Word Meanings - BONESETTER - Book Publishers vocabulary database

One who sets broken or dislocated bones; -- commonly applied to one, not a regular surgeon, who makes an occupation of setting bones.

• Dislocate
  To displace; to put out of its proper place. Especially, of a bone: To remove from its normal connections with a neighboring bone; to put out of joint; to move from its socket; to disjoint; as, to dislocate your bones.
• Dislocation
  The act of displacing, or the state of being displaced.
• Settling
  of Settle
• Makeshift
  That with which one makes shift; a temporary expedient.
• Settledness
  The quality or state of being settled; confirmed state.
• Appliable
  Applicable; also, compliant.
• Occupation
  The act or process of occupying or taking possession; actual possession and control; the state of being occupied; a holding or keeping; tenure; use; as, the occupation of lands by a tenant.
• Settlement
  The act of setting, or the state of being settled.
• Appliance
  The act of applying; application; [Obs.] subservience.
• Bonesetter
  One who sets broken or dislocated bones; -- commonly applied to one, not a regular surgeon, who makes an occupation of setting bones.
• Applicability
  The quality of being applicable or fit to be applied.
• Boneshaw
  Sciatica.
• Regularia
  A division of Echini which includes the circular, or regular, sea urchins.

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