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Webster 1913 Edition


Spine

Spine

,
Noun.
[L.
spina
thorn, the spine; akin to
spica
a point: cf. OF.
espine
, F.
épine
. Cf.
Spike
,
Spinet
a musical instrument,
Spinny
.]
1.
(Bot.)
A sharp appendage to any of a plant; a thorn.
2.
(Zool.)
(a)
A rigid and sharp projection upon any part of an animal.
(b)
One of the rigid and undivided fin rays of a fish.
3.
(Anat.)
The backbone, or spinal column, of an animal; – so called from the projecting processes upon the vertebrae.
4.
Anything resembling the spine or backbone; a ridge.

Webster 1828 Edition


Spine

SPINE

,
Noun.
[L.]
1.
The back bone of an animal.
2.
The shin of the leg.
3.
A thorn; a sharp process from the woody part of a plant. It differs from a prickle, which proceeds form the bark. A spine which proceeds from the bark. A spine sometimes terminates a branch or a leaf, and sometimes is axillary, growing at the angle formed by the branch or leaf with the stem. The wild apple and pear are armed with thorns; the rose, bramble, gooseberry. &c. are armed with prickles.

Definition 2024


spiné

spiné

See also: spine

Hungarian

Noun

spiné (plural spinék)

  1. (archaic, slang) proprietress (of a shop, café, or brothel)
  2. (slang) woman

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, front unrounded harmony)
singular plural
nominative spiné spinék
accusative spinét spinéket
dative spinének spinéknek
instrumental spinével spinékkel
causal-final spinéért spinékért
translative spinévé spinékké
terminative spinéig spinékig
essive-formal spinéként spinékként
essive-modal
inessive spinében spinékben
superessive spinén spinéken
adessive spinénél spinéknél
illative spinébe spinékbe
sublative spinére spinékre
allative spinéhez spinékhez
elative spinéből spinékből
delative spinéről spinékről
ablative spinétől spinéktől
Possessive forms of spiné
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. spiném spinéim
2nd person sing. spinéd spinéid
3rd person sing. spinéje spinéi
1st person plural spinénk spinéink
2nd person plural spinétek spinéitek
3rd person plural spinéjük spinéik

Synonyms

References

  1. Tótfalusi István, Idegenszó-tár: Idegen szavak értelmező és etimológiai szótára. Tinta Könyvkiadó, Budapest, 2005, ISBN 963 7094 20 2