Definition of chine

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Chine (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..

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Crate :: Crate (v. t.) To pack in a crate or case for transportation; as, to crate a sewing machine; to crate peaches..
Mechanical :: Mechanical (a.) Done as if by a machine; uninfluenced by will or emotion; proceeding automatically, or by habit, without special intention or reflection; as, mechanical singing; mechanical verses; mechanical service..
Cow :: Cow (n.) A wedge, or brake, to check the motion of a machine or car; a chock..
Reprimer :: Reprimer (n.) A machine or implement for applying fresh primers to spent cartridge shells, so that the shells be used again..
Hum :: Hum (n.) The confused noise of a crowd or of machinery, etc., heard at a distance; as, the hum of industry..
Trispaston :: Trispaston (n.) A machine with three pulleys which act together for raising great weights.
Tool :: Tool (n.) A machine for cutting or shaping materials; -- also called machine tool.
Water Frame :: Water frame () A name given to the first power spinning machine, because driven by water power..
Swan''s-down :: Swanpan (n.) The Chinese abacus; a schwanpan.
Bolster :: Bolster (n.) the perforated plate in a punching machine on which anything rests when being punched.
Billy :: Billy (n.) A slubbing or roving machine.
Duster :: Duster (n.) A blowing machine for separating the flour from the bran.
Millwright :: Millwright (n.) A mechanic whose occupation is to build mills, or to set up their machinery..
Cerotic :: Cerotic (a.) Pertaining to, or derived from, beeswax or Chinese wax; as, cerotic acid or alcohol..
Life :: Life (n.) Figuratively: The potential or animating principle, also, the period of duration, of anything that is conceived of as resembling a natural organism in structure or functions; as, the life of a state, a machine, or a book; authority is the life of government..
Lathe :: Lathe (n.) A machine for turning, that is, for shaping articles of wood, metal, or other material, by causing them to revolve while acted upon by a cutting tool..
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Appliance :: Appliance (n.) The thing applied or used as a means to an end; an apparatus or device; as, to use various appliances; a mechanical appliance; a machine with its appliances..
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