CHINES - Definition of CHINES

Definitions for chines

Chine (n.) - 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.
Chine (n.) - The backbone or spine of an animal; the back.
Chine (n.) - A piece of the backbone of an animal, with the adjoining parts, cut for cooking. [See Illust. of Beef.]
Chine (n.) - The edge or rim of a cask, etc., formed by the projecting ends of the staves; the chamfered end of a stave.
Chine (v. t.) - To cut through the backbone of; to cut into chine pieces.
Chine (v. t.) - Too chamfer the ends of a stave and form the chine..
Chined (a.) - Pertaining to, or having, a chine, or backbone; -- used in composition.
Chined (a.) - Broken in the back.
Chined (imp. & p. p.) - of Chine
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