'Chine' definitions:

Definition of 'chine'

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noun
Cut of meat or fish including at least part of the backbone
noun
Backbone of an animal
verb
Cut through the backbone of an animal

Definition of 'Chine'

From: 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]

Definition of 'Chine'

From: 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]

Definition of 'Chine'

From: 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]

Synonyms of 'chine'

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