Spine : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Spine	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for Spine
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
spine n the series of vertebrae forming the axis of the skeleton and protecting the spinal cord; "the fall broke his back" Synonym(s): spinal column, vertebral column, spine, backbone, back, rachis any sharply pointed projection Synonym(s): spur, spine, acantha a small sharp-pointed tip resembling a spike on a stem or leaf Synonym(s): spine, thorn, prickle, pricker, sticker, spikelet the part of a book's cover that encloses the inner side of the book's pages and that faces outward when the book is shelved; "the title and author were printed on the spine of the book" Synonym(s): spine, backbone a sharp rigid animal process or appendage; as a porcupine quill or a ridge on a bone or a ray of a fish fin
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Spine \Spine\, n. [L. spina thorn, the spine; akin to spica a point: cf. OF. espine, F. [82]pine. Cf. {Spike}, {Spinet} a musical instrument, {Spinny}.] 1. (Bot.) A sharp appendage to any of a plant; a thorn. 2. (Zo[94]l.) (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 vertebr[91]. 4. Anything resembling the spine or backbone; a ridge.