Word Study
boning
CIDE DICTIONARY
- The clearing of bones from fish or meat. [1913 Webster]
- The manuring of land with bones. [1913 Webster]
- A method of leveling a line or surface by sighting along the tops of two or more straight edges, or a range of properly spaced poles. See 3d Bone,
v. t. [1913 Webster]
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