Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- A Middle English spelling of
pine .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- obsolete See
pine .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Obsolete form of
pine .
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Examples
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Krelm – gin must be a veg, smellz lyke liddel pyne trees.
no, no, NO! Mai mausie wuz - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2009
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February 2, 2008 at 2:59 pm en pyne-appl wedgeez on teh syde uv teh glas? en cherreez on fansee toofpiks?
My name is not - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008
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But well I woot, that in this world greet pyne ys.
The Canterbury Tales 2006
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For al my welth es bot wepyng, when pyne mi saule sal spyll.
Love is Life 1917
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Lufe es with-owten pyne, als lofers hase me talde; 50
Love is Life 1917
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When pai er casten in kare, til pyne pat lastes ay.
Love is Life 1917
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In meikle dule and pyne --- O. Quhen in came Robin Red-breast,
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There were of al sorts of berries plentie, and as goodly a Countrey as euer I saw: we found a very faire plaine Champion ground that a man might see very farre euery way: by the Sea side was here and there a little wood with goodly trees as good as euer I saw any in Norway, able to mast any shippe, of pyne trees, spruse trees, firre, and very great birch trees.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques, and Discoveries of The English Nation, Vol. XII., America, Part I. Richard Hakluyt 1584
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Whose balefull barking bringes in hast pyne, plagues, and dreery death.
Shepheardes Calendar 1579
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Lib. 2. p8 they that pyne away with feehng of their owne pouerty.
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