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tine

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tine  (tn)
n.
1. A branch of a deer's antlers.
2. A prong on an implement such as a fork or pitchfork.
[Middle English, from Old English tind.]
tined (tnd) adj.
tine
Noun
a slender prong of a fork or a deer's antler [Old English tind]
tined adj
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Noun1.tinetine - prong on a fork or pitchfork or antler
fork - cutlery used for serving and eating food
pitchfork - a long-handled hand tool with sharp widely spaced prongs for lifting and pitching hay
prong - a pointed projection
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Bonacieux, in a tine of perfect good fellowship, "what has become of you all these days?
The Three Musketeers by Dumas, Alexandre View in context
---Giles,'' he continued, ``hang the franklin's glove upon the tine of yonder branched antlers: there shall it remain until he is a free man.
Ivanhoe by Scott, Walter View in context
As yet, they have not insisted on our estimating Lamar" tine by the cubic foot, or Pollock by the pound -- but what else are we to infer from their continual plating about "sustained effort"?
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