"bone" Definition

Definitions for the word "bone" from multiple English dictionaries.

1. n.
1 any piece of hard tissue making up the skeleton in vertebrates. 2 (in pl.) A skeleton, esp. As remains. B body. 3 material of bones or similar material, e.g. Ivory. 4 thing made of bone. 5 (in pl.) Essentials (the bones of an agreement). 6 strip of stiffening in a corset etc. v. (-ning) 1 remove the bones from. 2 stiffen with bone etc. bone up (often foll. By on) colloq. Study intensively. Have a bone to pick (usu. Foll. By with) have cause for dispute (with a person). Make no bones about 1 be frank about. 2 not hesitate or scruple. boneless adj. [old english]
Source: Oxford English Dictionary, 1884
2. slang
to steal or appropriate what does not belong to you. BONED, seized, apprehended.—_Old._
Source: The Slang Dictionary, 1864
3. slang
good, excellent. ◇, the vagabonds’ hieroglyphic for BONE, or good, chalked by them on houses and street corners as a hint to succeeding beggars.—_French_, BON.
Source: The Slang Dictionary, 1864

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