Obs. rare. [Derivation unascertained.] Some kind of weed found in cornfields; perh. a wild vetch (strangle-tare, tine).
1573. Tusser, Husb. (1878), 109. The titters or tine Makes hop to pine. Ibid., 113. From wheat go and rake out the titters or tine, If eare be not foorth, it will rise againe fine.
