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Backbone

Backbone (backbone)

(-b

n`)

Back"bone"

[2d back, n. + bone.]

The column of bones in the back which sustains and gives firmness to the frame; the spine; the vertebral or spinal column.

Anything like, or serving the purpose of, a backbone.

The lofty mountains on the north side compose the granitic axis, or backbone of the country.
Darwin.

We have now come to the backbone of our subject.
Earle.

Firmness; moral principle; steadfastness.

Shelley's thought never had any backbone.
Shairp.

To the backbone, through and through; thoroughly; entirely. "Staunch to the backbone." Lord Lytton.

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