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Chine

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.

Chine

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..

Chine

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.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
chine

"in Chinese fashion," French Chiné, past participle of chiner "to color in Chinese fashion," from Chine "China" (see China).\n

Wiktionary
chine

Etymology 1 n. 1 The top of a ridge. 2 The spine of an animal. 3 A piece of the backbone of an animal, with the adjoining parts, cut for cooking. 4 (context nautical English) A sharp angle in the cross section of a hull. 5 The edge or rim of a cask, etc., formed by the projecting ends of the staves; the chamfered end of a stave. vb. 1 (context transitive English) To cut through the backbone of; to cut into chine pieces. 2 To chamfer the ends of a stave and form the chine. Etymology 2

n. (context Southern England English) A steep-sided ravine leading from the top of a cliff down to the se

WordNet
chine
  1. n. cut of meat or fish including at least part of the backbone

  2. backbone of an animal

chine

v. cut through the backbone of an animal

Wikipedia
Chine

A chine is a steep-sided river valley where the river flows to the sea through, typically, soft eroding coastal cliffs of sandstone or clays. The word is still in use in central Southern England—notably in East Devon, Dorset, Hampshire and the Isle of Wight—to describe such topographical features. However, 'bunny' is also used to describe a chine in Hampshire, as noted below.

Chine (boating)

A chine in boating refers to a sharp change in angle in the cross section of a hull. A hull without chines has a gradually curving cross section. The term hard chine indicates an angle with little rounding, where a soft chine would be more rounded, but still involve the meeting of distinct planes. Chine log construction is a method of building hard chine boat hulls. Hard chines are common in plywood hulls, while soft chines are often found on fiberglass hulls.

Chine (disambiguation)

A chine is a steep-sided river valley where a river flows through coastal cliffs to a sea.

Chine or chines may also refer to:

  • Chine (boating), a relatively sharp angle in a boat's hull
  • Chine (aeronautics), a long extension of the wing roots along the fuselage
  • Chine, the bony part of a meat chop
  • Stuffed chine, a traditional dish of Lincolnshire
  • Chine, the back of the blade on a scythe
  • Chine, the French name for China
  • Chiné, a warp printed silk fabric.
Chine (aeronautics)

In aircraft design, a chine may be one of several features:

  • On a fuselage of any aircraft, a chine is the longitudinal line of sharp change in the cross-section profile
  • In seaplane design, a hard chine is the longitudinal line of sharp change in hull cross-section, meeting of bottom plane with lateral panel, as in the hull of a powered planing boat.
  • The longitudinal sideways extensions of a chined-shaped fuselage are usually called chines ; this kind of fuselage is also called "chined fuselage", "chined forebody", "chine shaped forebody". The usual appellation is "chine" or sometimes strake. This article discusses this type of chine.

Usage examples of "chine".

Cran aux Anguilles, El Chine, about two hundred yards to the east of the Grisnez light.

As she left the outer office that day, she appeared to be looking into the eyes of the secretaries, but she was focusing on their misapplied lipstick or two-piece paisley crepe de chine instead.

Out of sight, smooth as waterdrops, all, At a snap of twig or bark In the track of the foreign foot-fall, She climbed to the pineforest dark, Overbrowing an emerald chine Of the grass-billows.

The consequence of this was an excellent cold chine being produced upon the table, upon which not only Partridge, but Jones himself, made a very hearty breakfast, though the latter began to grow again uneasy, as the people of the house could give him no fresh information concerning Sophia.

Chine was just gettin' out of his Rolls-Royce, and he came up and asked me what I wanted.

Not present at that lunch in the past were the white Egyptian cotton shirt from Turnbull and Asser, the dark-blue silk tie, the white crepe de Chine monogrammed handkerchief, or the forty-five-year-old double-breasted pin-stripe suit, teamed with a pair of black brogues that I had bought from Shoe Express in Northampton the year before for nineteen pounds and ninety-nine pence.

Miss Chine acquired any great knowledge of smelters and smelting methods?

The cumbersome white chine basins in front of the chairs have splashbacks of red Formica.

Waldo Chine wishes me to convey his felicitations and to say that he would like very much to see you on a most urgent matter.

Waldo Chine seemed unaware that he had been referred to as an old rascal.

No, Gillian reflected, a girl like Brenda Chine would not mind the publicity of a courtroom fight with her uncle.

CHAPTER 4 THE GOLD HOARDER ON THE drive out to the Chine estate, Gillian gave Dale Torrent a thumbnail sketch of the situation.

Brenda transformed the Chine mansion into one of the handsomest places in this section.

He stared suspiciously at Gillian, at Dale, but when he saw Waldo Chine lurking there, grinning at him, his crack of a mouth vanished entirely.

Brenda Chine was one of the most beautiful young women he had ever seen.