Definition of body

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Body (n.) The bed or box of a vehicle, on or in which the load is placed; as, a wagon body; a cart body..

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Strobila :: Strobila (n.) A form of the larva of certain Discophora in a state of development succeeding the scyphistoma. The body of the strobila becomes elongated, and subdivides transversely into a series of lobate segments which eventually become ephyrae, or young medusae..
Prosoma :: Prosoma (n.) The anterior of the body of an animal, as of a cephalopod; the thorax of an arthropod..
Sphere :: Sphere (n.) Hence, any globe or globular body, especially a celestial one, as the sun, a planet, or the earth..
Axillars :: Axillars (n. pl.) Feathers connecting the under surface of the wing and the body, and concealed by the closed wing..
Lock Step :: Lock step () A mode of marching by a body of men going one after another as closely as possible, in which the leg of each moves at the same time with the corresponding leg of the person before him..
Sail :: Sail (n.) To be impelled or driven forward by the action of wind upon sails, as a ship on water; to be impelled on a body of water by the action of steam or other power..
Dicephalous :: Dicephalous (a.) Having two heads on one body; double-headed.
Pleximeter :: Pleximeter (n.) A small, hard, elastic plate, as of ivory, bone, or rubber, placed in contact with body to receive the blow, in examination by mediate percussion..
Bodily :: Bodily (a.) Having a body or material form; physical; corporeal; consisting of matter.
Occasionalism :: Occasionalism (n.) The system of occasional causes; -- a name given to certain theories of the Cartesian school of philosophers, as to the intervention of the First Cause, by which they account for the apparent reciprocal action of the soul and the body..
Cauma :: Cauma (n.) Great heat, as of the body in fever..
Imbody :: Imbody (v. i.) To become corporeal; to assume the qualities of a material body. See Embody.
Coucher :: Coucher (n.) The book in which a corporation or other body registers its particular acts.
Bar :: Bar (n.) The whole body of lawyers licensed in a court or district; the legal profession.
Muster :: Muster (v. i.) To be gathered together for parade, inspection, exercise, or the like; to come together as parts of a force or body; as, his supporters mustered in force..
Truss :: Truss (n.) To skewer; to make fast, as the wings of a fowl to the body in cooking it..
Crined :: Crined (a.) Having the hair of a different tincture from the rest of the body; as, a charge crined of a red tincture..
Grate :: Grate (v. t.) To rub roughly or harshly, as one body against another, causing a harsh sound; as, to grate the teeth; to produce (a harsh sound) by rubbing..
Periphery :: Periphery (n.) The outside or superficial portions of a body; the surface.
Ring :: Ring (v. t.) To cause to sound, especially by striking, as a metallic body; as, to ring a bell..
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