bone picker

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• Picker

  ·noun A priming wire for cleaning the vent. II. Picker ·noun A machine for picking fibrous material...

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• bone

  bŏnĕ, adv., = bene, formerly read in Lucr. 2, 7; 4, 572; 6, 998, by Gifan. after some ancient MSS.; ...

  A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

• Bone

  ·vt To fertilize with bone. II. Bone ·noun <<Dice>>. III. Bone ·noun Fig.: The framework of anythi...

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• quarrel-picker

  A glazier: from the small squares in casements, called CARREUX, vulgarly quarrels. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• cherry-picker

  n. bird-name. See quotation. 1848. J. Gould, `Birds of Australia,' vol. iv. p. 70: « Melithreptus...

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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...

  Easton's Bible Dictionary

• bone box

  The mouth. Shut your bone box; shut your mouth. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• ice-bone

  a rump of beef. Norf. ...

  A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose

• whirl-bone

  the knee-pan. Lane. ...

  A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose

• 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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