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Poisoning, or the state of being poisoned, from toxic substances produced within the body; autotoxæmia.

The feeding of the body upon itself, as in fasting; nutrition by consumption of one's own tissues.

Dissection of a dead body, for the purpose of ascertaining the cause, seat, or nature of a disease; a post-mortem examination.

A large mass or body of snow and ice sliding swiftly down a mountain side, or falling down a precipice.

The van or advanced body of an army. See Vanguard.

Belonging to the axis of the body; as, the axial skeleton; or to the axis of any appendage or organ; as, the axial bones. Axial line (Magnetism), the line taken by the magnetic force in passing from one pole of a horseshoe magnet to the other. Faraday.

Feathers connecting the under surface of the wing and the body, and concealed by the closed wing.

A straight line, real or imaginary, passing through a body, on which it revolves, or may be supposed to revolve; a line passing through a body or system around which the parts are symmetrically arranged.

In Spain and Spanish America, a corporation or body of magistrates in cities and towns, corresponding to mayor and aldermen.

The state of bachelorhood; the whole body of bachelors.

The body of young aspirants for knighthood. [Obs.] Chaucer.

In human beings, the hinder part of the body, extending from the neck to the end of the spine; in other animals, that part of the body which corresponds most nearly to such part of a human being; as, the back of a horse, fish, or lobster.

the leg back of the opponent's heel on the outside and pulling forward while pushing his body back; a throw made in this way. -- v. t.

ded by the quadrant and sextant; -- so called because the observer turned his back to the body observed.

Any round or roundish body or mass; a sphere or globe; as, a ball of twine; a ball of snow.

A fish of the genus Diodon or the genus Tetraodon, having the power of distending its body by taking air or water into its dilatable esophagus. See Globefish, and Bur fish.

g together of the king's (esp. the French king's) vassals for military service; also, the body of vassals thus assembled or summoned. In present usage, in France and Prussia, the most effective part of the population liable to military duty and not in the standing army.

A company of persons united in any common design, especially a body of armed men. Troops of horsemen with his bands of foot. Shak.

A stringed musical instrument having a head and neck like the guitar, and its body like a tambourine. It has five strings, and is played with the fingers and hands.

A stringed musical instrument having a head and neck like the guitar, and its body like a tambourine. It has five strings, and is played with the fingers and hands.