Definition of body

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Body (n.) The trunk, or main part, of a person or animal, as distinguished from the limbs and head; the main, central, or principal part, as of a tree, army, country, etc..

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Outpost :: Outpost (n.) A post or station without the limits of a camp, or at a distance from the main body of an army, for observation of the enemy..
Percussion :: Percussion (n.) The act of tapping or striking the surface of the body in order to learn the condition of the parts beneath by the sound emitted or the sensation imparted to the fingers. Percussion is said to be immediate if the blow is directly upon the body; if some interventing substance, as a pleximeter, is, used, it is called mediate..
Em :: Em (n.) The portion of a line formerly occupied by the letter m, then a square type, used as a unit by which to measure the amount of printed matter on a page; the square of the body of a type..
Mass :: Mass (n.) A quantity of matter cohering together so as to make one body, or an aggregation of particles or things which collectively make one body or quantity, usually of considerable size; as, a mass of ore, metal, sand, or water..
Caroigne :: Caroigne (n.) Dead body; carrion.
Sheet :: Sheet (v. t.) A broad piece of cloth, usually linen or cotton, used for wrapping the body or for a covering; especially, one used as an article of bedding next to the body..
Internally :: Internally (adv.) Inwardly; within the enveloping surface, or the boundary of a thing; within the body; beneath the surface..
Vaudeville :: Vaudeville (n.) A kind of song of a lively character, frequently embodying a satire on some person or event, sung to a familiar air in couplets with a refrain; a street song; a topical song..
Crined :: Crined (a.) Having the hair of a different tincture from the rest of the body; as, a charge crined of a red tincture..
Lobby :: Lobby (v. i.) To address or solicit members of a legislative body in the lobby or elsewhere, with the purpose to influence their votes..
Anisopleura :: Anisopleura (n. pl.) A primary division of gastropods, including those having spiral shells. The two sides of the body are unequally developed..
Plunge :: Plunge (v. t.) To thrust into water, or into any substance that is penetrable; to immerse; to cause to penetrate or enter quickly and forcibly; to thrust; as, to plunge the body into water; to plunge a dagger into the breast. Also used figuratively; as, to plunge a nation into war..
Palmitic :: Palmitic (a.) Pertaining to, or obtained from, palmitin or palm oil; as, palmitic acid, a white crystalline body belonging to the fatty acid series. It is readily soluble in hot alcohol, and melts to a liquid oil at 62ยก C..
Body :: Body (n.) A figure that has length, breadth, and thickness; any solid figure..
String :: String (n.) A nerve or tendon of an animal body.
Isopleura :: Isopleura (n. pl.) A subclass of Gastropoda, in which the body is symmetrical, the right and left sides being equal..
Headless :: Headless (a.) Having no head; beheaded; as, a headless body, neck, or carcass..
Tirailleur :: Tirailleur (n.) Formerly, a member of an independent body of marksmen in the French army. They were used sometimes in front of the army to annoy the enemy, sometimes in the rear to check his pursuit. The term is now applied to all troops acting as skirmishers..
Volutation :: Volutation (n.) A rolling of a body; a wallowing.
Prosoma :: Prosoma (n.) The anterior of the body of an animal, as of a cephalopod; the thorax of an arthropod..
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