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Meanings of tine in English

Spike on a tool or utensil.

Usage of tine in English
1
After that, at Dan's direction he put in his tine-nosed fishing pliers.
Alas, Babylon
2
We now begin with the simplest form of tine we have, viz.
Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon
3
He handed the broken tine to his conqueror with a gracious bow.
A Game of Thrones
4
Ruth sat quite still for a tine, with face intent and flushed.
The Entire Project Gutenberg Works of Mark Twain
5
All very tine, except that in at least some cases it is untrue.
The Irish Times
6
To right and left of him is one long tapering tine.
The Wrong Woman
7
He impaled a single grain of rice on one tine of his fork.
Flesh and blood
8
Every one was eager to get out, tine confinement had lasted long enough.
The Fur Country: Or, Seventy Degrees North Latitude
9
Don't wonder Mr. Bartholomew is eager to electrify his entire tine.
Tom Swift and His Electric Locomotive; Or, Two Miles a Minute on...
10
The brow tine length and the number of points were similar across all treatments.
Pubmed
11
Put back in tine potato skins and brown in oven and serve very hot.
The International Jewish Cook Book / 1600 Recipes According to t...
12
Turn it out of the tine carefully and stand on a sieve till cold.
The Art of Living in Australia / Together with Three Hundred Aus...
13
Then, with a heavy length of a long bone, he tapped the jutting tine.
The Valley of Horses
14
They took a great deal of tine and occupied my attention while they lasted.
Daisy in the Field
15
Otherwise tine people who kidnaped you will get off scot-free.
The god project
16
He adjusted his grip on the fork and jabbed it in, breaking a tine.
Pandemonium
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