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unbone en · VERB

Etymology

From un- + bone.

Meanings

1. To deprive of bones, as meat; to bone.
2. (obsolete) To twist about, as if boneless.
   • writhing and unboning their clergy limbs to all the antic and dishonest gestures of Trinculoes 1671, John Milton, “Samson Agonistes, […]”, in Paradise Regain’d. A Poem. In IV Books. To which is Added, Samson Agonistes, London: […] J[ohn] M[acock] for John Starkey […], →OCLC:

Forms

Synonyms

debone · bone