bone

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   to remove the bones from

   The chef boned the turkey before roasting it.

2. 2
   noun

   A composite material consisting largely of calcium phosphate and collagen and making up the skeleton of most vertebrates.

   Ne take noon hede to brynge togidere þe parties of þe boon þat is to-broken or dislocate, til viij. daies ben goon in þe wyntir, & v. in þe somer; for þanne it schal make quytture, and be sikir from swellynge; & þanne brynge togidere þe brynkis eiþer þe disiuncture after þe techynge þat schal be seid in þe chapitle of algebra.

3. 3
   noun

   Any of the components of an endoskeleton, made of this material.

   No Trophee, Sword, nor Hatchment o're his bones.

4. 4
   noun

   A bonefish.

   The reason I rarely fish for Mag Bay bones with a 5-weight or 6-weight is the number of fish that can turn light stuff inside out.

5. 5
   noun

   An erect penis; a boner.

   Speakin' on the phone, for hours on end / On the bone from just listenin', and then:

6. 6
   noun

   A domino or die.

   Let's head to the casino and roll them bones!

7. 7
   noun

   A cannabis cigarette; a joint.

   In between sets I took her outside, sat against a fence near the dumpster, and smoked a bone with her.

8. 8
   noun

   A reward.

   When I'm a good dog they sometimes throw me a bone in

Etymology

From Middle English bon, from Old English bān (“bone, tusk; the bone of a limb”), from Proto-Germanic *bainą (“bone”), from *bainaz (“straight”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeyh₂- (“to hit, strike, beat”). Cognate with Scots bane, been, bean, bein, bain (“bone”), North Frisian bian, Biin, biinj (“bone; leg”), West Frisian bien (“bone”), Dutch been (“bone; leg”), German Low German Been, Bein (“bone”), German Bein (“leg”), German Gebein (“bones”), Swedish ben (“bone; leg”), Norwegian and Icelandic bein (“bone”), Breton benañ (“to cut, hew”), Latin perfinēs (“break through, break into pi…