Body

n.	1.
	1.	The material organized substance of an animal, whether living or dead, as distinguished from the spirit, or vital principle; the physical person. Absent in body, but present in spirit. - 1 Cor. v. 3 For of the soul the body form doth take. For soul is form, and doth the body make. - Spenser.
	2.	The trunk, or main part, of a person or animal, as distinguished from the limbs and head; the main, central, or principal part, as of a tree, army, country, etc. Who set the body and the limbs Of this great sport together? - Shak. The van of the king's army was led by the general; . . . in the body was the king and the prince. - Clarendon. Rivers that run up into the body of Italy. - Addison.
	3.	The real, as opposed to the symbolical; the substance, as opposed to the shadow. Which are a shadow of things to come; but the body is of Christ. - Col. ii. 17.
	4.	A person; a human being; - frequently in composition; as, anybody, nobody. A dry, shrewd kind of a body. - W. Irving.
	5.	A number of individuals spoken of collectively, usually as united by some common tie, or as organized for some purpose; a collective whole or totality; a corporation; as, a legislative body; a clerical body. A numerous body led unresistingly to the slaughter. - Prescott.
	6.	A number of things or particulars embodied in a system; a general collection; as, a great body of facts; a body of laws or of divinity.
	7.	Any mass or portion of matter; any substance distinct from others; as, a metallic body; a moving body; an aëriform body. By collision of two bodies, grind The air attrite to fire. - Milton.
	8.	Amount; quantity; extent.
	9.	That part of a garment covering the body, as distinguished from the parts covering the limbs.
	10.	The bed or box of a vehicle, on or in which the load is placed; as, a wagon body; a cart body.
	11.	(Print.) The shank of a type, or the depth of the shank (by which the size is indicated); as, a nonpareil face on an agate body.
	12.	(Geom.) A figure that has length, breadth, and thickness; any solid figure.
	13.	Consistency; thickness; substance; strength; as, this color has body; wine of a good body.
	14.	(Aëronautics) The central, longitudinal framework of a flying machine, to which are attached the planes or aërocurves, passenger accommodations, controlling and propelling apparatus, fuel tanks, etc. Also called fuselage. After body (Naut.) the part of a ship abaft the dead flat. Body cavity (Anat.) the space between the walls of the body and the inclosed viscera; the cælum; - in mammals, divided by the diaphragm into thoracic and abdominal cavities. Body of a church the nave. Body cloth a cloth or blanket for covering horses. Body clothes Clothing for the body; esp. underclothing. Body cloths for horses. Body coat a gentleman's dress coat. - Addison. Body color (Paint.) a pigment that has consistency, thickness, or body, in distinction from a tint or wash. Body of a law (Law) the main and operative part. Body louse (Zool.) a species of louse (Pediculus vestimenti), which sometimes infests the human body and clothes. See Grayback. Body plan (Shipbuilding) an end elevation, showing the conbour of the sides of a ship at certain points of her length. Body politic the collective body of a nation or state as politically organized, or as exercising political functions; also, a corporation. - Wharton. As to the persons who compose the body politic or associate themselves, they take collectively the name of "people", or "nation". - Bouvier. Sol gold is, and Luna silver we threpe (=call), Mars yren (=iron), Mercurie quicksilver we clepe, Saturnus lead, and Jupiter is tin, and Venus coper. - Chaucer.
v. t.	1.	To furnish with, or as with, a body; to produce in definite shape; to embody. [imp. & p. p. Bodied ( ); p. pr. & vb. n. Bodying.] To body forth to give from or shape to mentally. Imagination bodies forth The forms of things unknown. - Shak.

Noun	1.	body - the entire physical structure of an organism (especially an animal or human being); "he felt as if his whole body were on fire" Synonyms: organic structure, physical structure
	2.	body - body of a dead animal or person; "they found the body in the lake" Synonyms: dead body
	3.	body - a group of persons associated by some common tie or occupation and regarded as an entity; "the whole body filed out of the auditorium"
	4.	body - the body excluding the head and neck and limbs; "they moved their arms and legs and bodies" Synonyms: torso, trunk
	5.	body - an individual 3-dimensional object that has mass and that is distinguishable from other objects; "heavenly body"
	6.	body - a collection of particulars considered as a system; "a body of law"; "a body of doctrine"; "a body of precedents"
	7.	body - the external structure of a vehicle; "the body of the car was badly rusted"
	8.	body - the property of holding together and retaining its shape; "when the dough has enough consistency it is ready to bake" Synonyms: consistency, consistence
	9.	body - the central message of a communication; "the body of the message was short"
Verb	1.	body - invest with or as with a body; give body to Synonyms: personify

BODY. A person.
     2. In practice, when the sheriff returns cepi corpus to a capias, the plaintiff may obtain a rule, before special bail has been entered, to bring in the body and this must be done either by committing the defendant or entering special bail. See Dead Body.

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