boning

/ˈbəʊnɪŋ//ˈboʊnɪŋ/

verb

1
To prepare (meat, etc) by removing the bone or bones from.
2
To fertilize with bone.
3
To put whalebone into.
“to bone stays”
4
To make level, using a particular procedure; to survey a level line.
“boning rod”
5
(usually of a man) To have sexual intercourse with.
6
(in Aboriginal culture) To perform "bone pointing", a ritual that is intended to bring illness or even death to the victim.
7
(usually with "up") To study.
“bone up”
8
To polish boots to a shiny finish.

1
To sight along an object or set of objects to check whether they are level or in line.

1
The removal of bones from a carcass; filleting.
2
The arrangement of bones in a corset.
3
An act of sexual intercourse.
4
Bone structure.
5
The fertilization of a field with bone meal.
6
The process or result of leveling using a boning rod.
7
Placement of a curse by pointing with a bone, practiced by Australian aborigines; an act of pointing the bone.

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