CHINE
\t͡ʃˈa͡ɪn], \tʃˈaɪn], \tʃ_ˈaɪ_n]\
Definitions of CHINE
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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By Princeton University
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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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.
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The backbone or spine of an animal; the back.
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A piece of the backbone of an animal, with the adjoining parts, cut for cooking. [See Illust. of Beef.]
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The edge or rim of a cask, etc., formed by the projecting ends of the staves; the chamfered end of a stave.
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Too chamfer the ends of a stave and form the chine..
By Oddity Software
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The backbone or spine of an animal; the back.
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A piece of the backbone of an animal, with the adjoining parts, cut for cooking. [See Illust. of Beef.]
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The edge or rim of a cask, etc., formed by the projecting ends of the staves; the chamfered end of a stave.
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Too chamfer the ends of a stave and form the chine..
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A chink or cleft; a narrow and deep ravine; as, Shanklin in the Isle of Wight, a quarter of a mile long and 230 feet deep.
By Noah Webster.
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The Chinchilla backbone or spine of an animal; a piece of the backbone of an animal with adjoining parts.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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The spine or backbone, from its thorn-like form: a piece of the backbone of a beast and adjoining parts for cooking.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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