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The bony and cartilaginous framework which supports the
soft parts of a vertebrate animal. |
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The more or less firm or hardened framework of an
invertebrate animal. |
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A very thin or lean person. |
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The framework of anything; the principal parts that
support the rest, but without the appendages. |
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The heads and outline of a literary production,
especially of a sermon. |
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Consisting of, or resembling, a skeleton; consisting
merely of the framework or outlines; having only certain leading
features of anything; as, a skeleton sermon; a skeleton crystal. |
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