Pone vs Prone - What's the difference?
pone | prone |
(legal, historical) A writ in law used by the superior courts to remove cases from inferior courts.
(wikipedia pone)
(Southern US) A baked or fried cornbread (bread made of cornmeal), often made without milk or eggs.
* 1967 , William Styron, The Confessions of Nat Turner , Vintage 2004, page 11:
Lying face downward; prostrate.(w)
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*:But they had already discovered that he could be bullied, and they had it their own way; and presently Selwyn lay prone upon the nursery floor, impersonating a ladrone while pleasant shivers chased themselves over Drina, whom he was stalking.
Having a downward inclination or slope.
Shooting from a lying down position.
Predisposed, liable, inclined.
As a noun pone
is a writ in law used by the superior courts to remove cases from inferior courts.As an adjective prone is
lying face downward; prostrate.Wppone
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) pone and its source, .Noun
(en noun)Etymology 2
From (etyl) apones, .Noun
(en noun)- ‘Maybe you could fetch me just a little piece of pone ,’ I said, pleading, thinking: Big talk will fetch you nothing but nigger talk might work.