Definition of Skeliton
Skel"e*ton (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr.
&?;&?;&?;&?; (sc. &?;&?;&?;) a dried body, a mummy, fr. &?;&?;&?;&?;
dried up, parched, &?;&?;&?;&?; to dry, dry up, parch.]
1. (Anat.) (a) The bony
and cartilaginous framework which supports the soft parts of a
vertebrate animal. [See Illust. of the Human Skeleton, in
Appendix.] (b) The more or less firm or hardened
framework of an invertebrate animal.
&fist; In a wider sense, the skeleton includes the whole
connective-tissue framework with the integument and its appendages.
See Endoskeleton, and Exoskeleton.
2. Hence, figuratively: (a) A
very thin or lean person. (b) The framework
of anything; the principal parts that support the rest, but without
the appendages.
The great skeleton of the world.
Sir M. Hale.
(c) The heads and outline of a literary
production, especially of a sermon.
Skel"e*ton, a. 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.
Skeleton bill, a bill or draft made out in
blank as to the amount or payee, but signed by the acceptor.
[Eng.] -- Skeleton key, a key with nearly the
whole substance of the web filed away, to adapt it to avoid the wards
of a lock; a master key; -- used for opening locks to which it has not
been especially fitted. -- Skeleton leaf, a
leaf from which the pulpy part has been removed by chemical means, the
fibrous part alone remaining. -- Skeleton
proof, a proof of a print or engraving, with the
inscription outlined in hair strokes only, such proofs being taken
before the engraving is finished. -- Skeleton
regiment, a regiment which has its complement of
officers, but in which there are few enlisted men. --
Skeleton shrimp (Zoöl.), a small
crustacean of the genus Caprella. See Illust. under
Læmodipoda.
Skel"e*ton (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr.
&?;&?;&?;&?; (sc. &?;&?;&?;) a dried body, a mummy, fr. &?;&?;&?;&?;
dried up, parched, &?;&?;&?;&?; to dry, dry up, parch.]
1. (Anat.) (a) The bony
and cartilaginous framework which supports the soft parts of a
vertebrate animal. [See Illust. of the Human Skeleton, in
Appendix.] (b) The more or less firm or hardened
framework of an invertebrate animal.
&fist; In a wider sense, the skeleton includes the whole
connective-tissue framework with the integument and its appendages.
See Endoskeleton, and Exoskeleton.
2. Hence, figuratively: (a) A
very thin or lean person. (b) The framework
of anything; the principal parts that support the rest, but without
the appendages.
The great skeleton of the world.
Sir M. Hale.
(c) The heads and outline of a literary
production, especially of a sermon.
Skel"e*ton, a. 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.
Skeleton bill, a bill or draft made out in
blank as to the amount or payee, but signed by the acceptor.
[Eng.] -- Skeleton key, a key with nearly the
whole substance of the web filed away, to adapt it to avoid the wards
of a lock; a master key; -- used for opening locks to which it has not
been especially fitted. -- Skeleton leaf, a
leaf from which the pulpy part has been removed by chemical means, the
fibrous part alone remaining. -- Skeleton
proof, a proof of a print or engraving, with the
inscription outlined in hair strokes only, such proofs being taken
before the engraving is finished. -- Skeleton
regiment, a regiment which has its complement of
officers, but in which there are few enlisted men. --
Skeleton shrimp (Zoöl.), a small
crustacean of the genus Caprella. See Illust. under
Læmodipoda.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- (anatomy) The system that provides support to an organism, internal and made up of bones in vertebrates, external in some other animals.
- A frame that provides support to a building or other construction.
- A very thin person.
She lost so much weight while she was ill that she became a skeleton.
- (From the sled used, which originally was a bare frame, like a skeleton.) A type of tobogganning in which competitors lie face down, and descend head first (compare luge).
French
- skeleton (tobogganing)
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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