unbone

verb — 2 senses

unbone

verb

Etymology From un- + bone.

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 Trinculoes1671, 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:

Synonyms: debone, bone

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