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The clearing of bones from fish or meat.

The quality of being bonny; gayety [R.]

The quality or state of being brawny.

Burningly; ardently. [Obs.]

The state or quality of being briny; saltness; brinishness.

The act or operation of giving a brown color, as to gun barrels, etc.

A bitter principle obtained from the root of the bryony (Bryonia alba and B. dioica). It is a white, or slightly colored, substance, and is emetic and cathartic.

Consuming; intense; inflaming; exciting; vehement; powerful; as, burning zeal. Like a young hound upon a burning scent. Dryden. Burning bush (Bot.), an ornamental shrub (Euonymus atropurpureus), bearing a crimson berry.

An obscure road; a way turning from the main road. Sir P. Sidney.

See Canine, a.

Of or pertaining to the family Canidæ, or dogs and wolves; having the nature or qualities of a dog; like that or those of a dog.

Caution; crafty management. [N. of Eng. & Scot.]

A white crystalline nitrogenous substance, found in extract of meat, and related to xanthin.

The act or process of converting the surface of iron into steel. Ure.

See under Cat.

The act of one who churns.

One of the quinine group of alkaloids isomeric with and resembling cinchonidine; -- called also cinchonia.

The act of making clean.

Shining brightly. Shak.

Pertaining to; regarding; having relation to; respecting; as regards. I have accepted thee concerning this thing. Gen. xix. 21. The Lord hath spoken good concerning Israel. Num. x. 29.