Now only Sc. and north. dial. [f. TINE v.2 + -ING1.] The action of losing, loss; † destruction. Between the tining and the winning: said of being in a critical position, which may issue either in ruin or in success.
a. 1300. Cursor M., 18261 (Cott.). Ha! sathan … all þat þu wan … thoru þe tinning of paradis, Nu has þou tint on oþer wis.
c. 1375. Sc. Leg. Saints, v. (Johannes), 212. Sa gret besynes He has for to get riches, And besy thocht of þe kepynge, And gret dut of þe tynynge.
c. 1400. Destr. Troy, 7611. For the tene, þat hom tyde, & tynyng of pepull.
c. 1520. Nisbet, N. Test. in Scots (S.T.S.), III. 283 (Ecclus. l. 4), The gret preest … that delyuirit thame fra tynyng.
1720. Ramsay, Rise & Fall of Stocks, 146. A’ the country is repining, And ilka ane complains of tining.
1825. Scott, Diary, 28 Dec., in Lockhart. At present he is between the tyning and the winning.
