tine
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Is tine a Scrabble word?
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- Scrabble US/Canada (OTCWL) Yes
- Scrabble UK (SOWPODS) Yes
- Wordle No
- Words With Friends Yes
What is the meaning of tine?
Definition
noun (English)
1. (dialect) A wild vetch or tare.dialectal
noun (English)
1. (obsolete) Trouble; distress; teen.Examples: "As wither'd Weed through cruel Winter's Tine"obsolete
verb (English)
1. (obsolete) To kindle; to set on fire.Examples: "Coals of contention and hot vengeance tin'd."; "The Air attrite to Fire, as late the Clouds / Juſtling or puſht with Winds rude in thir ſhock / Tine the ſlant Lightning, […]"; "The priest with holy hands was seen to tine / The cloven wood, and pour the ruddy wine."obsolete
2. (obsolete) To rage; to smart.Examples: "Ne was there salve, ne was there medicine, / That mote recure their wounds; so inly they did tine."obsolete
verb (English)
1. (archaic) To shut in, or enclose.Examples: "When I was then surrounded on every side by the fiends, and tined about by the blindness of the darkness, then hove I my eyes up and looked hither and yond, whether any help were to come to me, that I might be rescued; […]"; "“Terrible trying,” said Oak. “I’ve been wet through twice a-day, either in snow or rain, this last fortnight. Cainy and I haven’t tined our eyes to-night.”"archaic
Definition source: Wiktionary