tyne : Idioms & Phrases

• noun a port city in northeastern England on the River Tyne; a center for coal exports (giving rise to the expression `carry coals to Newcastle' meaning to do something unnecessary)
  Newcastle.
  

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• noun a river in northern England that flows east to the North Sea
  Tyne; River Tyne.
  

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Tres"-tyne` noun

Etymology

L. tris, tres, three + E. tyne.

Definitions

1. (Zoöl.) 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.

Webster 1913

• noun a river in northern England that flows east to the North Sea
  Tyne; River Tyne.
  

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