unbone

English

Etymology

un- +‎ bone

Verb

unbone (third-person singular simple present unbones, present participle unboning, simple past and past participle unboned)

1. To deprive of bones, as meat; to bone.
2. (obsolete) To twist about, as if boneless.
   • 1671, John Milton, “Samson Agonistes, […]”, in Paradise Regain’d. A Poem. In IV Books. To which is Added, Samson Agonistes, London: […] J[ohn] M[acock] for John Starkey […], →OCLC:

     writhing and unboning their clergy limbs to all the antic and dishonest gestures of Trinculoes

Synonyms

• debone, bone

Further reading

• “unbone”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.