UNBONE

Etymology

Verb

unbone (third-person singular simple present unbones, present participle unboning, simple past and past participle unboned)

To deprive of bones, as meat; to bone.

(obsolete) To twist about, as if boneless.

Synonyms

• debone, bone

Source: Wiktionary


Un*bone", v. t. Etym: [1st pref. un- + bone.]

1. To deprive of bones, as meat; to bone.

2. To twist about, as if boneless. [R.] Milton.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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