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Definition: DRY-BONED

Part of Speech Definition
Adjective 1. Having dry bones, or bones without flesh.[Websters]
2. Virtually never used base adjective of the rarely used adverb dry-bonedly.[Eve - graph theoretic]
Adverb Form
(dry-bonedly)
1. Virtually never used adverbial inflection of the rarely used adjective dry-boned.[Eve - graph theoretic]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license.

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Date "Dry-boned" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references)

Definition: DRY-BONED

Part of SpeechDefinition
Adjective1. Having dry bones, or bones without flesh.[Websters]
2. Virtually never used base adjective of the rarely used adverb dry-bonedly.[Eve - graph theoretic]
Adverb Form
(dry-bonedly)
1. Virtually never used adverbial inflection of the rarely used adjective dry-boned.[Eve - graph theoretic]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license.

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Date "DRY-BONED" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references)