Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- The collar-bone; the clavicle.
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The weight of the body falls perpendicularly on the astragalus, which is the key-bone or crown of the arch.
A Practical Physiology Albert F. Blaisdell
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Fast by the key-bone, [10] from the neck and spine
The Iliad of Homer Translated into English Blank Verse by William Cowper 750? BC-650? BC Homer 1832
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