These are the meanings of the letters NIECHNE when you unscramble them.
- Chine (n.)
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.
- Chine (n.)
A piece of the backbone of an animal, with the adjoining parts, cut for cooking. [See Illust. of Beef.]
- Chine (n.)
The backbone or spine of an animal; the back.
- Chine (n.)
The edge or rim of a cask, etc., formed by the projecting ends of the staves; the chamfered end of a stave.
- Chine (v. t.)
To cut through the backbone of; to cut into chine pieces.
- Chine (v. t.)
Too chamfer the ends of a stave and form the chine..
- Hence (adv.)
From this place; away.
- Hence (adv.)
From this reason; as an inference or deduction.
- Hence (adv.)
From this source or origin.
- Hence (adv.)
From this time; in the future; as, a week hence.
- Hence (v. t.)
To send away.
- Niche (n.)
A cavity, hollow, or recess, generally within the thickness of a wall, for a statue, bust, or other erect ornament. hence, any similar position, literal or figurative.
- Niece (n.)
A daughter of one's brother or sister, or of one's brother-in-law or sister-in-law.
- Niece (n.)
A relative, in general; especially, a descendant, whether male or female; a granddaughter or a grandson.