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noun
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. (Prov. Eng.) "The cottage in a chine."



Chine  n.  
1.
The backbone or spine of an animal; the back. "And chine with rising bristles roughly spread."
2.
A piece of the backbone of an animal, with the adjoining parts, cut for cooking.
3.
The edge or rim of a cask, etc., formed by the projecting ends of the staves; the chamfered end of a stave.



verb
Chine  v. t.  (past & past part. 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..






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"Chine" Quotes from Famous Books



... social needs, Of all to one another,—taught what sign Of visceral lightness, colored to a shade, May charm the genial gods, and what fair spots Commend the lung and liver. Burning so The limbs encased in fat, and the long chine, I led my mortals on to an art abstruse, And cleared their eyes to the image in the fire, Erst filmed in dark. Enough said now of this: For the other helps of man hid underground, The iron and the brass, silver and gold, Can any dare affirm ...
— Story of Orestes - A Condensation of the Trilogy • Richard G. Moulton

... OF TASTE alone, Taught by the many and reserved for few! O! busy Memory, thou hast touched a chord Recalling images, beloved,—adored,— While Fancy keen still wields her knife and fork, O'er roasted turkey and a chine of ...
— Travels in the Great Desert of Sahara, in the Years of 1845 and 1846 • James Richardson

... exactly observed, for he never exceeded in drink or permitted it. On the other side was a door into an old chapel not used for devotion; the pulpit, as the safest place, was never wanting of a cold chine of beef, pasty of venison, gammon of bacon, or great apple-pie, with thick crust extremely baked. His table cost him not much, though it was very good to eat at, his sports supplying all but beef ...
— Characters from 17th Century Histories and Chronicles • Various

... "Mignon saw you stop at Professor Fontaine's desk. We knew what that meant. It always takes him forever to explain anything. Do you remember a black-haired, black-eyed girl in the French class this morning? She wore the sweetest brown crepe-de-chine dress. Well, that's Mignon La Salle. Her father is the richest man in Sanford. Mignon could go away to school if she liked, but she doesn't care about it. Tell you ...
— Marjorie Dean High School Freshman • Pauline Lester

... her, she said: "I see, dresses with tails behind must be more dignified than short ones, am I right?" We told her it was so. Then she said: "Go and put on your most beautiful gowns at once." We immediately went and changed. My sister and myself wore our pink crepe de chine gowns, trimmed with Brussels lace and transparent yokes of the same color chiffon. My mother wore her gray crepe de chine embroidered with black roses and a little touch of pale blue satin on her collar and belt. We dressed in a great hurry, as Her Majesty had sent eunuchs to see if ...
— Two Years in the Forbidden City • The Princess Der Ling


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