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| Flesh |
[OE. flesch,
flesc, AS. fl(?)sc; akin to OFries. fl sk,
D. vleesch, OS. fl(?)sk, OHG. fleisc, G.
fleisch, Icel. *** Dan. flesk lard, bacon, pork, Sw.
flä |
The aggregate of the
muscles, fat, and other tissues which cover the framework of bones in
man and other animals; especially, the muscles.
Animal food, in distinction from
vegetable; meat; especially, the body of beasts and birds used as
food, as distinguished from fish.
The human body, as distinguished from the
soul; the corporeal person.
The human eace; mankind;
humanity.
Human nature
Kindred; stock; race.
The soft, pulpy substance of fruit; also,
that part of a root, fruit, and the like, which is fit to be
eaten.
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To feed with flesh, as an
incitement to further exertion] to initiate; -- from the practice of
training hawks and dogs by feeding them with the first game they
take, or other flesh. Hence, to use upon flesh (as a murderous
weapon) so as to draw blood, especially for the first time.
To glut; to satiate; hence, to harden, to
accustom.
To remove
flesh, membrance, etc., from, as from hides.
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