Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The humerus.
  • noun The shoulder-blade.

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Examples

  • We came upon the gnawed and mutilated body of the puma, its shoulder-bone smashed by a bullet, and perhaps twenty yards farther found at last what we sought.

    The Island of Doctor Moreau Herbert George 2006

  • Amalrus went down, dying beneath the trampling hoofs, his shoulder-bone hewn in twain by Prospero's two-handed sword.

    Wings in the Night Howard, Robert E. 2006

  • Till the dead man laid a clammy hand hard on his shoulder-bone.

    The Moon of Skulls Howard, Robert E. 2005

  • Realizing that the warrior was hopelessly insane, the Cimmerian side-stepped, and as the maniac went past, he swung a cut that severed the shoulder-bone and breast, and dropped the man dead beside his dying victim.

    The Conquering Sword Of Conan Howard, Robert E. 2005

  • Realizing that the warrior was hopelessly insane, the Cimmerian side-stepped, and as the maniac went past, he swung a cut that severed the shoulder-bone and breast, and dropped the man dead beside his dying victim.

    The Conquering Sword of Conan Howard, Robert E. 2005

  • And then for the land-service, to see how the bear tore out his shoulder-bone; how he cried to me for help and said his name was Antigonus, a nobleman.

    The Winter’s Tale 2004

  • Above the crunch of the rending mail, she distinctly heard the snap of the shoulder-bone.

    The Coming Of Conan The Cimmerian Howard, Robert E. 2003

  • Amalrus went down, dying beneath the trampling hoofs, his shoulder-bone hewn in twain by Prospero's two-handed sword.

    The Coming Of Conan The Cimmerian Howard, Robert E. 2003

  • Valerius leaned from his saddle and slashed down with his great sword, severing shoulder-bone and breast.

    The Bloody Crown Of Conan Howard, Robert E. 2003

  • Valerius leaned from his saddle and slashed down with his great sword, severing shoulder-bone and breast.

    The Bloody Crown of Conan Howard, Robert E. 2003

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