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One who has reached the highest degree of saintship, so that in his next incarnation he will be a Buddha, or savior of the world. -- Bo"dhi*sat`ship, n.

A large food fish (Diagramma lineatum), native of the East Indies.

g outer waist or vest forming the upper part of a woman's dress, or a portion of it. Her bodice half way she unlaced. Prior.

Wearing a bodice. Thackeray.

Having a body; -- usually in composition; as, able-bodied. A doe . . . not altogether so fat, but very good flesh and good bodied. Hakluyt.

Having no body.

Corporeality. Minsheu.

Having a body or material form; physical; corporeal; consisting of matter. You are a mere spirit, and have no knowledge of the bodily part of us. Tatler.

Foreshowing; presaging; ominous. -- Bod"ing*ly, adv.

A dagger. [Obs.] When he himself might his quietus make With a bare bodkin. Shak.

A small Scotch coin worth about one sixth of an English penny. Sir W. Scott.

Of or pertaining to Sir Thomas Bodley, or to the celebrated library at Oxford, founded by him in the sixteenth century.

The Osage orange. [Southwestern U.S.]

A raid. [Obs.]

ad, as distinguished from the spirit, or vital principle; the physical person. Absent in body, but present in spirit. 1 Cor. v. 3 For of the soul the body form doth take. For soul is form, and doth the body make. Spenser.

A guard to protect or defend the person; a lifeguard.

The wood of trees, esp. of oaks, dug up from peat bogs. It is of a shining black or ebony color, and is largely used for making ornaments.

Same as Buddha. Malcom.

Same as Buddhism.

Same as Buddhist.