chine : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: chine	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for chine
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
chine n cut of meat or fish including at least part of the backbone backbone of an animal v cut through the backbone of an animal
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Chine \Chine\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {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..
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Chine \Chine\, n. [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. [Prov. Eng.] [bd]The cottage in a chine.[b8] --J. Ingelow.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Chine \Chine\, n.[OF. eschine, F. [82]chine, 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. [bd]And chine with rising bristles roughly spread.[b8] --Dryden. 2. A piece of the backbone of an animal, with the adjoining parts, cut for cooking. Note: [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.