ppl. a. [f. BONE + -ED.]

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  1.  Having bones. Chiefly in composition, as big-, high-, strong-boned, etc.

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1297.  R. Glouc., 414. Þycke man he was ynou … wel yboned & strong.

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1413.  Lydg., Pylgr. Sowle, IV. xxxii. (1483), 81. Wel ioynted and myghtely boned.

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1588.  Shaks., Tit. A., IV. iii. 46. No big-bon’d-men fram’d of the Cyclops size.

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1871.  Napheys, Prev. & Cure Dis., I. iii. 95. Families raised on this water are larger boned than others.

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  fig.  1645.  Rutherford, Tryal & Tri. Faith (1845), 165. Faith is sinewed and boned with spiritual courage.

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  2.  Furnished with bone or bones; as a. manured with bone; b. stiffened with whalebone.

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1834.  Brit. Husb., I. xix. 394. Land of similar quality, but not boned.

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1871.  Figure-Training, 58. A nicely-fitting and well-boned corset.

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  3.  Deprived of the bones; esp. in Cookery.

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1725.  Bradley, Fam. Dict., s.v. Soles, The flesh of Bon’d Soles.

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1864.  Daily Tel., 9 Feb. Boned turkey, ham, salad.

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