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Spine

noun

The series of vertebrae forming the axis of the skeleton and protecting the spinal cord. Synonyms: back, backbone, rachis, spinal column, vertebral column.

Any sharply pointed projection. Synonyms: acantha, spur.

A small sharp-pointed tip resembling a spike on a stem or leaf. Synonyms: pricker, prickle, spikelet, sticker, thorn.

The part of a book's cover that encloses the inner side of the book's pages and that faces outward when the book is shelved. Synonym: backbone.

A sharp rigid animal process or appendage; as a porcupine quill or a ridge on a bone or a ray of a fish fin.

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"Spine" Quotes from Famous Books

... though far from dying. He walked slowly around the wall of the ring, seeking a way out. He would not charge. He had had enough. But he must be killed. There is a place, in the neck of a bull behind the horns, where the cord of the spine is unprotected and where a short stab will immediately kill. Ordonez stepped in front of the bull and lowered his scarlet cloth to the ground. The bull would not charge. He stood still and smelled the cloth, ...

— The Night-Born • Jack London

... "Good old dog!" And he gave the animal a few more of his tender caresses, with the result that the dog wriggled himself along snake-like fashion upon his spine, and then made a playful ...

— Marcus: the Young Centurion • George Manville Fenn

... sharply with the cane, and it fell writhing on the bed, its spine broken. The coils wound and unwound vigorously, the tail convulsively lashing the sheet. He raised the stick to strike it again, but, paused with arm uplifted, for the snake could not move ...

— The Elephant God • Gordon Casserly

... of the body of the scapula are of infrequent occurrence in horses for the reason that protection is afforded this bone because of its position. Its function, too, is such that very unusual conditions are necessary to subject it to fracture. The spine is occasionally broken due to blows such as kicks, etc., and here frequently a compound ...

— Lameness of the Horse - Veterinary Practitioners' Series, No. 1 • John Victor Lacroix

... church o' Sundays, An' th' Parson sure can talk, He's been pleadin' for my soul, Sir, In Paradise to walk. An' I kind o' have th' shivers, Come creepin' down my spine, When th' choir breaks into music, While th' organ beats ...

— Famous Privateersmen and Adventurers of the Sea • Charles H. L. Johnston

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