BONE, BONY
ADJECTIVES
1600 ► RAWBONED having the bones prominently visible beneath the skin; thin, bony, gangling → Amer. dial.
1645 ► ILL-BONED having diseased or injured bones → obs.
1726 ► HERRING-GUTTED bony, thin, lean, lanky; having a narrow, thin body like a herring
..19C ► RAWNYING bony, tall, and thin → Eng. dial.
1825 ► RAWNY bony, tall, and thin → Eng. dial.
1866 ► SHELLY of a thin, bony, and lanky build
1868 ► RAWNY-BONED having the bones prominently visible beneath the skin; thin, bony, gangling → Amer. dial.
1930 ► RAWBONY having the bones prominently visible beneath the skin; thin, bony, gangling → Amer. dial.
NOUNS
1497 ► RAME the bones or skeleton of a human being or animal; generally plural obs. exc. Eng. dial.
1890 ► RACKS bones → slaughterers’ usage
1949 ► CROSSBONES the pelvic bones
1980 ► DAVID JONES bones → Aust. rhyming sl.
NOUNS, PERSON
1621 ► BALD-RIB a bony, lean person
..19C ► AMATON a bony, thin person → Sc.
1832 ► BEDFUL OF BONES a bony, skinny bedfellow; an emaciated person; a very thin person → Sc.
1866 ► SCOW a bony, tall, and thin person → Sc.
1882 ► GIBLETS a bony, thin, lanky person → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1891 ► BEDFELLOW OF BONES a bony, skinny bedfellow → sl. (Bk.)
1902 ► HERRING-RIBS a bony, lanky person → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1940 ► RAWHIDE a bony, thin person; an emaciated person → Amer. dial.
1966 ► RAWBONES a bony, very thin person → Amer. dial.
1994 ► BONE BANGER an orthopaedist → US sl.
1994 ► BONE CRUSHER an orthopaedist → US sl.
VERBS
1911 ► BRASH to break bones; to assault, to bruise → Sc. (Bk.)
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