Backbone: alternatives and connections

A chink or cleft; a narrow and deep ravine; as, Shanklin Chine in the Isle of Wight, a quarter of a mile long and 230 feet deep.

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An elastic cartilagelike rod which is developed beneath the medullary groove in the vertebrate embryo, and constitutes the primitive axial skeleton a…

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The act of connecting, or the state of being connected; junction; union; alliance; relationship.

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Connecting, or adapted to connect; involving connection.

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One who, or that which, connects

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Connection. See Connection.

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Power to resist attack; strength; firmness.

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One of the portions, equal or unequal, into which anything is divided, or regarded as divided; something less than a whole; a number, quantity, mass,…

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That which is divided off or separated, as a part from a whole; a separated part of anything.

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To bear by being under; to keep from falling; to uphold; to sustain, in a literal or physical sense; to prop up; to bear the weight of; as, a pillar…

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A collection of sheets of paper, or similar material, blank, written, or printed, bound together; commonly, many folded and bound sheets containing c…

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The opening or space inclosed by the threads of a net between knot and knot, or the threads inclosing such a space; network; a net.

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of Mesh

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To make into a net; to make n the style of network; as, to net silk.

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A fabric of threads, cords, or wires crossing each other at certain intervals, and knotted or secured at the crossings, thus leaving spaces or meshes…

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A roll; a scroll; a written document rolled up for keeping or for use, after the manner of the ancients.

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The end of the vertebral column beyond the sacrum in man and tailless monkeys. It is composed of several vertebrae more or less consolidated.

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One of the serial segments of the spinal column.

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A iron instrument which is attached to a ship by a cable (rope or chain), and which, being cast overboard, lays hold of the earth by a fluke or hook…

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A large shallow vat; a cistern, tub, or trough, used by brewers, distillers, dyers, picklers, gluemakers, and others, for mixing or cooling wort, hol…

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Sand or gravel; rough, hard particles.

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Capacity; shrewdness; common sense.

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The central or topmost stone of an arch. This in some styles is made different in size from the other voussoirs, or projects, or is decorated with ca…

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A pin used to prevent the wheel of a vehicle from sliding off the axletree.

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The stay extending from the foot of the foremast to the maintop.

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energy; pep.

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The spine; the vertebral column.

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Fine particles of stone, esp. of siliceous stone, but not reduced to dust; comminuted stone in the form of loose grains, which are not coherent when…

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A sharp appendage to any of a plant; a thorn.

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