See Also: Macdonnell Ranges(encyclopedia)
Ranges (as used in expressions)(encyclopedia)
Coast Ranges(encyclopedia)
Flinders Ranges(encyclopedia)
chin(1)(dictionary)
Chin(dictionary)
Chin(health)
chin(2)(dictionary)
chin-up(dictionary)
chin(dictionary)

chin(2) (iou) and Macdonnell Ranges (sh)


chin(2) (iou)



chin verb. Infl. -nn-. L16.
[from CHIN noun1.]
I. verb intrans. Press chin to chin. Only in L16.
verb trans. Bring (a fiddle etc.) up or up to the chin. M19.
verb trans. Draw one's body up so as to bring the chin up to or above (a horizontal bar etc.) with one's feet off the ground; refl. raise oneself thus. E20.
H. Allen You take Exercise by chinning yourself on the window bars. A. S. Neill To ask a boy..to chin a bar four times.
II.
verb intrans. & trans. Talk, chat, (to). US slang. L19.

Macdonnell Ranges (sh)




Mountain system, south-central Northern Territory, Australia.

Extending east and west of the town of Alice Springs for some 250 mi (400 km), its highest peak is Mount Ziel (4,954 ft [1,510 m]). The mountains were first explored in 1860 by John McDouall Stuart and were named after Richard Macdonnell, governor of South Australia.