rump-bone

  • 11rumple-bane — rumpˈle bane noun (Scot) Rump bone • • • Main Entry: ↑rump …

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  • 12aitchbone — /aych bohn /, n. 1. the rump bone, as of beef. 2. the cut of beef that includes this bone. Also, edgebone. [1480 90; earlier hach boon (with spurious h ); (h)ach var. by misdivision as an (h)ach(e) of a nache rump < MF < VL *natica, fem. of&#8230; …

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  • 13aitchbone — noun the buttock or rump bone of cattle. ↘a cut of beef lying over this. Origin C15, from dialect nache rump , from OFr., based on L. natis buttock(s) , + bone; the initial n was lost by wrong division of a nache bone …

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  • 14aitchbone — [āch′bōn΄] n. [by faulty separation of ME a nache bone &LT; OFr nache, buttock &LT; VL * natica, dim. &LT; L natis, buttock] 1. the rump bone 2. a cut of beef around the rump bone …

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  • 15aitchbone — noun a) A cut of beef lying above the rump bone b) The rump bone itself …

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  • 16aitchbone — /ˈeɪtʃboʊn/ (say aychbohn) noun 1. the rump bone, as of beef. 2. the cut of beef which includes this bone. {Middle English nache bone; a nache bone became an aitch bone by false division into words; nache, from Old French, from Latin natis&#8230; …

  • 17aitchbone — n. rump bone, bone of the hindquarters …

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  • 18aitchbones — n. rump bone, bone of the hindquarters …

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  • 19aitchbone — n. 1 the buttock or rump bone. 2 a cut of beef lying over this. Etymology: ME nage , nache bone buttock, ult. f. L natis, es buttock(s): for loss of n cf. ADDER, APRON …

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  • 20aitchbone — n. Edgebone, natchbone, rump bone …

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