1) to shut or fence ; tine the door, shut the door : ab A. S. TYNAN, to inclose, fence, hedge, or teen.
2) a forfeit or pledge. North.
3) to tine, or tind a candle, to light a candle in a fire. Hence tinder. Dev.
·noun Trouble; distress; teen. II. Tine ·vt To shut in, or inclose. III. Tine ·vt To <<Kindle>>; t...
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·add. ·noun The third tine above the base of a stag's antler; the royal antler. ...