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Definition of Boning

1. n. The clearing of bones from fish or meat.

Definition of Boning

1. Verb. (present participle of bone) ¹

2. Noun. The removal of bones from fish etc; filleting. ¹

3. Noun. The arrangement of bones in a corset. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Boning

1. bone [v] - See also: bone

Medical Definition of Boning

1. 1. The clearing of bones from fish or meat. 2. The manuring of land with bones. 3. A method of leveling a line or surface by sighting along the tops of two or more straight edges, or a range of properly spaced poles. See Bone, v. T. Origin: Senses 1 and 2 fr. 1st Bone, sense 3 fr. 3d Bone. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

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Literary usage of Boning

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

1. Waring's Book of the Farm: Being a Rev. Ed. of the Handy-book of Husbandry by George Edwin Waring (1877)
"Bon- boning-rods should first be set at the upper iag^oop. in, ... The manner of sighting over the boning-rods, and the intermediate plumb-rod, ..."

2. A Manual of Civil Engineering by William John Macquorn Rankine, William J. Millar (1889)
"Each of these consists of an upright staff, having a cross-bar at right angles to it at the top : all the boning-rods belonging to one set ought to be ..."

3. Treatise on Mine-surveying by Bennett Hooper Brough (1906)
"The most important instrument ibr this method of levelling is the barometer. .ce rio The Mason's Level and boning-staves.—For geometrica; ling, there may be ..."

4. Sanitary House Drainage: Its Principles and Practice : a Handbook for the by Thomas Everitt Coleman (1896)
"A "boning-staff" of suitable length must also be provided for use with the sight-rails. This is made in the shape of an ordinary T-square having a stout ..."

5. Reports of Cases Decided by the English Courts: With Notes and References to by Nathaniel Cleveland Moak, John Thomas Cook (1882)
"boning. 1879 Harris & Co. had been plaintiffs, the defendants could under the Judicature ... [4 Common Pleas Division, 143.] Feb. 28, 1879. FINCH v. boning. ..."

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