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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Flesh \Flesh\ (fl[e^]sh), noun [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.
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.
2. Animal food, in distinction from vegetable; meat; especially, the body of beasts and birds used as food, as distinguished from {fish}.
With roasted flesh, or milk, and wastel bread. --Chaucer.
3. The human body, as distinguished from the soul; the corporeal person.
As if this flesh, which walls about our life, Were brass impregnable. --Shak.
4. The human eace; mankind; humanity.
All flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth. --Gen. vi. 12.
5. Human nature: (a) In a good sense, tenderness of feeling; gentleness.
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.
He is our brother and our flesh. --Gen. xxxvii. 27.
7. The soft, pulpy substance of fruit; also, that part of a root, fruit, and the like, which is fit to be eaten.
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.
{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.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Flesh \Flesh\, verb (used with an object) [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.
Full bravely hast thou fleshed Thy maiden sword. --Shak.
The wild dog Shall flesh his tooth on every innocent. --Shak.
2. To glut; to satiate; hence, to harden, to accustom. "Fleshed in triumphs." --Glanvill.
Old soldiers Fleshed in the spoils of Germany and France. --Beau. & Fl.
3. (Leather Manufacture) To remove flesh, membrance, etc., from, as from hides.
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
noun
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}]
verb
1: remove adhering flesh from (hides) when preparing leather manufacture
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