Skeleton

Skeleton
Skeleton 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.

Note: [See Illust. of the Human Skeleton, in Appendix.] (b) The more or less firm or hardened framework of an invertebrate animal. [1913 Webster]

Note: In a wider sense, the skeleton includes the whole connective-tissue framework with the integument and its appendages. See {Endoskeleton}, and {Exoskeleton}. [1913 Webster]

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. [1913 Webster]

The great skeleton of the world. --Sir M. Hale. [1913 Webster] (c) The heads and outline of a literary production, especially of a sermon. [1913 Webster]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.

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