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. The edge or rim of a cask, etc., formed by the projecting ends of the staves; the chamfered end of a stave.
4. v. t. To cut through the backbone of; to cut into chine pieces.
5. v. t. Too chamfer the ends of a stave and form the chine..
6. n. cut of meat or fish including at least part of the backbone
7. n. backbone of an animal
8. v. cut through the backbone of an animal
9. 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