TINDAL
Tin"dal, n. Etym: [From the native name: cf. Malayalam ta.]
1. A petty officer among lascars, or native East Indian sailors; a boatswain's mate; a cockswain. [India] Malcom.
2. An attendant on an army. [India] Simmonds.
TINDER
Tin"der, n. Etym: [OE. tinder, tunder, AS. tynder, tyndre; akin to
tendan to kindle, D. tonder tinder, G. zunder, OHG. zuntara, zuntra,
Icel. tundr, Sw. tunder, Dan. tönder. See Tind.]
Defn: Something very inflammable, used for kindling fire from a spark, as scorched linen. German tinder. Same as Amadou. — Tinder box, a box in which tinder is kept.
TINE
Tine, n. Etym: [See Teen affliction.]
Defn: Trouble; distress; teen. [Obs.] "Cruel winter's tine." Spenser.
TINE
Tine, v. t. Etym: [See Tind.]
Defn: To kindle; to set on fire. [Obs.] See Tind. "To tine the cloven
wood." Dryden.
Coals of contention and hot vegneance tind. Spenser.
TINE
Tine, v. i. Etym: [Cf. Tine distress, or Tine to kindle.]