unbonedadj.
1. Not finished with a bone; boneless.
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1657 T. M. Life Satyrical Puppy 32 Her Chastitie being starv'd..and her Fort vanquisht by an unboned Member (the Tongue).
2. Not manured with bones.
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the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > preparation of land or soil > fertilizing or manuring > [adjective] > other natural fertilizers
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1849 J. F. W. Johnston Exper. Agric. 57 On the old boned field, the crop was four times as bulky as on the unboned field.
3. Of meat: Not having the bone(s) removed.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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