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chine

1

[ chahyn ]

noun

British Dialect.
  1. a ravine formed in rock by the action of running water.


chine

2

[ chahyn ]

noun

  1. the backbone or spine, especially of an animal.
  2. the whole or a piece of the backbone of an animal with adjoining parts, cut for cooking.
  3. a ridge or crest, as of land.
  4. Nautical.
    1. an angular intersection of the sides and bottom of a vessel.
    2. a longitudinal member running behind this.

verb (used with object)

chined, chining.
  1. (in butchering) to sever the backbone of.

chine

3

[ chahyn ]

noun

³¦³ó¾±²Ôé

4

[ shee-ney ]

adjective

  1. noting or pertaining to a fabric having a variegated pattern produced by warp threads that have been dyed, printed, or painted before weaving.

³¦³ó¾±²Ôé

1

/ ˈʃ¾±Ë²Ô±ðɪ /

adjective

  1. textiles having a mottled pattern
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chine

2

/ ³Ùʃ²¹Éª²Ô /

noun

  1. the backbone
  2. the backbone of an animal with adjoining meat, cut for cooking
  3. a ridge or crest of land
  4. (in some boats) a corner-like intersection where the bottom meets the side
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verb

  1. tr to cut (meat) along or across the backbone
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chine

3

/ ³Ùʃ²¹Éª²Ô /

noun

  1. another word for chime 2
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chine

4

/ ³Ùʃ²¹Éª²Ô /

noun

  1. dialect.
    a deep fissure in the wall of a cliff
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of chine1

First recorded before 900; Middle English chine, chinne, chin, Old English cÄ«ne, cyÌ„ne “crevice, fissureâ€; cognate with Middle Dutch °ìŧ²Ô±ð; compare Old English ³¦Ä«²Ô²¹²Ô “to gape, crack openâ€

Origin of chine2

First recorded in 1300–50; Middle English chine, schine, Anglo-French achine, from Old French eschine, from Germanic; shin 1

Origin of chine3

1850–55; < French, past participle of chiner, verbal derivative of Chine China
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of chine1

C19: from French chiner to make in the Chinese fashion, from Chine China

Origin of chine2

C14: from Old French eschine, of Germanic origin; compare Old High German scina needle, shinbone; see shin 1

Origin of chine3

Old English ³¦Ä«²Ô²¹²Ô to crack
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Sitting in the antique store was this piece, made out of papel de chine, newsprint, clay pot and ceramic head.

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Delicate gold spiderwebs on a black crepe de chine gown, for example; also a trench coat turned out in blood-red PVC; and a handbag emblazoned with the warning “Beware of Moschino.â€

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There was Etta’s long blue crêpe de chine evening dress and some white pumps and a rhinestone tiara for her hair.

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Her first resort was a black crepe de chine dress which, according to the dressing table mirror, bestowed by means of clever cutting a certain severity of form.

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He added that the name comes from the fact that you can “draw a dead-straight line at any point along the bottom of the hull as it rises from the keel to the chine.â€

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