Definition of backbone

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Backbone (n.) Firmness; moral principle; steadfastness.

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Backbone :: Backbone (n.) Anything like , or serving the purpose of, a backbone..
Chuck :: Chuck (n.) A piece of the backbone of an animal, from between the neck and the collar bone, with the adjoining parts, cut for cooking; as, a chuck steak; a chuck roast..
Spine :: Spine (n.) The backbone, or spinal column, of an animal; -- so called from the projecting processes upon the vertebrae..
Chine :: Chine (n.) A piece of the backbone of an animal, with the adjoining parts, cut for cooking. [See Illust. of Beef.].
Backboned :: Backboned (a.) Vertebrate.
Chined :: Chined (a.) Pertaining to, or having, a chine, or backbone; -- used in composition..
Ridgebone :: Ridgebone (n.) The backbone.
Spinal :: Spinal (a.) Of, pertaining to, or in the region of, the backbone, or vertebral column; rachidian; vertebral..
Backbone :: Backbone (n.) Firmness; moral principle; steadfastness.
Rump :: Rump (n.) The end of the backbone of an animal, with the parts adjacent; the buttock or buttocks..
Chine :: Chine (v. t.) To cut through the backbone of; to cut into chine pieces.
Staminal :: Stamina (n. pl.) Whatever constitutes the principal strength or support of anything; power of endurance; backbone; vigor; as, the stamina of a constitution or of life; the stamina of a State..
Vertebrated :: Vertebrated (a.) Having a backbone, or vertebral column, containing the spinal marrow, as man, quadrupeds, birds, amphibia, and fishes..
Spineback :: Spine (n.) Anything resembling the spine or backbone; a ridge.
Pygal :: Pygal (a.) Situated in the region of the rump, or posterior end of the backbone; -- applied especially to the posterior median plates in the carapace of chelonians..
Spong :: Spondyle (n.) A joint of the backbone; a vertebra.
Invertebrate :: Invertebrate (a.) Destitute of a backbone; having no vertebrae; of or pertaining to the Invertebrata.
Backbone :: Backbone (n.) The column of bones in the back which sustains and gives firmness to the frame; the spine; the vertebral or spinal column.
Chine :: Chine (n.) The backbone or spine of an animal; the back.
Scragged :: Scragged (a.) Rough with irregular points, or a broken surface; scraggy; as, a scragged backbone..
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