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ridge-bone

ridge-bone is the alternative form of ridgebone.

Meaning of ridgebone

Noun

ridgebone (plural ridgebones)

  1. (also, figuratively, rare) The backbone or spine.
    • [T]he corrupt blood […] lying cluttered about the ridge-bone.1601, C[aius] Plinius Secundus [i.e., Pliny the Elder], “[Book XXII.] Chapter XXI.”, in Philemon Holland, transl., The Historie of the World. Commonly Called, The Naturall Historie of C. Plinius...

Forms of ridge-bone

pluralridge-bones

Questions about ridge-bone

What is ridge-bone the alternative form of?
Ridge-bone is the alternative form of ridgebone.

Words near ridge-bone in the dictionary

  1. ridge tile
  2. ridge tiles
  3. ridge turret
  4. ridge vent
  5. ridge vents
  6. ridge-bone
  7. ridge-bones
  8. ridge-runner
  9. ridge-runners
  10. ridgeback
  11. ridgebacks

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