Then shoreward sends beeves twenty to the rest, / a hundred boars, of broad and bristly chine, / a hundred lambs and ews and gladdening gifts of wine.
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Chine
//t͡ʃaɪn//
Synonyms for "chine" (72 found)
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12 entriesTranslations
16 translations across 8 languages.
Bulgarian
3 entries- било noun (top of a ridge)
- гръбнак noun (spine of an animal)
- хребет noun (top of a ridge)
Czech
1 entries- hřbet noun (top of a ridge)
Finnish
4 entries- harja noun (top of a ridge)
- harjanne noun (top of a ridge)
- pallekulma noun (angle in the hull)
- ruoto noun (spine of an animal)
German
1 entries- Kimm noun (angle in the hull)
Hungarian
3 entries- gerinc noun (top of a ridge)
- gerinc noun (spine of an animal)
- gerinc noun (angle in the hull)
Polish
1 entries- obło noun (angle in the hull)
Russian
1 entries- хребе́т noun (top of a ridge)
Swedish
1 entries- krön noun (top of a ridge)
Sample sentences
9 total sentences available.
And chine with rising bristles roughly spread.
Source: wiktionary
[…] the captain aimed at the fugitive one last tremendous cut, which would certainly have split him to the chine had it not been intercepted by our big signboard […]
Source: wiktionary
The prerogatives which the Spartans have allowed their kings are the following. In the first place, two priesthoods, those (namely) of Lacedaemonian and of Celestial Jupiter; […] and of having a hundred picked men for their body guard while with the army; likewise the liberty of sacrificing as many cattle in their expeditions as it seems them good, and the right of having the skins and the chines of the slaughtered animals for their own use.
Source: wiktionary
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