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Cuttle
·noun A <<Knife>>. II. Cuttle ·noun ·Alt. of <<Cuttlefish>>. ...

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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>>. III. Bone ·noun Fig.: The framework of anythi...

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cuttle-fish
A common marine animal of the genus Sepia, and class Cephalopoda. It has ten tentacles or arms range...

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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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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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ice-bone
a rump of beef. Norf. ...

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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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