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The whole body of lawyers licensed in a court or district; the legal profession.

Without clothes or covering; stripped of the usual covering; naked; as, his body is bare; the trees are bare.

The whole body of barons or peers. The baronage of the kingdom. Bp. Burnet.

The collective body of baronets.

-- Base ring (Ordnance), a projecting band of metal around the breech, connected with the body of the gun by a concave molding. H. L. Scott.

Noting two small bones, forming the body of the inverted hyoid arch.

A small kind of hound with a long body and short legs, used as an earth dog.

t. -- Bastard type (Print.), type having the face of a larger or a smaller size than the body; e.g., a nonpareil face on a brevier body. -- Bastard wing (Zoöl.), three to five quill feathers on a small joint corresponding to the thumb in some mam malia; the alula.

The act of exposing the body, or part of the body, for purposes of cleanliness, comfort, health, etc., to water, vapor, hot air, or the like; as, a cold or a hot bath; a medicated bath; a steam bath; a hip bath.

The immersion of the body in water; as to take one's usual bathe. Edin. Rev.

An army in battle array; also, the main battalia or body. [Obs.] Shak.

A body of troops; esp. a body of troops or an army in battle array. "The whole battalion views." Milton.

The main body, as distinct from the van and rear; battalia. [Obs.] Hayward.

A small body of water set off from the main body; as a compartment containing water for a wheel; the portion of a canal just outside of the gates of a lock, etc.

Any small globular body; as,

A ray or collection of parallel rays emitted from the sun or other luminous body; as, a beam of light, or of heat. How far that little candle throws his beams ! Shak.

To manage, wield, or direct. "Thus must thou thy body bear." Shak. Hence: To behave; to conduct. Hath he borne himself penitently in prison Shak.

Specifically: One who assists in carrying a body to the grave; a pallbearer. Milton.

The bottom of a watercourse, or of any body of water; as, the bed of a river. So sinks the daystar in the ocean bed. Milton.

pplicate for; to beseech. I do beg your good will in this case. Shak. [Joseph] begged the body of Jesus. Matt. xxvii. 58.