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Pronunciation : Chine
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [Cf. Chink.]
Definition : Defn: 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.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Chine
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [OF. eschine, F. ?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.]
Definition : 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.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Chine
Part of Speech : v.
Definition : 1. To cut through the backbone of; to cut into chine pieces.

2. Too chamfer the ends of a stave and form the chine..

t. [imp. & p. p. Chined.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913