Definition of Chines. Meaning of Chines. Synonyms of Chines

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Definition of Chines

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 Chines from wikipedia

- of chines on the Isle of Wight follows, listing chines clockwise from Cowes: Shanklin Chine Luccombe Chine Blackgang Chine New Chine Walpen Chine or Old...
- Large chines along the forward fuselage can have a significant effect on aircraft lift, drag, longitudinal balance and directional stability. The chines of...
- hard chines include narrowboats and widebeams; examples of plywood vessels with hard chines include sailing dinghies such as the single-chined Graduate...
- Miguel Afonso Campos Chines (born 4 September 1979) is a Portuguese former footballer who pla**** as a striker. Chines was described as "the “next big thing”...
- 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...
- 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...
- which may be an undercount. The Chines may have moved more than once after 1675. A mission of "San Pedro de los Chines" is on a mission list from 1680...
- 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)...
- 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...
- continuous series of spring lines on the cliff faces in the chine. The Isle of Wight has a number of chines, but the largest remaining is Shanklin. With a drop...