Tind
noun, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 A prong or something projecting like a prong; an animal's horn; a branch or limb of a tree; a protruding arm.
- 2 A branch of a deer's antler; the horn of a unicorn; a tooth of a harrow; a spike. Scotland, UK, dialectal
- 1 To ignite, kindle. obsolete
"Her harty wondes so deepe into the mynd / Of the yong Damzell sunke, that great desire / Of warlike armes in her forthwith they tynd [...]."
Example
More examples"Uzun illərdir ki, Azərbaycan dövləti Xocalı faciəsi ilə bağlı həqiqətlərin beynəlxalq ictimaiyyətin diqqətinə çatdırılması, onun soyqırımı kimi tanıdılması istiqamətində sistemli iş aparır."
Etymology
From earlier tend, from Middle English tenden, teenden, from Old English tendan (“to kindle”) (usually attested in compounds); related to Danish tænde, German zünden, Norwegian bokmål tenne. More at tend (sense 3).
From Middle English tind, tynd, from Old English tind (“tine, prong, tooth”), from Proto-West Germanic *tind, from Proto-Germanic *tindaz (“prong, pinnacle”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃dénts (“tooth, projection”). Cognate with Dutch tinne (“battlement”), German Zinne (“pinnacle, battlement”), Danish tinde (“pinnacle, battlement”), Dutch tinne (“tooth of a rake”), Icelandic tindur (“spike, tooth of a rake or harrow, pinnacle, peak, battlement”). Cf. the related tine. Also more distantly related to Dutch tand (“tooth, tine”), English tooth.
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