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side-bone
[side n.1]
1. That part of the pelvis on either side of a bird or fowl which is easily separated from the backbone in carving; also sometimes, the scapula or shoulder-blade.
1819Syd. Smith Wks. (1859) I. 261 A bird of such monstrous dimensions, that a side-bone of it will dine three real carnivorous Englishmen. 1842S. Lover Handy Andy v, After giving away both wings, and all the breast, two side⁓bones, and the short legs. 1883Harper's Mag. Aug. 456/1 The sweet morsel of the oyster out of a side bone.
2. A rib.
1848C. C. Clifford Aristoph. Frogs 38 A fat paunchy fellow:..his buttocks they strike And his side-bones they poke.
3. Ossification of the side cartilages in a horse's foot.
1886A. B. Allen in Amer. Agriculturist (Cent.), Heaves, curb, spavin, sidebone, and ringbone are the most ordinary ailments in horses. |