chining

verb

  1. 1

    To cut through the backbone of; to cut into chine pieces.

  2. 2

    To chamfer the ends of a stave and form the chine.

verb

  1. 1

    To crack, split, fissure, break.

    A drought had caused the earth to chine and cranny.

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