"whirl-bone" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: whirl-bones [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English whirlebon, whyrlebone, whorlbane (“hip or hip joint; the thighbone, femur; the rounded head of the femur; the kneecap, patella; a vertebra; ankle”), perhaps an alteration of Old English hweorfbān (“a joint, kneecap, vertebra”), equivalent to whirl + bone. Cognate with Scots whorlebone, whorle-bane (“hip bone, joint, vertebra”), German Wirbelbein (“vertebra”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|whirlebon}} Middle English whirlebon, {{inh|en|ang|hweorfbān|t=a joint, kneecap, vertebra}} Old English hweorfbān (“a joint, kneecap, vertebra”), {{com|en|whirl|bone}} whirl + bone, {{cog|sco|whorlebone}} Scots whorlebone, {{cog|de|Wirbelbein|t=vertebra}} German Wirbelbein (“vertebra”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} whirl-bone (plural whirl-bones)
  1. (medicine, archaic) The patella, rotula, or kneecap. Tags: archaic Categories (topical): Medicine
    Sense id: en-whirl-bone-en-noun-w6AQJk5g Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 49 51 Topics: medicine, sciences
  2. (medicine, archaic) The head of the femur. Tags: archaic Categories (topical): Medicine
    Sense id: en-whirl-bone-en-noun-I6Q1Sur4 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 49 51 Topics: medicine, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: whirlbone, whirl bone, whirly-bone [dialectal]

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