chine

n. [ OF. eschine, F. échine, fr. OHG. skina needle, prickle, shin, G. schiene splint, schienbein shin. For the meaning cf. L. spina thorn, prickle, or spine, the backbone. Cf. Shin. ] 1. The backbone or spine of an animal; the back. “And chine with rising bristles roughly spread.” Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A piece of the backbone of an animal, with the adjoining parts, cut for cooking. [ See Illust. of Beef. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

3. The edge or rim of a cask, etc., formed by the projecting ends of the staves; the chamfered end of a stave. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Chined ] 1. To cut through the backbone of; to cut into chine pieces. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Too chamfer the ends of a stave and form the chine.. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Pertaining to, or having, a chine, or backbone; -- used in composition. Beau. & Fl. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Broken in the back. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

He's chined, goodman. Beau. & Fl. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to China; peculiar to China. [ 1913 Webster ]

Chinese paper. See India paper, under India. --
Chinese wax, a snowy-white, waxlike substance brought from China. It is the bleached secretion of certain insects of the family Coccidæ especially Coccus Sinensis. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. sing. & pl. 1. A native or natives of China, or one of that yellow race with oblique eyelids who live principally in China. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. sing. The language of China, which is monosyllabic. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Chineses was used as a plural by the contemporaries of Shakespeare and Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

. Any of several acts forbidding the immigration of Chinese laborers into the United States, originally from 1882 to 1892 by act of May 6, 1882, then from 1892 to 1902 by act May 5, 1892. By act of April 29, 1902, all existing legislation on the subject was reënacted and continued, and made applicable to the insular possessions of the United States. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]