SPINE

spine

(noun) a sharp rigid animal process or appendage; as a porcupine quill or a ridge on a bone or a ray of a fish fin

spine, backbone

(noun) the part of a book’s cover that encloses the inner side of the book’s pages and that faces outward when the book is shelved; “the title and author were printed on the spine of the book”

spine, thorn, prickle, pricker, sticker, spikelet

(noun) a small sharp-pointed tip resembling a spike on a stem or leaf

spur, spine, acantha

(noun) any sharply pointed projection

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

spine (plural spines)

The series of bones situated at the back from the head to the pelvis of a person, or from the head to the tail of an animal; backbone, vertebral column.

Something resembling a backbone, such as a ridge, or a long, central structure from which other structures radiate.

A pointed, fairly rigid protuberance or needle-like structure on an animal, shell, or plant.

The heartwood of trees.

(figurative) Courage or assertiveness.

The stiffness of an arrow.

Synonyms

• (sharp protuberance from a living thing): needle; quill (on animals); spike (rigid); virgula (obsolete)

Anagrams

• Espin, Pines, Snipe, epsin, penis, pines, snipe

Source: Wiktionary

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Spine, n. Etym: [L. spina thorn, the spine; akin to spica a point: cf. OF. espine, F. épine. Cf. Spike, Spinet a musical instrument, Spinny.]

1. (Bot.)

Definition: A sharp appendage to any of a plant; a thorn.

2. (Zoöl.) (a) A rigid and sharp projection upon any part of an animal. (b) One of the rigid and undivided fin rays of a fish.

3. (Anat.)

Definition: The backbone, or spinal column, of an animal; -- so called from the projecting processes upon the vertebræ.

4. Anything resembling the spine or backbone; a ridge.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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