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Destitute of flame. Sandys.

Without flavor; tasteless.

Free from flaws. Boyle.

Without spot or blame. [R.] My consnience will not count me fleckless. Tennyson.

Without a fleece.

The aggregate of the muscles, fat, and other tissues which cover the framework of bones in man and other animals; especially, the muscles.

Corpulent; fat; having flesh.

A butcher. A flesher on a block had laid his whittle down. Macaulay.

The state or condition of having a form of flesh; incarnation. [R.] Thou, who hast thyself Endured this fleshhood. Mrs. Browning.

The state of being fleshy; plumpness; corpulence; grossness. Milton.

Flesh-colored tights, worn by actors dancers. D. Jerrold.

Destitute of flesh; lean. Carlyle.

The state of being fleshly; carnal passions and appetites. Spenser.

A person devoted to fleshly things. [Obs.] Spenser.

Of or pertaining to the flesh; corporeal. "Fleshly bondage." Denham.

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

One who deals in flesh; hence, a pimp; a procurer; a pander. [R.] Shak.

A pot or vessel in which flesh is cooked; hence (pl.),

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

Full of, or composed of, flesh; plump; corpulent; fat; gross. The sole of his foot is fleshy. Ray.