Tin"der (?), n. [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.] 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.
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Tine (?), n. [See Teen affliction.] Trouble; distress; teen. [Obs.]
"Cruel winter's tine." Spenser.
Tine, v. t. [See Tind.] To kindle; to set on fire. [Obs.] See Tind. "To
tine the cloven wood." Dryden.
Coals of contention and hot vengeance tind.
Spenser.
Tine, v. i. [Cf. Tine distress, or Tine to kindle.] 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, v. t. [AS. t&?;nan, from t&?;n an inclosure. See Town.] To shut
in, or inclose. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.
Tine, n. [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.] A tooth, or spike, as of a fork; a prong, as of an antler.
||Tin"e*a (?), n. [L., a worm, a moth.] 1. (Med.) A name applied to
||various skin diseases, but especially to ringworm. See Ringworm, and
||Sycosis.
||
2. (Zoöl.) A genus of small Lepidoptera, including the clothes moths
and carpet moths.
Tin"e*an (?), n. (Zoöl.) Any species of Tinea, or of the family
Tineidæ, which includes numerous small moths, many of which are
injurious to woolen and fur goods and to cultivated plants. Also used
adjectively.
Tined (?), a. Furnished with tines; as, a three-tined fork.
Tin"e*id (?), n. (Zoöl.) Same as Tinean.
Tine"man (?), n.; pl. Tinemen (#). [Probably akin to tine to shut or
inclose.] (O. Eng. Forest Law) An officer of the forest who had the
care of vert and venison by night. [Obs.]
Ti"net (?), n. [From Tine to shut in, inclose.] Brushwood and thorns
for making and repairing hedges. [Obs. Eng.]
Ting (?), n. [An imitative word. Cf. Tink.] A sharp sound, as of a
bell; a tinkling.
Ting, v. i. To sound or ring, as a bell; to tinkle. [R.] Holland.
||Ting, n. The apartment in a Chinese temple where the idol is kept.
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Tinge (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Tinged (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Tingeing
(?).] [L. tingere, tinctum, to dye, stain, wet; akin to Gr. &?;, and
perhaps to G. tunken to dip, OHG. tunchn, dunchn, thunkn. Cf. Distain,
Dunker, Stain, Taint a stain, to stain, Tincture, Tint.] To imbue or
impregnate with something different or foreign; as, to tinge a
decoction with a bitter taste; to affect in some degree with the
qualities of another substance, either by mixture, or by application to
the surface; especially, to color slightly; to stain; as, to tinge a
blue color with red; an infusion tinged with a yellow color by saffron.
His [Sir Roger's] virtues, as well as imperfections, are tinged by a
certain extravagance.
Addison.
Syn. — To color; dye; stain.
Tinge, n. A degree, usually a slight degree, of some color, taste, or
something foreign, infused into another substance or mixture, or added
to it; tincture; color; dye; hue; shade; taste.
His notions, too, respecting the government of the state, took a tinge
from his notions respecting the government of the church.
Macaulay.
Tin"gent (?), a. [L. tingens, p. pr. of tingere to tinge. See Tinge.]
Having the power to tinge. [R.]
As for the white part, it appears much less enriched with the tingent
property.
Boyle.
Tin"ger (?), n. One who, or that which, tinges.
Tin"gid (?), a. (Zoöl.) Of or pertaining to the genus Tingis.
||Tin"gis (?), n. [NL.] (Zoöl.) A genus of small hemipterous insects
||which injure trees by sucking the sap from the leaves. See
||Illustration in Appendix.
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Tin"gle (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Tingled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Tingling
(?).] [Freq. of ting. Cf. Tinkle.] 1. To feel a kind of thrilling
sensation, as in hearing a shrill sound.
At which both the ears of every one that heareth it shall tingle.