Tine vs Agnes - What's the difference?
tine | agnes |
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
(obsolete) Trouble; distress; teen.
* Spenser
To kindle; to set on fire.
* Dryden
* Spenser
(obsolete) To rage; to smart.
* Spenser
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* 1876 Annie Howells Fréchette, Reuben Dale , Galaxy, W.C. and F.P.Church, 1876, page 394
* 1977 , The Thorn Birds , Gramercy Books 1998, ISBN 0517201658, pages 3,5
* 1995 Elizabeth Wurtzel: Prozac Nation: Young and Depressed in America , Riverhead Books, 1995, ISBN 1573225126, page 14
As a noun tine
is large wine barrel.As a proper noun agnes is
hungarian equivalent of agnes.tine
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) tind''. Cognate with German ''Zinne .Noun
(en noun)See also
* prong * tooth * toolEtymology 2
See .Noun
- Cruel winter's tine .
Etymology 3
See tind.Verb
(tin)- to tine the cloven wood
- coals of contention and hot vengeance tin'd
- Ne was there slave, ne was there medicine / That mote recure their wounds; so inly they did tine .
Etymology 4
From (etyl) (modern (m)).Anagrams
* ----agnes
English
(wikipedia Agnes)Proper noun
(en proper noun)- "Why do you call Mrs. Stone Aggie? Agnes is such a beautiful name, it is a shame to nick it in that way." Then, quickly regretting his impatience, he added, "You would not have been jealous, would you, Jenny?"
- Right then and there in her mind she had christened it Agnes', the only name she knew elegant enough for such a peerless creature. - - - She held the doll so her brothers could see. "Look, isn't she beautiful? Her name is ' Agnes ."
- "Agnes? Agnes? " Jack gagged realistically. "What a soppy name! Why don't you call her Margaret or Betty?"
- I found myself wanting to explain it to her, this middle-aged woman with the kind of haircut you call a hairdo, which needed to be set in rollers every night, who had a name like Agnes or Harriet, a name that even predated my mother's generation.