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Monday, 24 May 2021

Spot the Frippet: tine.

 Here are some tines:


that's a caribou (though we call them reindeer in Europe). The tines are the prongs of the antlers.

If you're hunting red deer stag then the number of tines tells you how old and important the stag is. 



this beast is in fine form. Photo by Bill Ebbesen 

There may, however, be those of us who don't have large deer hanging around the place, and in this case then there are other tines to be found.

Like these:



photo by ArnoldReinhold



photo by Hansmuller

or even these:


photo by Crisco 1492

So if you eat or have hair then this spot should be easy.

Spot the Frippet: tine. This word was tind in Old English.










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