Definition of "griskin" [gris•kin]

• A lean cut of meat from the loin of a pig. (noun)
• The bones, particularly the spine, of a pig. (noun)

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• "The thick part of the backbone that lies between the shoulders, called griskin or chine, is separated from the tapering, bony part, called backbone by way of distinction, and used as flesh."
• "It's eternal loss to the soul of a Mussulman that puts a knife and fork into a griskin."
• "So he called at the butcher's before he started out, and in exchange for a peep at the paper got a little bit of griskin, or a chop, and at the farmhouses as he passed they gave him a few eggs, and at the inns a drop of gin."