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Definition of Spine

Spine

  1. A sharp appendage to any of a plant; a thorn.
  2. A rigid and sharp projection upon any part of an animal.
  3. One of the rigid and undivided fin rays of a fish.
  4. The backbone, or spinal column, of an animal; -- so called from the projecting processes upon the vertebrae.
  5. Anything resembling the spine or backbone; a ridge.

Spine Quotations

I've cried, and you'd think I'd be better for it, but the sadness just sleeps, and it stays in my spine the rest of my life.
Conor Oberst

Stop a minute, right where you are. Relax your shoulders, shake your head and spine like a dog shaking off cold water. Tell that imperious voice in your head to be still.
Barbara Kingsolver

'The Night Cafe' and 'The Starry Night' still emit such pathos, density, and intensity that they send shivers down the spine. Whether Van Gogh thought in color or felt with his intellect, the radical color, dynamic distortion, heart, soul, and part-by-part structure in these paintings make him a bridge to a new vision and the vision itself.
Jerry Saltz

The worst is still ahead of us. But no one in Washington has the spine to tell you that.
Glenn Beck

Night after night I could feel the chills go up and down my spine, they played so well.
Lawrence Welk
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Spine Translations

spine in Danish is rygrad
spine in Dutch is wervelkolom, spin, ruggegraat
spine in Spanish is espina

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