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CHINE
chine
(noun) backbone of an animal
chine
(noun) cut of meat or fish including at least part of the backbone
chine
(verb) cut through the backbone of an animal
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology 1
Noun
chine (plural chines)
The top of a ridge.
The spine of an animal.
A piece of the backbone of an animal, with the adjoining parts, cut for cooking.
(nautical) A sharp angle in the cross section of a hull.
(nautical) A hollowed or bevelled channel in the waterway of a ship's deck.
The edge or rim of a cask, etc, formed by the projecting ends of the staves; the chamfered end of a stave.
The back of the blade on a scythe.
Verb
chine (third-person singular simple present chines, present participle chining, simple past and past participle chined)
(transitive) To cut through the backbone of; to cut into chine pieces.
To chamfer the ends of a stave and form the chine.
Etymology 2
Noun
chine (plural chines)
(Southern England) A steep-sided ravine leading from the top of a cliff down to the sea.
Etymology 3
Verb
chine (third-person singular simple present chines, present participle chining, simple past chone or chane or chined, past participle chined)
(obsolete, ) To crack, split, fissure, break. [9th-16th c.]
Anagrams
• Chien, niche
Source: Wiktionary
Chine, n. Etym: [Cf. Chink.]
Definition: A chink or cleft; a narrow and deep ravine; as, Shanklin Chine in the Isle of Wight, a quarter of a mile long and 230 feet deep. [Prov. Eng.] "The cottage in a chine." J. Ingelow.
Chine, n.Etym: [OF. eschine, F. échine, fr. OHG. skina needle, prickle, shin, G. schiene splint, schienbein shin. For the meaning cf. L. spina thorn, prickle, or spine, the backbone. Cf. Shin.]
1. The backbone or spine of an animal; the back. "And chine with rising bristles roughly spread." Dryden.
2. A piece of the backbone of an animal, with the adjoining parts, cut for cooking.
Note: [See Illust. of Beef.]
3. The edge or rim of a cask, etc., formed by the projecting ends of the staves; the chamfered end of a stave.
Chine, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Chined.]
1. To cut through the backbone of; to cut into chine pieces.
2. Too chamfer the ends of a stave and form the chine..
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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