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    [Noun]  | "bone" | \ ˈbōn \


    1: one of the hard parts of the skeleton of a vertebrate

    2: any of various hard animal substances or structures (such as baleen or ivory) akin to or resembling bone

    3: the hard largely calcareous connective tissue of which the adult skeleton of most vertebrates is chiefly composed


    Origin: before 12th century ;

     Middle English bon, going back to Old English bān, going back to Germanic *baina- (whence also Old Frisian & Old Saxon bēn "bone," Old High German bein "bone, leg," Old Norse bein "bone" and probably beinn "straight"), perhaps going back to Indo-European *bhoi̯H-n-o-, a derivative of a verbal base *bhei̯H- "strike, hew," whence, with varying suffixation, Old Irish benaid "(s/he) hews, cuts," robíth "(it) has been struck," Middle Breton benaff "(I) cut," Latin perfinēs (glossed by the Roman grammarian Festus as perfringās "you should break") and probably Old Church Slavic bijǫ, biti "to hit";

      * Note : Germanic lacks an outcome of Indo-European *h2ost- "bone" (see: {osteo-|oste-}), and it has been theorized that the etymon was replaced by *bhoi̯H-n-o-, used attributively in the sense "broken off," first with Germanic *ast-a- "branch" and then, with homonymous *ast- "bone" (the expected outcome of *h2ost-); the meaning "straight" see:n in Old Norse beinn may have been an intermediary stage.;

    [Noun]  | "brittle bone disease" 


    1: osteogenesis imperfecta


    Origin: 1960 ;

    [Noun]  | "cannon bone" 


    1: a bone in hoofed mammals that extends from the knee or hock to the fetlock; especially : the enlarged metacarpal or metatarsal of the third digit of a horse


    Origin: 1834 ;

     French canon, literally, cannon;

    [Noun]  | "coffin bone" 


    1: the principal bone enclosed within the hoof of a horse —called also pedal bone


    Origin: circa 1720 ;

    [Noun]  | "crazy bone" 


    1: funny bone


    Origin: 1876 ;

    [Noun]  | "dog bone" 


    1: a bone (such as a beef or pork bone) that is prepared or intended to be chewed by a dog

    2: something that resembles a dog bone: such as

    3: a stylized representation of a dog bone


    Origin: 1917 ;

    [Verb]  | "bone" 


    1: to remove the bones from

    2: to provide (a garment) with stays

    3: to rub (something, such as a boot or a baseball bat) with something hard (such as a piece of bone) in order to smooth the surface


    Origin: 15th century ;

     Derivative of {see: |bone:1|bone:1};

    [Verb]  | "bone up" 


    1: to try to master necessary information quickly : cram

    2: to renew one's skill or refresh one's memory


    Origin: 1873 ;

    [Adjective]  | "bare-bones" | \ ˈber-ˈbōnz \


    1: including only what is most basic or necessary


    Origin: 1868 ;

    [Plural noun]  | "bare bones" 


    1: the barest essentials, facts, or elements


    Origin: 1647 ;

    [Noun]  | "bones" 


    1: a small cube marked on each side with one to six spots and usually played in pairs in various games;


      * e.g., " ... the pirates decided their captives' fate with a toss of the bones "



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    2: the seat of one's deepest thoughts and emotions;


      * e.g., " ... I could feel in my bones that I had just met my future wife "



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    3: a dead body;


      * e.g., " ... requested that his bones be buried in the country of his birth "



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    [Noun]  | "bone" 


    1: a habitual attraction to some activity or thing;


      * e.g., " ... he hasn't a competitive bone in his body "



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    2: a small cube marked on each side with one to six spots and usually played in pairs in various games;


      * e.g., " ... the pirates decided their captives' fate with a toss of the bones "



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    3: the seat of one's deepest thoughts and emotions;


      * e.g., " ... I could feel in my bones that I had just met my future wife "



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    [Verb]  | "bones" 


    1: as in dresses;


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    [Verb]  | "bone (up)" 


    1: to use the mind to acquire knowledge;


      * e.g., " ... I suggest you bone up a bit on torts before the next attempt at the bar exam "



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    [Verb]  | "make" 


    1: to bring into being by combining, shaping, or transforming materials;


      * e.g., " ... will you help me make the dough for the cookies? "





    2: to obtain (as a goal) through effort;


      * e.g., " ... we finally made it! "





    3: to be the cause of (a situation, action, or state of mind);


      * e.g., " ... the cats made quite a disturbance when they knocked the Christmas tree over "





    [Verb]  | "roll" 


    1: to form into a round compact mass;


      * e.g., " ... rolled up the wrapper from the straw and threw it "





    2: to make a low heavy rolling sound;


      * e.g., " ... thunder rolling in the distance "





    3: to make a series of unsteady side-to-side motions;


      * e.g., " ... the car suddenly was rolling as high winds swept across the bridge "





    [Adjective]  | "bare-bones" 


    1: including only what is most basic or needed;


      * e.g., " ... a bare-bones website "





     [ "S-Bone" ]

    1: A gangster natorious in the Bristol region of the UK, thought by many to be Stephan "EnglishMan" B. He has been linked with many gang related crimes and is associated with T_Dog and part of the Zen Poker Crew.

      * e.g.,  ... "I'll cut you up Bristol stylee jenkins, you ginger cunt!" S-Bone 

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