Boneblack

(Chem.) The black carbonaceous substance obtained by heating bones to redne in a close ve el. When deprived by the action of hydrochloric acid of the phosphate of lime with which it is blended, it yields one of the most valuable forms of animal char coal, as a decoloring and deodorizing material. When used for chemical or pharmaceutical purposes, it is digested with hydrochloric acid until nothing remains but pure carbon. This property is due to its very firm state of division. Bone Camp, in North Carolina, a post-office of Madi son co. Bone Cave, in Tenne ee, a P. O. of Van Buren co. Bone Creek, in W. Virginia , a P. O. of Ritchie co. Boned, (bönd,) a. Having bones; as, strong-boned. (Used generally in composition.) Boned, pp . ( Cookery .) Deprived of bones. See BONE. Bone-dust, n. ( Agric .) Ground bones, or bone - dust , has long been used with the best effect as a manure. It is usually applied to light or turnip soils, which it has rendered in no ordinary degree productive. B. is now used very generally after being subjected to the action of sulphuric acid. The superphosphate of lime , as it is then called, is more immediate in its fertilizing effect; and 3 cwt. of it will produce as great an increase in the current crop, as 12 to 20 bushels of the original B. formerly applied could do. It is generally applied to the turnip crop, to mangold-wurzel, and occasionally to gra lands. Bon'efro, a town of S. Italy, 6 miles S.S.E. of Larino; pop. 5,146. Bone Gap, in Winois , a post-office of Edwards co. Bonele , a. Wanting, or without bones. "I would...have pluckt my nipple from his bonele gums." Shaks. Bone'-liquor, n. (Chem.) The aqueous portion of the distillate of heated bones. It is a very impure and dilute solution of various ammoniacal salts, resembling spirits of hartshorn. It is employed in the manufacture of the solutions and salts of ammonia. Bone-set, v. a. Toseta dislocated bone; to unite broken bones.