v. t. To reduce the flesh or obesity of. [ Obs. ] Shelton. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To clothe with flesh. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Vices which are . . . enfleshed in him. Florio. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. flesch, flesc, AS. fl&aemacr_;sc; akin to OFries. flāsk, D. vleesch, OS. flēsk, OHG. fleisc, G. fleisch, Icel. & Dan. flesk lard, bacon, pork, Sw. fläsk. ] 1. The aggregate of the muscles, fat, and other tissues which cover the framework of bones in man and other animals; especially, the muscles. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Animal food, in distinction from vegetable; meat; especially, the body of beasts and birds used as food, as distinguished from fish. [ 1913 Webster ]

With roasted flesh, or milk, and wastel bread. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. The human body, as distinguished from the soul; the corporeal person. [ 1913 Webster ]

As if this flesh, which walls about our life,
Were brass impregnable. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. The human eace; mankind; humanity. [ 1913 Webster ]

All flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth. Gen. vi. 12. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. Human nature: (a) In a good sense, tenderness of feeling; gentleness. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. Kindred; stock; race. [ 1913 Webster ]

He is our brother and our flesh. Gen. xxxvii. 27. [ 1913 Webster ]

7. The soft, pulpy substance of fruit; also, that part of a root, fruit, and the like, which is fit to be eaten. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

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 larvæ 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

Full bravely hast thou fleshed
Thy maiden sword. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

The wild dog
Shall flesh his tooth on every innocent. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To glut; to satiate; hence, to harden, to accustom. “Fleshed in triumphs.” Glanvill. [ 1913 Webster ]

Old soldiers
Fleshed in the spoils of Germany and France. Beau. & Fl. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Leather Manufacture) To remove flesh, membrance, etc., from, as from hides. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Corpulent; fat; having flesh. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Glutted; satiated; initiated. [ 1913 Webster ]

Fleshed with slaughter. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. A butcher. [ 1913 Webster ]

A flesher on a block had laid his whittle down. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A two-handled, convex, blunt-edged knife, for scraping hides; a fleshing knife. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The state or condition of having a form of flesh; incarnation. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Thou, who hast thyself
Endured this fleshhood. Mrs. Browning. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The state of being fleshy; plumpness; corpulence; grossness. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. pl. Flesh-colored tights, worn by actors and dancers. D. Jerrold. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Destitute of flesh; lean. Carlyle. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The state of being fleshly; carnal passions and appetites. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A person devoted to fleshly things. [ Obs. ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ AS. fl&aemacr_;sclīc. ] 1. Of or pertaining to the flesh; corporeal. “Fleshly bondage.” Denham. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Animal; not vegetable. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Human; not celestial; not spiritual or divine. “Fleshly wisdom.” 2 Cor. i. 12. [ 1913 Webster ]

Much ostentation vain of fleshly arm
And fragile arms. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Carnal; wordly; lascivious. [ 1913 Webster ]

Abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul. 1 Pet. ii. 11. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a fleshly manner; carnally; lasciviously. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act of fleshing, or the excitement attending a successful beginning. [ R. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ AS. fl&aemacr_;sc mangere. ] One who deals in flesh; hence, a pimp; a procurer; a pander. [ R. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. A pot or vessel in which flesh is cooked. [ 1913 Webster ]

In the land of Egypt . . . we sat by the fleshpots, and . . . did eat bread to the full. Ex. xvi. 3. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. hence, pl. plenty; high living. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. pl. Places providing opportunity to indulge in amusements or pleasures without moral restraints. [ PJC ]

n. A quaking or trembling of the flesh; a quiver. [ Obs. ] B. Jonson. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Compar. Fleshier superl. Fleshiest ] 1. Full of, or composed of, flesh; plump; corpulent; fat; gross. [ 1913 Webster ]

The sole of his foot is fleshy. Ray. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Human. [ Obs. ] “Fleshy tabernacle.” Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Bot.) Composed of firm pulp; succulent; as, the houseleek, cactus, and agave are fleshy plants. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A peculiar roughness of the skin produced by cold or fear, in which the hair follicles become erect and form bumps on the skin; -- called also goose skin, goose pimples, goose bumps.
Syn. -- goose bumps, goose pimples, goose skin. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. The flesh of horses.
Syn. -- horsemeat. [ 1913 Webster ]

The Chinese eat horseflesh at this day. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Horses, generally; the qualities of a horse; as, he is a judge of horseflesh. [ Colloq. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Horseflesh ore (Min.), a miner's name for bornite, in allusion to its peculiar reddish color on fresh facture. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To incarnate. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ 1st pref. un- + flesh. ] To deprive of flesh; to reduce a skeleton. “Unfleshed humanity.” Wordsworth. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Not pertaining to the flesh; spiritual. [ 1913 Webster ]

See drainable.
See dramatic.
See drinkable.
See durable.
See duteous.
See dutiful.
See earnest.
See eatable.
See ecclesiastical.
See edible.
See elaborate.
See elective.
See elusive.
See emotional.
See emphatic. See employable.
See employable.
See endurable.
See -English.
See entire.
See enviable.
See envious.
See episcopal.
See equable.
See errable.
See escapable.
See evangelical.
See eventful.
See evident.
See exact.
See examinable.
See exceptionable.
See exclusive.
See exemplary.
See exempt.
See exhaustible.
See existent.
See expectable.
See expectant.
See explainable.
See express.
See expressible.
See expugnable.
See extinct.
See factious.
See fadable.
See fain.
See familiar.
See famous.
See fashionable.
See fast.
See fatherly.
See fathomable.
See faulty.
See fearful.
See feasible.
See felicitous.
See felt.
See feminine.
See fermentable.
See festival.
See fine.
See fleshy.
See fluent.
See forcible.
See fordable.
See foreknowable.
See foreseeable.
See forgetful.
See forgivable.
See formal.
See framable.
See fraternal.
See friable.
See frightful.
See frustrable.
See full.
See gainable.
See gainful.
See gallant.
See genial.
See genteel.
See gentle.
See gentlemanlike.
See gentlemanly.
See geometrical.
See ghostly.
See glad.
See godlike.
See good.
See goodly.
See gorgeous.
See grammatical.
See grave.
See guidable.
See guilty.
See habile.
See habitable.
See hale.
See handy.
See hardy.
See harmful.
See hasty.
See hazardous.
See healable.
See healthful.
See healthy.
See heavenly.
See heedful.
See helpful.
See heritable.
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