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chine

1

[ chahyn ]

noun

, British Dialect.
  1. a ravine formed in rock by the action of running water.


chine

2

[ chahyn ]

noun

  1. the backbone or spine, especially of an animal.
  2. the whole or a piece of the backbone of an animal with adjoining parts, cut for cooking.
  3. a ridge or crest, as of land.
  4. Nautical.
    1. an angular intersection of the sides and bottom of a vessel.
    2. a longitudinal member running behind this.

verb (used with object)

, chined, chin·ing.
  1. (in butchering) to sever the backbone of.

chine

3

[ chahyn ]

noun

chiné

4

[ shee-ney ]

adjective

  1. noting or pertaining to a fabric having a variegated pattern produced by warp threads that have been dyed, printed, or painted before weaving.

chine

1

/ tʃaɪn /

noun

  1. another word for chime 2
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chiné

2

/ ˈʃiːneɪ /

adjective

  1. textiles having a mottled pattern
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chine

3

/ tʃaɪn /

noun

  1. the backbone
  2. the backbone of an animal with adjoining meat, cut for cooking
  3. a ridge or crest of land
  4. (in some boats) a corner-like intersection where the bottom meets the side
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verb

  1. tr to cut (meat) along or across the backbone
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chine

4

/ tʃaɪn /

noun

  1. dialect.
    a deep fissure in the wall of a cliff
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of chine1

First recorded before 900; Middle English chine, chinne, chin, Old English cīne, cȳne “crevice, fissure”; cognate with Middle Dutch kēne; compare Old English cīnan “to gape, crack open”

Origin of chine2

First recorded in 1300–50; Middle English chine, schine, Anglo-French achine, from Old French eschine, from Germanic; shin 1

Origin of chine3

1850–55; < French, past participle of chiner, verbal derivative of Chine China
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Word History and Origins

Origin of chine1

C19: from French chiner to make in the Chinese fashion, from Chine China

Origin of chine2

C14: from Old French eschine, of Germanic origin; compare Old High German scina needle, shinbone; see shin 1

Origin of chine3

Old English cīnan to crack
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Example Sentences

Verdon Winkler employs multiple techniques, notably drypoint and chine collé, to produce gauzier, almost painterly images in what might be called a rainbow of grays.

This night Mr. Gauden sent me a great chine of beef and half a dozen of tongues.

This day I have a chine of beef sent home, which I bespoke to send, and did send it as a present to my uncle Wight.

A couple of fowls, a rice-pudding, and a small chine, composed our dinner.

Over it she wore a magnificent cloak of crpe de Chine and silver lace.

She soon attired herself in the blue crêpe de chine over which she and Nance had labored so industriously the winter before.

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