Bone

bōn, n. a hard substance forming the skeleton of mammalian animals: a piece of the skeleton of an animal: ( pl. ) the bones collectively: mortal remains: pieces of bone held between the fingers of the hand and rattled together to keep time to music: dice, as made of bone, ivory, .— v.t. to take the bones out of, as meat: to seize, to steal.— ns. Bone′-ache ( Shak. ), aching or pain in the bones; Bone′-ash , Bone′-earth , the remains when bones are burnt in an open furnace; Bone′-black , the remains when bones are heated in a close ve el.— adj. Boned —used in composition, as high-boned: having bones: having the bones removed.— ns. Bone′-dust , ground or pulverised bones, used in agriculture; Bone′-lace , lace woven with bobbins, which were frequently made of bone.— adj. Bone′le , wanting bones.— ns. Bone′-set′ter , one who treats broken bones without being a duly qualified surgeon; Bone′-shāk′er , a name familiarly given to the earlier forms of bicycle before india-rubber tires; Bone′-spav′in , a bony excrescence or hard swelling on the inside of the hock of a horse.— adj. Bon′y , full of, or consisting of, bones.— A bone of contention , something that causes strife; A bone to pick , something to occupy one, a difficulty, a grievance, controversy, dispute.— To make no bones of , to have no scruples in regard to something; To the bone , to the inmost part. [A.S. bán , Ger. bein .]