Associations to the word «Boney»

Wiktionary

BONEY, adjective. Alternative spelling of bony

Dictionary definition

BONEY, adjective. Having bones especially many or prominent bones; "a bony shad fillet"; "her bony wrist"; "bony fish".
BONEY, adjective. Being very thin; "a child with skinny freckled legs"; "a long scrawny neck".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats