n. | 1. | The aggregate of the muscles, fat, and other tissues which cover the framework of bones in man and other animals; especially, the muscles. |
| 2. | Animal food, in distinction from vegetable; meat; especially, the body of beasts and birds used as food, as distinguished from fish. |
| 3. | The human body, as distinguished from the soul; the corporeal person. |
| 4. | The human eace; mankind; humanity. |
| 5. | Human nature |
| 6. | (Theol.) In a bad sense, tendency to transient or physical pleasure; desire for sensual gratification; carnality. |
| 6. | Kindred; stock; race. |
| 7. | The soft, pulpy substance of fruit; also, that part of a root, fruit, and the like, which is fit to be eaten. |
v. t. | 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. |
| 2. | To glut; to satiate; hence, to harden, to accustom. |
| 3. | (Leather Manufacture) To remove flesh, membrance, etc., from, as from hides. |