tinedadj.
/tʌɪnd/ Furnished with or having tines.
a. Of a fork, rake, harrow, or other implement. Chiefly in combination, as long-tined, three-tined, etc.
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the world > food and drink > farming > tools and implements > [adjective] > having prongs
tinedc1440
society > occupation and work > equipment > tool > parts of tools generally > [adjective] > provided with teeth or prongs
tootheda1387
tinedc1440
toothful1605
pronged1707
teethed1825
two-pronged1825
c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 494/1 Tynyd, wythe a tyne.
?1523 J. Fitzherbert Bk. Husbandry f. ixv They be lyke sloyted and tynded.
1577 W. Harrison Descr. Eng. (1878) iii. viii. ii. 53 The heads of saffron are raised in Iulie, either with plough, raising, or tined hooke.
1611 J. Speed Hist. Great Brit. vi. v. 192/2 In his hand for a Scepter, a Mace three-tined, as Neptune or God of the Sea.
1698 G. Thomas Hist. Acct. Pensilvania 8 Their Ground is harrowed with Wooden Tyned Harrows.
1886 R. E. G. Cole Gloss. Words S.-W. Lincs. 154 He was charged with stealing a steel-tined fork.
1971 Farmers Weekly 19 Mar. 84 There was plenty to interest traditionalists, particularly among tined implements.
b. Of a deer's horns. In quot. 1530. Heraldry having the tines of a specified tincture.
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the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > male > [adjective] > having antlers > of particular form > of form of antlers
troched1413
tineda1425
full-summed1575
throstle-nest1785
a1425 Edward, Duke of York Master of Game (Digby) xxiv An hert þat bereth an hye heede þat is wyde and hye ytyneded with longe beemes.
1530 in Ancestor (1904) 11 182 A hertes hede silver tynyd gold.
1878 S. Lanier Rev. Hamish 1 A ten-tined buck in the bracken lay.
1902 Times 13 Nov. 13/6 A goodly proportion of strongly tined heads.
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