chine

• POS: Noun, Verb (transitive)

CIDE DICTIONARY

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.  J. Ingelow.  [1913 Webster]

chine, n. [OF. eschine, F. échine, 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.  Dryden.  [1913 Webster]
•  The edge or rim of a cask, etc., formed by the projecting ends of the staves; the chamfered end of a stave.  [1913 Webster]

  "[See Illust. of Beef.]"  [1913 Webster]

chine, v. t. 

•  To cut through the backbone of; to cut into chine pieces.  [1913 Webster]
•  Too chamfer the ends of a stave and form the chine..  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

chine, n. & v.
--n.
1 a a backbone, esp. of an animal. b a joint of meat containing all or part of this.
2 a ridge or ar{ecirc}te.
--v.tr. cut (meat) across or along the backbone.

chine, n. a deep narrow ravine in the Isle of Wight or Dorset.

chine, n. the join between the side and the bottom of a ship etc.

Etymology

var. of CHIME(2)

THESAURUS

chine

bilge, blain, bleb, blister, blob, boss, bow, bubble, bulb, bulge, bulla, bump, bunch, burl, button, cahot, clump, col, comb, condyle, convex, crest, dowel, ear, esker, flange, flap, gall, gnarl, handle, hill, hogback, horseback, hump, hunch, jog, joggle, kame, knob, knot, knur, knurl, lip, loop, lump, mole, mountain, nevus, nub, nubbin, nubble, papilloma, peg, rib, ridge, ring, saddle, saddleback, shoulder, spine, stud, style, tab, tubercle, tubercule, verruca, vesicle, wale, wart, welt

ROGET THESAURUS

chine

Rear

N rear, back, posteriority, rear rank, rear guard, background, hinterland, occiput, nape, chine, heels, tail, rump, croup, buttock, posteriors, backside scut, breech, dorsum, loin, dorsal region, lumbar region, hind quarters, aitchbone, natch, natch bone, stern, poop, afterpart, heelpiece, crupper, wake, train, reverse, other side of the shield, back, rear, hind, hinder, hindmost, hindermost, postern, posterior, dorsal, after, caudal, lumbar, mizzen, tergal, behind, in the rear, in the background, behind one's back, at the heels of, at the tail of, at the back of, back to back, after, aft, abaft, astern, sternmost, aback, rearward, ogni medaglia ha il suo rovescio, the other side of the coin.