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Tyne

(tīn)

A river, about 100 km (60 mi) long, of northern England flowing eastward to the North Sea.

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Tyne

(taɪn)

(Placename) a river in N England, flowing east to the North Sea. Length: 48 km (30 miles)

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tyne

(taɪn)

n. Chiefly Brit.

tine.

Tyne

(taɪn)

n.

a river in NE England, in Northumberland, flowing E into the North Sea. ab. 30 mi. (48 km) long.

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And now our readers must leave the Standard to sail peaceably, not toward London, where D'Artagnan and Porthos believed they were going, but to Durham, whither Mordaunt had been ordered to repair by the letter he had received during his sojourn at Boulogne, and accompany us to the royalist camp, on this side of the Tyne, near Newcastle.

"To cross the Tyne, reach Scotland and rejoin Lord Montrose, who will not sell you."

Let your majesty mount on horseback and place yourself in the midst of us; we will cross the Tyne, reach Scotland, and you will be saved."

But Athos was standing with his eyes fixed on a black line which bordered the banks of the Tyne and seemed to extend double the length of the camp.

"It is this, sir," said the king, angrily, "that General Cromwell has reached Newcastle; that you knew it and I was not informed of it; that the enemy have left the town and are now closing the passages of the Tyne against us; that our sentinels have seen this movement and I have been left unacquainted with it; that, by an infamous treaty you have sold me for two hundred thousand pounds to Parliament.

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We took sixteen days in all to get from London to the Tyne! When we got into dock we had lost our turn for loading, and they hauled us off to a tier where we remained for a month.

Tyne to Bankok; coals; put back to Falmouth leaky and with crew refusing duty.'

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"Yes, bonny wee thing, I'll wear you in my bosom, lest my jewel I should tyne."

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In this it differs from Liverpool, from Cardiff, from Newcastle, from Glasgow; and therein the Thames differs from the Mersey, from the Tyne, from the Clyde.

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WE'VE all heard of the ferry across the Mersey, but what about the long-running ferry service here on the River Tyne? It's ten years since the Tyne waved goodbye to an icon.

Ferries across the River Tyne; NOSTALGIA

Last year, discarded Mobikes that had been dumped in the Tyne were fished out by the Clearwater, its specialist river clearing vessel.

River clearing scheme spared chop just INTYNE

Bosses at the Port of Tyne have moved to allay fears thatdebris could be left floatingdown the River Tyne.

A dirty Tyne? Not on our watch, says Port of Tyne as river cleaning project is saved; A project set up to keep the River Tyne clean has been given a reprieve - despite its local authority funding being axed