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Definition of Chine
1. Verb. Cut through the backbone of an animal.
2. Noun. Cut of meat or fish including at least part of the backbone.
3. Noun. Backbone of an animal.
Definition of Chine
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. v. t. To cut through the backbone of; to cut into chine pieces.
Definition of Chine
1. Noun. The top of a ridge. ¹
2. Noun. The spine of an animal. ¹
3. Noun. (nautical) a sharp angle in the cross section of a hull ¹
4. Noun. (context: Southern England) a steep-sided ravine leading from the top of a cliff down to the sea ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Chine
1. to cut through the backbone of [v CHINED, CHINING, CHINES]
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