Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - spine
Spine
spine
n. 1 a series of vertebrae extending from the skull to the small of the back, enclosing the spinal cord and providing support for the thorax and abdomen; the backbone. 2 Zool. & Bot. any hard pointed process or structure. 3 a sharp ridge or projection, esp. of a mountain range or slope. 4 a central feature, main support, or source of strength. 5 the part of a book's jacket or cover that encloses the page-fastening part and usu. faces outwards on a shelf. Phrases and idioms spine-chiller a frightening story, film, etc. spine-chilling (esp. of a story etc.) frightening. Derivatives spined adj. Etymology: ME f. OF espine or L spina thorn, backbone
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noun Etymology: Middle English, thorn, spinal column, from Latin spina; perhaps akin to Latin spica ear of grain Date: 15th century 1. spinal column, something resembling a spinal column or constituting a central axis or chief support, the part of a book to which the pages are attached and on the cover of which usually appear the title and author's and publisher's names, a stiff pointed plant process, a sharp rigid process on an animal: as, spicule, a stiff unsegmented fin ray of a fish, a pointed prominence on a bone, ~d adjective ~like adjective ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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