Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Boning"
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)
Boning \Bon"ing\, n. [Senses 1 and 2 fr. 1st {Bone}, sense 3 fr.
3d {Bone}.]
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 3d {Bone}, v. t.
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