Meaning of CHINE
| Pronunciation: | | shee'ney
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- [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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| | See Also: | | back, backbone, butcher, cut, cut of meat, rachis, slaughter, spinal column, spine, vertebral column | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\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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| | Related Terms: | | 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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