Boned
['bəʊnd]
Definition
(adj.) having bones as specified; 'his lanky long-boned body' .
(adj.) having had the bones removed; 'a boneless rib roast'; 'a boned (or deboned) fish' .
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Definition
(imp. & p. p.) of Bone
(a.) Having (such) bones; -- used in composition; as, big-boned; strong-boned.
(a.) Deprived of bones; as, boned turkey or codfish.
(a.) Manured with bone; as, boned land.
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Examples
- She drove out solemnly in their great family coach with them, and Miss Wirt their governess, that raw-boned Vestal. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- I like your face, Lady Jane: it's got none of the damned high-boned Binkie look in it; and I'll give ee something pretty, my dear, to go to Court in. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- One night, very late, near Dublin, he met two of his brothers just as they had got into a violent row with three raw-boned, half naked Irish pats. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- A large-boned lady, long past middle age, sat at work in a grim handsomely-furnished dining-room. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- He is perched on a large raw-boned hunter, half-covered by a capacious saddle. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
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