Noun
backbone of an animal

Noun
cut of meat or fish including at least part of the backbone

Verb
cut through the backbone of an animal

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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.

n.
The backbone or spine of an animal; the back.

n.
A piece of the backbone of an animal, with the adjoining parts, cut for cooking. [See Illust. of Beef.]

n.
The edge or rim of a cask, etc., formed by the projecting ends of the staves; the chamfered end of a stave.

v. t.
To cut through the backbone of; to cut into chine pieces.

v. t.
Too chamfer the ends of a stave and form the chine..

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Chine

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. [Prov. Eng.] "The cottage in a chine." J. Ingelow.

Chine

Chine , n.[OF. eschine, F. '82chine, 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.] 1. The backbone or spine of an animal; the back. "And chine with rising bristles roughly spread." Dryden. 2. A piece of the backbone of an animal, with the adjoining parts, cut for cooking. [See Illust. of Beef.] 3. The edge or rim of a cask, etc., formed by the projecting ends of the staves; the chamfered end of a stave.

Chine

Chine, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Chined .] 1. To cut through the backbone of; to cut into chine pieces. 2. Too chamfer the ends of a stave and form the chine..

A chink or cleft; a narrow and deep ravine; as, Shanklin Chine

The backbone or spine of an animal; the back.

To cut through the backbone of; to cut into chine pieces.