Grammar. 1  Also called objective case. (in English and some other languages) a case specialized for the use of a form as the object of a transitive verb or of a preposition, as him in The boy hit him, or me in He comes to me with his troubles. 2  a word in that case.
pinning-a mutual promise of a couple not to date anyone else; on college campuses it was once signaled by the giving of a fraternity pin. promise-a verbal commitment by one person to another agreeing to do (or not to do) something in the future.
periosteal bone. bone deposition by the periosteum in successive laminae; the bone formation in new bone and in a callus, beginning as fibrocellular tissue forming from the endosteum and periosteum, followed by calcification and bone formation. bone pinning. see pinning.. describes conformation, substance, thickness and quality of bone structure in an animal, e.g. an animal with good bone. See also osseous. bone ash. analysis of the degree of mineralization of bone is done by an ash analysis in which the bone is heated at 600Â°C until there is no further weight loss.