1. noun spine; backbone
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: Of a person or animal, in the sense of 脊椎 (CC-CEDICT '脊'; Guoyu '脊' n 1; Kroll 2015 '脊' 1, p. 187; Mathews 1931 '脊', p. 64; Unihan '脊')
  2. noun a ridge
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: As in 山脊 mountain ridge (CC-CEDICT '脊'; Guoyu '脊' n 3; Kroll 2015 '脊' 2, p. 187; Mathews 1931 '脊', p. 64; Unihan '脊')
  3. noun support; justification
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Kroll 2015 '脊' 3, p. 187)

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