adjective
noting or pertaining to a fabric having a variegated pattern produced by warp threads that have been dyed, printed, or painted before weaving.
Origin:
1850–55; < French, past participle of chiner, verbal derivative of Chine China
1850–55; < French, past participle of chiner, verbal derivative of Chine China
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chime, chimb or chine2 (tʃaɪm, tʃaɪn) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| the projecting edge or rim of a cask or barrel | |
| [Old English cimb-; related to Middle Low German kimme outer edge, Swedish kimb] | |
| chimb, chimb or chine2 | |
| —n | |
| [Old English cimb-; related to Middle Low German kimme outer edge, Swedish kimb] | |
| chine, chimb or chine2 | |
| —n | |
| [Old English cimb-; related to Middle Low German kimme outer edge, Swedish kimb] | |
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| a screen or mat covered with a dark material for shielding a camera lens from excess light or glare. |
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| chine1 (tʃaɪn) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | the backbone |
| 2. | the backbone of an animal with adjoining meat, cut for cooking |
| 3. | a ridge or crest of land |
| 4. | (in some boats) a corner-like intersection where the bottom meets the side |
| —vb | |
| 5. | (tr) to cut (meat) along or across the backbone |
| [C14: from Old French eschine, of Germanic origin; compare Old High German scina needle, shinbone; see | |
| chine2 (tʃaɪn) | |
| —n | |
| another word for chime | |
| chine3 (tʃaɪn) | |
| —n | |
| dialect (Southern English) a deep fissure in the wall of a cliff | |
| [Old English cīnan to crack] | |
| chiné (ˈʃiːneɪ) | |
| —adj | |
| textiles having a mottled pattern | |
| [C19: from French chiner to make in the Chinese fashion, from Chine China] | |
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