Boning

[bon]

Definition

(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bone

(n.) The clearing of bones from fish or meat.

(n.) The manuring of land with bones.

(n.) 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.

Edited by Horace

Definition

n. the act of estimating straightness by looking along a series of poles as in boning-rod or telescope.

Inputed by Lewis