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  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Bone  \Bone\,  v.  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Boned};  p.  pr  &  vb  n. 
  {Boning}.] 
  1.  To  withdraw  bones  from  the  flesh  of  as  in  cookery.  ``To 
  bone  a  turkey.''  --Soyer. 
 
  2.  To  put  whalebone  into  as  to  bone  stays.  --Ash. 
 
  3.  To  fertilize  with  bone. 
 
  4.  To  steal;  to  take  possession  of  [Slang] 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Boned  \Boned\,  a. 
  1.  Having  such  bones;  --  used  in  composition;  as 
  big-boned;  strong-boned. 
 
  No  big-boned  men  framed  of  the  Cyclops'  size. 
  --Shak. 
 
  2.  Deprived  of  bones;  as  boned  turkey  or  codfish. 
 
  3.  Manured  with  bone;  as  boned  land. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  boned 
  adj  1:  having  had  the  bones  removed;  "a  boneless  rib  roast";  "a 
  boned  (or  deboned)  fish"  [syn:  {deboned}] 
  2:  (combining  form)  having  bones  as  specified;  "his  lanky 
  long-boned  body" 




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