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Chine

A chink or cleft; a narrow and deep ravine; as, Shanklin Chine in the Isle of Wight, a quarter of a mile long and 230 feet deep.

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Back 76% connected

A large shallow vat; a cistern, tub, or trough, used by brewers, distillers, dyers, picklers, gluemakers, and others, for mixing or cooling wort, hol…

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Backbone 76% connected

The column of bones in the back which sustains and gives firmness to the frame; the spine; the vertebral or spinal column.

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Butcher 76% connected

One who slaughters animals, or dresses their flesh for market; one whose occupation it is to kill animals for food.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Cut 76% connected

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Rachis 76% connected

The spine; the vertebral column.

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Slaughter 76% connected

The act of killing.

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Spine 76% connected

A sharp appendage to any of a plant; a thorn.

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