Definition of Tsine

1. Noun. Wild ox of the Malay Archipelago.

Exact synonyms: Banteng, Banting, Bos Banteng
Group relationships: Bos, Genus Bos
Generic synonyms: Ox, Wild Ox

Definition of Tsine

1. Noun. a Malayan wild ox, ''Bos banteng'' ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Tsine

tsessebe
tsessebes
tsetse
tsetse flies
tsetse fly
tsetses
tshatshke
tshatshkes
tsheg
tshegs
tsigane
tsiganes
tsimbl
tsimbls
tsimmes
tsine (current term)
tsipouro
tsitsith
tsitsiyoth
tsk
tsk-tsk
tsk tsk
tsk tsks
tsked
tsking
tsks
tsktsk
tsktsked
tsktsking
tsktsks

Literary usage of Tsine

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Bullet and Shot in Indian Forest, Plain and Hill: With Hints to Beginners in by Charles Edward Mackintosh Russell (1900)
"NOT much has been written about the banting, or tsine, as it is called by the ... for the successful pursuit of tsine entails the roughest of camp life. ..."

2. A Grammatical Sketch of the Akra- Or Gã-language by Johann Zimmermann (1858)
"-nii, n. some thing hindering, hinderance, obstacle. tsine, n. innermost part of the nose; ... I have a desire after it, it is tastful to 7ne; tsine no ..."

3. In the Shadow of the Pagoda: Sketches of Burmese Life and Character by Edward William Dirom Cuming (1893)
"A tsine ! I do not think Mohamed Ali's sufferings were comparable with mine when I learned that the visitor was the rarest and finest game beast to be shot ..."

4. In the Shadow of the Pagoda: Sketches of Burmese Life and Character by Edward William Dirom Cuming (1897)
"exclaimed my mentor, sitting down to rock himself to and fro and bang his breast till it sounded like a smothered drum. " Cow, Sahib ! It was a tsine! ..."

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