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Search phrase: bone

Plays

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PlayKey LineModern TextOriginal Text
King JohnKJ IV.iii.148Now for the bare-picked bone of majestyNow for the bare-pickt bone of Maiesty,
Love's Labour's LostLLL V.i.27Laus Deo, bone intelligo.Laus deo, bene intelligo.
Love's Labour's LostLLL V.i.28Bone? ‘ Bone ’ for ‘ bene ’! Priscian a littleBome boon for boon prescian, a little
Love's Labour's LostLLL V.ii.332To show his teeth as white as whale's bone;To shew his teeth as white as Whales bone.
Love's Labour's LostLLL V.ii.613The carved bone face on a flask.The caru'd-bone face on a Flaske.
The Merchant of VeniceMV I.ii.49with a bone in his mouth than to either of these.with a bone in his mouth, then to either of these:
Richard IIR2 III.iii.79For well we know no hand of blood and boneFor well wee know, no Hand of Blood and Bone
Romeo and JulietRJ I.iv.66Her whip, of cricket's bone; the lash, of film;her Whip of Crickets bone, the Lash of Philome,
Romeo and JulietRJ IV.iii.53And, in this rage, with some great kinsman's boneAnd in this rage, with some great kinsmans bone,
Timon of AthensTim III.v.106Only in bone, that none may look on you!Onely in bone, that none may looke on you.
Timon of AthensTim IV.iii.531But let the famished flesh slide from the boneBut let the famisht flesh slide from the Bone,
Troilus and CressidaTC I.iii.55Thou great commander, nerve and bone of Greece,Thou great Commander, Nerue, and Bone of Greece,
Troilus and CressidaTC I.iii.391Must tarre the mastiffs on, as 'twere their bone.Must tarre the Mastiffes on, as 'twere their bone.
Troilus and CressidaTC III.iii.172High birth, vigour of bone, desert in service,High birth, vigor of bone, desert in seruice,
Troilus and CressidaTC V.viii.12Here lies thy heart, thy sinews, and thy bone. – Here lyes thy heart, thy sinewes, and thy bone.
The Winter's TaleWT III.iii.93out his shoulder bone, how he cried to me for help, andout his shoulder-bone, how he cride to mee for helpe, and

Poems

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A Lover's ComplaintLC.45 Cracked many a ring of posied gold and bone, Crackt many a ring of Posied gold and bone,
Venus and AdonisVen.56 Tires with her beak on feathers, flesh and bone, Tires with her beake on feathers, flesh, and bone,
Venus and AdonisVen.294 In shape, in courage, colour, pace and bone. In shape, in courage, colour, pace and bone.

Glossary

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bare-boneskinny person, fleshless one
bone[weaving] bobbin made of bone
bone(plural) pieces of bone [used as a musical instrument]
bone(plural) man, person
bonebody, physique, bodily frame
bone-ache, Neapolitan[pain in the bones from Naples] syphilis, venereal disease
charnel-house, charnel housebone-store, burial vault
marrowrich and nutritious substance derived from bone cavities
Neapolitan bone-ache[pain in the bones from Naples] syphilis, venereal disease
shankshin-bone

Thesaurus

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bone, bobbin made ofbone
bone, pieces of [as a musical instrument]bone
bone-storecharnel-house, charnel house
nutritious substance from bone cavitiesmarrow
shin-boneshank

Themes and Topics

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Latin... (adj ) 2h6 iv vii 52 bonus good bone [= bene] (adv ) lll v i 27   well ...

Words Families

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Word FamilyWord Family GroupWords
BONEBASICbone n
BONEDISEASEbone-ache n
BONEPART OF BODYjawbone n
BONESIZEbare-bone n, bare-boned adj, big-boned adj, burly-boned adj, raw-boned adj
BONENOTboneless adj
BURLYBASICsee BONE

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