*lesh*

n. The office or dignity of an apostle. [ 1913 Webster ]

. (Nav.) [ shortened from line-of-battle ship, i.e. the most heavily armored ship suited to be in the front line of a naval battle. ] An armor-plated warship built of steel and heavily armed, generally having over ten thousand tons displacement, and intended to be fit to combat the heaviest enemy ships in line of battle; the most heavily armed and armored class of warship at any given time. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC ]

n. The state of being, or the personality of, a beadle. A. Wood. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a cargo ship for the transport of livestock.
Syn. -- cattle boat. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. One of the shells or valves of a cockle. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A light boat. [ 1913 Webster ]

To board the cockleshell in those plunding waters. W. Black. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The office or functions of a constable. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The state of being a disciple or follower in doctrines and precepts. Jer. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To reduce the flesh or obesity of. [ Obs. ] Shelton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The office of ædile. T. Arnold. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To clothe with flesh. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Vices which are . . . enfleshed in him. Florio. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. flesch, flesc, AS. fl&aemacr_;sc; akin to OFries. flāsk, D. vleesch, OS. flēsk, OHG. fleisc, G. fleisch, Icel. & Dan. flesk lard, bacon, pork, Sw. fläsk. ] 1. The aggregate of the muscles, fat, and other tissues which cover the framework of bones in man and other animals; especially, the muscles. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ In composition it is mainly proteinaceous, but contains in adition a large number of low-molecular-weight subtances, such as creatin, xanthin, hypoxanthin, carnin, etc. It is also rich in potassium phosphate. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Animal food, in distinction from vegetable; meat; especially, the body of beasts and birds used as food, as distinguished from fish. [ 1913 Webster ]

With roasted flesh, or milk, and wastel bread. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. The human body, as distinguished from the soul; the corporeal person. [ 1913 Webster ]

As if this flesh, which walls about our life,
Were brass impregnable. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. The human eace; mankind; humanity. [ 1913 Webster ]

All flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth. Gen. vi. 12. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. Human nature: (a) In a good sense, tenderness of feeling; gentleness. [ 1913 Webster ]

There is no flesh in man's obdurate heart. Cowper.

(b) In a bad sense, tendency to transient or physical pleasure; desire for sensual gratification; carnality. (c) (Theol.) The character under the influence of animal propensities or selfish passions; the soul unmoved by spiritual influences. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. Kindred; stock; race. [ 1913 Webster ]

He is our brother and our flesh. Gen. xxxvii. 27. [ 1913 Webster ]

7. The soft, pulpy substance of fruit; also, that part of a root, fruit, and the like, which is fit to be eaten. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Flesh is often used adjectively or self-explaining compounds; as, flesh broth or flesh-broth; flesh brush or fleshbrush; flesh tint or flesh-tint; flesh wound. [ 1913 Webster ]

After the flesh, after the manner of man; in a gross or earthly manner. “Ye judge after the flesh.” John viii. 15. --
An arm of flesh, human strength or aid. --
Flesh and blood. See under Blood. --
Flesh broth, broth made by boiling flesh in water. --
Flesh fly (Zool.), one of several species of flies whose larvæ or maggots feed upon flesh, as the bluebottle fly; -- called also meat fly, carrion fly, and blowfly. See Blowly. --
Flesh meat, animal food. Swift. --
Flesh side, the side of a skin or hide which was next to the flesh; -- opposed to grain side. --
Flesh tint (Painting), a color used in painting to imitate the hue of the living body. --
Flesh worm (Zool.), any insect larva of a flesh fly. See Flesh fly (above). --
Proud flesh. See under Proud. --
To be one flesh, to be closely united as in marriage; to become as one person. Gen. ii. 24. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Fleshed p. pr. & vb. n. Fleshing. ] 1. 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

Full bravely hast thou fleshed
Thy maiden sword. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

The wild dog
Shall flesh his tooth on every innocent. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To glut; to satiate; hence, to harden, to accustom. “Fleshed in triumphs.” Glanvill. [ 1913 Webster ]

Old soldiers
Fleshed in the spoils of Germany and France. Beau. & Fl. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Leather Manufacture) To remove flesh, membrance, etc., from, as from hides. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Corpulent; fat; having flesh. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Glutted; satiated; initiated. [ 1913 Webster ]

Fleshed with slaughter. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. A butcher. [ 1913 Webster ]

A flesher on a block had laid his whittle down. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A two-handled, convex, blunt-edged knife, for scraping hides; a fleshing knife. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The state or condition of having a form of flesh; incarnation. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Thou, who hast thyself
Endured this fleshhood. Mrs. Browning. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The state of being fleshy; plumpness; corpulence; grossness. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. pl. Flesh-colored tights, worn by actors and dancers. D. Jerrold. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Destitute of flesh; lean. Carlyle. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The state of being fleshly; carnal passions and appetites. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A person devoted to fleshly things. [ Obs. ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ AS. fl&aemacr_;sclīc. ] 1. Of or pertaining to the flesh; corporeal. “Fleshly bondage.” Denham. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Animal; not vegetable. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Human; not celestial; not spiritual or divine. “Fleshly wisdom.” 2 Cor. i. 12. [ 1913 Webster ]

Much ostentation vain of fleshly arm
And fragile arms. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Carnal; wordly; lascivious. [ 1913 Webster ]

Abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul. 1 Pet. ii. 11. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a fleshly manner; carnally; lasciviously. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act of fleshing, or the excitement attending a successful beginning. [ R. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ AS. fl&aemacr_;sc mangere. ] One who deals in flesh; hence, a pimp; a procurer; a pander. [ R. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. A pot or vessel in which flesh is cooked. [ 1913 Webster ]

In the land of Egypt . . . we sat by the fleshpots, and . . . did eat bread to the full. Ex. xvi. 3. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. hence, pl. plenty; high living. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. pl. Places providing opportunity to indulge in amusements or pleasures without moral restraints. [ PJC ]

n. A quaking or trembling of the flesh; a quiver. [ Obs. ] B. Jonson. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Compar. Fleshier superl. Fleshiest ] 1. Full of, or composed of, flesh; plump; corpulent; fat; gross. [ 1913 Webster ]

The sole of his foot is fleshy. Ray. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Human. [ Obs. ] “Fleshy tabernacle.” Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Bot.) Composed of firm pulp; succulent; as, the houseleek, cactus, and agave are fleshy plants. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The deportment or conduct of a gentleman. [ Obs. ] Ascham. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A peculiar roughness of the skin produced by cold or fear, in which the hair follicles become erect and form bumps on the skin; -- called also goose skin, goose pimples, goose bumps.
Syn. -- goose bumps, goose pimples, goose skin. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. The flesh of horses.
Syn. -- horsemeat. [ 1913 Webster ]

The Chinese eat horseflesh at this day. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Horses, generally; the qualities of a horse; as, he is a judge of horseflesh. [ Colloq. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Horseflesh ore (Min.), a miner's name for bornite, in allusion to its peculiar reddish color on fresh facture. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To incarnate. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A pool; a plash. [ Obs. ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The state of being sole, or alone; soleness. [ R. ] Sir E. Dering. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A person with slender shanks, or legs; -- used humorously or in contempt. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The office or position of an uncle. Lamb. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ 1st pref. un- + flesh. ] To deprive of flesh; to reduce a skeleton. “Unfleshed humanity.” Wordsworth. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Not pertaining to the flesh; spiritual. [ 1913 Webster ]