definition of
bony

[1] #1 bony s. [cadaverous, emaciated, gaunt, haggard, pinched, skeletal, wasted] very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold; "emaciated bony hands"; "a nightmare population of gaunt men and skeletal boys"; "eyes were haggard and cavernous"; "small pinched faces"; "kept life in his wasted frame only by grim concentration". wn

[2] #2 bony a. [osseous, osteal] composed of or containing bone; "osseous tissue". wn

[3] #3 bony a. [boney] having bones especially many or prominent bones; "a bony shad fillet"; "her bony wrist"; "bony fish". wn