tres-tyne

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tres-tyne - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Tres-tyne \Tres"-tyne`\, n. [L. tris, tres, three + E. tyne.]
     (Zool.)
     In the antler of a stag, the third tyne above the base. This
     tyne appears in the third year. In those deer in which the
     brow tyne does not divide, the tres-tyne is the second tyne
     above the base. See Illust. under Rucervine, and under
     Rusine.
     [1913 Webster]