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Chined

Chined \Chined\, a.

  1. Pertaining to, or having, a chine, or backbone; -- used in composition.
    --Beau. & Fl.

  2. Broken in the back. [Obs.]

    He's chined, goodman.
    --Beau. & Fl.

Chined

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..

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chined

a. 1 Pertaining to, or having, a chine, or backbone; used in composition. 2 (context obsolete English) Broken in the back.

Usage examples of "chined".

Halved, stripped, gutted and chined, like a pig, but still certainly a man.