01 n. The material organized substance of an animal, whether living or dead, as distinguished from the spirit, or vital principle; the physical person.
pl.
Bodies
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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 body form doth take. For soul is form, and doth the body make.” — Spenser.
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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 body and the limbs Of this great sport together?” — Shak.“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.
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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.
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A person; a human being; -- frequently in composition; as, anybody, nobody.“A dry, shrewd kind of a body.” — W. Irving.
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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.
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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 divinity.
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Any mass or portion of matter; any substance distinct from others; as, a metallic body; a moving body; an aëriform body.“By collision of two bodies, grind The air attrite to fire.” — Milton.
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Amount; quantity; extent.
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That part of a garment covering the body, as distinguished from the parts covering the limbs.
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The bed or box of a vehicle, on or in which the load is placed; as, a wagon body; a cart body.
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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.(Print.)
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A figure that has length, breadth, and thickness; any solid figure.(Geom.)
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Consistency; thickness; substance; strength; as, this color has body; wine of a good body.
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The central, longitudinal framework of a flying machine, to which are attached the planes or aërocurves, passenger accommodations, controlling and propelling apparatus, fuel tanks, etc. Also called fuselage.(Aëronautics) See: fuselage“As to the persons who compose the body politic or associate themselves, they take collectively the name of “people”, or “nation”.” — Bouvier.“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.