1. The backbone or spine of an animal; a piece of the back of an animal, properly of a pig, cut for cooking; the chime of a cask.

2. To cut through the backbone, or into chine-pieces.

Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language By Nuttall, P.Austin

• chiin,
• chicen,
• cheny,
• chinky,
• mchine,
• phine,
• chique,
• chinise,
• chinnse,
• ching,
• chani,
• chinane,
• iching,
• chna,
• phione,
• hwne,
• chiore,
• nachine,
• chinase,
• choie

• chanoyu,
• CHINS,
• Shone,
• Cheney,
• rhine,
• chime,
• chin,
• chink,
• chyme,
• Chen,
• Chun,
• chile,
• chian,
• Chan,
• chino,
• chien,
• Cheyne,
• chinn,
• chimney,
• shin,
• shine,
• Chaney,
• chon,
• chain,
• whine,
• Chunn,
• china,
• Chana,
• shiny,
• chennai.

The adverb form of the word "chine" is "chinewise".

The adjective form of the word "chine" is "chinal".

The plural of the "chine" can be the "chines".

The singular of the "chine" can be the "chine".