Wristbone
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 A bone in the wrist; carpal.
"[…] I will […] shew you onely such eminences which by shadow must be necessarily expressed: after you have done the neck, you are to expresse the wing or upper part of the shoulder by shadowing it underneath, the brawne of the arme must appeare full, shadowed on one side, then shew the wrist bone thereof, & the meeting of the veines in that place […]"
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More examples"[…] I will […] shew you onely such eminences which by shadow must be necessarily expressed: after you have done the neck, you are to expresse the wing or upper part of the shoulder by shadowing it underneath, the brawne of the arme must appeare full, shadowed on one side, then shew the wrist bone thereof, & the meeting of the veines in that place […]"
Etymology
From wrist + bone.
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