chined

English

Etymology

chine +‎ -ed

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃaɪnd/

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• Rhymes: -aɪnd

Adjective

chined (not comparable)

1. Pertaining to, or having, a (particular type of) chine or backbone.
2. (obsolete) Broken in the back.
   • 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:

     Hee's chin'd, he's chin'd, good man, he is a mourner.

References

• “chined”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• inched, niched