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chine
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As a noun, chine means the top of a ridge. As a verb, it means cut through the backbone of.
Meanings of chine
13 meaningsnoun
The top of a ridge.
The spine of an animal.
A piece of the backbone of an animal, with the adjoining parts, cut for cooking.
nauticalA sharp angle in the cross section of a hull.
aeronauticsA longitudinal line of sharp change in the cross-section profile of the fuselage or similar body.
nauticalA hollowed or bevelled channel in the waterway of a ship's deck.
The edge or rim of a cask, etc., formed by the projecting ends of the staves; the chamfered end of a stave.
The back of the blade on a scythe.
southern englandvancouverA steep-sided ravine leading from the top of a cliff down to the sea.
Cut of meat or fish including at least part of the backbonefood
verb
To cut through the backbone of; to cut into chine pieces.
To chamfer the ends of a stave and form the chine.
Older and rare meanings (1)
obsoleteTo crack, split, fissure, break.
“The wayward son did chine his father's heart.”
“A drought had caused the earth to chine and cranny.”
Meanings from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).