BONDUC
Bon"duc, n. Etym: [F. bonduc, fr. Ar. bunduq hazel nut, filbert nut.]
(Bot.)
Defn: See Nicker tree.
BONDWOMAN
Bond"wom`an, n.; pl. Bondwomen. Etym: [Bond,a.orn.+ woman.]
Defn: A woman who is a slave, or in bondage.
He who was of the bondwoman. Gal. iv. 23.
BONE
Bone, n. Etym: [OE. bon, ban, AS. ban; akin to Icel. bein, Sw. ben,
Dan. & D. been, G. bein bone, leg; cf. Icel. beinn straight.]
1. (Anat.)
Defn: The hard, calcified tissue of the skeleton of vertebrate animals, consisting very largely of calcic carbonate, calcic phosphate, and gelatine; as, blood and bone.
Note: Even in the hardest parts of bone there are many minute cavities containing living matter and connected by minute canals, some of which connect with larger canals through which blood vessels ramify.
2. One of the pieces or parts of an animal skeleton; as, a rib or a thigh bone; a bone of the arm or leg; also, any fragment of bony substance. (pl.) The frame or skeleton of the body.
3. Anything made of bone, as a bobbin for weaving bone lace.