Definitions for: Pine


[n] a coniferous tree
[n] straight-grained durable and often resinous white to yellowish timber of any of numerous trees of the genus Pinus
[v] have a yen for



Webster (1913) Definition: Pine, n. [AS. p[=i]n, L. poena penalty. See Pain.]
Woe; torment; pain. [Obs.] ``Pyne of hell.'' --Chaucer.


Pine, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Pined; p. pr. & vb. n.
Pining.] [AS. p[=i]nan to torment, fr. p[=i]n torment. See
1st Pine, Pain, n. & v.]
1. To inflict pain upon; to torment; to torture; to afflict.
[Obs.] --Chaucer. Shak.

That people that pyned him to death. --Piers
Plowman.

One is pined in prison, another tortured on the
rack. --Bp. Hall.

2. To grieve or mourn for. [R.] --Milton.


Pine, v. i.
1. To suffer; to be afflicted. [Obs.]

2. To languish; to lose flesh or wear away, under any
distress or anexiety of mind; to droop; -- often used with
away. ``The roses wither and the lilies pine.'' --Tickell.

3. To languish with desire; to waste away with longing for
something; -- usually followed by for.

For whom, and not for Tybalt, Juliet pined. --Shak.

Syn: To languish; droop; flag; wither; decay.


Pine, n. [AS. p[=i]n, L. pinus.]
1. (Bot.) Any tree of the coniferous genus Pinus. See
Pinus.

Note: There are about twenty-eight species in the United
States, of which the white pine (P. Strobus), the
Georgia pine (P. australis), the red pine ({P.
resinosa}), and the great West Coast sugar pine ({P.
Lambertiana}) are among the most valuable. The {Scotch
pine} or fir, also called Norway or Riga pine
(Pinus sylvestris), is the only British species. The
nut pine is any pine tree, or species of pine, which
bears large edible seeds. See Pinon. The spruces,
firs, larches, and true cedars, though formerly
considered pines, are now commonly assigned to other
genera.

2. The wood of the pine tree.

3. A pineapple.

Ground pine. (Bot.) See under Ground.

Norfolk Island pine (Bot.), a beautiful coniferous tree,
the Araucaria excelsa.

Pine barren, a tract of infertile land which is covered
with pines. [Southern U.S.]

Pine borer (Zo["o]l.), any beetle whose larv[ae] bore into
pine trees.

Pine finch. (Zo["o]l.) See Pinefinch, in the Vocabulary.


Pine grosbeak (Zo["o]l.), a large grosbeak ({Pinicola
enucleator}), which inhabits the northern parts of both
hemispheres. The adult male is more or less tinged with
red.

Pine lizard (Zo["o]l.), a small, very active, mottled gray
lizard (Sceloporus undulatus), native of the Middle
States; -- called also swift, brown scorpion, and
alligator.

Pine marten. (Zo["o]l.)
(a) A European weasel (Mustela martes), called also
sweet marten, and yellow-breasted marten.
(b) The American sable. See Sable.

Pine moth (Zo["o]l.), any one of several species of small
tortricid moths of the genus Retinia, whose larv[ae]
burrow in the ends of the branchlets of pine trees, often
doing great damage.

Pine mouse (Zo["o]l.), an American wild mouse ({Arvicola
pinetorum}), native of the Middle States. It lives in pine
forests.

Pine needle (Bot.), one of the slender needle-shaped leaves
of a pine tree. See Pinus.

Pine-needle wool. See Pine wool (below).

Pine oil, an oil resembling turpentine, obtained from fir
and pine trees, and used in making varnishes and colors.


Pine snake (Zo["o]l.), a large harmless North American
snake (Pituophis melanoleucus). It is whitish, covered
with brown blotches having black margins. Called also
bull snake. The Western pine snake (P. Sayi) is
chestnut-brown, mottled with black and orange.

Pine tree (Bot.), a tree of the genus Pinus; pine.

Pine-tree money, money coined in Massachusetts in the
seventeenth century, and so called from its bearing a
figure of a pine tree.

Pine weevil (Zo["o]l.), any one of numerous species of
weevils whose larv[ae] bore in the wood of pine trees.
Several species are known in both Europe and America,
belonging to the genera Pissodes, Hylobius, etc.

Pine wool, a fiber obtained from pine needles by steaming
them. It is prepared on a large scale in some of the
Southern United States, and has many uses in the economic
arts; -- called also pine-needle wool, and {pine-wood
wool}.

Synonyms: ache, languish, long, pine tree, true pine, yearn, yen

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