Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

speal-bone

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.02 in modern English

Syllables: speal-bone
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The shoulder blade.

Obsolete

Example Sentences

"In heteroscopic divination the process is rather one of inference from external facts. The methods are very various. […] In haruspication, or the inspection of entrails, in scapulomancy or divination by the speal-bone or shoulder-blade, in divination by footprints in ashes, found in Australia, Peru and Scotland, the voluntary element is prominent, for the diviner must take active steps to secure the conditions necessary to divination."

Etymology

A variant of spule (“shoulder”) + bane (“bone”).

Usage

Obsolete

Inflected Forms

speal-bones (plural)

Questions

What does speal-bone mean?: The shoulder blade.
Where does speal-bone come from?: A variant of spule (“shoulder”) + bane (“bone”).

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