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chine

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chine
1. the backbone
2. a ridge or crest of land
3. (in some boats) a corner-like intersection where the bottom meets the side
chine [chīn]
(food engineering)
A part of an animal carcass backbone, with parts adjoining it, cut for cooking.
(naval architecture)
A part of a ship's waterway rising above the deck and hollowed out on the inboard edge to make a path for water.
That point where the sides and bottom meet on a flat- or V-bottomed boat.
A longitudinal member that lies along the bilge where the sides and bottom of the boat meet.
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The consequence of this was an excellent cold chine being produced upon the table, upon which not only Partridge, but Jones himself, made a very hearty breakfast, though the latter began to grow again uneasy, as the people of the house could give him no fresh information concerning Sophia.
The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling by Fielding, Henry View in context
The cold veal, the fresh lettuces, and the stuffed chine might well look tempting to hungry men who had dined at half-past twelve o'clock.
Adam Bede by Eliot, George View in context
Just at the door the captain aimed at the fugitive one last tremendous cut, which would certainly have split him to the chine had it not been intercepted by our big signboard of Admiral Benbow.
Treasure Island by Stevenson, Robert Louis View in context
 
 
 
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