Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A hard substance growing on the inside of a horse's knee.
- noun The cuttlebone, pen, or calamary of some squids or cuttlefish.
- noun Same as
ossicle .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A little bone.
- noun (Zoöl.) The internal bone, or shell, of a cuttlefish.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A little
bone . - noun zoology The
internal bone , orshell , of acuttlefish .
Etymologies
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French
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Examples
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"osselet" (or osselle) and Mr. Payne, "hucklebones," concerning which he has obliged me with this note.
Arabian nights. English Anonymous 1855
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Chambaud renders osselet by “petit os avec lequel les enfants jouent.”
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Chambaud renders osselet by "petit os avec lequel les enfants jouent."
Arabian nights. English Anonymous 1855
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