Thesaurus: chine

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1. 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.
2. n. The backbone or spine of an animal; the back.
3. n. A piece of the backbone of an animal, with the adjoining parts, cut for cooking. [See Illust. of Beef.]
4. n. The edge or rim of a cask, etc., formed by the projecting ends of the staves; the chamfered end of a stave.
5. v. t. To cut through the backbone of; to cut into chine pieces.
6. v. t. Too chamfer the ends of a stave and form the chine..
7. n. cut of meat or fish including at least part of the backbone
8. n. backbone of an animal
9. v. cut through the backbone of an animal
10. 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. 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. 1. To cut through the backbone of; to cut into chine pieces. 2. Too chamfer the ends of a stave and form the chine..
11. A chink or cleft; a narrow and deep ravine; as, Shanklin Chinein the Isle of Wight, a quarter of a mile long and 230 feet deep.[Prov. Eng.] "The cottage in a chine." J. Ingelow.
12. n:100 n. cut of meat or fish including at least part of the backbone n. backbone of an animal v. cut through the backbone of an animal