Definition of flesh

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Flesh (v. t.) 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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Carnify :: Carnify (v. i.) To form flesh; to become like flesh.
Graft :: Graft (n.) To implant a portion of (living flesh or akin) in a lesion so as to form an organic union.
Artichoke :: Artichoke (n.) The Cynara scolymus, a plant somewhat resembling a thistle, with a dilated, imbricated, and prickly involucre. The head (to which the name is also applied) is composed of numerous oval scales, inclosing the florets, sitting on a broad receptacle, which, with the fleshy base of the scales, is much esteemed as an article of food..
Gill :: Gill (n.) The fleshy flap that hangs below the beak of a fowl; a wattle.
Inoculation :: Inoculation (n.) The act or practice of communicating a disease to a person in health, by inserting contagious matter in his skin or flesh..
Mortify :: Mortify (v. i.) To lose vitality and organic structure, as flesh of a living body; to gangrene..
Fatness :: Fatness (n.) The quality or state of being fat, plump, or full-fed; corpulency; fullness of flesh..
Sarco- :: Sarco- () A combining form from Gr. sa`rx, sa`rkos, flesh; as, sarcophagous, flesh-eating; sarcology..
Freestone :: Freestone (a.) Having the flesh readily separating from the stone, as in certain kinds of peaches..
Rhubarb :: Rhubarb (n.) The large and fleshy leafstalks of Rheum Rhaponticum and other species of the same genus. They are pleasantly acid, and are used in cookery. Called also pieplant..
Anthropophagous :: Anthropophagous (a.) Feeding on human flesh; cannibal.
Pulpy :: Pulpy (n.) Like pulp; consisting of pulp; soft; fleshy; succulent; as, the pulpy covering of a nut; the pulpy substance of a peach or a cherry..
Incarnate :: Incarnate (v. i.) To form flesh; to granulate, as a wound..
Mole :: Mole (n.) A mass of fleshy or other more or less solid matter generated in the uterus.
Spicula :: Spicula (n.) A pointed fleshy appendage.
Regimen :: Regimen (n.) a systematic course of diet, etc., pursed with a view to improving or preserving the health, or for the purpose of attaining some particular effect, as a reduction of flesh; -- sometimes used synonymously with hygiene..
Fleshy :: Fleshy (superl.) Human.
Melocotoon :: Melocotoon (n.) A kind of peach having one side deep red, and the flesh yellow..
Deer's-tongue :: Deer's-tongue (n.) A plant (Liatris odoratissima) whose fleshy leaves give out a fragrance compared to vanilla.
Seethe :: Seethe (n.) To decoct or prepare for food in hot liquid; to boil; as, to seethe flesh..
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