labor and long tyne. 1591― Teares Muses 3 Those piteous plaints and sorrowfull sad tine [rime nine]. 1600Tourneur Trans. Met. To his Booke, The more the world doth seeke to work their tine. 1610Fletcher Faithf. Sheph. i. iii, And far more heavy be thy grief and tine. ▪ VI. † tine, a. and n.6 Obs. Also 5 tyn, 5–7 tyne. [Appears as adj. and n. about or soon after 1400; origin unknown: see Note below, and tiny a.] A. adj. Very small, diminutive: = tiny a. App. always preceded by little: cf. Sc. little wee (bairn).
a1400–50Alexander 507 Scho had layd in his lape a litill tyne egg. c1450Song ii. in Two Cov. Corpus Chr. Plays (E.E.T.S.) 32 Lully, lulla, thow littell tine child, By by, lully lullay, thow littell tyne child. c1460Towneley Myst. xii. 467 Hayll, lytyll tyn mop, rewarder of mede!.. Hayll, lytyll mylk sop! hayll, dauid sede! 1597Shakes. 2 Hen. IV, v. i. 29 A ioynt of Mutton, and any pretty little tine Kick⁓shawes. Ibid. v. iii. 60 Welcome my little tyne theefe. 1605― Lear iii. ii. 74 He that has and a little-tyne wit. B. n. or quasi-n. A very little space, time, or amount; a very little; ‘a bit’. App. always prec. by little: cf. similar Sc. use of wee: Barbour Bruce vii. 182 The kyng than wynkit a little wee.
c1420? Lydg. Assembly of Gods 1063 He was constreynyd..A lytyll tyne abak to make a bew retret. Ibid. 1283 A lyttyll tyne hys ey castyng hym besyde. 1523Skelton Garl. Laurel 505 Sir, I pray you a lytyll tyne stande backe. 1546J. Heywood Prov. i. xi. Wks. (1562) D ij, For when prouander prickt them a little tyne. 1556― Spider & F. lx. Cc iv b, But stey a litle tine [rime fine]. [Note. In the absence of evidence, the etymology of tine, its accidence, and its relation to tiny, have received a good deal of discussion: see Wedgwood Dict. Eng. Etym. (1872) 684, Skeat Notes on Eng. Etymol. 300, E. Weekley in Trans. Philol. Soc. 1909. Prof. Skeat inclines to take tine as a later shortening of *tiné, afterwards tiny, and *tiné as a n., possibly a. OF. tinée ‘tubful’. But though it is possible that tine was orig. a n., in sense ‘bit’, the evidence is that it was always a monosyllable. Prof. Weekley suggests the possibility of tine, tiné, tiny being aphetic for OF. un tantin or tantinet ‘a little time or quantity’, related to L. tantillus ‘so small, so little’. This would suit the sense, but evidence connecting the forms has not been found (cf. tiny a.).] ▪ VII. tine, tyne, v.1 Obs. exc. dial.|taɪn| Forms: see below. [O.E. týnan = OFris. tîna, OLG., MLG., LG. tûnen, EFris. tûnen, tünen, MDu. tûnen, Du. tuinen, OHG. zûnen (MHG. ziunen, G. zäunen):—OTeut. *tûn-jan, f. *tûno- enclosure: see town. From OE. týn-an, ME. had three dialect types, αsouthern, tün-, tuin-; βmidl. and north. tyn-, tin-, tine; γKentish tēn, teen-.] A. Illustration of Forms. (α) pres. 1 týnan, 3 tunen (ü), 5 tuyne, tuynde. pa. tense 1 týnde, 3 tunde. pa. pple. 1 ᵹetýned, 4–5 ytund.
688–95Laws of Ine c. 42 Gif..hæbben sume ᵹetyned hiora dæl, sume næbben. a900tr. Bæda's Hist. iv. iii. (1890) 268 Þonne tynde he his bec. c950Lindisf. Gosp. Matt. xxiii. 13 ᵹie tyndon ric heofna. a1000in Anglia IX. 261 Me mæiᵹ..on sumera..tynan. c1200Trin. Coll. Hom. 43 Ne þat þe deuel me swelȝe, ne þat þe pit tune ouer me his muð. Ibid. 181 Hie tuneð to hire fif ȝaten, and penneð wel faste. c1205Lay. 15320 Þa ȝæten heo tunden uaste. c1400Trevisa's Higden (Rolls) VI. 229 Þe ȝates..were i-schette [MSS. βtynde, γytund]. a1450Myrc Par. Priest 63 Tuynde þyn ye þat thow ne se The cursede worldes vanyte. (β) pres. 3 tinen, 4–5 tynen, tynde, 5 tyn-yn, 5–6, 9 dial. tyne, 7–9 dial. tine. pa. tense 4 tyned, 5 tynd. pa. pple. 3 tined, 5 tynde, tynyd, tyndyd, 9 tined.
c1200Trin. Coll. Hom. 43 Þe pit tineð his muð ouer þe man, þe lið on fule synnen. Ibid. 101 Þe ȝiate of paradis, þe þurh Eue gilte wið hem was er tined. 1382Tyndynge [see B. 1]. c1400Tynde [see α]. a1400–50Alexander 2193 Þen tened þe Thebees folke & tynd to þe ȝatis. c1440Promp. Parv. 494/1 Tynyn, or make a tynynge, sepio. c1460Pol. Rel. & L. Poems 167 Aȝen þee wole y my ȝatis tyne. 1585Jas. I Ess. Poesie (Arb.) 56 And efter that made Argus for to tyne..all his windois. 1674Ray N.C. Words, To Tine, to shut, fence. Tine the door; shut the door. 1825Brockett N.C. Words, Tine, to shut, to inclose. 1874Tined [see B. 1]. (γ) pres. 4 tende, 6 tene, 7 teene, 7–9 dial. teen. pa. tense 4–5 tende. pa. pple. 4 i-tend, 5 yteynd, 7 dial. teened.
1387Trevisa Higden (Rolls) IV. 443 Ȝif eny dore were i-tend [γytund]. Ibid. 453 To tende [see B. 1]. c1420Chron. Vilod. 3725 Bot þe durus of þat chapelle weron þo y-teynde. 1626in Archæol. Cant. (1902) XXV. 40 Peter Denham hath lately teened and fenced up a common foot⁓way. 1674Ray N.C. Words 49 To enclose, fence, hedge, or teen. c1700Kennett MS. Lansd. 1033 lf. 389 To Teen (Lanc. to Tine), to hedge or to enclose a field, in Kent. 1887Kentish Gloss., Teener, Tener, a man who teens or keeps in order a raddle-fence. B. Signification. 1. trans. To close, shut (a door, gate, or window; a house, one's mouth, eyes, etc.). Also with to adv. (cf. shut to), and absol.
a900[see A. α]. c950Lindisf. Gosp. Luke xiii. 25, & tyneð þæt duro. a1225Ancr. R. 62 An ancre nule nout tunen hire eiðurles aȝein deað of helle & of soule. 1382Wyclif Gen. xix. 6 Loth gon oute to hem..and tyndynge to the dore, seith. 1387Trevisa Higden (Rolls) IV. 453 Þe Est ȝate of þe temple..was so hevy of sound bras þat twenty men were besy i-now for to tende [MSS. α.tynde, β.tyne, γ.tuynde] it. a1450Myrc Par. Priest 490 To tuynen and open at heyre byddynge. 1523Fitzherb. Husb. §141 Yf ony gate..go not lyghtly to open and tyne. 1561Child-Marriages 114 That she did se hym tyne the windowes, and put to the dore with his fote. 1674[see A. β]. 1874T. Hardy Far from Madding Crowd xv, Cainy and I haven't tined our eyes to-night. 2. a. To enclose or shut (a thing) up in something.
13..E.E. Allit. P. B. 498 Tyl þay had tyþyng fro þe tolke þat tyned hem þer-inne [i.e. in the ark]. 1888A. S. Wilson Lyric Hopeless Love xxviii. 92 Come, choral voices,..And in my soul the sweetness tine Which harps of Eden wear. b. To enclose with a hedge or fence; to fence, to hedge in.
688–95[see A. α]. c1440Promp. Parv. 494/1 Tynyd, or hedgydde (P. tyndyd), septus. 1570–6Lambarde Peramb. Kent (1826) 376 Their [the Saxons'] woorde (Tynan) to tyne, or inclose with a hedge. 1598Stow Surv. xlix. (1603) 547 To inclose or tyne. 1604in Eng. Gilds (1870) 437 That they leaue to tine and keep so that his neighbor be harmelesse by the cattel. 1864W. Barnes in Macm. Mag. Oct. 477 An' there wer my orcha'd a-tined Wi' a hedge on a steep⁓zided bank. 1892Brooke Hist. E. Eng. Lit. ix. 202 The place was tyned or girded with a fence of rods. c. To make or repair (a hedge or fence).
1522MS. Acc. St. John's Hosp., Canterb., Paied for tenying of a hedge. 1630Ibid., For two bundles of bushes to teene our orchard hedges viij d. 1887Kentish Gloss., Teen, to make a hedge with raddles [= green sticks]. †3. fig. To confine, restrain to something. Obs.
c1430Hymns Virg. 25 To þat loue y schal me so faste tyne, Þat y in herte it euermore holde. ▪ VIII. tine, tyne, v.2 Chiefly (now only) north. dial. and Sc.|taɪn| Pa. tense and pple. tint |tɪnt|. Forms: 3– tine; also 4 tin, 4–6 tyn, 4–9 tyne, (5 teyn, 6 tyen). pa. tense 4 tinte, 4–6 tynt(e, 4– tint; also 5 tynit, 6 (Spenser) tyned, 8 tined. pa. pple. 4 itint, y-tint, y-tent, 5 ytynt; 4–6 tinte, tynt, 5 tynte, tynde, 4– tint. [a. ON. týna (:—*tiunjan), Norw., older Da. and Sw. dial. tȳne, to destroy, lose, to perish, deriv. of tjón loss, damage (cogn. with OE. téon injury, etc.: see teen n.1, v.1).] 1. trans. To lose; to suffer deprivation of; to cease to have or enjoy.
a1300Cursor M. 5518 (Cott.) Þan has þair will our wiþer⁓win, And we ma sua our landes tin [v.rr. tine, tyne]. c1300Havelok 2023 That he ne tinte no catel. 13..Sir Beues (A.) 4386 Treitour! now is þe lif itint. c1320Sir Tristr. 1911 Þou hast y tent þi pride. c1330R. Brunne Chron. (1810) 15 He is now in poynt his regne forto tyne. a1340Hampole Psalter lxi. 10 It is a harmefull winninge to win cattell & tine rightowsnes. 1377Langl. P. Pl. B. xviii. 140 Þat was tynt þorw tre, tree shal it wynne. a1400Octouian 1147 Tho both hys armes were y-tent. c1400Destr. Troy 12467 Trees, thurgh tempestes, tynde hade þere leues. c1460Towneley Myst. i. 160 Oure Ioye is tynt. 1549Compl. Scot. x. 83 There can no thing be tynt, bot quhen he that tynis ane thing..knauis nocht quhair it is. 1575Churchyard Chippes (1817) 184 Our greedy mind gaines gold and tyens good name. 1596Dalrymple tr. Leslie's Hist. Scot. (S.T.S.) I. 51 The Salmonte..tynes in smal watiris,..the gret fatnes, that they fand in the braid Sey. 1606Warner Alb. Eng. xiv. lxxxvii. (1612) 358 Both their Kings in following fight did brauely tyne their liues. 1721Ramsay Prospect of Plenty 162 To stow them..In barrels tight, that shall nae liquor tine. 1752J. Louthian Form of Process (ed. 2) 31 The Repledger..tined his Court for Year and Day. 1790Burns Tam o' Shanter 188 Tam tint his reason a' thegither. 1865G. MacDonald A. Forbes 51, I dinna think the Lord 'll tyne the grip o' his father's son. 1886Stevenson Kidnapped xix, James must have tint his wits. b. To fail to gain, attain, or win: = lose v. 7, 8; absol. to lose the battle, be defeated: = lose v. 8 b.
c1250Gen. & Ex. 3518 For if ðu it ȝernes and ȝisse, ðu tines vn-ended blisce. 1340Hampole Pr. Consc. 2054 Þus sal þai dyghe and heven blis tyne And be putted til endeles pyne. a1400Relig. Pieces fr. Thornton MS. 38 Þou tynes þe mede of þi seruyce. 1549Compl. Scot. ix. 80 He tint threttyne battellis. c1560A. Scott Poems (S.T.S.) ii. 48 To se quha tynt or wan The feild. 1681S. Colvil Whigs Supplic. (1751) 25 Whether he gain the day or tine, He never misseth to kill nine. 1721Ramsay Prospect of Plenty 50 She grasps the shadow, but the substance tines. a1810Tannahill Poems (1846) 101 I'm fear'd that I may tyne The love that ye hae promised me. c. To spend in vain or to no purpose, to waste: = lose v. 6.
c1330R. Brunne Chron. (1810) 43 Kyng Suane gaf assaut,..Mykelle folk he les, & tynt his trauaile. 1393Langl. P. Pl. C. xv. 8 Ich haue..counsailede þe..No tyme to tyne. 1563Davidson Confut. Kennedy in Wodrow Soc. Misc. (1844) 216 Thay doctours tynt thare tyme. 1631A. Craig Pilgr. & Heremite 9 My true travell shall bee tint. 1827Scott Two Drovers Introd., If they had burned the rudas queen for a witch, I am thinking, may be, they would not have tyned their coals. †d. To cause the loss of: = lose v. 9 a. Obs.
c1470Henryson Mor. Fab. x. (Fox & Wolf) vi, This tarying will tyne the all thy thank. 1588A. King tr. Canisius' Catech. 223 Receauing trew and Christian iustice..in stead of that whilk Adam by his inobedience tint to him and vs. e. absol. or intr. To suffer loss: = Lose v. 4.
1340Hampole Pr. Consc. 1457 Now haf we ioy, now haf we pyn, Now we wyn, now we tyn. c1400Destr. Troy 1208 Þe Troiens..tynte of þere folkes. c1470Henry Wallace vi. 460 Bot thow be war, thow tynys off thi chaffair. 1862A. Hislop Prov. Scot. 27 A tale never tines in the telling. † f. trans. To incur (a penalty): cf. lose v. 3 g.
1426Reg. Mag. Sig. Scot. 11/1 Wnder the payn off perel that efter folowys, and al that yhe may teyn enent ws. 1478Rental Bk. Cupar-Angus (1879) I. 212 At al thir pwntis forsad be treuly kepit ondyr al peynis tha ma tyne of law. g. To let slip from one's remembrance, to forget: = lose v. 5 d.
1513Douglas æneis ix. v. 76, I hecht forsuith that deid sall nevyr be tynt. 1837R. Nicoll Poems (1843) 123 Thae auld-warld fancies may heart winna tyne. Ibid. 188 Your father's dying counsels from Your bosoms never tine. h. To leave far behind, as in a race; to outstrip entirely; to get far ahead of: = lose v. 5 c. dial.
1871W. Alexander Johnny Gibb vii, Oor 'Liza an' you ees't to be heid-y-peers, but ye're tynin her a'thegither. II. †2. To ruin, destroy, bring to nought: = lose v. 2. (Cf. L. perdĕre to destroy, and to lose.)
a1300Cursor M. 2911 Sua tin [v.r. tyne] þai þam witouten end Þat wil noght þam in time mend. Ibid. 4774 For þof he proue his freind wit pine, Þar-for wil he noght him tine. 13..E.E. Allit. P. B. 907 We schal tyne þis toun & trayþely disstrye. c1400Apol. Loll. 43 If God schal tyne alle þoo þat spek lesyng. c1520Nisbet N. Test. in Scots Mark xii. 9 He sal cum and he sal tyne the teelars [Wyclif tilieris], and geue the wyneyarde to vtheris. 1589R. Bruce Serm. (Wodrow Soc.) 110 He has power only to save and tine. 3. intr. To be lost, ruined, or destroyed; to perish: = lose v. 1.
13..Sir Beues (A.) 652 Tiding com to king Ermyn, Þat Beues hadde mad his men tyn. 13..Cursor M. 13511 (Cott.) Quen þai had eten, þat drightin Bad þam late na crummes tin. c1475Rauf Coilȝear 58 Baith myself and my hors is reddy for to tyne. 1570Satir. Poems Reform. xii. 97 For want of ane I wald nocht all suld tyne. c1575Balfour's Practicks, Ship Laws (1754) 623 Gif ony ship tine be storm of wether. 1792Burns Gallant Weaver ii, I was fear'd my heart would tine, And I gied it to the weaver. a1810Tannahill Poems (1846) 97 I'll tend thee..Wi' love that ne'er shall tyne. ▪ IX. tine, v.3 [f. tine n.1] 1. trans. To furnish with tines or prongs: see also tined.
a1518Skelton Magnyf. 728 My tonge is with Fauell forked and tyned. 1760[see tining vbl. n.3]. 2. To scratch or work with tines; to harrow.
1766[see tining vbl. n.3]. 1854Jrnl. R. Agric. Soc. XV. ii. 405 Two drills are tined at a time. ▪ X. tine variant of tind v. Obs., to kindle. ▪ XI. tine obs. form of thine (after a dental). |