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English Dictionary: Chin by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
chin
n
  1. the protruding part of the lower jaw [syn: chin, mentum]
  2. Kamarupan languages spoken in western Burma and Bangladesh and easternmost India
    Synonym(s): Kuki, Chin, Kuki-Chin
v
  1. raise oneself while hanging from one's hands until one's chin is level with the support bar
    Synonym(s): chin, chin up
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Chin \Chin\, n. [AS. cin, akin to OS. kin, G kinn, Icel. kinn,
      cheek, Dan. & Sw. kind, L. {gena}, Gr. [?]; cf. Skr. hanu.
      [fb]232.]
      1. The lower extremity of the face below the mouth; the point
            of the under jaw.
  
      2. (Zo[94]l.) The exterior or under surface embraced between
            the branches of the lower jaw bone, in birds.
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