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Definition of Tsine
1. Noun. Wild ox of the Malay Archipelago.
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
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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