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bone
bŏnĕ, adv., = bene, formerly read in Lucr. 2, 7; 4, 572; 6, 998, by Gifan. after some ancient MSS.; ...
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Bone
·vt To fertilize with bone.
II. Bone ·noun <<Dice>>.
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Ice
·noun Concreted sugar.
II. Ice ·noun Any substance having the appearance of ice; as, camphor ice.
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Ice
Frequently mentioned (Job 6:16; 38:29; Ps. 147:17, etc.). (See Crystal.)
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Cannon bone
·- ·see Canon Bone.
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Canon bone
·- The shank bone, or great bone above the fetlock, in the fore and hind legs of the horse and allie...
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Collar bone
·- The <<Clavicle>>.
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Coronary bone
·add. ·- The small pastern bone of the horse and allied animals.
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Cuttle bone
·- The shell or bone of cuttlefishes, used for various purposes, as for making polishing powder, ·et...
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Rewel bone
·- An obsolete phrase of disputed meaning, — perhaps, smooth or polished bone.
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Rowel bone
·- ·see rewel bone.
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Ruell bone
·- ·see rewel bone.
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Jaw-bone
Of an ass afforded Samson a weapon for the great slaughter of the Philistines (Judg. 15:15), in whic...
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bone box
The mouth. Shut your bone box; shut your mouth.
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bone picker
A footman.
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whirl-bone
the knee-pan. Lane.
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ankle-bone
An old seaman's term for the crawfish.
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bone, to
To seize, take, or apprehend. A ship is said to carry a bone in her mouth and cut a feather, when sh...
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green-bone
The trivial name of the viviparous blenny, or guffer, the backbone of which is green when boiled; al...
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Bay ice
·- ·see under <<Ice>>.
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Ice plant
·- A plant (Mesembryanthemum crystallinum), sprinkled with pellucid, watery vesicles, which glisten ...
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Ice-built
·adj Loaded with ice.
II. Ice-built ·adj Composed of ice.
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Neapolitan ice
·add. ·- ·Alt. of Neapolitan ice cream.
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Water ice
·- Water flavored, sweetened, and frozen, to be eaten as a confection.
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ice-plant
n.
Tasmanian name for Tetragoniaimplexicoma, Hook., N.O. Ficoideae, B. Fl. Variousspecies of Tetrag...
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ice-candles
icicles. Kent.
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anchor-ice
The ice which is formed on and incrustates the beds of lakes and rivers: the ground-gru of the easte...
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bay-ice
Ice newly formed on the surface of the sea, and having the colour of the water; it is then in the fi...
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cake-ice
Ice formed in the early part of the season.
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drift-ice
The debris of the main pack. (See open ice.)
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field-ice
A sheet of smooth frozen water of a general thickness, and of an extent too large for its boundaries...
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ground-ice
See anchor-ice.
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ice-anchor
A bar of round iron tapered to a point, and bent as a pot-hook; a hole is cut in the ice, the point ...
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ice-beams
Strengtheners for whalers. (See fortifying.)
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ice-birds
Small sea-fowl in the polar regions.
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ice-blink
A streak or stratum of lucid whiteness which appears over the ice in that part of the atmosphere adj...
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ice-boat
A peculiar track-schuyt for the Dutch canals in winter.
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ice-bound
A vessel so surrounded by ice as to be prevented from proceeding on her voyage.
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ice-chisel
A large socket-chisel into which a pole is inserted, used to cut holes in the ice.
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ice-claws
A flat claw with two prongs spread like a can-hook; the same as a single span or claw-dog.
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ice-fenders
Fenders of any kind, used to protect a vessel from injury by ice; usually broken spars hanging verti...
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ice vein
A narrow temporary channel of water in the packs or other large collections of ice.
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ice lane or vein
A narrow temporary channel of water in the packs or other large collections of ice.
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ice-master
A pilot, or man of experience, for the Arctic Sea.
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ice-plank
See spike-plank.
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ice-quake
The rending crash which accompanies the breaking of floes of ice.
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ice-saw
A huge saw for cutting through ice; it is made of 2/8 to 3/8 inch plates of iron, and varies in leng...
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ice-sludge
Small comminuted ice, or bay-ice broken up by the wind.
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ice-tongue
See tongue.
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land-ice
Flat ice connected with the shore, within which there is no channel.
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light ice
That which has but little depth in the water; it is not considered dangerous to shipping, as not bei...
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loose ice
A number of pieces near each other, but through which the ship can make her way.
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main-ice
A body of impenetrable ice apparently detached from the land, but immovable; between which and the l...
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old ice
In polar parlance, that of previous seasons.
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open ice
Fragments of ice sufficiently separate to admit of a ship forcing or boring through them under sail....
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pack-ice
A large collection of broken floe huddled together, but constantly varying its position; said to be ...
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penknife ice
A name given by Parry to ice, the surface of which is composed of numberless irregular vertical crys...
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piling ice
In Arctic parlance, where from pressure the ice is raised, slab over slab, into a high mass, which c...
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sailing ice
A number of loose pieces floating at a sufficient distance from each other, for a ship to be able to...
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sea-ice
Ice within which there is a separation from the land.
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slush-ice
The first layer which forms when the surface is freezing.
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stream-ice
A collection of pieces of drift or bay ice, joining each other in a ridge following in the line of c...
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young ice
Nearly the same as bay-ice, except that it is only applied to ice very recently formed, or of the pr...
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Neapolitan ice cream
·add. ·- An ice or ice cream containing eggs as well as cream.
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barrier of ice
Ice stretching from the land-ice to the sea or main ice, or across a channel, so as to render it imp...
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beset in ice
Surrounded with ice, and no opening for advance or retreat, so as to be obliged to remain immovable....
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heavy drift-ice
Dense ice, which has a great depth in the water in proportion to its size, and is not in a state of ...
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hummocks of ice
Protuberant lumps of ice thrown up by some pressure upon a field or floe, or any other frozen plane....
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island of ice
A name given to a great quantity of ice collected into one solid mass and floating upon the sea; the...
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vein of ice
A narrow channel between two fields. Any open cracks or separations of floe offering navigation.
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lane or vein of ice
A narrow channel between two fields. Any open cracks or separations of floe offering navigation.
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blink of the ice
A bright appearance or looming (the iceberg reflected in the atmosphere above it), often assuming an...
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run of the ice
In Arctic parlance, implies that the ice is suddenly impelled by a rushing motion, arising from curr...
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