Definitions
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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.
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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.
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He treated other maladies when necessary, but bonesetting was his specialty.
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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.
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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.
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It was heavier than it looked-because of the bonesetting kit, of course.
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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.
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"But the likelihood that we'd need a bonesetting kit is so small it's infinitesimal!" he protested.
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It was heavier than it looked-because of the bonesetting kit, of course.
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