Part 1268

<p><b>3.</b> <def>To fertilize with bone.</def>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>To steal; to take possession of.</def> <mark>[Slang]</mark>

<h1>Bone</h1> <Xpage=165>

<hw>Bone</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>bornoyer</ets> to look at with one eye, to sight, fr. <ets>borgne</ets> one-eyed.]</ety> <def>To sight along an object or set of objects, to see if it or they be level or in line, as in carpentry, masonry, and surveying.</def>

<i>Knight.</i>

<blockquote>Joiners, etc., <b>bone</b> their work with two straight edges. W. <i>M. Buchanan.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Boneache</h1> <Xpage=165>

<hw>Bone"ache`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Pain in the bones.</def>

<i>Shak.</i>

<h1>Boneblack</h1> <Xpage=165>

<hw>Bone"black`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>See <cref>Bone black</cref>, under <er>Bone</er>, <tt>n.</tt></def>

<h1>Boned</h1> <Xpage=165>

<hw>Boned</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Having (such) bones; -- used in composition; <as>as, big-<ex>boned</ex>; strong-<ex>boned</ex></as>.</def>

<blockquote>No big-<b>boned</b> men framed of the Cyclops' size. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Deprived of bones; <as>as, <ex>boned</ex> turkey or codfish</as>.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Manured with bone; <as>as, <ex>boned</ex> land</as>.</def>

<h1>Bonedog</h1> <Xpage=165>

<hw>Bone"dog`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>The spiny dogfish.</def>

<h1>Bonefish</h1> <Xpage=165>

<hw>Bone"fish`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>See <er>Ladyfish</er>.</def>

<h1>Boneless</h1> <Xpage=165>

<hw>Bone"less</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Without bones.</def> "<i>Boneless</i> gums."

<i>Shak.</i>

<h1>Boneset</h1> <Xpage=165>

<hw>Bone"set`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A medicinal plant, the thoroughwort (<spn>Eupatorium perfoliatum</spn>). Its properties are diaphoretic and tonic.</def>

<h1>Bonesetter</h1> <Xpage=165>

<hw>Bone"set*ter</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who sets broken or dislocated bones; -- commonly applied to one, not a regular surgeon, who makes an occupation of setting bones.</def> -- <wordforms><wf>Bone"set*ting</wf>, <tt>n.</tt></wordforms>

<h1>Boneshaw</h1> <Xpage=165>