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- noun the trade of a
bonesetter , the practice of realigning broken or disjointed bones
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Examples
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Step 3 is prioritizing a list of bonesetting needs.
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If you look carefully, the daughter in the titles above is the daughter of a practitioner of a specific trade or activity, be it alchemy, bonesetting, or heresy.
Archive 2008-06-01 Julianne Douglas 2008
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If you look carefully, the daughter in the titles above is the daughter of a practitioner of a specific trade or activity, be it alchemy, bonesetting, or heresy.
The Trendsetter's Daughter Julianne Douglas 2008
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He treated other maladies when necessary, but bonesetting was his specialty.
The Bonesetter's Daughter TAN, Amy 2001
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Women tended-to be more community minded than men, and in this village at least, they were used to taking on the more objectionable of community tasks; perhaps he ought to check among the girls and see if any of them were willing to learn all he could teach them about bonesetting and herbs and the like.
Owlflight Lackey, Mercedes 1997
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This time she did use the bonesetting kit; the splints and bandages that hardened into rigid forms when first soaked, then dried.
The Silver Gryphon Lackey, Mercedes 1996
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It was heavier than it looked-because of the bonesetting kit, of course.
The Silver Gryphon Lackey, Mercedes 1996
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This time she did use the bonesetting kit; the splints and bandages that hardened into rigid forms when first soaked, then dried.
The Silver Gryphon Lackey, Mercedes 1996
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"But the likelihood that we'd need a bonesetting kit is so small it's infinitesimal!" he protested.
The Silver Gryphon Lackey, Mercedes 1996
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It was heavier than it looked-because of the bonesetting kit, of course.
The Silver Gryphon Lackey, Mercedes 1996
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