Crossword clues for bonesetter
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Bonesetter \Bone"set*ter\, n. One who sets broken or dislocated bones; -- commonly applied to one, not a regular surgeon, who makes an occupation of setting bones. -- Bone"set*ting, n.
Wiktionary
n. one who realigns broken or disjointed bones
WordNet
n. someone (not necessarily a licensed physician) who sets broken bones
Wikipedia
A bonesetter is a practitioner of joint manipulation. Before the advent of chiropractors, osteopaths, and physical therapists, bonesetters were the main providers of this type of treatment. Bonesetters would also reduce joint dislocations and "re-set" bone fractures.
Usage examples of "bonesetter".
Roped to me ahead was the Master Bonesetter and a Sister named Lioncelle.
I ached for the Master Bonesetter ahead of me, who was shod in the soft leather shoes most Viridese wear.
Master Bonesetter and I trudged along, hoods up and heads bowed, too miserable to look up past the next step or two.
With gestures she commanded the Master Bonesetter to imitate me, and lay flat herself.
The Master Bonesetter took cloths from his pack to bind the bleeding places, and Lioncelle produced a stoneware flask of plum brandy.
When I entered the Master Bonesetter was examining him and the herbals were brewing a pain-draught.
The bonesetter chattered cheerfully at me, and I did not realize what she was about until she took my left arm and wrenched it sharply round.
I bashed the bonesetter around my wrist into his thick neck, sending him reeling, then I rolled off the berth.
Not until the guards removed the bonesetter and strapped my wrists into two small rings suspended from a grav-hoist.
Fear had clamped around my neck like an invisible bonesetter, so I tried to focus on the men and the reason we were trying to kill ourselves.
His scratched hand kept bleeding afresh whenever he used it, which gave him an excuse to go down to the Records Room, underneath Old Hall, to have the bonesetter tie it up for him.
The old bonesetter looked half a Year older than he was, as he squatted down beside Rolery at a study table to cut bandages, of which they had run short.
She bows her old head to a voice that speaks to her loudly, her bonesetter, her medicineman: me she slights.
The weight was removed, and the bonesetter pronounced himself well pleased.
She was confused, not only about Chuckles the bonesetter who specialized in gunshot wounds, but the whole of the river parishes.