BONING

n.

3 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

The clearing of bones from fish or meat.

2.
n.

The manuring of land with bones.

3.
n.

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, v. t.


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