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BONE (a word common in various forms to Teutonic languages, in many of which it is confined to the shank of the leg, as in the German Bein)
BONE, HENRY (1755-1834)

BONE See also:
BED
BED (a common Teutonic word, cf. German Bett, probably connected with the Indo-European root bhodh, seen in the Lat. fodere, to dig; so " a dug-out place " for safe resting, or in the same sense as a garden " bed ")
BED , a See also:

TERM

term loosely used by geologists when speaking generally of any stratum or See also:

DEPOSIT (Lat. depositurn, from deponere, to lay down, to put in the care of)

deposit which contains bones of whatever See also:

KIND (O. E. ge-cynde, from the same root as is seen in " kin," supra)

kind. It is also applied to those brecciated and stalagmitic deposits on the See also:

FLOOR (from O. Eng. flor, a word common to many Teutonic languages, cf. Dutch vloer, and Ger. Flur, a field, in the feminine, and a floor, masculine)

floor of caves, which frequently contain osseous remains. In a more restricted sense it is used to connote certain thin layers of bony fragments, which occur upon well-defined See also:

GEOLOGICAL

geological horizons. One of the best-known of these is the See also:

Ludlow Bone Bed, which is found at the See also:

BASE

base of the Downton See also:

SANDSTONE

Sandstone in the Upper Ludlow See also:

SERIES (a Latin word from serere, to join)

series. At Ludlow itself, two such beds are actually known, separated by about 14 ft. of strata. Although quite thin, the Ludlow Bone Bed can be followed from that See also:

TOWN

town into See also:

GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Gloucestershire for a distance of 45 M. It is almost made up of fragments of spines, See also:

TEETH (O.E. Eel); plural of tooth, O.E. top)

teeth and scales of ganoid See also:

fish. Another well-known bed, formerly known as the " See also:

Bristol " or " See also:

LIAS

Lias " Bone Bed, exists in the See also:

FORM (Lat. forma)

form of several thin layers of micaceous sandstone, with the remains of fish and saurians, which occur in the See also:

RHAETIC (Fr. Rhetien or Rhcetien; Ger. Rhdt or Rhktisch; It. Retico)

Rhaetic See also:

Black See also:

Paper Shales that See also:

lie above the See also:

KEUPER

Keuper marls in the See also:

south-See also:

west of See also:

England. It is noteworthy that a similar bone bed has been traced on the same geological See also:

HORIZON (Gr. 6pfTwv, dividing)

horizon in See also:

Brunswick, See also:

Hanover and See also:

FRANCONIA (Ger. Franken)

Franconia. A bone bed has also been observed at the base of the Carboniferous See also:

LIMESTONE

limestone series in certain parts of the south-west of England. BONE-See also:

LACE (corresponding to Ital. merletto, trina; Genoese Pizzo; Ger. spitzen; Fr. dentelle; Dutch kanten; Span. encaje; the English word owes something to the Fr. lassis or laces, but both are connected with the earlier Lat. laqueus; early French laces were

LACE, a kind of lace made upon a See also:

CUSHION (from O. Fr. coisson, coussin; according to the New English Dict., from Lat. coxa, a hip; others say from Lat. culcita, a quilt)

cushion from See also:

LINEN

linen See also:

THREAD (0. Eng. praed, literally, that which is twisted, prawan, to twist, to throw, cf. " throwster," a silk-winder, Ger. drehen, to twist, turn, Du. draad, Ger. Draht, thread, wire)

thread; the See also:

PATTERN

pattern is marked out with pins, See also:

ROUND (O. Fr. rond, Lat. rotundus, the Fr. is the source also of Du. rond; Ger., Swed., Dan. and Nor. rond)

round which are See also:

TWISTED

twisted the different threads, each See also:

WOUND (O. Eng. wund,connected with a Teutonic verb, meaning to strive, fight, suffer, seen in O. Eng. winnan, whence Eng. " win ")

wound on its own bobbin. The lace was so called from the fact that bobbins were formerly made of bone.

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