Boning

·noun The manuring of land with bones.

II. Boning ·noun The clearing of bones from fish or meat.

III. Boning ·p.pr. & ·vb.n. of Bone.

IV. Boning ·noun 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, ·vt.