Chine

[tʃain]

Definition

(noun.) backbone of an animal.

(noun.) cut of meat or fish including at least part of the backbone.

(verb.) cut through the backbone of an animal.

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Definition

(n.) 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.

(n.) The backbone or spine of an animal; the back.

(n.) A piece of the backbone of an animal, with the adjoining parts, cut for cooking. [See Illust. of Beef.]

(n.) The edge or rim of a cask, etc., formed by the projecting ends of the staves; the chamfered end of a stave.

(v. t.) To cut through the backbone of; to cut into chine pieces.

(v. t.) Too chamfer the ends of a stave and form the chine..

Typist: Vilma

Definition

n. a ravine.

n. the spine or backbone: a piece of the backbone and adjoining parts for cooking: a ridge crest.—v.t. (Spens.) to break the back.

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