exosso, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [ex-ŏs],
to deprive of the bones , to bone : mirum ni hic me quasi muraenam exossare cogitat, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 163: congrum, Ter. Ad. 378; cf.: congrum, muraenam exdorsua ... exossata fac sient, Plaut. Aul. 2, 9, 3; id. Am. 1, 1, 162.—Hence, trop., to break the power of , to make helpless , Vulg. Jer. 50, 17.—Poet.: exossato pectore, boneless , i. e. flexible (cf. exos), Lucr. 4, 1271: exossatus ager, i. e. without stones , cleared , Pers. 6, 51.