Bone

bon, n. (Anat.) A hard whitish substance, com- posing the skeleton; an integral portion of the skeleton. — a. Made of bone. — v. [boned (bond), boning.] To take out bones from; to put whalebone into. [AS. ban, D. and Dan. been, Sw. ben.]— A bone of contention. Subject of dispute. — A to pick, or gnaw. Something to occupy or divert. To pick a with. To quarrel with.— To make no bones. To make no scruple. — Body and Bones. Wholly unreservedly. — Bonele , a. Without bones. — Bon'y, a. Consisting of, full of, or pert, to, bones; having large or prominent bones.— Bone'ash, n. The residue from calcined bones, — used for making cupels and cleaning jewelry. — -black, n. (Chem.) A carbonaceous substance from or ink, then, boNboN, chair, get. 72 BONESET 56 bones calcined in close ve els. cave, n. A cave containing bones of extinct animals. dust. n. Ground or pulyerized bones, — used as a iertilizer. earth, n. (Chem.) Earthy residuum after cal- — cining bone, chiefly phosphate of lime. softer, n. One who sets broken and dislocated bones. -BpaVln, n. (Far.) A bony excrescence, on the inside of the hock of a horse's leg.