Definition of bone

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Bone (n.) Fig.: The framework of anything.

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Bladebone :: Bladebone (n.) The scapula. See Blade, 4..
Ceratobranchial :: Ceratobranchial (n.) A ceratobranchial bone, or cartilage..
Cancellated :: Cancellated (a.) Open or spongy, as some porous bones..
Symplectic :: Symplectic (a.) Plaiting or joining together; -- said of a bone next above the quadrate in the mandibular suspensorium of many fishes, which unites together the other bones of the suspensorium..
Boned :: Boned (a.) Manured with bone; as, boned land..
Sphenethmoidal :: Sphenethmoidal (a.) Relating to the sphenoethmoid bone; sphenoethmoid.
Zygoma :: Zygoma (n.) The zygomatic process of the temporal bone.
Epipteric :: Epipteric (n.) The epipteric bone.
Scutellated :: Scutellated (a.) Formed like a plate or salver; composed of platelike surfaces; as, the scutellated bone of a sturgeon..
Probang :: Probang (n.) A slender elastic rod, as of whalebone, with a sponge on the end, for removing obstructions from the esophagus, etc..
Osteomalacia :: Osteomalacia (n.) A disease of the bones, in which they lose their earthy material, and become soft, flexible, and distorted. Also called malacia..
Ossify :: Ossify (v. i.) To become bone; to change from a soft tissue to a hard bony tissue.
Squamous :: Squamous () Covered with, or consisting of, scales; resembling a scale; scaly; as, the squamose cones of the pine; squamous epithelial cells; the squamous portion of the temporal bone, which is so called from a fancied resemblance to a scale..
Jawbone :: Jawbone (n.) The bone of either jaw; a maxilla or a mandible.
Bloodybones :: Bloodybones (n.) A terrible bugbear.
Metapodiale :: Metapodiale (n.) One of the bones of either the metacarpus or metatarsus.
Exosstate :: Exosstate (v. t.) To deprive of bones; to take out the bones of; to bone.
Spine :: Spine (n.) The backbone, or spinal column, of an animal; -- so called from the projecting processes upon the vertebrae..
Ankylosis :: Ankylosis (n.) The union of two or more separate bones to from a single bone; the close union of bones or other structures in various animals.
Boning :: Boning (n.) A method of leveling a line or surface by sighting along the tops of two or more straight edges, or a range of properly spaced poles. See 3d Bone, v. t..
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