boning

1. To prepare (meat, etc) by removing the bone or bones from.
2. To fertilize with bone.
3. To put whalebone into.

   to bone stays

4. To make level, using a particular procedure; to survey a level line.

   boning rod

5. (usually of a man) To have sexual intercourse with.
6. (in Aboriginal culture) To perform "bone pointing", a ritual that is intended to bring illness or even death to the victim.
7. (usually with "up") To study.

   bone up

8. To polish boots to a shiny finish.

verb

To apprehend, steal.

verb

To sight along an object or set of objects to check whether they are level or in line.

1. The removal of bones from a carcass; filleting.
2. The arrangement of bones in a corset.
3. An act of sexual intercourse.
4. Bone structure.
5. The fertilization of a field with bone meal.
6. The process or result of leveling using a boning rod.
7. Placement of a curse by pointing with a bone, practiced by Australian aborigines; an act of pointing the bone.