Definition of Chine

1. Verb. Cut through the backbone of an animal.

Generic synonyms: Butcher, Slaughter

2. Noun. Cut of meat or fish including at least part of the backbone.
Generic synonyms: Cut, Cut Of Meat

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]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Chine

chincherinchee
chincherinchees
chinches
chinchier
chinchiest
chinchilla
chinchilla rat
chinchillas
chinchillid
chinchillids
chinchillon
chinchona
chinchy
chindit
chindits
chine (current term)
chined
chines
chinese hamster ovary cell
chinese restaurant syndrome
ching
ching chong
chingadera
chingaderas
chinging
chings
chinguard
chinguards
chinic acid
chining

Literary usage of Chine

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"HAZLITT (London, 1857, New York, 1887); MARSHALL, Chris- tian Missions, Their Agents, Methods and Results (London, 1862); CORDIER, Relations de la chine ..."

2. Treaties and Agreements with and Concerning China, 1894-1919: A Collection by John Van Antwerp MacMurray (1921)
"The Engineer representing the Societe d'Etudes des Chemins dc fcr en chine, (s.) HUBERT. The Director-General of the chinese Railway Company, (s. ..."

3. The Geographical Journal by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain). (1906)
"4551 Maps—Atlas archéologique de l'Indo- chine: K. Lnnet de ... 87 t Origine des races de l'Indo-chine française, XV. 192t Origines do l'Empire français ..."

4. A General Collection of the Best and Most Interesting Voyages and Travels in by John Pinkerton (1808)
"Continuing our route, we came to Barns Hole, which might properly be deemed a chine. As the operations of Nature in the formation of works of this kind ..."

5. Treaties and Agreements with and Concerning China, 1894-1919: A Collection by John Van Antwerp MacMurray (1921)
"Banque de 1'Indo-chine, Paris. ... For and on behalf of chineSE CENTRAL RAILWAYS, LIMITED, For and on behalf of THE BANQUE DE L'INDO-chine, CARL MEYER. ..."

6. United States Supreme Court Reportsby Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1882)
"The whole weight of proof, then, is thrown upon him who would introduce a distinction to which the words of the law give no countenance. chine, in actual ..."

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