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First published 2002 (DOST Vol. XI).
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Tynd, n. Also: tind, tayne, (thyne). [ME and e.m.E. tind(e (Ancr. R.), tynde (14th c.), tyne (1495), tine (1554), OE tind.]

1. (A branch of) a deer's antler. b. The horn of a unicorn. a1400 Leg. S. xxix 105.
A gret hart … he saw betwen his tyndis brycht A verray croice schenand lycht 1460 Hay Alex. 15417.
Syne fand thai hartis with tyndis all as steill Scharpe as a spere hede c1500 Fyve Bestes 59.
His statly hed with tyndis set on hicht Of polist gold c1500 Fyve Bestes 61.
This ryall hart … Befor this kyng he laid his tyndis lawe 1513 Doug. i iv 56.
Thre hartis … the ledaris … Quhilk on thar hedis bair the tyndis hie 1513 Doug. xii Prol. 179.
Hertis … Baith the brokkettis, and with braid burnyst tyndis 1531 Bell. Boece II 298.
This hart … with auful and braid tindis a1605 Montg. Misc. P. xli 19.
Hairtis with hyndis … Hie tursis thair tyndisb. c1500 Fyve Bestes 131.
This gentill vnicorne … The onely tynd that on his hed he baire [etc.]

2. A tooth (of a harrow).(a) 1507 Rentale Dunkeld. (SHS) 249.
For 2 harrows … 5 s.; for 400 tyndis 5 s. 4 d. a1628 Carmichael Prov. No. 1123.
Manie maister quo the padak to the harrow quhen ilk a tynd gat her a knok(b) 1664 Melrose Reg. Rec. II 102.
[To pay … for] a pleugheid sheth and harow taynes, [15 s.]

b. ? A spike or prong with which to invest a loop-hole in a fortification. 1557–8 Edinb. Old Acc. I 249.
For ij dosone of tynds till tak mesure of the murdreis hoills and just calculatioun of the same, xij d.

c. ? A prong or spike in (the mechanism of) a clock, prob. a tooth (of a clock wheel). 1655 Dumbarton Common Gd. Acc. 208.
Givin to Thomas Potter, wryt, for going up and mending the thyne of the knock … 20 s., and for ane new great thyne thairto, 18 s.