Definitions for the word, chine

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

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

(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..


18 words found in the Scrabble word, chine



Scrabble letter values
A is 1 points
B is 3 points
C is 3 points
D is 2 points
E is 1 points
F is 4 points
G is 2 points
H is 4 points
I is 1 points
J is 8 points
K is 5 points
L is 1 points
M is 3 points
N is 1 points
O is 1 points
P is 3 points
Q is 10 points
R is 1 points
S is 1 points
T is 1 points
U is 1 points
V is 4 points
W is 4 points
X is 8 points
Y is 4 points
Z is 10 points



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