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Meaning of 'chine' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Chine [ 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.
- The backbone or spine of an animal; the back.
- A piece of the backbone of an animal, with the adjoining parts, cut for cooking. [See Illust. of Beef.]
- The edge or rim of a cask, etc., formed by the projecting ends of the staves; the chamfered end of a stave.
2 . Chine [ v. t.]
- To cut through the backbone of; to cut into chine pieces.
- Too chamfer the ends of a stave and form the chine..

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chian chiaro-oscuro chiaroscurist chiaroscuro chiasm chiasma chiasmus chiastolite chibbal chibouk

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