thigh-bonen.

Forms: Also Middle English northern the-bane.

Etymology: Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈthigh-bone.

The bone of the thigh; the femur; in quot. 1825 as an emblem of death: cf. cross-bones n.

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the world > life > death > [noun] > symbolized

dead man's head1546

death's head1563

death-head1569

billow1592

death's face1598

scythe1609

caput mortuum1694

thigh-bone1825

skull1826

Kensal Green1842

calavera1904

?c1450 Life St. Cuthbert (1891) l. 5849 Men wend his the bane had bryst.

1615 H. Crooke Μικροκοσμογραϕια 999 On the foreside at the roote of the necke the thighbone is large and rough.

1825 J. Neal Brother Jonathan III. 295 I begin to see a thighbone or two, now.

1889 St. G. Mivart Truth 148 The girdle to which the thigh-bones are articulated.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	thigh-bone
释义	thigh-bonen. Forms: Also Middle English northern the-bane. Etymology: Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈthigh-bone. The bone of the thigh; the femur; in quot. 1825 as an emblem of death: cf. cross-bones n. ΘΚΠ the world > life > death > [noun] > symbolized dead man's head1546 death's head1563 death-head1569 billow1592 death's face1598 scythe1609 caput mortuum1694 thigh-bone1825 skull1826 Kensal Green1842 calavera1904 ?c1450 Life St. Cuthbert (1891) l. 5849 Men wend his the bane had bryst. 1615 H. Crooke Μικροκοσμογραϕια 999 On the foreside at the roote of the necke the thighbone is large and rough. 1825 J. Neal Brother Jonathan III. 295 I begin to see a thighbone or two, now. 1889 St. G. Mivart Truth 148 The girdle to which the thigh-bones are articulated. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.?c1450
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