CHINE

• to break the back of [v CHINED, CHINING, CHINES]
• cut of meat including all or part of the backbone
• to cut through the backbone of [v CHINED, CHINES, CHINING]
• ravine formed in rock by the action of running water
• the backbone or spine, esp. of an animal
• the whole or a piece of the backbone of an animal with adjoining parts, cut for cooking
• ridge or crest, as of land
• angular intersection of the sides and bottom of a vessel
• (in butchering) to sever the backbone of
• the edge or brim of a cask, barrel, or the like, formed by the ends of the staves projecting beyond the head or bottom
• noting or pertaining to a fabric having a variegated pattern produced by warp threads that have been dyed, printed, or painted before weaving
• backbone spine

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