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Chine Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Chine? [n] backbone of an animal [n] cut of meat or fish including at least part of the backbone [v] cut through the backbone of an animal Synonyms \| Synonyms for Chine: Related Terms \| Find terms related to 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 See Also \| back \| backbone \| butcher \| cut \| cut of meat \| rachis \| slaughter \| spinal column \| spine \| vertebral column Chine In Webster's Dictionary \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. \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. 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..

Chine Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Chine?

[n] backbone of an animal
[n] cut of meat or fish including at least part of the backbone
[v] cut through the backbone of an animal

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Chine In Webster's Dictionary

\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.


\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.

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..

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