| Chine: English to English |
| Chine (n.) 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. |
| Chine (n.) A piece of the backbone of an animal, with the adjoining parts, cut for cooking. [See Illust. of Beef.] |
| Chine (n.) The backbone or spine of an animal; the back. |
| Chine (n.) The edge or rim of a cask, etc., formed by the projecting ends of the staves; the chamfered end of a stave. |
| Chine (v. t.) To cut through the backbone of; to cut into chine pieces. |
| Chine (v. t.) Too chamfer the ends of a stave and form the chine.. |