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Spine   /spaɪn/   Listen
noun
Spine  n.  
1.
(Bot.) A sharp appendage to any of a plant; a thorn.
2.
(Zool.)
(a)
A rigid and sharp projection upon any part of an animal.
(b)
One of the rigid and undivided fin rays of a fish.
3.
(Anat.) The backbone, or spinal column, of an animal; so called from the projecting processes upon the vertebrae.
4.
Anything resembling the spine or backbone; a ridge.





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"Spine" Quotes from Famous Books



... a small hut, lay MYalu motionless. His mind was a whirling red spot of rage and pain, obliterating the image of Bakuma, his ivory, and everything. From the base of the spine to his neck he was criss-crossed with bloody weals administered with a kiboko (whip of hippopotamus hide) by one of the black giants who formed the door guard at the tent of Eyes-in-the-hands. More stimulating to ...
— Witch-Doctors • Charles Beadle
... he went over to Boston, and those of the Boston man when he went over to Middlesex; and told one or two stories of his early days in Boston, where he was born. That was all. I felt as I listened as though a pail of ice- water had been poured down my spine. ...
— Autobiography of Seventy Years, Vol. 1-2 • George Hoar
... had ever curved That mute unearthly porter's spine. Like sleeping dragon's sudden eyes The signals ...
— The Wild Knight and Other Poems • Gilbert Chesterton
... a fall when hunting," replied the agent. "He was attempting to clear a stone wall, the horse fell back on him, and dislocated his spine. I was on the spot when the ...
— Japhet, In Search Of A Father • Frederick Marryat
... up my spine—crept up, crept down, and then criss-crossed. But she must know of her mistake before we had gone so far that putting me ashore would be a serious inconvenience—for I knew he would put me ashore at the nearest point, if not, indeed, set me adrift in ...
— Wings of the Wind • Credo Harris


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