Definition of bone

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Bone (n.) Whalebone; hence, a piece of whalebone or of steel for a corset..

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Aitchbone :: Aitchbone (n.) The bone of the rump; also, the cut of beef surrounding this bone..
Condyle :: Condyle (n.) A bony prominence; particularly, an eminence at the end of a bone bearing a rounded articular surface; -- sometimes applied also to a concave articular surface..
Antorbital :: Antorbital (n.) The antorbital bone.
Operculum :: Operculum (n.) The principal opercular bone in the upper and posterior part of the gill cover.
Cupel :: Cupel (n.) A shallow porous cup, used in refining precious metals, commonly made of bone ashes (phosphate of lime)..
Collagen :: Collagen (n.) The chemical basis of ordinary connective tissue, as of tendons or sinews and of bone. On being boiled in water it becomes gelatin or glue..
Femur :: Femur (n.) The thigh bone.
Facet :: Facet (n.) A smooth circumscribed surface; as, the articular facet of a bone..
Bone :: Bone (n.) Two or four pieces of bone held between the fingers and struck together to make a kind of music.
Scrape :: Scrape (v. t.) To rub over the surface of (something) with a sharp or rough instrument; to rub over with something that roughens by removing portions of the surface; to grate harshly over; to abrade; to make even, or bring to a required condition or form, by moving the sharp edge of an instrument breadthwise over the surface with pressure, cutting away excesses and superfluous parts; to make smooth or clean; as, to scrape a bone with a knife; to scrape a metal plate to an even surface..
Malar :: Malar (n.) The cheek bone, which forms a part of the lower edge of the orbit..
Periotic :: Periotic (n.) A periotic bone.
Osteoid :: Osteoid (a.) Resembling bone; bonelike.
Femur :: Femur (n.) The proximal segment of the hind limb containing the thigh bone; the thigh. See Coxa.
Cuniform :: Cuniform (a.) Wedge-shaped; as, a cuneiform bone; -- especially applied to the wedge-shaped or arrowheaded characters of ancient Persian and Assyrian inscriptions. See Arrowheaded..
Bone :: Bone (n.) Anything made of bone, as a bobbin for weaving bone lace..
Transpalatine :: Transpalatine (a.) Situated beyond or outside the palatine bone; -- said of a bone in the skull of some reptiles.
Fillet :: Fillet (n.) A piece of lean meat without bone; sometimes, a long strip rolled together and tied..
Spongiozoa :: Spongious (a.) Somewhat spongy; spongelike; full of small cavities like sponge; as, spongious bones..
Scapholunar :: Scapholunar (n.) The scapholunar bone.
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