Body

pl. Bodies

1. The material organized substance of an animal, whether living or dead, as distinguished from the spirit, or vital principle; the physical person.

   Absent in body, but present in spirit.

   For of the soul the body form doth take. For soul is form, and doth the body make.

2. 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.

   Who set the body and the limbs Of this great sport together?

   The van of the king's army was led by the general; . . . in the body was the king and the prince.

   Rivers that run up into the body of Italy.

3. The real, as opposed to the symbolical; the substance, as opposed to the shadow.

   Which are a shadow of things to come; but the body is of Christ.

4. A person; a human being; -- frequently in composition; as, anybody, nobody.

   A dry, shrewd kind of a body.

5. A number of individuals spoken of collectively, usually as united by some common tie, or as organized for some purpose; a collective whole or totality; a corporation; as, a legislative body; a clerical body.

   A numerous body led unresistingly to the slaughter.

6. A number of things or particulars embodied in a system; a general collection; as, a great body of facts; a body of laws or of divinity.
7. Any mass or portion of matter; any substance distinct from others; as, a metallic body; a moving body; an aëriform body.

   By collision of two bodies, grind The air attrite to fire.

8. Amount; quantity; extent.
9. That part of a garment covering the body, as distinguished from the parts covering the limbs.
10. The bed or box of a vehicle, on or in which the load is placed; as, a wagon body; a cart body.
11. The shank of a type, or the depth of the shank (by which the size is indicated); as, a nonpareil face on an agate body. (Print.)
12. A figure that has length, breadth, and thickness; any solid figure. (Geom.)
13. Consistency; thickness; substance; strength; as, this color has body; wine of a good body.
14. The central, longitudinal framework of a flying machine, to which are attached the planes or aërocurves, passenger accommodations, controlling and propelling apparatus, fuel tanks, etc. Also called fuselage. (Aëronautics)

    As to the persons who compose the body politic or associate themselves, they take collectively the name of “people”, or “nation”.

    Sol gold is, and Luna silver we threpe (=call), Mars yren (=iron), Mercurie quicksilver we clepe, Saturnus lead, and Jupiter is tin, and Venus coper.

imp. & p. p. Bodied; p. pr. & vb. n. Bodying

1. To furnish with, or as with, a body; to produce in definite shape; to embody.

   Imagination bodies forth The forms of things unknown.