5 definitions found 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. [1913 Webster] 2. Too chamfer the ends of a stave and form the chine.. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] 2. A piece of the backbone of an animal, with the adjoining parts, cut for cooking. Note: [See Illust. of {Beef}.] [1913 Webster] 3. The edge or rim of a cask, etc., formed by the projecting ends of the staves; the chamfered end of a stave. [1913 Webster] 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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