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Middle English
Etymology 1
From Old English ċine, ċinu, from Proto-West Germanic *kinu, from Proto-Germanic *kinō. Forms with /iː/ are influenced by chynen.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃin(ə)/, /ˈt͡ʃeːn(ə)/, /ˈt͡ʃiːn(ə)/
Noun
chyne (plural chynes)
- crack (point of breakage)
- fissure, chasm
- (pathology) opening (of an injury or wound)
Descendants
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Etymology 2
From Old French eschine, from Frankish *skinu, from Proto-Germanic *skinō. Doublet of schyne (“shin”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃiːn(ə)/, /ˈt͡ʃin(ə)/
Noun
chyne (plural chynes)
- The spine; the backbone.
- (by extension) The back.
- Meat cut from an animal's back.
Descendants
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Etymology 3
Noun
chyne
- (Northern) Alternative form of cheyne
Etymology 4
Verb
chyne
- (Northern) Alternative form of cheynen
Etymology 5
Verb
chyne
- Alternative form of chynen