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Point the bone

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  1. 1
    To place a curse on another person by pointing a bone at that person; to curse by performing a magic ritual. Australia, dated, intransitive

    "It was proved on the trial that amongst the northern tribes a blackfellow who was known to have pointed the bone at another would be pursued for 500 miles, in order that revenge might be taken upon him for the crime."

  2. 2
    To blame someone. Australia, broadly

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