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Backbone of an animal
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chine
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Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"in Chinese fashion," French Chiné , past participle of chiner "to color in Chinese fashion," from Chine "China" (see China ).\n
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
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 ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
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 .] The backbone or spine of an animal; the back. ``And ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
v. cut through the backbone of an animal
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.