Lexic.us

Definition of Boned

1. Adjective. Having had the bones removed. "A boned (or deboned) fish"

Definition of Boned

1. a. Having (such) bones; -- used in composition; as, big-boned; strong-boned.

Definition of Boned

1. Verb. (past of bone) ¹

2. Adjective. (''in combination'') Having some specific type of bone. ¹

3. Adjective. (slang) beset with unfortunate circumstances that seem difficult or impossible to overcome; in imminent danger. ¹

4. Adjective. Broken. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Boned

1. bone [v] - See also: bone

Medical Definition of Boned

1. 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. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Boned

Literary usage of Boned

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Modern Cookery, in All Its Branches: Reduced to a System of Easy Practice by Eliza Acton (1845)
"Hen turkey between 7 and 8 Ibs. weight, boned, filled with sausage- meat, 3 to 4 Ibs.; or with forcemeat No. 1, or with No. 3, Chapter VI., 1 Ib. (that is ..."

2. Good Things to Eat, as Suggested by Rufus: A Collection of Practical Recipes by Rufus Estes (1911)
"boned HAM—Have the bone taken from a small ham and put into a kettle of cold water with one onion cut in quarters, a dozen cloves, and a bay leaf. ..."

3. The History of Herodotus: A New English Version by Herodotus (1875)
"Tombs of Egyptians being seldom found in Nubia may be owing to their considering it "a foreign land," and being therefore boned in the holy ground of Egypt. ..."

4. The Geographical and Historical Dictionary of America and the West Indies by Antonio de Alcedo, George Alexander Thompson (1814)
"They are in general 14 hands high, small boned, but capable of sustaining great fatigue ; they, however, neither possess much beauty of form, nor dis- plav ..."

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