Pine | Webster's Dictionary (1865)

Pine, n.

noun

Pine, n. [Lat. pinus, allied to Gr. πίτυς, A-S. pinn, pin, pinntreo, D. pijn, pijnboom; Fr. & Pr. pin, Sp. & It. pino.]

A tree of the genus Pinus, of many species, some of which furnish timber of the most valuable kind. The principal species which bear this name in the United States, are the white pine (Pinus strobus), the yellow pine (Pinus resinosa), and the pitch pine (Pinus rigida).
The wood of the pine-tree.
A pine apple.

Pine, v. i.

verbintransitive

v. i. [imp. & p. p. PINED; p. pr. & vb. n. PINING.] [A-S. pinan, pinian, O. D. pijnen, N. D. pijnigen, O. Ger. peinen, N. Ger. peinigen, Fr. peiner.]

Sense 1. To languish; to lose flesh or wear away under any distress or anxiety of mind; to grow lean; — often followed by away. “She pined in thought.” Shak.

Sense 2. To languish with desire; to waste away with longing for something; — usually followed by for. “She pined for your return.” Dryden.

Synonyms— To languish; droop; flag; wither; decay.

Pine, v. t.

verbtransitive

v. t. 1. To wear out; to make to languish. “Where shivering cold and sickness pines the clime.” Shak. “Beroe pined with pain.” Dryden. 2. To grieve for; to bemoan in silence. Abashed the devil stood, And felt how awful goodness is, and saw Virtue, in her shape how lovely; saw, and pined His loss. Milton.

Pine, n.

noun

Pine, n. [A-S. pīn, D. pijn, Ger. pein, O. Fr. peine, paine, poene.] Woe; want; penury; pain. [Obs.]