1) Aircraft configuration 2) Backbone 3) Backbone of an animal 4) Cliff fissure 5) Cut of meat 6) Nautical terminology 7) Ridge or crest Found on https://www.crosswordclues.com/clue/chine
• (v. t.) Too chamfer the ends of a stave and form the chine.. • (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. • (n.) The backbone or spine of an animal; the back. • (n.) A piece of the back... Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning/chine/
Chine noun [ Confer 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. Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/C/66
Chine transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle 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.. Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/C/66
The line which runs along the side of the hull of a flying-boat or a float, parallel to the keel and marks the change in angle between the side plating and the planing bottom.
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