noun the manuring of land with bones.
2. boning ·noun the clearing of bones from fish or meat.
3. boning ·p.pr. & ·vb.n. of bone.
4. boning ·noun a method of leveling a line or surface by sighting along the tops of two or more straight edges, or a range of properly spaced poles. ·see 3d bone, ·vt.