Pine \Pine\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Pined; p. pr. & vb. n. Pining.]

[AS. p[=i]nan to torment, fr. p[=i]n torment. See 1st Pine, Pain, n. & v.]

1. To inflict pain upon; to torment; to torture; to afflict. [Obs.]

--Chaucer. Shak.

That people that pyned him to death. --Piers Plowman.

One is pined in prison, another tortured on the rack. --Bp. Hall.

2. To grieve or mourn for. [R.]

--Milton.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Pining \Pin"ing\, a.

1. Languishing; drooping; wasting away, as with longing.

2. Wasting; consuming. ``The pining malady of France.'' --Shak.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)