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chined

/t͡ʃaɪnd/

adjective

Pertaining to, or having, a (particular type of) chine or backbone.

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Meanings

adjectivechined (not comparable)

not comparablePertaining to, or having, a (particular type of) chine or backbone.
not comparableobsoleteBroken in the back.
Hee's chin'd, he's chin'd, good man, he is a mourner.
c. 1619–1623, John Fletcher, Philip Massinger, “The Custome of the Countrey”, in Comedies and Tragedies […], London: […] Humphrey Robinson, […], and for Humphrey Moseley […], published 1647, →OCLC, Act III, scene iii, page 12, column 2

verb

participlepastsimple past and past participle of chine

Origin

From chine + -ed.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with chined

find designed mind kind behind defined wind signed combined assigned blind bind lined declined remind mankind aligned inclined grind resigned rewind hind unwind mined

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APA

chined. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chined

MLA

“chined.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chined. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “chined,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chined.

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