Part 1865

<blockquote>By cause of his skarsete and <b>chincherie</b>. <i>Caucer.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Chinchilla</h1> <Xpage=249>

<hw>Chin*chil"la</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Sp.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A small rodent (<spn>Chinchilla lanigera</spn>), of the size of a large squirrel, remarkable for its fine fur, which is very soft and of a pearly gray color. It is a native of Peru and Chili.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The fur of the chinchilla.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>A heavy, longnapped, tufted woolen cloth.</def>

<h1>Chinchona, Chincona</h1> <Xpage=249>

<hw><hw>Chin*cho"na</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Chin*co"na</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>.<hw><def>See <er>Cinchona</er>.</def>

<h1>Chin cough</h1> <Xpage=249>

<hw>Chin" cough"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>. <ety>[For <ets>chink cough</ets>; cf. As. <ets>cincung</ets> long laughter, Scot. <ets>kink</ets> a violent fit of coughing, akin to MHG. <ets>k\'c6chen</ets> to pant. Cf. <er>Kinknaust</er>, <er>Cough</er>.]</ety> <def>Whooping cough.</def>

<h1>Chine</h1> <Xpage=249>

<hw>Chine</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. <er>Chink</er>.]</ety> <def>A chink or cleft; a narrow and deep ravine; <as>as, Shanklin <ex>Chine</def></ex> in the Isle of Wight, a quarter of a mile long and 230 feet deep</as>. <mark>[Prov. Eng.]</mark> "The cottage in a <i>chine</i>."

<i>J. Ingelow.</i>

<h1>Chine</h1> <Xpage=249>

<hw>Chine</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt><ety>[OF. <ets>eschine</ets>, F. <ets>\'82chine</ets>, fr. OHG. <ets>skina</ets> needle, prickle, shin, G. <ets>schiene</ets> splint, <ets>schienbein</ets> shin. For the meaning cf. L. <ets>spina</ets> thorn, prickle, or spine, the backbone. Cf. <er>Shin</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The backbone or spine of an animal; the back.</def> "And <i>chine</i> with rising bristles roughly spread."

<i>Dryden.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A piece of the backbone of an animal, with the adjoining parts, cut for cooking. <note>[See <i>Illust</i>. of <er>Beef</er>.]</note></def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>The edge or rim of a cask, etc., formed by the projecting ends of the staves; the chamfered end of a stave.</def>

<h1>Chine</h1> <Xpage=249>

<hw>Chine</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Chined</er> <tt>(?)</tt>.]</wordforms> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To cut through the backbone of; to cut into chine pieces.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Too chamfer the ends of a stave and form the chine..</def>

<h1>Chined</h1> <Xpage=249>

<hw>Chined</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Pertaining to, or having, a chine, or backbone; -- used in composition.</def>

<i>Beau. & Fl.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Broken in the back.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>He's <b>chined</b>, goodman. <i>Beau. & Fl.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Chinese</h1> <Xpage=249>

<hw>Chi"nese"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Of or pertaining to China; peculiar to China.

<cs><col>Chinese paper</col>. <cd>See <cref>India paper</cref>, under <er>India</er>.</cd> -- <col>Chinese wax</col>, <cd>a snowy-wgite, waxlike substance brought from China. It is the bleached secretion of certain insects of the family <spn>Coccid\'91</spn> especially <spn>Coccus Sinensis</spn>.</cd></cs>