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The bone of the rump; also, the cut of beef surrounding this bone. [Spelt also edgebone.]

Same as Aitchbone.

The rump of beef; esp., the lower and back part of the rump. Natch bone, the edgebone, or aitchbone, in beef.

alberdiers do what they can. B. Jonson. -- Round of beef, the part of the thigh below the aitchbone, or between the rump and the leg. See Illust. of beef. -- Round steak, a beefsteak cut from the round. -- Sculpture in the round, sculpture giving the full form, as of man; statuary, distinguished from relief.…

Among butchers, the piece of beef betwen the sirloin and the aitchbone piece. See Illust. of Beef.