(a) The chin; clove chin, forked chin, a dimpled chin; (b) sweren bi the chinne, assert solemnly; (c) up to the chinne, up to one's chin (in water or filth).
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A diminutive suffix: (a) in nouns of foreign, usually MDu. or MLG origin; e.g. boidekin, cruskin, ferdekin, kilderkin; (b) in prob. ME formations; e.g. baudekin n. (2), fauntekin, fend(e)kin,……
