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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Chine \Chine\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Chined}.]
     1. To cut through the backbone of; to cut into chine pieces.
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     2. Too chamfer the ends of a stave and form the chine..
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Chine \Chine\, n. [Cf. {Chink}.]
     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.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Chine \Chine\, n. [OF. eschine, F. ['e]chine, 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.
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     2. A piece of the backbone of an animal, with the adjoining
        parts, cut for cooking.
  
     Note: [See Illust. of {Beef}.]
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     3. The edge or rim of a cask, etc., formed by the projecting
        ends of the staves; the chamfered end of a stave.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  chine
       n 1: cut of meat or fish including at least part of the backbone
       2: backbone of an animal
       v : cut through the backbone of an animal

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  70 Moby Thesaurus words for "chine":
     bilge, blain, bleb, blister, blob, boss, bow, bubble, bulb, bulge,
     bulla, bump, bunch, burl, button, cahot, clump, col, comb, condyle,
     convex, crest, dowel, ear, esker, flange, flap, gall, gnarl,
     handle, hill, hogback, horseback, hump, hunch, jog, joggle, kame,
     knob, knot, knur, knurl, lip, loop, lump, mole, mountain, nevus,
     nub, nubbin, nubble, papilloma, peg, rib, ridge, ring, saddle,
     saddleback, shoulder, spine, stud, style, tab, tubercle, tubercule,
     verruca, vesicle, wale, wart, welt
  
  

















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