Defn: To kindle; to rage; to smart. [Obs.] Ne was there slave, ne was there medicine That mote recure their wounds; so inly they did tine. Spenser.
TINE
Tine, v. t. Etym: [AS. t, from t an inclosure. See Town.]
Defn: To shut in, or inclose. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.
TINE
Tine, n. Etym: [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.]
Defn: A tooth, or spike, as of a fork; a prong, as of an antler.
TINEA
Tin"e*a, n. Etym: [L., a worm, a moth.]
1. (Med.)
Defn: A name applied to various skin diseases, but especially to ringworm. See Ringworm, and Sycosis.
2. (Zoöl.)
Defn: A genus of small Lepidoptera, including the clothes moths and carpet moths.