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Verb
/CHīn/,
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chines, plural;
  1. Cut (meat) across or along the backbone

Noun
  1. The angle where the bottom of a boat or ship meets the side

  1. cut through the backbone of an animal
  2. cut of meat or fish including at least part of the backbone
  3. A chine is a steep-sided river valley where the river flows through coastal cliffs to the sea. Typically these are soft eroding cliffs such as sandstone or clays. The word chine originates from the Saxon "Cinan" meaning a gap or yawn.
  4. A chine in boating refers to a sharp angle in the hull, as compared to the rounded bottoms of most traditional boat hulls. The term hard chine indicates an angle with little rounding, where a soft chine would be more rounded, but still involve the meeting of distinct planes. ...
  5. The top of a ridge; The spine of an animal; a sharp angle in the cross section of a hull
  6. Portion of the hull where the bottom and sides intersect (can be rounded or angled).
  7. To remove the backbone from a rack of ribs.
  8. [Knick, der] The line of intersection between two longitudinal sections of the hull. Folding boats inevitably are chine boats since the hull material stretches from stringer to stringer in a straight line. ...
  9. A deliverer; a man of China, cotemporaneous with Moses and Capilya. He was to China a great deliverer. He was an iesu by birth, and wrought miracles. The country, China, was named by him after himself. ...
  10. Abrupt change in the transverse shape where a vessel's side and bottom come together
  11. The location where the deck joins the hull of the boat.
  12. watered appearance in fabric created by dying warp threads before weaving.
  13. Any corner instead of a curve in the cross section view of the canoe or kayak
  14. The angular joint, joining two hull panels, where the bottom and sides meet. That is, the ribs of the boat have an angular joint in them.
  15. the inclined side of hull or sponson; also "non-trip."
  16. a chine is a hard or soft edge between 2 surfaces on a boat that run down the length of the hull. One can have one, two, or three chines depending on the construction. Chines origininated because of construction limitations rather than performance. ...
  17. The line where the side and bottom of a v-bottomed boat meet.
  18. The angle where the sides of the boat meet the bottom. Not to be confused with China, which is where cheap rec kayaks will probably be made in a few years.
  19. Variegated, speckled or figured glass.  GANTAD
  20. the corner between the sides and bottom panels on a 'hard chine' hull, usually a power boat or plywood dinghy. As opposed to round bilge hull.
  21. The line where two panels meet. Typically running from bow to stern. A hard-chine refers to a boat with a distinct line between the bottom and sides of the boat. Multi-chine refers to a hull with one or more chines between the bottom chine and the sheer.
  22. The edge of the kayak; transition area between the bottom of the boat and the side of the boat.
  23. the line described by the meeting of the bottom and side
  24. An angle in the hull. Multi-chine boats have a series of flat planes making the curve of the hull.
  25. The transition where two relatively flat sections of hull meet (usually where the vertical side hull meets the horizontal bottom hull).  Less defined edges (but still present) on the hull are often described as soft-chine. ...