Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary - tine

 I. noun  Etymology: Middle English tind, from Old English; akin to Old High German zint point, ~  Date: before 12th century  1. a slender pointed projecting part ; prong  2. a pointed branch of an antler  • ~d adjective  II. verb  (~d or tint; tining)  Etymology: Middle English, of Scandinavian origin; akin to Old Norse ty?na to lose, destroy, tjon injury, loss — more at teen  Date: 13th century  transitive verb dialect British lose  intransitive verb dialect British to become lost