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nine | tine |

As a verb nine

is they are.

As a noun tine is

large wine barrel.

nine

English

(wikipedia nine)

Numeral

(head)
  • (cardinal) A numerical value equal to ; the number occurring after eight and before ten.
    • A cat has nine lives.
  • Describing a set or group with nine components.

    • Related terms

    * ninth

    See also

    *

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The digit or figure .
  • (card games) A playing card with nine pips.
  • (weaponry) A nine-millimeter semi-automatic pistol.
  • (computing, engineering, usually in plural) A statistical unit of proportion (of reliability, purity, etc.).
    • They guaranteed that our Web site would have 99.99% uptime, or four nines .
  • (label) A baseball club, a baseball team (composed of nine players).
  • * 1877, Chicago Times, July 8, 1877:Peter Morris,
    • A Game of Inches: The Stories Behind the Innovations That Shaped Baseball, 15.1.3 Rain Checks, pp. 411–412
  • *:The St. Louis club is the only nine in the league which gives its patrons the right to see a full game or no pay.

    • Synonyms

    * (Roman numerals): (l)

    Coordinate terms

    * Previous : eight () * Next : ten ()

    Derived terms

    * cloud nine * dressed to the nines * on cloud nine * the whole nine yards

    See also

    *

    References

    1000 English basic words English cardinal numbers ----

    tine

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) tind''. Cognate with German ''Zinne .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A spike or point on an implement or tool, especially a prong of a fork or a tooth of a comb
  • A small branch, especially on an antler or horn

    • See also

    * prong * tooth * tool

    Etymology 2

    See .

    Noun

  • (obsolete) Trouble; distress; teen.
  • * Spenser
    • Cruel winter's tine .

    Etymology 3

    See tind.

    Verb

    (tin)
  • To kindle; to set on fire.
  • * Dryden
    • to tine the cloven wood
  • * Spenser
    • coals of contention and hot vengeance tin'd
  • (obsolete) To rage; to smart.
  • * Spenser
    • Ne was there slave, ne was there medicine / That mote recure their wounds; so inly they did tine .

    Etymology 4

    From (etyl) (modern (m)).

    Verb

    (tin)
  • To shut in, or enclose.
    • (Halliwell)
    (Webster 1913)

    Anagrams

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