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edge⋅bone
/
ˈɛdʒˌboʊn
/
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ej
-bohn
]
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–noun
aitchbone.
Origin:
by folk etym.
aitch⋅bone
/
ˈeɪtʃˌboʊn
/
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[
eych
-bohn
]
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–noun
1.
the rump bone, as of beef.
2.
the cut of beef that includes this bone.
Also,
edgebone.
Origin:
1480–90;
earlier
hach-boon
(with spurious
h-
); (
h
)
ach
var. by misdivision as
an
(
h
)
ach
(
e
) of
a nache
rump < MF < VL
*natica,
fem. of
*naticus
of the rump, equiv. to L
nati
(
s
) rump,
nates
+
-cus
adj. suffix
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