(bōn) noun
1. Anat. a A hard, dense, porous structure composed of calcium salts (mainly of phosphate) and organic materials, forming the skeleton of vertebrate animals. b A separate piece of the skeleton of a vertebrate animal. ◆ Collateral adjective: osteal.
2. plural The skeleton as a whole; mortal remains.
3. One of various objects made of bone or similar material; specifically, one of a pair of dice; also, one of a pair of clappers, as used by minstrels; also, whalebone in a waist or corset.
4. plural U.S. The end man on the right in a minstrel show (who plays the bones).
5. A ground of contention.
6. plural Slang Dice.
—to feel in (one's) bones To be sure of; have an intuition of.
—to have a bone to pick To have grounds for complaint or dispute.
—to make no bones about To have no scruples about; find no difficulty with.
—to point (or sing) a bone at Austral. To invoke death or disaster upon (someone) by an aboriginal ritual.
—v. boned, bon·ing. v.t.
1. To remove the bones from.
2. To stiffen with whalebone.
3. To fertilize with bonedust.
—v.i.
4. Slang To study intensely: often with up: to bone up for an exam.
5. Austral. To bring misfortune to; jinx. [OE bān]

(bōn)
A port of NE Algeria: ancient Hippo Regius: formerly Bona.

(bōn), Sir Muirhead,
1876–1953, Scottish etcher and painter.