unbone
English
Etymology
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.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Milton to this entry?)
Synonyms
- debone, bone
Further reading
- unbone in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.