ˈthigh-bone
Also 5 north. the-bane.
The bone of the thigh; the femur; in quot. 1825 as an emblem of death: cf. cross-bones.
| c 1450 St. Cuthbert (Surtees) 5849 Men wend his the bane had bryst. 1615 Crooke Body of Man 999 On the foreside at the roote of the necke the thighbone is large and rough. 1825 J. Neal Bro. Jonathan III. 295, I begin to see a thighbone or two, now. 1889 Mivart On Truth 148 The girdle to which the thigh-bones are articulated. |