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See also:spiné,spině,spinę,spíne,andšpíně

English

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EnglishWikipedia has an article on:
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The spines of some books on the English language
A drawing of the humanvertebral column or spine, fromGray's Anatomy (20th ed., 1918)
A drawing of anIndian crested porcupine (Hystrix indica), with a coat of spines
Thepetiolar spines ofFouquieria splendens

Etymology

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From lateMiddle Englishspyne, fromOld Frenchespine (Frenchépine) or its source,Latinspīna(“a thorn; a prickle, spine; the backbone”).Doublet ofspina.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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spine (pluralspines)

  1. (anatomy, zootomy) A series ofbones situated at theback from thehead to thepelvis of a human, or from the head to thetail of an animal,enclosing thespinal cord and providing support for thethorax andabdomen.
    Synonyms:backbone,spinal column,vertebral column
    Hyponyms:C-spine,cervical spine,L-spine,railway spine,T-spine
    • 1851,Herman Melville, chapter 80, inMoby-Dick:
      If you attentively regard almost any quadruped'sspine, you will be struck with the resemblance of its vertebrae to a strung necklace of dwarfed skulls.
    • 1918,W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter XXXIV, inThe Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.:The Bobbs-Merrill Company,→OCLC,page266:
      The preposterous altruism too![…] Resist not evil. It is an insane immolation of self—as bad intrinsically as fakirs stabbing themselves or anchorites warping theirspines in caves scarcely large enough for a fair-sized dog.
    1. (figurative)Courage orassertiveness.
      • 2001, Sydney I. Landau,Dictionaries: The Art and Craft of Lexicography, Cambridge:Cambridge University Press,→ISBN, page409:
        Trademark Owners will nevertheless try to dictate how their marks are to be represented, but dictionary publishers withspine can resist such pressure.
  2. Something resembling abackbone, such as aridge, or a long,central structure from which other structuresradiate.
    Hyponyms:anterior superior iliac spine,dendritic spine,neural spine
    • 1838, Samuel Hare, chapter 4, inPractical Observations on the Causes and Treatment of Curvatures of the Spine: With Hygienic Directions for the Physical Culture of Youth, as a Means of Preventing the Disease; an Etching and Description of an Apparatus for the Correction of the Deformity, and Engravings Illustrative of the Cases‎[1], London: Simpkin, Marshall & Co.[et al.],→OCLC, Lateral Curvature,page76:
      [Describingscoliosis.] The integuments over the abdomen are folded or wrinkled, the left breast is seldom fully developed, the ribs lose their natural shape, those of the left side becoming straighter, while, on the right side, they are so much curved, as to admit of their being easily grasped by the hand; they are closer together on the left side, and frequently rest upon thespine of the ilium, thus giving the right side a fuller and more rounded appearance than is natural.
    • 1994, Howard S. An with J. Michael Simpson, “Anatomy of the Cervical Spine”, inSurgery of the Cervical Spine, London: Martin Dunitz,→ISBN, Muscles and Fascia, page14:
      The posterior muscles of the neck are divided into superficial, intermediate, and deep groups. The most superficial muscle is the trapezius, which originates from the external occipital protuberance and the medial nuchal line of C7 to T12 spinous processes and inserts onto thespine of the scapula, acromion, and the lateral aspect of the clavicle.
    • 2007, Peter Hyatt, “Ian Moore Architects”, inMasters of Light: Designing the Luminous House, Mulgrave, Vic.: The Images Publishing Group,→ISBN, Air Apartments, page242:
      The eastern tower and the smaller western satellite are linked by the lift core, which passes through the centre of the monorail turning circle and provides the structuralspine of the building; the two towers are cantilevered from thisspine.
    • 2007, Sergei Matveev, “2 Complexity Theory of 3-Manifolds”, inAlgorithmic Topology and Classification of 3-Manifolds, 2nd edition, Berlin:Springer Science+Business Media,→ISBN, 2.3.2 Simplification Moves, page75:
      The polyhedronP∪D is a specialspine of the twice puncturedM, that is, ofM with two ballsB1,B2 cut out of it. To get aspine ofM, we make a hole inc′ orc″ depending on which of them is a common face of these balls.
  4. Thenarrow,boundedge of abook thatencloses the inner edges of thepages, facing outwards when the book is on ashelf and typicallybearing thetitle and theauthor's andpublisher's name.
    Synonym:back
    • 1994–2014, “Rare Book Basics: Book Terms Illustrated”, inPowell's City of Books‎[2], archived fromthe original on5 July 2014:
      Thespine is the book's backbone. Because thespine is generally all you can see when a book is on the shelf, the spine displays the title and author of the book and is often ornately decorated.
  6. (zootomy, botany, mycology) Apointed, fairlyrigidprotuberance orneedlelike structure on ananimal,shell,mushroom orplant. The botanical term technically refers to such a structure derived from a leaf or part of a leaf.
    Synonyms:needle,prickle,(on animals, flexible)quill,spicule,(rigid)spike,(on plants)thorn,(obsolete)virgula
  7. (botany) Theheartwood oftrees.
  8. (neuroscience)Ellipsis ofdendritic spine.
    • 2008,Dale Purves,George J. Augustine, David Fitzpatrick, William C. Hall, Anthony-Samuel LaMantia, James O. McNamara, Leonard E. White,Neuroscience, 4th edition,Sinauer Associates:
      Spines are distinguished by the presence of globular tips calledspine heads; whenspines are present, the synapses innervating dendrites are made from these heads.
  9. Alinearpayscaleoperated by some largeorganizations that allowsflexibility forlocal andspecific conditions.
    Synonym:pay spine
  10. (geology) A tallmass ofviscouslavaextruded from avolcano.
  11. Thestiffness of an arrow.
  12. A central part which supports a whole;core.
    • 1979 February 10, Michael Bronski, “An American Dream”, inGay Community News, volume 6, number28, page11:
      The false securities of upward mobility have been lampooned by Philip Roth, those of family feality[sic] by many gay novelists. The two meet inUncle and form thespine of a sly, knowing, and ultimately uncompassionate novel.

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Translations

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backbone
courage or assertiveness
bound edge of a book
rigid, pointed surface protuberance or needle-like structure
ride—seeride

References

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Further reading

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  • “spine”, inOneLook Dictionary Search.

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Friulian

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Etymology

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FromLatinspīna.

Noun

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spine f (pluralspinis)

  1. thorn
  2. spine,prickle

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Italian

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Noun

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spine f

  1. plural ofspina

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Latin

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Noun

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spīne

  1. vocativesingular ofspīnus

Middle English

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Noun

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spine

  1. alternative form ofspyne
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