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The marrow of bones; the deep or inner portion of an organ or part; as, the medulla, or medullary substance, of the kidney; specifically, the medula oblongata.

The bone or cartilage forming the anterior extremity of the lower jaw in some adult animals and the young of others.

The forked bone of a fowl's breast; -- called also wishbone. See Furculum.

Of or pertaining to the middle of the ethmoid region or ethmoid bone. -- n. (Anat.)

One of the bones of the tarsus. See 2d Cuneiform.

One of the bones of either the carpus or tarsus.

A metacarpal bone.

eton of the hand or forefoot between the carpus and phalanges. In man it consists of five bones. See Illust. of Artiodactyla.

One of the bones of either the metacarpus or metatarsus.

A metatarsal bone.

limb between the tarsus and phalanges; metatarse. It consists, in the human foot, of five bones. See Illustration in Appendix.

Of or pertaining to the forehead or frontal bones; frontal; as, the metopic suture.

on of refuse about a dwelling place; especially, an accumulation of shells or of cinders, bones, and other refuse on the supposed site of the dwelling places of prehistoric tribes, -- as on the shores of the Baltic Sea and in many other places. See Kitchen middens.

"Giants of mighty bone." Milton. Mighty was their fuss about little matters. Hawthorne.

shing it between two hard, rough, or intented surfaces; as, a gristmill, a coffee mill; a bone mill.

ion of a metal with another element; also, the process of converting into a mineral, as a bone or a plant.

To transform into a mineral. In these caverns the bones are not mineralized. Buckland.

(Nectris brevicaudus). -- Mutton chop, a rib of mutton for broiling, with the end of the bone at the smaller part chopped off. -- Mutton fish (Zoöl.), the American eelpout. See Eelpout. -- Mutton fist, a big brawny fist or hand. [Colloq.] Dryden. -- Mutton monger, a pimp [Low & Obs.] Chapman. -- To return to one's…

Derived from, or pertaining to, the bone marrow.

One of the huge multinucleated cells found in the marrow of bone and occasionally in other parts; a giant cell. See Osteoclast.