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1.NounThe top of a ridge.
2.NounThe spine of an animal.
3.NounA piece of the backbone of an animal, with the adjoining parts, cut for cooking.
4.NounA sharp angle in the cross section of a hull.
5.NounA longitudinal line of sharp change in the cross-section profile of the fuselage or similar body.
6.NounA hollowed or bevelled channel in the waterway of a ship's deck.
7.NounThe edge or rim of a cask, etc., formed by the projecting ends of the staves; the chamfered end of a stave.
8.NounThe back of the blade on a scythe.
9.VerbTo cut through the backbone of; to cut into chine pieces.
10.VerbTo chamfer the ends of a stave and form the chine.
11.NounA steep-sided ravine leading from the top of a cliff down to the sea.
12.VerbTo crack, split, fissure, break. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}"The wayward son did chine his father's heart.; A drought had caused the earth to chine and cranny."