| slovo | definícia |
flesh
(mass) | flesh
- mäso |
flesh
(mass) | flesh
- telo, mäso |
flesh
(encz) | flesh,dužina n: Zdeněk Brož |
flesh
(encz) | flesh,dužnina Zdeněk Brož |
flesh
(encz) | flesh,lidé n: přenes. luke |
flesh
(encz) | flesh,lidstvo Zdeněk Brož |
flesh
(encz) | flesh,maso n: Zdeněk Brož |
flesh
(encz) | flesh,tělo n: přenes. luke |
Flesh
(gcide) | Flesh \Flesh\ (fl[e^]sh), n. [OE. flesch, flesc, AS. fl[=ae]sc;
akin to OFries. fl[=a]sk, D. vleesch, OS. fl[=e]sk, OHG.
fleisc, G. fleisch, Icel. & Dan. flesk lard, bacon, pork, Sw.
fl[aum]sk.]
1. The aggregate of the muscles, fat, and other tissues which
cover the framework of bones in man and other animals;
especially, the muscles.
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Note: In composition it is mainly proteinaceous, but contains
in adition a large number of low-molecular-weight
subtances, such as creatin, xanthin, hypoxanthin,
carnin, etc. It is also rich in potassium phosphate.
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2. Animal food, in distinction from vegetable; meat;
especially, the body of beasts and birds used as food, as
distinguished from fish.
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With roasted flesh, or milk, and wastel bread.
--Chaucer.
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3. The human body, as distinguished from the soul; the
corporeal person.
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As if this flesh, which walls about our life,
Were brass impregnable. --Shak.
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4. The human eace; mankind; humanity.
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All flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth.
--Gen. vi. 12.
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5. Human nature:
(a) In a good sense, tenderness of feeling; gentleness.
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There is no flesh in man's obdurate heart.
--Cowper.
(b) In a bad sense, tendency to transient or physical
pleasure; desire for sensual gratification; carnality.
(c) (Theol.) The character under the influence of animal
propensities or selfish passions; the soul unmoved by
spiritual influences.
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6. Kindred; stock; race.
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He is our brother and our flesh. --Gen. xxxvii.
27.
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7. The soft, pulpy substance of fruit; also, that part of a
root, fruit, and the like, which is fit to be eaten.
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Note: Flesh is often used adjectively or self-explaining
compounds; as, flesh broth or flesh-broth; flesh brush
or fleshbrush; flesh tint or flesh-tint; flesh wound.
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After the flesh, after the manner of man; in a gross or
earthly manner. "Ye judge after the flesh." --John viii.
15.
An arm of flesh, human strength or aid.
Flesh and blood. See under Blood.
Flesh broth, broth made by boiling flesh in water.
Flesh fly (Zool.), one of several species of flies whose
larv[ae] or maggots feed upon flesh, as the bluebottle
fly; -- called also meat fly, carrion fly, and
blowfly. See Blowly.
Flesh meat, animal food. --Swift.
Flesh side, the side of a skin or hide which was next to
the flesh; -- opposed to grain side.
Flesh tint (Painting), a color used in painting to imitate
the hue of the living body.
Flesh worm (Zool.), any insect larva of a flesh fly. See
Flesh fly (above).
Proud flesh. See under Proud.
To be one flesh, to be closely united as in marriage; to
become as one person. --Gen. ii. 24.
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Flesh
(gcide) | Flesh \Flesh\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Fleshed; p. pr. & vb. n.
Fleshing.]
1. To feed with flesh, as an incitement to further exertion;
to initiate; -- from the practice of training hawks and
dogs by feeding them with the first game they take, or
other flesh. Hence, to use upon flesh (as a murderous
weapon) so as to draw blood, especially for the first
time.
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Full bravely hast thou fleshed
Thy maiden sword. --Shak.
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The wild dog
Shall flesh his tooth on every innocent. --Shak.
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2. To glut; to satiate; hence, to harden, to accustom.
"Fleshed in triumphs." --Glanvill.
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Old soldiers
Fleshed in the spoils of Germany and France. --Beau.
& Fl.
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3. (Leather Manufacture) To remove flesh, membrance, etc.,
from, as from hides.
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flesh
(wn) | flesh
n 1: the soft tissue of the body of a vertebrate: mainly muscle
tissue and fat
2: alternative names for the body of a human being; "Leonardo
studied the human body"; "he has a strong physique"; "the
spirit is willing but the flesh is weak" [syn: human body,
physical body, material body, soma, build, figure,
physique, anatomy, shape, bod, chassis, frame,
form, flesh]
3: a soft moist part of a fruit [syn: pulp, flesh]
v 1: remove adhering flesh from (hides) when preparing leather
manufacture |
flesh
(devil) | FLESH, n. The Second Person of the secular Trinity.
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| | podobné slovo | definícia |
flesh and blood
(encz) | flesh and blood, |
flesh fly
(encz) | flesh fly, n: |
flesh out
(encz) | flesh out,tloustnout v: Zdeněk Brožflesh out,zakulacovat se v: Zdeněk Brož |
flesh wound
(encz) | flesh wound, n: |
flesh-eating
(encz) | flesh-eating, adj: |
flesh-fly
(encz) | flesh-fly,masařka n: Jonáš Petrovský |
fleshed out
(encz) | fleshed out, adj: |
fleshes
(encz) | fleshes, |
fleshiness
(encz) | fleshiness,dužnatost n: Zdeněk Brožfleshiness,korpulence n: Zdeněk Brožfleshiness,tělesnost n: Zdeněk Brožfleshiness,vykrmenost n: Zdeněk Brož |
fleshless
(encz) | fleshless,bezmasý adj: Zdeněk Brožfleshless,vyhublý adj: Zdeněk Brožfleshless,vychrtlý adj: Zdeněk Brožfleshless,vyzáblý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
fleshliness
(encz) | fleshliness,pozemskost n: Zdeněk Brož |
fleshly
(encz) | fleshly,masitý adj: Zdeněk Brožfleshly,smrtelný adj: Zdeněk Brožfleshly,tělesný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
fleshpot
(encz) | fleshpot,luxusní podnik Zdeněk Brož |
fleshy
(encz) | fleshy,dužnatý adj: [bot.] o plodech Jirka Daněkfleshy,korpulentní adj: Zdeněk Brožfleshy,masitý adj: Zdeněk Brožfleshy,tělnatý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
goose flesh
(encz) | goose flesh,husí kůže n: Zdeněk Brož |
gooseflesh
(encz) | gooseflesh,husí kůže Zdeněk Brož |
horseflesh
(encz) | horseflesh,koně Zdeněk Brož |
in the flesh
(encz) | in the flesh, |
pound of flesh
(encz) | pound of flesh, |
proud flesh
(encz) | proud flesh, n: |
After the flesh
(gcide) | Flesh \Flesh\ (fl[e^]sh), n. [OE. flesch, flesc, AS. fl[=ae]sc;
akin to OFries. fl[=a]sk, D. vleesch, OS. fl[=e]sk, OHG.
fleisc, G. fleisch, Icel. & Dan. flesk lard, bacon, pork, Sw.
fl[aum]sk.]
1. The aggregate of the muscles, fat, and other tissues which
cover the framework of bones in man and other animals;
especially, the muscles.
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Note: In composition it is mainly proteinaceous, but contains
in adition a large number of low-molecular-weight
subtances, such as creatin, xanthin, hypoxanthin,
carnin, etc. It is also rich in potassium phosphate.
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2. Animal food, in distinction from vegetable; meat;
especially, the body of beasts and birds used as food, as
distinguished from fish.
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With roasted flesh, or milk, and wastel bread.
--Chaucer.
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3. The human body, as distinguished from the soul; the
corporeal person.
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As if this flesh, which walls about our life,
Were brass impregnable. --Shak.
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4. The human eace; mankind; humanity.
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All flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth.
--Gen. vi. 12.
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5. Human nature:
(a) In a good sense, tenderness of feeling; gentleness.
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There is no flesh in man's obdurate heart.
--Cowper.
(b) In a bad sense, tendency to transient or physical
pleasure; desire for sensual gratification; carnality.
(c) (Theol.) The character under the influence of animal
propensities or selfish passions; the soul unmoved by
spiritual influences.
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6. Kindred; stock; race.
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He is our brother and our flesh. --Gen. xxxvii.
27.
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7. The soft, pulpy substance of fruit; also, that part of a
root, fruit, and the like, which is fit to be eaten.
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Note: Flesh is often used adjectively or self-explaining
compounds; as, flesh broth or flesh-broth; flesh brush
or fleshbrush; flesh tint or flesh-tint; flesh wound.
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After the flesh, after the manner of man; in a gross or
earthly manner. "Ye judge after the flesh." --John viii.
15.
An arm of flesh, human strength or aid.
Flesh and blood. See under Blood.
Flesh broth, broth made by boiling flesh in water.
Flesh fly (Zool.), one of several species of flies whose
larv[ae] or maggots feed upon flesh, as the bluebottle
fly; -- called also meat fly, carrion fly, and
blowfly. See Blowly.
Flesh meat, animal food. --Swift.
Flesh side, the side of a skin or hide which was next to
the flesh; -- opposed to grain side.
Flesh tint (Painting), a color used in painting to imitate
the hue of the living body.
Flesh worm (Zool.), any insect larva of a flesh fly. See
Flesh fly (above).
Proud flesh. See under Proud.
To be one flesh, to be closely united as in marriage; to
become as one person. --Gen. ii. 24.
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An arm of flesh
(gcide) | Flesh \Flesh\ (fl[e^]sh), n. [OE. flesch, flesc, AS. fl[=ae]sc;
akin to OFries. fl[=a]sk, D. vleesch, OS. fl[=e]sk, OHG.
fleisc, G. fleisch, Icel. & Dan. flesk lard, bacon, pork, Sw.
fl[aum]sk.]
1. The aggregate of the muscles, fat, and other tissues which
cover the framework of bones in man and other animals;
especially, the muscles.
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Note: In composition it is mainly proteinaceous, but contains
in adition a large number of low-molecular-weight
subtances, such as creatin, xanthin, hypoxanthin,
carnin, etc. It is also rich in potassium phosphate.
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2. Animal food, in distinction from vegetable; meat;
especially, the body of beasts and birds used as food, as
distinguished from fish.
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With roasted flesh, or milk, and wastel bread.
--Chaucer.
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3. The human body, as distinguished from the soul; the
corporeal person.
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As if this flesh, which walls about our life,
Were brass impregnable. --Shak.
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4. The human eace; mankind; humanity.
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All flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth.
--Gen. vi. 12.
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5. Human nature:
(a) In a good sense, tenderness of feeling; gentleness.
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There is no flesh in man's obdurate heart.
--Cowper.
(b) In a bad sense, tendency to transient or physical
pleasure; desire for sensual gratification; carnality.
(c) (Theol.) The character under the influence of animal
propensities or selfish passions; the soul unmoved by
spiritual influences.
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6. Kindred; stock; race.
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He is our brother and our flesh. --Gen. xxxvii.
27.
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7. The soft, pulpy substance of fruit; also, that part of a
root, fruit, and the like, which is fit to be eaten.
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Note: Flesh is often used adjectively or self-explaining
compounds; as, flesh broth or flesh-broth; flesh brush
or fleshbrush; flesh tint or flesh-tint; flesh wound.
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After the flesh, after the manner of man; in a gross or
earthly manner. "Ye judge after the flesh." --John viii.
15.
An arm of flesh, human strength or aid.
Flesh and blood. See under Blood.
Flesh broth, broth made by boiling flesh in water.
Flesh fly (Zool.), one of several species of flies whose
larv[ae] or maggots feed upon flesh, as the bluebottle
fly; -- called also meat fly, carrion fly, and
blowfly. See Blowly.
Flesh meat, animal food. --Swift.
Flesh side, the side of a skin or hide which was next to
the flesh; -- opposed to grain side.
Flesh tint (Painting), a color used in painting to imitate
the hue of the living body.
Flesh worm (Zool.), any insect larva of a flesh fly. See
Flesh fly (above).
Proud flesh. See under Proud.
To be one flesh, to be closely united as in marriage; to
become as one person. --Gen. ii. 24.
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Disflesh
(gcide) | Disflesh \Dis*flesh"\, v. t.
To reduce the flesh or obesity of. [Obs.] --Shelton.
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Enflesh
(gcide) | Enflesh \En*flesh"\, v. t.
To clothe with flesh. [Obs.]
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Vices which are . . . enfleshed in him. --Florio.
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Flesh
(gcide) | Flesh \Flesh\ (fl[e^]sh), n. [OE. flesch, flesc, AS. fl[=ae]sc;
akin to OFries. fl[=a]sk, D. vleesch, OS. fl[=e]sk, OHG.
fleisc, G. fleisch, Icel. & Dan. flesk lard, bacon, pork, Sw.
fl[aum]sk.]
1. The aggregate of the muscles, fat, and other tissues which
cover the framework of bones in man and other animals;
especially, the muscles.
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Note: In composition it is mainly proteinaceous, but contains
in adition a large number of low-molecular-weight
subtances, such as creatin, xanthin, hypoxanthin,
carnin, etc. It is also rich in potassium phosphate.
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2. Animal food, in distinction from vegetable; meat;
especially, the body of beasts and birds used as food, as
distinguished from fish.
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With roasted flesh, or milk, and wastel bread.
--Chaucer.
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3. The human body, as distinguished from the soul; the
corporeal person.
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As if this flesh, which walls about our life,
Were brass impregnable. --Shak.
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4. The human eace; mankind; humanity.
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All flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth.
--Gen. vi. 12.
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5. Human nature:
(a) In a good sense, tenderness of feeling; gentleness.
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There is no flesh in man's obdurate heart.
--Cowper.
(b) In a bad sense, tendency to transient or physical
pleasure; desire for sensual gratification; carnality.
(c) (Theol.) The character under the influence of animal
propensities or selfish passions; the soul unmoved by
spiritual influences.
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6. Kindred; stock; race.
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He is our brother and our flesh. --Gen. xxxvii.
27.
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7. The soft, pulpy substance of fruit; also, that part of a
root, fruit, and the like, which is fit to be eaten.
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Note: Flesh is often used adjectively or self-explaining
compounds; as, flesh broth or flesh-broth; flesh brush
or fleshbrush; flesh tint or flesh-tint; flesh wound.
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After the flesh, after the manner of man; in a gross or
earthly manner. "Ye judge after the flesh." --John viii.
15.
An arm of flesh, human strength or aid.
Flesh and blood. See under Blood.
Flesh broth, broth made by boiling flesh in water.
Flesh fly (Zool.), one of several species of flies whose
larv[ae] or maggots feed upon flesh, as the bluebottle
fly; -- called also meat fly, carrion fly, and
blowfly. See Blowly.
Flesh meat, animal food. --Swift.
Flesh side, the side of a skin or hide which was next to
the flesh; -- opposed to grain side.
Flesh tint (Painting), a color used in painting to imitate
the hue of the living body.
Flesh worm (Zool.), any insect larva of a flesh fly. See
Flesh fly (above).
Proud flesh. See under Proud.
To be one flesh, to be closely united as in marriage; to
become as one person. --Gen. ii. 24.
[1913 Webster]Flesh \Flesh\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Fleshed; p. pr. & vb. n.
Fleshing.]
1. To feed with flesh, as an incitement to further exertion;
to initiate; -- from the practice of training hawks and
dogs by feeding them with the first game they take, or
other flesh. Hence, to use upon flesh (as a murderous
weapon) so as to draw blood, especially for the first
time.
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Full bravely hast thou fleshed
Thy maiden sword. --Shak.
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The wild dog
Shall flesh his tooth on every innocent. --Shak.
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2. To glut; to satiate; hence, to harden, to accustom.
"Fleshed in triumphs." --Glanvill.
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Old soldiers
Fleshed in the spoils of Germany and France. --Beau.
& Fl.
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3. (Leather Manufacture) To remove flesh, membrance, etc.,
from, as from hides.
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Flesh and blood
(gcide) | Flesh \Flesh\ (fl[e^]sh), n. [OE. flesch, flesc, AS. fl[=ae]sc;
akin to OFries. fl[=a]sk, D. vleesch, OS. fl[=e]sk, OHG.
fleisc, G. fleisch, Icel. & Dan. flesk lard, bacon, pork, Sw.
fl[aum]sk.]
1. The aggregate of the muscles, fat, and other tissues which
cover the framework of bones in man and other animals;
especially, the muscles.
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Note: In composition it is mainly proteinaceous, but contains
in adition a large number of low-molecular-weight
subtances, such as creatin, xanthin, hypoxanthin,
carnin, etc. It is also rich in potassium phosphate.
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2. Animal food, in distinction from vegetable; meat;
especially, the body of beasts and birds used as food, as
distinguished from fish.
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With roasted flesh, or milk, and wastel bread.
--Chaucer.
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3. The human body, as distinguished from the soul; the
corporeal person.
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As if this flesh, which walls about our life,
Were brass impregnable. --Shak.
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4. The human eace; mankind; humanity.
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All flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth.
--Gen. vi. 12.
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5. Human nature:
(a) In a good sense, tenderness of feeling; gentleness.
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There is no flesh in man's obdurate heart.
--Cowper.
(b) In a bad sense, tendency to transient or physical
pleasure; desire for sensual gratification; carnality.
(c) (Theol.) The character under the influence of animal
propensities or selfish passions; the soul unmoved by
spiritual influences.
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6. Kindred; stock; race.
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He is our brother and our flesh. --Gen. xxxvii.
27.
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7. The soft, pulpy substance of fruit; also, that part of a
root, fruit, and the like, which is fit to be eaten.
[1913 Webster]
Note: Flesh is often used adjectively or self-explaining
compounds; as, flesh broth or flesh-broth; flesh brush
or fleshbrush; flesh tint or flesh-tint; flesh wound.
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After the flesh, after the manner of man; in a gross or
earthly manner. "Ye judge after the flesh." --John viii.
15.
An arm of flesh, human strength or aid.
Flesh and blood. See under Blood.
Flesh broth, broth made by boiling flesh in water.
Flesh fly (Zool.), one of several species of flies whose
larv[ae] or maggots feed upon flesh, as the bluebottle
fly; -- called also meat fly, carrion fly, and
blowfly. See Blowly.
Flesh meat, animal food. --Swift.
Flesh side, the side of a skin or hide which was next to
the flesh; -- opposed to grain side.
Flesh tint (Painting), a color used in painting to imitate
the hue of the living body.
Flesh worm (Zool.), any insect larva of a flesh fly. See
Flesh fly (above).
Proud flesh. See under Proud.
To be one flesh, to be closely united as in marriage; to
become as one person. --Gen. ii. 24.
[1913 Webster]Blood \Blood\ (bl[u^]d), n. [OE. blod, blood, AS. bl[=o]d; akin
to D. bloed, OHG. bluot, G. blut, Goth. bl[=o][thorn], Icel.
bl[=o][eth], Sw. & Dan. blod; prob. fr. the same root as E.
blow to bloom. See Blow to bloom.]
1. The fluid which circulates in the principal vascular
system of animals, carrying nourishment to all parts of
the body, and bringing away waste products to be excreted.
See under Arterial.
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Note: The blood consists of a liquid, the plasma, containing
minute particles, the blood corpuscles. In the
invertebrate animals it is usually nearly colorless,
and contains only one kind of corpuscles; but in all
vertebrates, except Amphioxus, it contains some
colorless corpuscles, with many more which are red and
give the blood its uniformly red color. See
Corpuscle, Plasma.
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2. Relationship by descent from a common ancestor;
consanguinity; kinship.
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To share the blood of Saxon royalty. --Sir W.
Scott.
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A friend of our own blood. --Waller.
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Half blood (Law), relationship through only one parent.
Whole blood, relationship through both father and mother.
In American Law, blood includes both half blood, and whole
blood. --Bouvier. --Peters.
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3. Descent; lineage; especially, honorable birth; the highest
royal lineage.
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Give us a prince of blood, a son of Priam. --Shak.
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I am a gentleman of blood and breeding. --Shak.
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4. (Stock Breeding) Descent from parents of recognized breed;
excellence or purity of breed.
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Note: In stock breeding half blood is descent showing one
half only of pure breed. Blue blood, full blood, or
warm blood, is the same as blood.
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5. The fleshy nature of man.
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Nor gives it satisfaction to our blood. --Shak.
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6. The shedding of blood; the taking of life, murder;
manslaughter; destruction.
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So wills the fierce, avenging sprite,
Till blood for blood atones. --Hood.
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7. A bloodthirsty or murderous disposition. [R.]
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He was a thing of blood, whose every motion
Was timed with dying cries. --Shak.
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8. Temper of mind; disposition; state of the passions; -- as
if the blood were the seat of emotions.
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When you perceive his blood inclined to mirth.
--Shak.
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Note: Often, in this sense, accompanied with bad, cold, warm,
or other qualifying word. Thus, to commit an act in
cold blood, is to do it deliberately, and without
sudden passion; to do it in bad blood, is to do it in
anger. Warm blood denotes a temper inflamed or
irritated. To warm or heat the blood is to excite the
passions. Qualified by up, excited feeling or passion
is signified; as, my blood was up.
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9. A man of fire or spirit; a fiery spark; a gay, showy man;
a rake.
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Seest thou not . . . how giddily 'a turns about all
the hot bloods between fourteen and five and thirty?
--Shak.
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It was the morning costume of a dandy or blood.
--Thackeray.
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10. The juice of anything, especially if red.
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He washed . . . his clothes in the blood of grapes.
--Gen. xiix.
11.
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Note: Blood is often used as an adjective, and as the first
part of self-explaining compound words; as,
blood-bespotted, blood-bought, blood-curdling,
blood-dyed, blood-red, blood-spilling, blood-stained,
blood-warm, blood-won.
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Blood baptism (Eccl. Hist.), the martyrdom of those who had
not been baptized. They were considered as baptized in
blood, and this was regarded as a full substitute for
literal baptism.
Blood blister, a blister or bleb containing blood or bloody
serum, usually caused by an injury.
Blood brother, brother by blood or birth.
Blood clam (Zool.), a bivalve mollusk of the genus Arca and
allied genera, esp. Argina pexata of the American coast.
So named from the color of its flesh.
Blood corpuscle. See Corpuscle.
Blood crystal (Physiol.), one of the crystals formed by the
separation in a crystalline form of the h[ae]moglobin of
the red blood corpuscles; h[ae]matocrystallin. All blood
does not yield blood crystals.
Blood heat, heat equal to the temperature of human blood,
or about 981/2 [deg] Fahr.
Blood horse, a horse whose blood or lineage is derived from
the purest and most highly prized origin or stock.
Blood money. See in the Vocabulary.
Blood orange, an orange with dark red pulp.
Blood poisoning (Med.), a morbid state of the blood caused
by the introduction of poisonous or infective matters from
without, or the absorption or retention of such as are
produced in the body itself; tox[ae]mia.
Blood pudding, a pudding made of blood and other materials.
Blood relation, one connected by blood or descent.
Blood spavin. See under Spavin.
Blood vessel. See in the Vocabulary.
Blue blood, the blood of noble or aristocratic families,
which, according to a Spanish prover, has in it a tinge of
blue; -- hence, a member of an old and aristocratic
family.
Flesh and blood.
(a) A blood relation, esp. a child.
(b) Human nature.
In blood (Hunting), in a state of perfect health and vigor.
--Shak.
To let blood. See under Let.
Prince of the blood, the son of a sovereign, or the issue
of a royal family. The sons, brothers, and uncles of the
sovereign are styled princes of the blood royal; and the
daughters, sisters, and aunts are princesses of the blood
royal.
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Flesh broth
(gcide) | Flesh \Flesh\ (fl[e^]sh), n. [OE. flesch, flesc, AS. fl[=ae]sc;
akin to OFries. fl[=a]sk, D. vleesch, OS. fl[=e]sk, OHG.
fleisc, G. fleisch, Icel. & Dan. flesk lard, bacon, pork, Sw.
fl[aum]sk.]
1. The aggregate of the muscles, fat, and other tissues which
cover the framework of bones in man and other animals;
especially, the muscles.
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Note: In composition it is mainly proteinaceous, but contains
in adition a large number of low-molecular-weight
subtances, such as creatin, xanthin, hypoxanthin,
carnin, etc. It is also rich in potassium phosphate.
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2. Animal food, in distinction from vegetable; meat;
especially, the body of beasts and birds used as food, as
distinguished from fish.
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With roasted flesh, or milk, and wastel bread.
--Chaucer.
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3. The human body, as distinguished from the soul; the
corporeal person.
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As if this flesh, which walls about our life,
Were brass impregnable. --Shak.
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4. The human eace; mankind; humanity.
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All flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth.
--Gen. vi. 12.
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5. Human nature:
(a) In a good sense, tenderness of feeling; gentleness.
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There is no flesh in man's obdurate heart.
--Cowper.
(b) In a bad sense, tendency to transient or physical
pleasure; desire for sensual gratification; carnality.
(c) (Theol.) The character under the influence of animal
propensities or selfish passions; the soul unmoved by
spiritual influences.
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6. Kindred; stock; race.
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He is our brother and our flesh. --Gen. xxxvii.
27.
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7. The soft, pulpy substance of fruit; also, that part of a
root, fruit, and the like, which is fit to be eaten.
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Note: Flesh is often used adjectively or self-explaining
compounds; as, flesh broth or flesh-broth; flesh brush
or fleshbrush; flesh tint or flesh-tint; flesh wound.
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After the flesh, after the manner of man; in a gross or
earthly manner. "Ye judge after the flesh." --John viii.
15.
An arm of flesh, human strength or aid.
Flesh and blood. See under Blood.
Flesh broth, broth made by boiling flesh in water.
Flesh fly (Zool.), one of several species of flies whose
larv[ae] or maggots feed upon flesh, as the bluebottle
fly; -- called also meat fly, carrion fly, and
blowfly. See Blowly.
Flesh meat, animal food. --Swift.
Flesh side, the side of a skin or hide which was next to
the flesh; -- opposed to grain side.
Flesh tint (Painting), a color used in painting to imitate
the hue of the living body.
Flesh worm (Zool.), any insect larva of a flesh fly. See
Flesh fly (above).
Proud flesh. See under Proud.
To be one flesh, to be closely united as in marriage; to
become as one person. --Gen. ii. 24.
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Flesh fly
(gcide) | Flesh \Flesh\ (fl[e^]sh), n. [OE. flesch, flesc, AS. fl[=ae]sc;
akin to OFries. fl[=a]sk, D. vleesch, OS. fl[=e]sk, OHG.
fleisc, G. fleisch, Icel. & Dan. flesk lard, bacon, pork, Sw.
fl[aum]sk.]
1. The aggregate of the muscles, fat, and other tissues which
cover the framework of bones in man and other animals;
especially, the muscles.
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Note: In composition it is mainly proteinaceous, but contains
in adition a large number of low-molecular-weight
subtances, such as creatin, xanthin, hypoxanthin,
carnin, etc. It is also rich in potassium phosphate.
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2. Animal food, in distinction from vegetable; meat;
especially, the body of beasts and birds used as food, as
distinguished from fish.
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With roasted flesh, or milk, and wastel bread.
--Chaucer.
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3. The human body, as distinguished from the soul; the
corporeal person.
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As if this flesh, which walls about our life,
Were brass impregnable. --Shak.
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4. The human eace; mankind; humanity.
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All flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth.
--Gen. vi. 12.
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5. Human nature:
(a) In a good sense, tenderness of feeling; gentleness.
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There is no flesh in man's obdurate heart.
--Cowper.
(b) In a bad sense, tendency to transient or physical
pleasure; desire for sensual gratification; carnality.
(c) (Theol.) The character under the influence of animal
propensities or selfish passions; the soul unmoved by
spiritual influences.
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6. Kindred; stock; race.
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He is our brother and our flesh. --Gen. xxxvii.
27.
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7. The soft, pulpy substance of fruit; also, that part of a
root, fruit, and the like, which is fit to be eaten.
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Note: Flesh is often used adjectively or self-explaining
compounds; as, flesh broth or flesh-broth; flesh brush
or fleshbrush; flesh tint or flesh-tint; flesh wound.
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After the flesh, after the manner of man; in a gross or
earthly manner. "Ye judge after the flesh." --John viii.
15.
An arm of flesh, human strength or aid.
Flesh and blood. See under Blood.
Flesh broth, broth made by boiling flesh in water.
Flesh fly (Zool.), one of several species of flies whose
larv[ae] or maggots feed upon flesh, as the bluebottle
fly; -- called also meat fly, carrion fly, and
blowfly. See Blowly.
Flesh meat, animal food. --Swift.
Flesh side, the side of a skin or hide which was next to
the flesh; -- opposed to grain side.
Flesh tint (Painting), a color used in painting to imitate
the hue of the living body.
Flesh worm (Zool.), any insect larva of a flesh fly. See
Flesh fly (above).
Proud flesh. See under Proud.
To be one flesh, to be closely united as in marriage; to
become as one person. --Gen. ii. 24.
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Flesh meat
(gcide) | Flesh \Flesh\ (fl[e^]sh), n. [OE. flesch, flesc, AS. fl[=ae]sc;
akin to OFries. fl[=a]sk, D. vleesch, OS. fl[=e]sk, OHG.
fleisc, G. fleisch, Icel. & Dan. flesk lard, bacon, pork, Sw.
fl[aum]sk.]
1. The aggregate of the muscles, fat, and other tissues which
cover the framework of bones in man and other animals;
especially, the muscles.
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Note: In composition it is mainly proteinaceous, but contains
in adition a large number of low-molecular-weight
subtances, such as creatin, xanthin, hypoxanthin,
carnin, etc. It is also rich in potassium phosphate.
[1913 Webster]
2. Animal food, in distinction from vegetable; meat;
especially, the body of beasts and birds used as food, as
distinguished from fish.
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With roasted flesh, or milk, and wastel bread.
--Chaucer.
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3. The human body, as distinguished from the soul; the
corporeal person.
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As if this flesh, which walls about our life,
Were brass impregnable. --Shak.
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4. The human eace; mankind; humanity.
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All flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth.
--Gen. vi. 12.
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5. Human nature:
(a) In a good sense, tenderness of feeling; gentleness.
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There is no flesh in man's obdurate heart.
--Cowper.
(b) In a bad sense, tendency to transient or physical
pleasure; desire for sensual gratification; carnality.
(c) (Theol.) The character under the influence of animal
propensities or selfish passions; the soul unmoved by
spiritual influences.
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6. Kindred; stock; race.
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He is our brother and our flesh. --Gen. xxxvii.
27.
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7. The soft, pulpy substance of fruit; also, that part of a
root, fruit, and the like, which is fit to be eaten.
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Note: Flesh is often used adjectively or self-explaining
compounds; as, flesh broth or flesh-broth; flesh brush
or fleshbrush; flesh tint or flesh-tint; flesh wound.
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After the flesh, after the manner of man; in a gross or
earthly manner. "Ye judge after the flesh." --John viii.
15.
An arm of flesh, human strength or aid.
Flesh and blood. See under Blood.
Flesh broth, broth made by boiling flesh in water.
Flesh fly (Zool.), one of several species of flies whose
larv[ae] or maggots feed upon flesh, as the bluebottle
fly; -- called also meat fly, carrion fly, and
blowfly. See Blowly.
Flesh meat, animal food. --Swift.
Flesh side, the side of a skin or hide which was next to
the flesh; -- opposed to grain side.
Flesh tint (Painting), a color used in painting to imitate
the hue of the living body.
Flesh worm (Zool.), any insect larva of a flesh fly. See
Flesh fly (above).
Proud flesh. See under Proud.
To be one flesh, to be closely united as in marriage; to
become as one person. --Gen. ii. 24.
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Flesh side
(gcide) | Flesh \Flesh\ (fl[e^]sh), n. [OE. flesch, flesc, AS. fl[=ae]sc;
akin to OFries. fl[=a]sk, D. vleesch, OS. fl[=e]sk, OHG.
fleisc, G. fleisch, Icel. & Dan. flesk lard, bacon, pork, Sw.
fl[aum]sk.]
1. The aggregate of the muscles, fat, and other tissues which
cover the framework of bones in man and other animals;
especially, the muscles.
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Note: In composition it is mainly proteinaceous, but contains
in adition a large number of low-molecular-weight
subtances, such as creatin, xanthin, hypoxanthin,
carnin, etc. It is also rich in potassium phosphate.
[1913 Webster]
2. Animal food, in distinction from vegetable; meat;
especially, the body of beasts and birds used as food, as
distinguished from fish.
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With roasted flesh, or milk, and wastel bread.
--Chaucer.
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3. The human body, as distinguished from the soul; the
corporeal person.
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As if this flesh, which walls about our life,
Were brass impregnable. --Shak.
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4. The human eace; mankind; humanity.
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All flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth.
--Gen. vi. 12.
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5. Human nature:
(a) In a good sense, tenderness of feeling; gentleness.
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There is no flesh in man's obdurate heart.
--Cowper.
(b) In a bad sense, tendency to transient or physical
pleasure; desire for sensual gratification; carnality.
(c) (Theol.) The character under the influence of animal
propensities or selfish passions; the soul unmoved by
spiritual influences.
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6. Kindred; stock; race.
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He is our brother and our flesh. --Gen. xxxvii.
27.
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7. The soft, pulpy substance of fruit; also, that part of a
root, fruit, and the like, which is fit to be eaten.
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Note: Flesh is often used adjectively or self-explaining
compounds; as, flesh broth or flesh-broth; flesh brush
or fleshbrush; flesh tint or flesh-tint; flesh wound.
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After the flesh, after the manner of man; in a gross or
earthly manner. "Ye judge after the flesh." --John viii.
15.
An arm of flesh, human strength or aid.
Flesh and blood. See under Blood.
Flesh broth, broth made by boiling flesh in water.
Flesh fly (Zool.), one of several species of flies whose
larv[ae] or maggots feed upon flesh, as the bluebottle
fly; -- called also meat fly, carrion fly, and
blowfly. See Blowly.
Flesh meat, animal food. --Swift.
Flesh side, the side of a skin or hide which was next to
the flesh; -- opposed to grain side.
Flesh tint (Painting), a color used in painting to imitate
the hue of the living body.
Flesh worm (Zool.), any insect larva of a flesh fly. See
Flesh fly (above).
Proud flesh. See under Proud.
To be one flesh, to be closely united as in marriage; to
become as one person. --Gen. ii. 24.
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Flesh tint
(gcide) | Flesh \Flesh\ (fl[e^]sh), n. [OE. flesch, flesc, AS. fl[=ae]sc;
akin to OFries. fl[=a]sk, D. vleesch, OS. fl[=e]sk, OHG.
fleisc, G. fleisch, Icel. & Dan. flesk lard, bacon, pork, Sw.
fl[aum]sk.]
1. The aggregate of the muscles, fat, and other tissues which
cover the framework of bones in man and other animals;
especially, the muscles.
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Note: In composition it is mainly proteinaceous, but contains
in adition a large number of low-molecular-weight
subtances, such as creatin, xanthin, hypoxanthin,
carnin, etc. It is also rich in potassium phosphate.
[1913 Webster]
2. Animal food, in distinction from vegetable; meat;
especially, the body of beasts and birds used as food, as
distinguished from fish.
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With roasted flesh, or milk, and wastel bread.
--Chaucer.
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3. The human body, as distinguished from the soul; the
corporeal person.
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As if this flesh, which walls about our life,
Were brass impregnable. --Shak.
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4. The human eace; mankind; humanity.
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All flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth.
--Gen. vi. 12.
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5. Human nature:
(a) In a good sense, tenderness of feeling; gentleness.
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There is no flesh in man's obdurate heart.
--Cowper.
(b) In a bad sense, tendency to transient or physical
pleasure; desire for sensual gratification; carnality.
(c) (Theol.) The character under the influence of animal
propensities or selfish passions; the soul unmoved by
spiritual influences.
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6. Kindred; stock; race.
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He is our brother and our flesh. --Gen. xxxvii.
27.
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7. The soft, pulpy substance of fruit; also, that part of a
root, fruit, and the like, which is fit to be eaten.
[1913 Webster]
Note: Flesh is often used adjectively or self-explaining
compounds; as, flesh broth or flesh-broth; flesh brush
or fleshbrush; flesh tint or flesh-tint; flesh wound.
[1913 Webster]
After the flesh, after the manner of man; in a gross or
earthly manner. "Ye judge after the flesh." --John viii.
15.
An arm of flesh, human strength or aid.
Flesh and blood. See under Blood.
Flesh broth, broth made by boiling flesh in water.
Flesh fly (Zool.), one of several species of flies whose
larv[ae] or maggots feed upon flesh, as the bluebottle
fly; -- called also meat fly, carrion fly, and
blowfly. See Blowly.
Flesh meat, animal food. --Swift.
Flesh side, the side of a skin or hide which was next to
the flesh; -- opposed to grain side.
Flesh tint (Painting), a color used in painting to imitate
the hue of the living body.
Flesh worm (Zool.), any insect larva of a flesh fly. See
Flesh fly (above).
Proud flesh. See under Proud.
To be one flesh, to be closely united as in marriage; to
become as one person. --Gen. ii. 24.
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Flesh worm
(gcide) | Flesh \Flesh\ (fl[e^]sh), n. [OE. flesch, flesc, AS. fl[=ae]sc;
akin to OFries. fl[=a]sk, D. vleesch, OS. fl[=e]sk, OHG.
fleisc, G. fleisch, Icel. & Dan. flesk lard, bacon, pork, Sw.
fl[aum]sk.]
1. The aggregate of the muscles, fat, and other tissues which
cover the framework of bones in man and other animals;
especially, the muscles.
[1913 Webster]
Note: In composition it is mainly proteinaceous, but contains
in adition a large number of low-molecular-weight
subtances, such as creatin, xanthin, hypoxanthin,
carnin, etc. It is also rich in potassium phosphate.
[1913 Webster]
2. Animal food, in distinction from vegetable; meat;
especially, the body of beasts and birds used as food, as
distinguished from fish.
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With roasted flesh, or milk, and wastel bread.
--Chaucer.
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3. The human body, as distinguished from the soul; the
corporeal person.
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As if this flesh, which walls about our life,
Were brass impregnable. --Shak.
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4. The human eace; mankind; humanity.
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All flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth.
--Gen. vi. 12.
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5. Human nature:
(a) In a good sense, tenderness of feeling; gentleness.
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There is no flesh in man's obdurate heart.
--Cowper.
(b) In a bad sense, tendency to transient or physical
pleasure; desire for sensual gratification; carnality.
(c) (Theol.) The character under the influence of animal
propensities or selfish passions; the soul unmoved by
spiritual influences.
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6. Kindred; stock; race.
[1913 Webster]
He is our brother and our flesh. --Gen. xxxvii.
27.
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7. The soft, pulpy substance of fruit; also, that part of a
root, fruit, and the like, which is fit to be eaten.
[1913 Webster]
Note: Flesh is often used adjectively or self-explaining
compounds; as, flesh broth or flesh-broth; flesh brush
or fleshbrush; flesh tint or flesh-tint; flesh wound.
[1913 Webster]
After the flesh, after the manner of man; in a gross or
earthly manner. "Ye judge after the flesh." --John viii.
15.
An arm of flesh, human strength or aid.
Flesh and blood. See under Blood.
Flesh broth, broth made by boiling flesh in water.
Flesh fly (Zool.), one of several species of flies whose
larv[ae] or maggots feed upon flesh, as the bluebottle
fly; -- called also meat fly, carrion fly, and
blowfly. See Blowly.
Flesh meat, animal food. --Swift.
Flesh side, the side of a skin or hide which was next to
the flesh; -- opposed to grain side.
Flesh tint (Painting), a color used in painting to imitate
the hue of the living body.
Flesh worm (Zool.), any insect larva of a flesh fly. See
Flesh fly (above).
Proud flesh. See under Proud.
To be one flesh, to be closely united as in marriage; to
become as one person. --Gen. ii. 24.
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Fleshed
(gcide) | Flesh \Flesh\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Fleshed; p. pr. & vb. n.
Fleshing.]
1. To feed with flesh, as an incitement to further exertion;
to initiate; -- from the practice of training hawks and
dogs by feeding them with the first game they take, or
other flesh. Hence, to use upon flesh (as a murderous
weapon) so as to draw blood, especially for the first
time.
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Full bravely hast thou fleshed
Thy maiden sword. --Shak.
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The wild dog
Shall flesh his tooth on every innocent. --Shak.
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2. To glut; to satiate; hence, to harden, to accustom.
"Fleshed in triumphs." --Glanvill.
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Old soldiers
Fleshed in the spoils of Germany and France. --Beau.
& Fl.
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3. (Leather Manufacture) To remove flesh, membrance, etc.,
from, as from hides.
[1913 Webster]Fleshed \Fleshed\, a.
1. Corpulent; fat; having flesh.
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2. Glutted; satiated; initiated.
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Fleshed with slaughter. --Dryden.
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Flesher
(gcide) | Flesher \Flesh"er\, n.
1. A butcher.
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A flesher on a block had laid his whittle down.
--Macaulay.
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2. A two-handled, convex, blunt-edged knife, for scraping
hides; a fleshing knife.
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Fleshhood
(gcide) | Fleshhood \Flesh"hood\, n.
The state or condition of having a form of flesh;
incarnation. [R.]
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Thou, who hast thyself
Endured this fleshhood. --Mrs.
Browning.
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Fleshier
(gcide) | Fleshy \Flesh"y\, a. [Compar. Fleshier; superl. Fleshiest.]
1. Full of, or composed of, flesh; plump; corpulent; fat;
gross.
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The sole of his foot is fleshy. --Ray.
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2. Human. [Obs.] "Fleshy tabernacle." --Milton.
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3. (Bot.) Composed of firm pulp; succulent; as, the
houseleek, cactus, and agave are fleshy plants.
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Fleshiest
(gcide) | Fleshy \Flesh"y\, a. [Compar. Fleshier; superl. Fleshiest.]
1. Full of, or composed of, flesh; plump; corpulent; fat;
gross.
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The sole of his foot is fleshy. --Ray.
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2. Human. [Obs.] "Fleshy tabernacle." --Milton.
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3. (Bot.) Composed of firm pulp; succulent; as, the
houseleek, cactus, and agave are fleshy plants.
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Fleshiness
(gcide) | Fleshiness \Flesh"i*ness\, n.
The state of being fleshy; plumpness; corpulence; grossness.
--Milton.
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Fleshing
(gcide) | Flesh \Flesh\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Fleshed; p. pr. & vb. n.
Fleshing.]
1. To feed with flesh, as an incitement to further exertion;
to initiate; -- from the practice of training hawks and
dogs by feeding them with the first game they take, or
other flesh. Hence, to use upon flesh (as a murderous
weapon) so as to draw blood, especially for the first
time.
[1913 Webster]
Full bravely hast thou fleshed
Thy maiden sword. --Shak.
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The wild dog
Shall flesh his tooth on every innocent. --Shak.
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2. To glut; to satiate; hence, to harden, to accustom.
"Fleshed in triumphs." --Glanvill.
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Old soldiers
Fleshed in the spoils of Germany and France. --Beau.
& Fl.
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3. (Leather Manufacture) To remove flesh, membrance, etc.,
from, as from hides.
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Fleshings
(gcide) | Fleshings \Flesh"ings\, n. pl.
Flesh-colored tights, worn by actors and dancers. --D.
Jerrold.
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Fleshless
(gcide) | Fleshless \Flesh"less\, a.
Destitute of flesh; lean. --Carlyle.
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Fleshliness
(gcide) | Fleshliness \Flesh"li*ness\, n.
The state of being fleshly; carnal passions and appetites.
--Spenser.
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Fleshling
(gcide) | Fleshling \Flesh"ling\, n.
A person devoted to fleshly things. [Obs.] --Spenser.
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Fleshly
(gcide) | Fleshly \Flesh"ly\, adv.
In a fleshly manner; carnally; lasciviously. [Obs.]
--Chaucer.
[1913 Webster]Fleshly \Flesh"ly\ (fl[e^]sh"l[y^]), a. [AS. fl[=ae]scl[imac]c.]
1. Of or pertaining to the flesh; corporeal. "Fleshly
bondage." --Denham.
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2. Animal; not vegetable. --Dryden.
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3. Human; not celestial; not spiritual or divine. "Fleshly
wisdom." --2 Cor. i. 12.
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Much ostentation vain of fleshly arm
And fragile arms. --Milton.
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4. Carnal; wordly; lascivious.
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Abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the
soul. --1 Pet. ii.
11.
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Fleshment
(gcide) | Fleshment \Flesh"ment\, n.
The act of fleshing, or the excitement attending a successful
beginning. [R.] --Shak.
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Fleshmonger
(gcide) | Fleshmonger \Flesh"mon`ger\, n. [AS. fl[=ae]sc mangere.]
One who deals in flesh; hence, a pimp; a procurer; a pander.
[R.] --Shak.
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Fleshpot
(gcide) | Fleshpot \Flesh"pot`\, n.
1. A pot or vessel in which flesh is cooked.
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In the land of Egypt . . . we sat by the fleshpots,
and . . . did eat bread to the full. --Ex. xvi. 3.
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2. hence, pl. plenty; high living.
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3. pl. Places providing opportunity to indulge in amusements
or pleasures without moral restraints.
[PJC] |
Fleshquake
(gcide) | Fleshquake \Flesh"quake`\, n.
A quaking or trembling of the flesh; a quiver. [Obs.] --B.
Jonson.
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Fleshy
(gcide) | Fleshy \Flesh"y\, a. [Compar. Fleshier; superl. Fleshiest.]
1. Full of, or composed of, flesh; plump; corpulent; fat;
gross.
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The sole of his foot is fleshy. --Ray.
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2. Human. [Obs.] "Fleshy tabernacle." --Milton.
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3. (Bot.) Composed of firm pulp; succulent; as, the
houseleek, cactus, and agave are fleshy plants.
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Fleshy fruits
(gcide) | Fruit \Fruit\, n. [OE. fruit, frut, F. fruit, from L. fructus
enjoyment, product, fruit, from frui, p. p. fructus, to
enjoy; akin to E. brook, v. t. See Brook, v. t., and cf.
Fructify, Frugal.]
1. Whatever is produced for the nourishment or enjoyment of
man or animals by the processes of vegetable growth, as
corn, grass, cotton, flax, etc.; -- commonly used in the
plural.
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Six years thou shalt sow thy land, and shalt gather
in the
fruits thereof. --Ex. xxiii.
10.
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2. (Hort.) The pulpy, edible seed vessels of certain plants,
especially those grown on branches above ground, as
apples, oranges, grapes, melons, berries, etc. See 3.
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3. (Bot.) The ripened ovary of a flowering plant, with its
contents and whatever parts are consolidated with it.
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Note: Fruits are classified as fleshy, drupaceous, and dry.
Fleshy fruits include berries, gourds, and melons,
orangelike fruits and pomes; drupaceous fruits are
stony within and fleshy without, as peaches, plums, and
cherries; and dry fruits are further divided into
achenes, follicles, legumes, capsules, nuts,
and several other kinds.
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4. (Bot.) The spore cases or conceptacles of flowerless
plants, as of ferns, mosses, algae, etc., with the spores
contained in them.
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6. The produce of animals; offspring; young; as, the fruit of
the womb, of the loins, of the body.
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King Edward's fruit, true heir to the English crown.
--Shak.
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6. That which is produced; the effect or consequence of any
action; advantageous or desirable product or result;
disadvantageous or evil consequence or effect; as, the
fruits of labor, of self-denial, of intemperance.
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The fruit of rashness. --Shak.
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What I obtained was the fruit of no bargain.
--Burke.
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They shall eat the fruit of their doings. --Is. iii
10.
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The fruits of this education became visible.
--Macaulay.
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Note: Fruit is frequently used adjectively, signifying of,
for, or pertaining to a fruit or fruits; as, fruit bud;
fruit frame; fruit jar; fruit knife; fruit loft; fruit
show; fruit stall; fruit tree; etc.
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Fruit bat (Zool.), one of the Frugivora; -- called also
fruit-eating bat.
Fruit bud (Bot.), a bud that produces fruit; -- in most
oplants the same as the power bud.
Fruit dot (Bot.), a collection of fruit cases, as in ferns.
See Sorus.
Fruit fly (Zool.), a small dipterous insect of the genus
Drosophila, which lives in fruit, in the larval state.
There are seveal species, some of which are very damaging
to fruit crops. One species, Drosophila melanogaster,
has been intensively studied as a model species for
genetic reserach.
Fruit jar, a jar for holding preserved fruit, usually made
of glass or earthenware.
Fruit pigeon (Zool.), one of numerous species of pigeons of
the family Carpophagid[ae], inhabiting India, Australia,
and the Pacific Islands. They feed largely upon fruit. and
are noted for their beautiful colors.
Fruit sugar (Chem.), a kind of sugar occurring, naturally
formed, in many ripe fruits, and in honey; levulose. The
name is also, though rarely, applied to invert sugar, or
to the natural mixture or dextrose and levulose resembling
it, and found in fruits and honey.
Fruit tree (Hort.), a tree cultivated for its edible fruit.
Fruit worm (Zool.), one of numerous species of insect
larv[ae]: which live in the interior of fruit. They are
mostly small species of Lepidoptera and Diptera.
Small fruits (Hort.), currants, raspberries, strawberries,
etc.
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Goose flesh
(gcide) | Goose \Goose\ (g[=oo]s), n.; pl. Geese (g[=e]s). [OE. gos, AS.
g[=o]s, pl. g[=e]s; akin to D. & G. gans, Icel. g[=a]s, Dan.
gaas, Sw. g[*a]s, Russ. guse. OIr. geiss, L. anser, for
hanser, Gr. chh`n, Skr. ha[.m]sa. [root]233. Cf. Gander,
Gannet, Ganza, Gosling.] (Zool.)
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1. Any large web-footen bird of the subfamily Anserin[ae],
and belonging to Anser, Branta, Chen, and several
allied genera. See Anseres.
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Note: The common domestic goose is believed to have been
derived from the European graylag goose ({Anser
anser}). The bean goose (A. segetum), the American
wild or Canada goose (Branta Canadensis), and the
bernicle goose (Branta leucopsis) are well known
species. The American white or snow geese and the blue
goose belong to the genus Chen. See Bernicle,
Emperor goose, under Emperor, Snow goose, {Wild
goose}, Brant.
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2. Any large bird of other related families, resembling the
common goose.
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Note: The Egyptian or fox goose (Alopochen Aegyptiaca) and
the African spur-winged geese (Plectropterus) belong
to the family Plectropterid[ae]. The Australian
semipalmated goose (Anseranas semipalmata) and Cape
Barren goose (Cereopsis Nov[ae]-Hollandi[ae]) are
very different from northern geese, and each is made
the type of a distinct family. Both are domesticated in
Australia.
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3. A tailor's smoothing iron, so called from its handle,
which resembles the neck of a goose.
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4. A silly creature; a simpleton.
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5. A game played with counters on a board divided into
compartments, in some of which a goose was depicted.
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The pictures placed for ornament and use,
The twelve good rules, the royal game of goose.
--Goldsmith.
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A wild goose chase, an attempt to accomplish something
impossible or unlikely of attainment.
Fen goose. See under Fen.
Goose barnacle (Zool.), any pedunculated barnacle of the
genus Anatifa or Lepas; -- called also {duck
barnacle}. See Barnacle, and Cirripedia.
Goose cap, a silly person. [Obs.] --Beau. & .
Goose corn (Bot.), a coarse kind of rush ({Juncus
squarrosus}).
Goose feast, Michaelmas. [Colloq. Eng.]
Goose grass. (Bot.)
(a) A plant of the genus Galium (G. Aparine), a
favorite food of geese; -- called also catchweed and
cleavers.
(b) A species of knotgrass (Polygonum aviculare).
(c) The annual spear grass (Poa annua).
Goose neck, anything, as a rod of iron or a pipe, curved
like the neck of a goose; specially (Naut.), an iron hook
connecting a spar with a mast.
Goose quill, a large feather or quill of a goose; also, a
pen made from it.
Goose skin. See Goose flesh, above.
Goose tongue (Bot.), a composite plant ({Achillea
ptarmica}), growing wild in the British islands.
Sea goose. (Zool.) See Phalarope.
Solan goose. (Zool.) See Gannet.
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gooseflesh
(gcide) | gooseflesh \gooseflesh\ n.
A peculiar roughness of the skin produced by cold or fear, in
which the hair follicles become erect and form bumps on the
skin; -- called also goose skin, goose pimples, {goose
bumps}.
Syn: goose bumps, goose pimples, goose skin.
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Horseflesh
(gcide) | Horseflesh \Horse"flesh`\, n.
1. The flesh of horses.
Syn: horsemeat.
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The Chinese eat horseflesh at this day. --Bacon.
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2. Horses, generally; the qualities of a horse; as, he is a
judge of horseflesh. [Colloq.]
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Horseflesh ore (Min.), a miner's name for bornite, in
allusion to its peculiar reddish color on fresh facture.
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Horseflesh ore
(gcide) | Horseflesh \Horse"flesh`\, n.
1. The flesh of horses.
Syn: horsemeat.
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The Chinese eat horseflesh at this day. --Bacon.
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2. Horses, generally; the qualities of a horse; as, he is a
judge of horseflesh. [Colloq.]
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Horseflesh ore (Min.), a miner's name for bornite, in
allusion to its peculiar reddish color on fresh facture.
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Inflesh
(gcide) | Inflesh \In*flesh"\, v. t.
To incarnate.
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Neither fish nor flesh
(gcide) | Fish \Fish\, n.; pl. Fishes (f[i^]sh"[e^]z), or collectively,
Fish. [OE. fisch, fisc, fis, AS. fisc; akin to D. visch,
OS. & OHG. fisk, G. fisch, Icel. fiskr, Sw. & Dan. fisk,
Goth. fisks, L. piscis, Ir. iasg. Cf. Piscatorial. In some
cases, such as fish joint, fish plate, this word has prob.
been confused with fish, fr. F. fichea peg.]
1. A name loosely applied in popular usage to many animals of
diverse characteristics, living in the water.
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2. (Zool.) An oviparous, vertebrate animal usually having
fins and a covering scales or plates. It breathes by means
of gills, and lives almost entirely in the water. See
Pisces.
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Note: The true fishes include the Teleostei (bony fishes),
Ganoidei, Dipnoi, and Elasmobranchii or Selachians
(sharks and skates). Formerly the leptocardia and
Marsipobranciata were also included, but these are now
generally regarded as two distinct classes, below the
fishes.
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3. pl. The twelfth sign of the zodiac; Pisces.
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4. The flesh of fish, used as food.
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5. (Naut.)
(a) A purchase used to fish the anchor.
(b) A piece of timber, somewhat in the form of a fish,
used to strengthen a mast or yard.
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Note: Fish is used adjectively or as part of a compound word;
as, fish line, fish pole, fish spear, fish-bellied.
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Age of Fishes. See under Age, n., 8.
Fish ball, fish (usually salted codfish) shared fine, mixed
with mashed potato, and made into the form of a small,
round cake. [U.S.]
Fish bar. Same as Fish plate (below).
Fish beam (Mech.), a beam one of whose sides (commonly the
under one) swells out like the belly of a fish. --Francis.
Fish crow (Zool.), a species of crow (Corvus ossifragus),
found on the Atlantic coast of the United States. It feeds
largely on fish.
Fish culture, the artifical breeding and rearing of fish;
pisciculture.
Fish davit. See Davit.
Fish day, a day on which fish is eaten; a fast day.
Fish duck (Zool.), any species of merganser.
Fish fall, the tackle depending from the fish davit, used
in hauling up the anchor to the gunwale of a ship.
Fish garth, a dam or weir in a river for keeping fish or
taking them easily.
Fish glue. See Isinglass.
Fish joint, a joint formed by a plate or pair of plates
fastened upon two meeting beams, plates, etc., at their
junction; -- used largely in connecting the rails of
railroads.
Fish kettle, a long kettle for boiling fish whole.
Fish ladder, a dam with a series of steps which fish can
leap in order to ascend falls in a river.
Fish line, or Fishing line, a line made of twisted hair,
silk, etc., used in angling.
Fish louse (Zool.), any crustacean parasitic on fishes,
esp. the parasitic Copepoda, belonging to Caligus,
Argulus, and other related genera. See Branchiura.
Fish maw (Zool.), the stomach of a fish; also, the air
bladder, or sound.
Fish meal, fish desiccated and ground fine, for use in
soups, etc.
Fish oil, oil obtained from the bodies of fish and marine
animals, as whales, seals, sharks, from cods' livers, etc.
Fish owl (Zool.), a fish-eating owl of the Old World genera
Scotopelia and Ketupa, esp. a large East Indian
species (K. Ceylonensis).
Fish plate, one of the plates of a fish joint.
Fish pot, a wicker basket, sunk, with a float attached, for
catching crabs, lobsters, etc.
Fish pound, a net attached to stakes, for entrapping and
catching fish; a weir. [Local, U.S.] --Bartlett.
Fish slice, a broad knife for dividing fish at table; a
fish trowel.
Fish slide, an inclined box set in a stream at a small
fall, or ripple, to catch fish descending the current.
--Knight.
Fish sound, the air bladder of certain fishes, esp. those
that are dried and used as food, or in the arts, as for
the preparation of isinglass.
Fish story, a story which taxes credulity; an extravagant
or incredible narration. [Colloq. U.S.] --Bartlett.
Fish strainer.
(a) A metal colander, with handles, for taking fish from a
boiler.
(b) A perforated earthenware slab at the bottom of a dish,
to drain the water from a boiled fish.
Fish trowel, a fish slice.
Fish weir or Fish wear, a weir set in a stream, for
catching fish.
Neither fish nor flesh, Neither fish nor fowl (Fig.),
neither one thing nor the other.
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(gcide) | Flesh \Flesh\ (fl[e^]sh), n. [OE. flesch, flesc, AS. fl[=ae]sc;
akin to OFries. fl[=a]sk, D. vleesch, OS. fl[=e]sk, OHG.
fleisc, G. fleisch, Icel. & Dan. flesk lard, bacon, pork, Sw.
fl[aum]sk.]
1. The aggregate of the muscles, fat, and other tissues which
cover the framework of bones in man and other animals;
especially, the muscles.
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Note: In composition it is mainly proteinaceous, but contains
in adition a large number of low-molecular-weight
subtances, such as creatin, xanthin, hypoxanthin,
carnin, etc. It is also rich in potassium phosphate.
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2. Animal food, in distinction from vegetable; meat;
especially, the body of beasts and birds used as food, as
distinguished from fish.
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With roasted flesh, or milk, and wastel bread.
--Chaucer.
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3. The human body, as distinguished from the soul; the
corporeal person.
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As if this flesh, which walls about our life,
Were brass impregnable. --Shak.
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4. The human eace; mankind; humanity.
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All flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth.
--Gen. vi. 12.
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5. Human nature:
(a) In a good sense, tenderness of feeling; gentleness.
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There is no flesh in man's obdurate heart.
--Cowper.
(b) In a bad sense, tendency to transient or physical
pleasure; desire for sensual gratification; carnality.
(c) (Theol.) The character under the influence of animal
propensities or selfish passions; the soul unmoved by
spiritual influences.
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6. Kindred; stock; race.
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He is our brother and our flesh. --Gen. xxxvii.
27.
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7. The soft, pulpy substance of fruit; also, that part of a
root, fruit, and the like, which is fit to be eaten.
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Note: Flesh is often used adjectively or self-explaining
compounds; as, flesh broth or flesh-broth; flesh brush
or fleshbrush; flesh tint or flesh-tint; flesh wound.
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After the flesh, after the manner of man; in a gross or
earthly manner. "Ye judge after the flesh." --John viii.
15.
An arm of flesh, human strength or aid.
Flesh and blood. See under Blood.
Flesh broth, broth made by boiling flesh in water.
Flesh fly (Zool.), one of several species of flies whose
larv[ae] or maggots feed upon flesh, as the bluebottle
fly; -- called also meat fly, carrion fly, and
blowfly. See Blowly.
Flesh meat, animal food. --Swift.
Flesh side, the side of a skin or hide which was next to
the flesh; -- opposed to grain side.
Flesh tint (Painting), a color used in painting to imitate
the hue of the living body.
Flesh worm (Zool.), any insect larva of a flesh fly. See
Flesh fly (above).
Proud flesh. See under Proud.
To be one flesh, to be closely united as in marriage; to
become as one person. --Gen. ii. 24.
[1913 Webster]Proud \Proud\, a. [Compar. Prouder; superl. Proudest.] [OE.
proud, prout, prud, prut, AS. pr[=u]t; akin to Icel.
pr[=u][eth]r stately, handsome, Dan. prud handsome. Cf.
Pride.]
1. Feeling or manifesting pride, in a good or bad sense; as:
(a) Possessing or showing too great self-esteem;
overrating one's excellences; hence, arrogant;
haughty; lordly; presumptuous.
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Nor much expect
A foe so proud will first the weaker seek.
--Milton.
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O death, made proud with pure and princely
beauty ! --Shak.
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And shades impervious to the proud world's
glare. --Keble.
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(b) Having a feeling of high self-respect or self-esteem;
exulting (in); elated; -- often with of; as, proud of
one's country. "Proud to be checked and soothed."
--Keble.
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Are we proud men proud of being proud ?
--Thackeray.
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2. Giving reason or occasion for pride or self-gratulation;
worthy of admiration; grand; splendid; magnificent;
admirable; ostentatious. "Of shadow proud." --Chapman.
"Proud titles." --Shak. " The proud temple's height."
--Dryden.
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Till tower, and dome, and bridge-way proud
Are mantled with a golden cloud. --Keble.
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3. Excited by sexual desire; -- applied particularly to the
females of some animals. --Sir T. Browne.
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Note: Proud is often used with participles in the formation
of compounds which, for the most part, are
self-explaining; as, proud-crested, proud-minded,
proud-swelling.
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Proud flesh (Med.), a fungous growth or excrescence of
granulations resembling flesh, in a wound or ulcer.
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pulpy fleshy
(gcide) | nonwoody \nonwoody\ adj.
not woody; not consisting of or resembling wood; as, nonwoody
plants. Opposite of woody. [Narrower terms: herbaceous;
pulpy, fleshy]
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To be one flesh
(gcide) | Flesh \Flesh\ (fl[e^]sh), n. [OE. flesch, flesc, AS. fl[=ae]sc;
akin to OFries. fl[=a]sk, D. vleesch, OS. fl[=e]sk, OHG.
fleisc, G. fleisch, Icel. & Dan. flesk lard, bacon, pork, Sw.
fl[aum]sk.]
1. The aggregate of the muscles, fat, and other tissues which
cover the framework of bones in man and other animals;
especially, the muscles.
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Note: In composition it is mainly proteinaceous, but contains
in adition a large number of low-molecular-weight
subtances, such as creatin, xanthin, hypoxanthin,
carnin, etc. It is also rich in potassium phosphate.
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2. Animal food, in distinction from vegetable; meat;
especially, the body of beasts and birds used as food, as
distinguished from fish.
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With roasted flesh, or milk, and wastel bread.
--Chaucer.
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3. The human body, as distinguished from the soul; the
corporeal person.
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As if this flesh, which walls about our life,
Were brass impregnable. --Shak.
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4. The human eace; mankind; humanity.
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All flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth.
--Gen. vi. 12.
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5. Human nature:
(a) In a good sense, tenderness of feeling; gentleness.
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There is no flesh in man's obdurate heart.
--Cowper.
(b) In a bad sense, tendency to transient or physical
pleasure; desire for sensual gratification; carnality.
(c) (Theol.) The character under the influence of animal
propensities or selfish passions; the soul unmoved by
spiritual influences.
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6. Kindred; stock; race.
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He is our brother and our flesh. --Gen. xxxvii.
27.
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7. The soft, pulpy substance of fruit; also, that part of a
root, fruit, and the like, which is fit to be eaten.
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Note: Flesh is often used adjectively or self-explaining
compounds; as, flesh broth or flesh-broth; flesh brush
or fleshbrush; flesh tint or flesh-tint; flesh wound.
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After the flesh, after the manner of man; in a gross or
earthly manner. "Ye judge after the flesh." --John viii.
15.
An arm of flesh, human strength or aid.
Flesh and blood. See under Blood.
Flesh broth, broth made by boiling flesh in water.
Flesh fly (Zool.), one of several species of flies whose
larv[ae] or maggots feed upon flesh, as the bluebottle
fly; -- called also meat fly, carrion fly, and
blowfly. See Blowly.
Flesh meat, animal food. --Swift.
Flesh side, the side of a skin or hide which was next to
the flesh; -- opposed to grain side.
Flesh tint (Painting), a color used in painting to imitate
the hue of the living body.
Flesh worm (Zool.), any insect larva of a flesh fly. See
Flesh fly (above).
Proud flesh. See under Proud.
To be one flesh, to be closely united as in marriage; to
become as one person. --Gen. ii. 24.
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to go the way of all flesh
(gcide) | Way \Way\, n. [OE. wey, way, AS. weg; akin to OS., D., OHG., &
G. weg, Icel. vegr, Sw. v[aum]g, Dan. vei, Goth. wigs, L.
via, and AS. wegan to move, L. vehere to carry, Skr. vah.
[root]136. Cf. Convex, Inveigh, Vehicle, Vex, Via,
Voyage, Wag, Wagon, Wee, Weigh.]
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1. That by, upon, or along, which one passes or processes;
opportunity or room to pass; place of passing; passage;
road, street, track, or path of any kind; as, they built a
way to the mine. "To find the way to heaven." --Shak.
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I shall him seek by way and eke by street.
--Chaucer.
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The way seems difficult, and steep to scale.
--Milton.
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The season and ways were very improper for his
majesty's forces to march so great a distance.
--Evelyn.
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2. Length of space; distance; interval; as, a great way; a
long way.
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And whenever the way seemed long,
Or his heart began to fail. --Longfellow.
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3. A moving; passage; procession; journey.
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I prythee, now, lead the way. --Shak.
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4. Course or direction of motion or process; tendency of
action; advance.
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If that way be your walk, you have not far.
--Milton.
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And let eternal justice take the way. --Dryden.
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5. The means by which anything is reached, or anything is
accomplished; scheme; device; plan.
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My best way is to creep under his gaberdine. --Shak.
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By noble ways we conquest will prepare. --Dryden.
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What impious ways my wishes took! --Prior.
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6. Manner; method; mode; fashion; style; as, the way of
expressing one's ideas.
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7. Regular course; habitual method of life or action; plan of
conduct; mode of dealing. "Having lost the way of
nobleness." --Sir. P. Sidney.
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Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths
are peace. --Prov. iii.
17.
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When men lived in a grander way. --Longfellow.
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8. Sphere or scope of observation. --Jer. Taylor.
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The public ministers that fell in my way. --Sir W.
Temple.
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9. Determined course; resolved mode of action or conduct; as,
to have one's way.
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10. (Naut.)
(a) Progress; as, a ship has way.
(b) pl. The timbers on which a ship is launched.
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11. pl. (Mach.) The longitudinal guides, or guiding surfaces,
on the bed of a planer, lathe, or the like, along which a
table or carriage moves.
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12. (Law) Right of way. See below.
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By the way, in passing; apropos; aside; apart from, though
connected with, the main object or subject of discourse.
By way of, for the purpose of; as being; in character of.
Covert way. (Fort.) See Covered way, under Covered.
In the family way. See under Family.
In the way, so as to meet, fall in with, obstruct, hinder,
etc.
In the way with, traveling or going with; meeting or being
with; in the presence of.
Milky way. (Astron.) See Galaxy, 1.
No way, No ways. See Noway, Noways, in the
Vocabulary.
On the way, traveling or going; hence, in process;
advancing toward completion; as, on the way to this
country; on the way to success.
Out of the way. See under Out.
Right of way (Law), a right of private passage over
another's ground. It may arise either by grant or
prescription. It may be attached to a house, entry, gate,
well, or city lot, as well as to a country farm. --Kent.
To be under way, or To have way (Naut.), to be in motion,
as when a ship begins to move.
To give way. See under Give.
To go one's way, or To come one's way, to go or come; to
depart or come along. --Shak.
To go one's way to proceed in a manner favorable to one; --
of events.
To come one's way to come into one's possession (of
objects) or to become available, as an opportunity; as,
good things will come your way.
To go the way of all the earth or
to go the way of all flesh to die.
To make one's way, to advance in life by one's personal
efforts.
To make way. See under Make, v. t.
Ways and means.
(a) Methods; resources; facilities.
(b) (Legislation) Means for raising money; resources for
revenue.
Way leave, permission to cross, or a right of way across,
land; also, rent paid for such right. [Eng]
Way of the cross (Eccl.), the course taken in visiting in
rotation the stations of the cross. See Station, n., 7
(c) .
Way of the rounds (Fort.), a space left for the passage of
the rounds between a rampart and the wall of a fortified
town.
Way pane, a pane for cartage in irrigated land. See Pane,
n., 4. [Prov. Eng.]
Way passenger, a passenger taken up, or set down, at some
intermediate place between the principal stations on a
line of travel.
Ways of God, his providential government, or his works.
Way station, an intermediate station between principal
stations on a line of travel, especially on a railroad.
Way train, a train which stops at the intermediate, or way,
stations; an accommodation train.
Way warden, the surveyor of a road.
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Syn: Street; highway; road.
Usage: Way, Street, Highway, Road. Way is generic,
denoting any line for passage or conveyance; a highway
is literally one raised for the sake of dryness and
convenience in traveling; a road is, strictly, a way
for horses and carriages; a street is, etymologically,
a paved way, as early made in towns and cities; and,
hence, the word is distinctively applied to roads or
highways in compact settlements.
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All keep the broad highway, and take delight
With many rather for to go astray. --Spenser.
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There is but one road by which to climb up.
--Addison.
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When night
Darkens the streets, then wander forth the sons
Of Belial, flown with insolence and wine.
--Milton.
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To walk after the flesh
(gcide) | Walk \Walk\ (w[add]k), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Walked; p. pr. &
vb. n. Walking.] [OE. walken, probably from AS. wealcan to
roll, turn, revolve, akin to D. walken to felt hats, to work
a hat, G. walken to full, OHG. walchan to beat, to full,
Icel. v[=a]lka to roll, to stamp, Sw. valka to full, to roll,
Dan. valke to full; cf. Skr. valg to spring; but cf. also AS.
weallian to roam, ramble, G. wallen. [root]130.]
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1. To move along on foot; to advance by steps; to go on at a
moderate pace; specifically, of two-legged creatures, to
proceed at a slower or faster rate, but without running,
or lifting one foot entirely before the other touches the
ground.
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At the end of twelve months, he walked in the palace
of the kingdom of Babylon. --Dan. iv. 29.
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When Peter was come down out of the ship, he walked
on the water, to go to Jesus. --Matt. xiv.
29.
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Note: In the walk of quadrupeds, there are always two, and
for a brief space there are three, feet on the ground
at once, but never four.
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2. To move or go on the feet for exercise or amusement; to
take one's exercise; to ramble.
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3. To be stirring; to be abroad; to go restlessly about; --
said of things or persons expected to remain quiet, as a
sleeping person, or the spirit of a dead person; to go
about as a somnambulist or a specter.
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I have heard, but not believed, the spirits of the
dead
May walk again. --Shak.
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When was it she last walked? --Shak.
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4. To be in motion; to act; to move; to wag. [Obs.] "Her
tongue did walk in foul reproach." --Spenser.
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Do you think I'd walk in any plot? --B. Jonson.
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I heard a pen walking in the chimney behind the
cloth. --Latimer.
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5. To behave; to pursue a course of life; to conduct one's
self.
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We walk perversely with God, and he will walk
crookedly toward us. --Jer. Taylor.
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6. To move off; to depart. [Obs. or Colloq.]
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He will make their cows and garrans to walk.
--Spenser.
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To walk in, to go in; to enter, as into a house.
To walk after the flesh (Script.), to indulge sensual
appetites, and to live in sin. --Rom. viii. 1.
To walk after the Spirit (Script.), to be guided by the
counsels and influences of the Spirit, and by the word of
God. --Rom. viii. 1.
To walk by faith (Script.), to live in the firm belief of
the gospel and its promises, and to rely on Christ for
salvation. --2 Cor. v. 7.
To walk in darkness (Script.), to live in ignorance, error,
and sin. --1 John i. 6.
To walk in the flesh (Script.), to live this natural life,
which is subject to infirmities and calamities. --2 Cor.
x. 3.
To walk in the light (Script.), to live in the practice of
religion, and to enjoy its consolations. --1 John i. 7.
To walk over, in racing, to go over a course at a walk; --
said of a horse when there is no other entry; hence,
colloquially, to gain an easy victory in any contest.
To walk through the fire (Script.), to be exercised with
severe afflictions. --Isa. xliii. 2.
To walk with God (Script.), to live in obedience to his
commands, and have communion with him.
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To walk in the flesh
(gcide) | Walk \Walk\ (w[add]k), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Walked; p. pr. &
vb. n. Walking.] [OE. walken, probably from AS. wealcan to
roll, turn, revolve, akin to D. walken to felt hats, to work
a hat, G. walken to full, OHG. walchan to beat, to full,
Icel. v[=a]lka to roll, to stamp, Sw. valka to full, to roll,
Dan. valke to full; cf. Skr. valg to spring; but cf. also AS.
weallian to roam, ramble, G. wallen. [root]130.]
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1. To move along on foot; to advance by steps; to go on at a
moderate pace; specifically, of two-legged creatures, to
proceed at a slower or faster rate, but without running,
or lifting one foot entirely before the other touches the
ground.
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At the end of twelve months, he walked in the palace
of the kingdom of Babylon. --Dan. iv. 29.
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When Peter was come down out of the ship, he walked
on the water, to go to Jesus. --Matt. xiv.
29.
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Note: In the walk of quadrupeds, there are always two, and
for a brief space there are three, feet on the ground
at once, but never four.
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2. To move or go on the feet for exercise or amusement; to
take one's exercise; to ramble.
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3. To be stirring; to be abroad; to go restlessly about; --
said of things or persons expected to remain quiet, as a
sleeping person, or the spirit of a dead person; to go
about as a somnambulist or a specter.
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I have heard, but not believed, the spirits of the
dead
May walk again. --Shak.
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When was it she last walked? --Shak.
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4. To be in motion; to act; to move; to wag. [Obs.] "Her
tongue did walk in foul reproach." --Spenser.
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Do you think I'd walk in any plot? --B. Jonson.
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I heard a pen walking in the chimney behind the
cloth. --Latimer.
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5. To behave; to pursue a course of life; to conduct one's
self.
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We walk perversely with God, and he will walk
crookedly toward us. --Jer. Taylor.
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6. To move off; to depart. [Obs. or Colloq.]
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He will make their cows and garrans to walk.
--Spenser.
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To walk in, to go in; to enter, as into a house.
To walk after the flesh (Script.), to indulge sensual
appetites, and to live in sin. --Rom. viii. 1.
To walk after the Spirit (Script.), to be guided by the
counsels and influences of the Spirit, and by the word of
God. --Rom. viii. 1.
To walk by faith (Script.), to live in the firm belief of
the gospel and its promises, and to rely on Christ for
salvation. --2 Cor. v. 7.
To walk in darkness (Script.), to live in ignorance, error,
and sin. --1 John i. 6.
To walk in the flesh (Script.), to live this natural life,
which is subject to infirmities and calamities. --2 Cor.
x. 3.
To walk in the light (Script.), to live in the practice of
religion, and to enjoy its consolations. --1 John i. 7.
To walk over, in racing, to go over a course at a walk; --
said of a horse when there is no other entry; hence,
colloquially, to gain an easy victory in any contest.
To walk through the fire (Script.), to be exercised with
severe afflictions. --Isa. xliii. 2.
To walk with God (Script.), to live in obedience to his
commands, and have communion with him.
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Unflesh
(gcide) | Unflesh \Un*flesh"\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + flesh.]
To deprive of flesh; to reduce a skeleton. "Unfleshed
humanity." --Wordsworth.
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Unfleshed
(gcide) | Unfleshed \Unfleshed\
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