Available Definitions:
1) 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.
2) n. - The backbone or spine of an animal; the back.
3) n. - A piece of the backbone of an animal, with the adjoining parts, cut for cooking. [ See Illust . of Beef.]
4) n. - The edge or rim of a cask, etc., formed by the projecting ends of the staves; the chamfered end of a stave.
5) v. t. - To cut through the backbone of; to cut into chine pieces.
6) v. t. - Too chamfer the ends of a stave and form the chine..