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Webster 1913 Edition
Body
1.
The material organized substance of an animal, whether living or dead, as distinguished from the spirit, or vital principle; the physical person.
Absent in
body
, but present in spirit. 1 Cor. v. 3
For of the soul the
For soul is form, and doth the
body
form doth take.For soul is form, and doth the
body
make. Spenser.
2.
The trunk, or main part, of a person or animal, as distinguished from the limbs and head; the main, central, or principal part, as of a tree, army, country, etc.
Who set the
Of this great sport together?
body
and the limbsOf this great sport together?
Shakespeare
The van of the king’s army was led by the general; . . . in the
body
was the king and the prince. Clarendon.
Rivers that run up into the
body
of Italy. Addison.
3.
The real, as opposed to the symbolical; the substance, as opposed to the shadow.
Which are a shadow of things to come; but the
body
is of Christ. Col. ii. 17.
4.
A person; a human being; – frequently in composition;
as, any
. body
, nobody
A dry, shrewd kind of a
body
. W. Irving.
5.
A number of individuals spoken of collectively, usually as united by some common tie, or as organized for some purpose; a collective whole or totality; a corporation;
as, a legislative
. body
; a clerical body
A numerous
body
led unresistingly to the slaughter. Prescott.
6.
A number of things or particulars embodied in a system; a general collection;
as, a great
. body
of facts; a body
of laws or of divinity7.
Any mass or portion of matter; any substance distinct from others;
“A body of cold air.” as, a metallic
. body
; a moving body
; an aëriform body
Huxley.
By collision of two
The air attrite to fire.
bodies
, grindThe air attrite to fire.
Milton.
8.
Amount; quantity; extent.
9.
That part of a garment covering the body, as distinguished from the parts covering the limbs.
10.
The bed or box of a vehicle, on or in which the load is placed;
as, a wagon
. body
; a cart body
11.
(Print.)
The shank of a type, or the depth of the shank (by which the size is indicated);
as, a nonpareil face on an agate
. body
12.
(Geom.)
A figure that has length, breadth, and thickness; any solid figure.
13.
Consistency; thickness; substance; strength;
as, this color has
. body
; wine of a good body
☞ Colors bear a body when they are capable of being ground so fine, and of being mixed so entirely with oil, as to seem only a very thick oil of the same color.
After body
(Naut.)
, the part of a ship abaft the dead flat.
– Body cavity
(Anat.)
, the space between the walls of the body and the inclosed viscera; the cælum; – in mammals, divided by the diaphragm into thoracic and abdominal cavities.
– Body of a church
, the nave.
– Body cloth
;
pl.
, Body cloths
a cloth or blanket for covering horses.
– Body clothes
. (pl.
) 1.
Clothing for the body; esp. underclothing.
2.
Body cloths for horses.
[Obs.]
Addison.
– Body coat
, a gentleman's dress coat.
– Body color
(Paint.)
, a pigment that has consistency, thickness, or body, in distinction from a tint or wash.
– Body of a law
(Law)
, the main and operative part.
– Body louse
(Zool.)
, a species of louse (
– Pediculus vestimenti
), which sometimes infests the human body and clothes. See Grayback
. Body plan
(Shipbuilding)
, an end elevation, showing the conbour of the sides of a ship at certain points of her length.
– Body politic
, the collective body of a nation or state as politically organized, or as exercising political functions; also, a corporation.
Wharton.
As to the persons who compose the
– body politic
or associate themselves, they take collectively the name of “people”, or “nation”. Bouvier.
Body servant
, a valet.
– The bodies seven
(Alchemy)
, the metals corresponding to the planets.
[Obs.]
Sol gold is, and Luna silver we threpe (=call), Mars yren (=iron), Mercurie quicksilver we clepe, Saturnus lead, and Jupiter is tin, and Venus coper.
– Chaucer.
Body snatcher
, one who secretly removes without right or authority a dead body from a grave, vault, etc.; a resurrectionist.
– Body snatching
(Law)
, the unauthorized removal of a dead body from the grave; usually for the purpose of dissection.
Bod′y
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Bodied
([GREEK]); p. pr. & vb. n.
Bodying
.] To furnish with, or as with, a body; to produce in definite shape; to embody.
To body forth
, to give from or shape to mentally.
Imagination
The forms of things unknown.
bodies
forthThe forms of things unknown.
Shakespeare
Webster 1828 Edition
Body
BOD'Y
, n.1.
The frame of an animal; the material substance of an animal, in distinction from the living principle of beasts, and the soul of man.Be not anxious for your body.
2.
Matter, as opposed to spirit.3.
A person; a human being; sometimes alone; more generally, with some or no; as, somebody; nobody.4.
Reality, as opposed to representation.A shadow of things to come, but the body is of Christ. Col.2
5.
A collective mass; a number of individuals or particulars united; as the body of mankind. Christians united or the Church is called the body, of which each Christian is a member, and Christ the head. 1 Cor.12. 12.27.6.
The main army, in distinction from the wings, van or rear. Also, any number of forces under one commander.7.
A corporation; a number of men, united by a common tie, by one form of government, or by occupation; as the legislative body; the body of the clergy; body corporate; body politic.8.
The main part; the bulk; as the body of a tree; the body of a coach, of a ship, &c.9.
Any extended solid substance; matter; any substance or mass distinct from others; as a metaline body; a floating body; a moving body; a light body; a heavy body.