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s affection; a boil; an eruptive disease. [Obs. or Dial.] Botches and blains must all his flesh emboss. Milton.

A class of Molluscoidea having a symmetrical bivalve shell, often attached by a fleshy peduncle.

A muscle; flesh. [Obs.] Formed well of brawns and of bones. Chaucer.

Having large, strong muscles; muscular; fleshy; strong. "Brawny limbs." W. Irving.

Liquid in which flesh (and sometimes other substances, as barley or rice) has been boiled; thin or simple soup. I am sure by your unprejudiced discourses that you love broth better than soup. Addison.

An injury to the flesh of animals, or to plants, fruit, etc., with a blunt or heavy instrument, or by collision with some other body; a contusion; as, a bruise on the head; bruises on fruit. From the sole of the foot even unto the head there is no soundness in it; but wounds, and bruises. Isa. i. 6.…

g small dead animals by digging away the earth beneath them. The larvæ feed upon decaying flesh, and are useful scavengers. -- To bury the hatchet, to lay aside the instruments of war, and make peace; -- a phrase used in allusion to the custom observed by the North American Indians, of burying a tomahawk when they con…

One who slaughters animals, or dresses their flesh for market; one whose occupation it is to kill animals for food.

nontoxic ptomaine, C5H14N2 (chemically pentamethylene diamine), formed in putrefaction of flesh, etc.

alarmed, in order to confuse their enemies. Their shell is a thin horny plate, within the flesh of back, shaped very much like a quill pen. In America they are called squids. See Squid.

The fleshy hinder part of the leg below the knee. Calf's-foot jelly, jelly made from the feet of calves. The gelatinous matter of the feet is extracted by boiling, and is flavored with sugar, essences, etc.

To bear, or be susceptible of, being calvered; as, grayling's flesh will calver. Catton.

A human being that eats human flesh; hence, any that devours its own kind. Darwin.

The act or practice of eating human flesh by mankind. Hence; Murderous cruelty; barbarity. Berke.

A muskmelon of several varieties, having when mature, a yellowish skin, and flesh of a reddish orange color. [Written also cantaleup.]

A Species of duck (Aythya vallisneria), esteemed for the delicacy of its flesh. It visits the United States in autumn; particularly Chesapeake Bay and adjoining waters; -- so named from the markings of the plumage on its back.

A castrated cock, esp. when fattened; a male chicken gelded to improve his flesh for the table. Shak. The merry thought of a capon. W. Irving.

Flesh, fowl, etc., cut across, seasoned, and broiled on coals; a chop. [Obs.]

Inflammation of the fleshy or muscular substance of the heart. See Endocardris and Pericarditis. Dunglison.

Flesh of slain animals or men. A miltitude of dogs came to feast on the carnage. Macaulay.