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chine1 (s.xiii)
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chine1 (s.xiii)

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chene  
  FEW:  *skina *17,112a Gdf: ∅ GdfC: ∅ TL: ∅ DEAF:  eschine (*)  DMF: ∅ TLF: ∅ OED:  chine n.2  MED:  chine n.2  DMLBS: ∅

Aphetic form of eschine

s. sg. and pl.

anat.zool. spine, backbone: 
( c.1290; MS: s.xv1 ) De ventre, dors, ne de le chine (M.E. rigbon)  (O) 338r
( MS: s.xiii )  spondilia: (L) lé chenez (var. (D: s.xiii/xiv) lé eschines)  ii 125

See also:

eschine 
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