bone : Idioms & Phrases

• a subject of contention or dispute.

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• something to investigate, or to busy one's self about; a dispute to be settled (with some one).

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• the bone of the ankle; the astragalus.

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• noun a bone in the arm
  

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• noun bone stripped of flesh
  bare bone.
  

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• noun (plural) the most basic facts or elements
  
  • he told us only the bare bones of the story
• noun bone stripped of flesh
  bare bone.
  

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• pecked, or notched, bones; dice.

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• adjective satellite having a bone structure that is massive in contrast with the surrounding flesh
  

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• noun a person's age measured by matching their bone development (as shown by X rays) with bone development of an average person of known chronological age
  

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• noun ash left when bones burn; high in calcium phosphate; used as fertilizer and in bone china
  

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• the residue from calcined bones; used for making cupels, and for cleaning jewelry.
• burnt powered; bone earth.

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• noun black substance containing char in the form of carbonized bone; used as a black pigment
  animal black; bone black; animal charcoal.
  

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• (Chem.), the black, carbonaceous substance into which bones are converted by calcination in close vessels; called also animal charcoal. It is used as a decolorizing material in filtering sirups, extracts, etc., and as a black pigment. See Ivory black, under Black.

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• a cave in which are found bones of extinct or recent animals, mingled sometimes with the works and bones of man. Am. Cyc.

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• noun a cell that is part of a bone
  

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• noun black substance containing char in the form of carbonized bone; used as a black pigment
  animal black; bone black; animal charcoal.
  

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• noun fine porcelain that contains bone ash
  

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• adjective satellite without a trace of moisture; as dry as a weathered bone
  bone dry.
  
  • bone-dry leaves are a fire hazard
  • a drier to get the clothes bone dry

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• ground or pulverized bones, used as a fertilizer.

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• (Chem.), the earthy residuum after the calcination of bone, consisting chiefly of phosphate of calcium.

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• noun fatty matter in bones extracted with solvents or by boiling or steaming; used chiefly in candles and cheap soaps and in lubricating greases
  

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• a lace made of linen thread, so called because woven with bobbins of bone.

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• noun the fatty network of connective tissue that fills the cavities of bones
  marrow.
  
• noun very tender and very nutritious tissue from marrowbones
  marrow.
  

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• noun the subject of a dispute
  
  • the real bone of contention, as you know, is money

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• noun the liquid portion of bone fat; used as a lubricant and in leather manufacture
  
• noun dark-colored ill-smelling oil obtained by carbonizing bone; used especially in sheep dips and in denaturing alcohol
  Dippel's oil.
  

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• an oil obtained by, heating bones (as in the manufacture of bone black), and remarkable for containing the nitrogenous bases, pyridine and quinoline, and their derivatives; also called Dippel's oil.

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• . Same as Bonesetter. See in the Vocabulary.

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• (Zoöl.), the basking shark.

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• noun spavin caused by a bony growth
  

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• . See under Spavin.

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• fossil bone or tooth of a delicate blue color, sometimes used as an imitation of true turquoise.

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• verb study intensively, as before an exam
  drum; grind away; swot up; get up; bone; cram; mug up; swot.
  
  • I had to bone up on my Latin verbs before the final exam

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• (Zoöl.), a right whale.

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• noun a small porous bowl made of bone ash used in assaying to separate precious metals from e.g. lead
  refractory pot; cupel.
  

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• adjective satellite (of animals) armored with bone
  

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• adjective satellite without a trace of moisture; as dry as a weathered bone
  bone dry.
  
  • bone-dry leaves are a fire hazard
  • a drier to get the clothes bone dry

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• noun a cell from which bone develops
  osteoblast.
  

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• noun bipedal herbivorous dinosaurs with bony crowns
  

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• adjective satellite constitutionally lazy or idle
  bone-idle.
  

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• adjective satellite constitutionally lazy or idle
  bone-idle.
  

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• noun the outer and thinner of the two bones of the human leg between the knee and ankle
  fibula.
  

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• noun greatly developed metatarsal or metacarpal bone in the shank or cannon part of the leg in hoofed mammals
  

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Can"non bone

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1. (Anat.) See Canon Bone.

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Can"on bone`

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1. (Anat.) The shank bone, or great bone above the fetlock, in the fore and hind legs of the horse and allied animals, corresponding to the middle metacarpal or metatarsal bone of most mammals. See Horse.

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• noun the wrist bone with a rounded head shape that articulates with the 3rd metacarpus
  os capitatum; capitate.
  

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• noun any of the eight small bones of the wrist of primates
  carpal bone; carpal.
  

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• noun any bone that develops within cartilage rather than a fibrous tissue
  

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• (Anat.), any bone formed by the ossification of cartilage.

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• (Anat.) the bone of the side of the fase; esp., the malar bone.

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• (Anat.), The V-shaped subvertebral arches which inclose the caudal blood vessels in some animals.

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• the foot bone of the horse and allied animals, inclosed within the hoof, and corresponding to the third phalanx of the middle finger, or toe, of most mammals.

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Col"lar bone`

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1. (Anat.) The clavicle.

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• the patella of a sheep; formerly used as a charm for the cramp. Halliwell. "He could turn cramp bones into chess men." Dickens.

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• noun a point on the elbow where the ulnar nerve passes near the surface; a sharp tingling sensation results when the nerve is knocked against the bone
  crazy bone.
  
  • the funny bone is not humerus

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• the bony projection at the end of the elbow (olecranon), behind which passes the ulnar nerve; so called on account of the curiously painful tingling felt, when, in a particular position, it receives a blow; called also funny bone.

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• noun the cube shaped bone on the outer side of the tarsus
  

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• noun a wrist bone that articulates with the pisiform and hamate and lunate bones
  triquetral; os triquetrum; cuneiform bone; pyramidal bone.
  

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Cut"tle bone`

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1. The shell or bone of cuttlefishes, used for various purposes, as for making polishing powder, etc.

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• (Min.), Smithsonite, or carbonate of zinc; a miner's term.

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Dry"-boned` adjective

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1. Having dry bones, or bones without flesh.

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• noun the inner and longer of the two bones of the human forearm
  ulna.
  

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• noun one of the eight bones of the cranium; a small bone filled with air spaces that forms part of the eye sockets and the nasal cavity
  ethmoid.
  

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• (Anat.), a bone of complicated structure through which the olfactory nerves pass out of the cranium and over which they are largely distributed.

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• (Med.), a deposit of bony matter in the soft tissues, produced by pressure or exertion.

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• noun the part between the fetlock and the hoof
  pastern.
  

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• noun a disturbance in which bone that is undergoing lysis is replaced by an abnormal proliferation of fibrous tissue resulting in bone lesions or skin lesions
  

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• noun part of the sirloin next to the wedge bone
  

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• noun the large cranial bone forming the front part of the cranium: includes the upper part of the orbits
  forehead; os frontale.
  

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• noun a point on the elbow where the ulnar nerve passes near the surface; a sharp tingling sensation results when the nerve is knocked against the bone
  crazy bone.
  
  • the funny bone is not humerus

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• . See crazy bone, under Crazy.

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• (Anat.), the sphenethmoid. See under Sphenethmoid.

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• noun the wrist bone in line with the 4th and 5th fingers
  hamate bone; hamate; os hamatum.
  

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• . See Innominate bone, under Innominate.

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• (Anat.), the innominate bone; called also haunch bone and huckle bone.

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• . (a) The hip bone; the innominate bone. (b) A small bone of the ankle; astragalus. R.

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• noun a U-shaped bone at the base of the tongue that supports the tongue muscles
  os hyoideum; hyoid.
  

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• (Anat.), the bone in the base of the tongue, the middle part of the hyoid arch.

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• noun large flaring bone forming one half of the pelvis; made up of the ilium and ischium and pubis
  hipbone.
  

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• (Anat.), the great bone which makes a lateral half of the pelvis in mammals; hip bone; haunch bone; huckle bone. It is composed of three bones, ilium, ischium, and pubis, consolidated into one in the adult, though separate in the fetus, as also in many adult reptiles and amphibians.

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• noun one of the three sections of the hipbone; situated below the ilium
  ischium; os ischii.
  

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• noun the arch of bone beneath the eye that forms the prominence of the cheek
  jugal bone; malar; malar bone; cheekbone; zygomatic; os zygomaticum.
  

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• noun small fragile bone making up part of the front inner walls of each eye socket and providing room for the passage of the lacrimal ducts
  

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• noun a bone of the leg
  

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• adjective satellite having a bone structure that is light with respect to the surrounding flesh
  

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• noun in limbs of vertebrate animals: a long cylindrical bone that contains marrow
  os longum.
  

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• one of several species of important food fishes of the Bermudas and the West Indies, of the genus Gerres.

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• noun one of the eight small wrist bones
  lunate bone; os lunatum.
  

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• verb acknowledge freely and openly
  
  • He makes no bones about the fact that he is gay

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• noun the arch of bone beneath the eye that forms the prominence of the cheek
  jugal bone; malar; malar bone; cheekbone; zygomatic; os zygomaticum.
  

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• noun the jaw in vertebrates that is hinged to open the mouth
  jowl; mandible; lower jaw; submaxilla; lower jawbone; mandibula; jawbone.
  

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• noun an inherited disorder characterized by an increase in bone density; in severe forms the bone marrow cavity may be obliterated
  osteopetrosis; Albers-Schonberg disease.
  

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• noun process of the temporal bone behind the ear at the base of the skull
  mastoidal; mastoid process; mastoid.
  

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• noun any bone that develops within membranous tissue without previous cartilage formation; e.g. the clavicle and bones of the skull
  

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• noun any bone of the hand between the wrist and fingers
  metacarpal.
  

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• noun a set of graduated rods formerly used to do multiplication and division by a method invented by John Napier
  Napier's rods.
  

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Na"pi*er's bones`, Na"pi*er's rods` (Also<

• Napier's bones
• Napier's rods

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1. A set of rods, made of bone or other material, each divided into nine spaces, and containing the numbers of a column of the multiplication table; -- a contrivance of Baron Napier, the inventor of logarithms, for facilitating the operations of multiplication and division.

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• noun an elongated rectangular bone that forms the bridge of the nose
  nasal bone; nasal; os nasale.
  

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• noun an elongated rectangular bone that forms the bridge of the nose
  nasal bone; nasal; os nasale.
  

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• (Anat.), two bones of the skull, in front of the frontals.

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• the edgebone, or aitchbone, in beef.

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• . (Anat.) (a) One of the middle bones of the tarsus, corresponding to the centrale ; called also scaphoid. (b) A proximal bone on the radial side of the carpus; the scaphoid.

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• noun one of 7 vertebrae in the human spine located in the neck region
  cervical vertebra.
  

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• noun a saucer-shaped membrane bone that forms the back of the skull
  

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• (Anat.), the bone which forms the posterior segment of the skull and surrounds the great foramen by which the spinal cord leaves the cranium. In the higher vertebrates it is usually composed of four bones, which become consolidated in the adult.

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• (Anat.), a separate bone, in many reptiles, corresponding to the odontoid process.

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• noun either of two irregularly shaped bones that form the back of the hard palate and helps to form the nasal cavity and the floor of the orbits
  os palatinum; palatine; palatine bone.
  

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• noun either of two irregularly shaped bones that form the back of the hard palate and helps to form the nasal cavity and the floor of the orbits
  os palatinum; palatine; palatine bone.
  

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• (Anat.), a pair of bones (often united in the adult) in the root of the mouth, back of and between the maxillaries.

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• noun either of two skull bones between the frontal and occipital bones and forming the top and sides of the cranium
  

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• (Anat.), a bone corresponding to the petrous portion of the temporal bone of man; or one forming more or less of the periotic capsule.

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• noun part of the sirloin between the flat bone and the porterhouse
  

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• noun a small wrist bone that articulates only with the triquetral
  pisiform; os pisiforme.
  

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• the shoulder blade, or scapula.

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• (Anat.), the pygostyle.

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• (Anat.), the anterior part of the body of the sphenoid bone in front of the basisphenoid. It is usually a separate bone in the young or fetus, but becomes a part of the sphenoid in the adult.

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• (Anat.), a bone which corresponds to the inner plate of the pterygoid process of the human skull, but which, in all vertebrates below mammals, is not connected with the posterior nares, but serves to connect the palatine bones with the point of suspension of the lower jaw.

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• noun one of the three sections of the hipbone; together these two bones form the front of the pelvis
  pubis; os pubis.
  

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• noun a wrist bone that articulates with the pisiform and hamate and lunate bones
  triquetral; os triquetrum; cuneiform bone; pyramidal bone.
  

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• (Anat.), a bone between the base of the lower jaw and the skull in most vertebrates below the mammals. In reptiles and birds it articulates the lower jaw with the skull; in mammals it is represented by the malleus or incus.

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• (Anat.), a bone at the base of the lower jaw in many animals.

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• noun bone marrow of children and some adult bones that is required for the formation of red blood cells
  red marrow.
  

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Rew"el bone`

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1. An obsolete phrase of disputed meaning, -- perhaps, smooth or polished bone.

   His saddle was of rewel boon. Chaucer.

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• (Med.), a bony deposit in the muscles of the upper and inner part of the thigh, due to the pressure and irritation caused by the saddle in riding.

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• noun bones that are round in shape
  

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Row"el bone`

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1. See rewel bone. Obs.

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Ru"ell bone`

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1. See rewel bone. Obs.

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• noun the largest wrist bone on the thumb side
  os scaphoideum; navicular.
  

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• (a) One of the carpal bones, which articulates with the radius; the radiale . (b) One of the tarsal bones; the navicular bone. See under Navicular.

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• a bone formed by the coalescence of the scaphoid and lunar in the carpus of carnivora.

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• noun one of the eight small wrist bones
  lunate bone; os lunatum.
  

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• (Anat.), a bone of the carpus; the lunar. See Lunar, n.

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• noun any of several small round bones formed in a tendon where it passes over a joint
  sesamoid; os sesamoideum.
  

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• (Anat.), small bones or cartilages formed in tendons, like the patella and pisiform in man.

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• noun a cut of meat from the lower part of the leg
  shin.
  
• noun the inner and thicker of the two bones of the human leg between the knee and ankle
  shin; shinbone; tibia.
  

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• (Anat.), the tibia.

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• noun a bone that is of approximately equal dimension in all directions
  os breve.
  

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• noun either of two flat triangular bones one on each side of the shoulder in human beings
  scapula; shoulder blade.
  

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• noun a person who is unusually thin and scrawny
  thin person; scrag.
  

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• (Anat.), a bone of the skull which surrounds the anterior end of the brain in many amphibia; the girdle bone.

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• noun butterfly-shaped bone at the base of the skull
  sphenoid; os sphenoidale.
  

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• (Anat.), an irregularly shaped bone in front of the occipital in the base of the skull of the higher vertebrates. It is composed of several fetal bones which become united the adult. See Alisphenoid, Basisphenoid, Orbitosphenoid, Presphenoid.

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• (Anat.), a bone on the anterior side of the auditory capsule of many fishes, and connected with, or adjoining, the sphenoid bone.

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• (Anat.), a thin splintlike bone on the inner side of the proximal portion of the mandible of many vertebrates.

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• noun a rudimentary metacarpal or metatarsal bone on either side of the cannon bone in the leg of a horse or related animal
  

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• (Anat.), one of the rudimentary, splintlike metacarpal or metatarsal bones on either side of the cannon bone in the limbs of the horse and allied animals.

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• a small bone at the stifle joint; the patella, or kneepan.

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• (Anat.), the stapes.

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• adjective satellite having strong bones
  

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• (Anat.), a bone on the dorsal side of the great foramen of the skull, usually forming a part of the occipital in the adult, but distinct in the young.

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• noun any of the tiny soft bones found in the sutures between cranial bones
  Wormian bone; sutural bone.
  

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• noun small steak from the thin end of the short loin containing a T-shaped bone and small piece of tenderloin
  

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• noun the end of the vertebral column in humans and tailless apes
  coccyx.
  

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• noun any bone of the tarsus
  tarsal.
  

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• noun a thick bone forming the side of the human cranium and encasing the inner ear
  os temporale.
  

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• a very complex bone situated in the side of the skull of most mammals and containing the organ of hearing. It consists of an expanded squamosal portion above the ear, corresponding to the squamosal and zygoma of the lower vertebrates, and a thickened basal petrosal and mastoid portion, corresponding to the periotic and tympanic bones of the lower vertebrates.

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• (Anat.), the femur.

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• to attack. Obs.

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• to make no scruple; not to hesitate. Low

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• to quarrel with, as dogs quarrel over a bone; to settle a disagreement. Colloq.

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• (Anat.), the hyoid bone.

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• noun the wrist bone on the thumb side of the hand that articulates with the 1st and 2nd metacarpals
  os trapezium; trapezium.
  

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• noun the wrist bone between the trapezium and the capitate bones
  trapezoid; os trapezoideum.
  

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• noun a wrist bone that articulates with the pisiform and hamate and lunate bones
  triquetral; os triquetrum; cuneiform bone; pyramidal bone.
  

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• noun any of the scrolled spongy bones of the nasal passages in man and other vertebrates
  turbinate; turbinal.
  

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• noun the bone enclosing the middle ear
  

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• (Anat.), a bone of the skull which incloses a part of the tympanum and supports the tympanic membrane.

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• noun the wrist bone in line with the 4th and 5th fingers
  hamate bone; hamate; os hamatum.
  

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• (Anat.), a bone of the carpus at the bases of the fourth and fifth metacarpals; the hamatum.

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• noun part of the sirloin nearest the rump
  

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• ivory. Obs.

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• noun the furcula of a domestic fowl
  wishbone.
  

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• . See Wishbone.

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• noun any of the tiny soft bones found in the sutures between cranial bones
  Wormian bone; sutural bone.
  

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• noun any of the tiny soft bones found in the sutures between cranial bones
  Wormian bone; sutural bone.
  

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• small irregular plates of bone often interposed in the sutures between the large cranial bones.

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• noun any of the eight small bones of the wrist of primates
  carpal bone; carpal.
  

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• noun bone marrow that is yellow with fat; found at the ends of long bones in adults
  yellow marrow.
  

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• noun the arch of bone beneath the eye that forms the prominence of the cheek
  jugal bone; malar; malar bone; cheekbone; zygomatic; os zygomaticum.
  

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