† ˈchining, vbl. n. Obs.
[f. chine v.1 + -ing1.]
Cracking, fissuring; a chink or crack.
| a 1420 Hoccleve De Reg. Princ. 152 At many a chynnyng..they myghten beholde And see. 1523 Fitzherb. Husb. §138 Than take mosse and laye thervpon for chynynge of the claye. 1545 T. Raynalde Byrth Man 122 Chappynge, or chynynge of the mouthe. 1631 Massinger Believe as you List iii. ii, I did expect The chininge of his horse. |