Middle English Dictionary Entry
chine n.(1)
Entry Info
| Forms | chine n.(1) Also chinne, chin, schin; kin(n)e, kin; chene, cheine, (error) choine. |
| Etymology | OE cine (corresp. to OS kina). |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) A crack, gap, or chink (as in a wall or rock); (b) a fissure, crevice, or gully (in the earth or ground); also, chasm, cave.
Associated quotations
a
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Dc 369(1))SSol.2.14 : My culuer..in the chyne of a ston wal..soune thi vois in myn eres.
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Dc 369(1))2 Esd.4.7 : The chinys or crauasis [of the wall] begunnen to be closid.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)149a/a : Þe oþir..makeþ here nestis in holes & chines of rooches.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)268a/b : He..entreþ in to a streyte chyne..and passeþ þurgh..and vncloseþ himself clenliche of þe olde skynne.
- a1400 Lanfranc (Ashm 1396)125/16 : A chene eiþer a creueis [of the skull].
- c1400(?a1387) PPl.C (Hnt HM 137)21.287 : Barre we þe ȝates..and eche chyne stoppe, Þat no light leope.
- a1450(1412) Hoccl.RP (Hrl 4866)4259 : In at þe chynnes of þe borde þey prye.
- c1450 Med.Bk.(1) (Med-L 136)232/732 : Stop fast þe pott with a lid and stop þe chynes fast a bout with dawȝ, þat the breth pass nat oute.
b
- (a1387) Trev.Higd.(StJ-C H.1)1.315 : Etna..haþ many chenes and holow dennes wiþ inne þe erþe.
- (a1387) Trev.Higd.(StJ-C H.1)2.23 : Þere bloweþ so strong a wynde out of chenes [L de cavernis] of þe erþe, þat it casteþ vp aȝen cloþes þat me casteþ yn.
- (a1387) Trev.Higd.(StJ-C H.1)3.329 : Þe erþe was i-oponed, and þere was a greet cheyne and a weye to helle.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)31b/b : Kynde made mounteynes and hill holowh wiþ dennes and chynes.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)51a/b : Þe hond is I greued..by keruynge of chynes.
- (?1440) Palladius (DukeH d.2)1.450 : When this siment is maad, hit most insinke Vche hole & chene.
- a1450(a1338) Mannyng Chron.Pt.1 (Lamb 131)1720 : Þey leye in dykes & in kynes, Þey soughten how þey mought hem hyde.
- a1450(a1338) Mannyng Chron.Pt.1 (Lamb 131)13976 : Þe blod ran þer as water stremes In chynes [Petyt: kynnes], in creuesses, & in semes.
- a1450(c1410) Lovel.Grail (Corp-C 80)18.315 : Every Chene..Ful of brenneng brondis.
2.
(a) A crack or chap (of the skin); a laceration; the gap (of a wound); (b) a cleft (between toes or in a hoof); (c) a cavity (in the body).
Associated quotations
a
- (a1387) Trev.Higd.(StJ-C H.1)1.223 : Þe chene [L hiatus] of his wounde was foure foot longe.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)51a/b : Bladdres, cliftes, & chynes..comen of hoote humours and scharpe.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)99a/b : Þanne þe skynne is infect wiþ smale chines and icchinge.
- a1400 Cursor (Trin-C R.3.8)14012 : Where she fonde chyn or soore, Wiþ oynement she anoynt þore.
- c1400 Daniel *Herbal (Arun 42)f. 54r : It [squille] is gode for kyns in þe fet & on þe hele & on þe sole of þe fot.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)92b/a : Fissurez or chynnez of lippez..ar cured wiþ þe vnguent.
- ?c1425 *Chauliac(2) (Paris angl.25)151a/a : A burstynge þat comeþ for clifte or chene is nouȝt helede by drienge medecynes.
- a1500(?a1390) Mirk Fest.(GoughETop 4)192/21 : He was broght agayne to hys bed all forbetyn and brent, and al his body ful of choynus [read: cheynes].
b
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)261b/a : Bestes with..feet wiþ many chynnes haueþ many children and moche semen.
c
- ?a1500 Lndsb.Nominale (Lndsb)751/1 : Hec munda, Hec matrix: a schyn that a schyld ys conseyvyd in.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)63b/a : It is necessary þat þu swe togider þe fissurez, .i. kynnez, of þe flesh.
Note: Needed for form: Pl. kinnez.
Note: Quot. belongs to sense 2.(a).
Note: The list of variant spellings in the form section is incomplete and needs revision to accord with standards of later volumes of the MED.--notes per MLL
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- ?c1400(1379) Daniel *Treat.Uroscopy (Roy 17.D.1)f.6rb (1.1) : Vryn is medycynable..agayne þe ydropisi and ȝyche & scabbe and pusshes and kyns, and aȝeyn al maladies þat neden desiccacioun.
Note: Additional quot., sense 2.(a).
Supplemental Materials (draft)
Note: Med., etc., see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. chine 1.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
Note: Med., etc., see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. kine.