Definition of Chine. Meaning of Chine. Synonyms of Chine

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Definition of Chine

Chine
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..
Chine
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.

Meaning of Chine from wikipedia

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- Compagnie de Chine or Compagnie de la Chine may refer to two French ventures in the early modern period: Compagnie de Chine (1660-1664), a failed religious...
- aircraft design, a chine is a longitudinal line of sharp change in the cross-section profile of the fuselage or similar body. The term chine originates in...
- chine in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A chine is a steep-sided river valley where a river flows through coastal cliffs to a sea. Chine or chines may...
- A chine in boat design is a sharp change in angle in the cross section of a hull. The chine typically arises from the use of sheet materials (such as...
- Alum Chine explosion was a disaster that occurred in the Patapsco River near Baltimore, Maryland on March 7, 1913. The tramp steamer Alum Chine exploded...
- primarily as follows: Chined and hard-chined. Examples are the flat-bottom (chined), v-bottom, and multi-chine hull (several gentler hard chines, still not smooth)...
- Blackgang Chine is the oldest amu****t park in the United Kingdom, having opened in 1843. Named after a now-destro**** chine (a coastal ravine) in the...
- Chine-collé or chine collé (French: [ʃin.kɔ.le]) is a printmaking technique in which the image is transferred onto a surface that is bonded onto a heavier...
- Alum Chine is the largest chine in Bournemouth, England. The gorge was crossed by a suspension bridge by the early part of the twentieth century. In early...