chine

Noun · Verb

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Noun (2)

  1. cut of meat or fish including at least part of the backboneType of cut, cut of meat
  2. backbone of an animalType of spinal column, vertebral column

Verb (1)chined

  1. cut through the backbone of an animalMore general butcher, slaughter
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)

Chine noun

Origin: 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. dialect (England) “The cottage in a chine.” Jean Ingelow

Chine noun

Origin: OF. eschine, F. échine, 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.” John Dryden

2. A piece of the backbone of an animal, with the adjoining parts, cut for cooking. [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.

Chine transitive verb [past tense & past participle 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.

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54

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