Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Chine"
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.] ``The cottage in a chine.'' --J.
Ingelow.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Chine \Chine\, n.[OF. eschine, F. ['e]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. ``And chine
with rising bristles roughly spread.'' --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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
chine
n 1: cut of meat or fish including at least part of the backbone
2: backbone of an animal
v : cut through the backbone of an animal
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