unbone

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English

Etymology

From un- +‎ bone.

Verb

unbone (third-person singular simple present unbones, present participle unboning, simple past and past participle unboned)

To deprive of bones, as meat; to bone.
(obsolete) To twist about, as if boneless.
- 1671, John Milton, “Samson Agonistes, ”, in Paradise Regain’d. A Poem. In IV Books. To which is Added, Samson Agonistes, London: J M for John Starkey , →OCLC:
  writhing and unboning their clergy limbs to all the antic and dishonest gestures of Trinculoes

Synonyms

debone, bone

Further reading

“unbone”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

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