Obs. Also tyne. [a. F. tine large vessel, tub (c. 1230, in Godef.), Sp., It. tina:—L. tīna wine-jar.] A vessel for brewing; a tub, vat.
[1310. Letter-Bk. D. Lond., lf. 99 b. Item bona capta … super Aliciam relictam Walteri le Cuuer .j. Cumelina et .j. Tyna, precium vj d.] Ibid. (1337), F., lf. 20. Hoi’es bracinas tenentes … qui mittunt… Braciatores suos cum vasis suis vocatis Tynes ad dictum Conductum.
1388–9. Abingdon Rolls (Camden), 57. ij vates et j tyne.
a. 1400. Chaucer, Balade to Rosemounde, 9. For thogh I wepe of teres ful a tyne [cf. Fr. Le jor i ot plore de larmes pleine tine (see Skeat’s Chaucer, I. 549).]
