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Entry 3 senses Webster, 1913

Boning

· Bon·ing · IPA /ˈboʊnɪŋ/
01 n. The clearing of bones from fish or meat.
  1. 1.
    The clearing of bones from fish or meat.
  2. 2.
    The manuring of land with bones.
  3. 3.
    A method of leveling a line or surface by sighting along the tops of two or more straight edges, or a range of properly spaced poles. See 3d Bone, v. t. See: Bone