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chine

Pronunciation:  shee'ney

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WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. [n]  backbone of an animal
  2. [n]  cut of meat or fish including at least part of the backbone
  3. [v]  cut through the backbone of an animal
 
 See Also: back, backbone, butcher, cut, cut of meat, rachis, slaughter, spinal column, spine, vertebral column

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. \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.


  2. \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.


  3. \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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