rare. [f. SPINE sb.1]
† 1. intr. To grow or develop like a spine. Obs.–1
1621. G. Sandys, Ovid’s Met., V. (1626), 101. A taile withall Spines from his changed shape.
2. trans. To shoot or hit in the spine.
1888. J. Inglis, Tent Life Tigerland, 340. It was ‘spined’ (the shot had been a lucky one).
