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chines
We have found lemma(root) word of chines : chine.
Definitions
[tʃʌɪn], (Noun)
Definitions:
- the backbone of an animal as it appears in a joint of meat
- a mountain ridge
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Origin
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Middle English: from Old French eschine, based on a blend of Latin spina ‘spine’ and a Germanic word meaning ‘narrow piece’, related to shin
[tʃʌɪn], (Verb)
Definitions:
- cut (meat) across or along the backbone
(e.g: he learned how to chine a whole sheep)
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Origin
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Middle English: from Old French eschine, based on a blend of Latin spina ‘spine’ and a Germanic word meaning ‘narrow piece’, related to shin
[tʃʌɪn], (Noun)
Definitions:
- (in the Isle of Wight or Dorset) a deep narrow ravine
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Origin
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Old English cinu ‘cleft, chink’, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch keen, also to chink
[tʃʌɪn], (Noun)
Definitions:
- the angle where the strakes of the bottom of a boat or ship meet the side
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Origin
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late Middle English: variant of chime (the original sense)
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