| Carcass (carcass) |
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| n. | (kär"kas) |
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| Car"cass |
| ;
pl. Carcasses (#). [Written also
carcase.] [F. carcasse, fr. It. carcassa,
fr. L. caro flesh + capsa chest, box, case. Cf.
Carnal, Case a sheath.] |
A
dead body, whether of man or beast; a corpse; now commonly the
dead body of a beast.
The living body; -- now commonly used
in contempt or ridicule.
The abandoned and decaying remains of
some bulky and once comely thing, as a ship; the skeleton, or the
uncovered or unfinished frame, of a thing.
A hollow case or shell,
filled with combustibles, to be thrown from a mortar or howitzer,
to set fire to buldings, ships, etc.
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