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
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.
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.
chine (plural chines)
(Southern England) A steep-sided ravine leading from the top of a cliff down to the sea.
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.]
• 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
23 November 2024
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