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Bodily fear, apprehension of physical injury.

Syn. -- See Corporal.

Bod"i*ly, adv. 1. Corporeally; in bodily form; united with a body or matter; in the body.

For in him dwelleth all the fullness of the Godhead bodily. Col. ii. 9

2. In respect to, or so as to affect, the entire body or mass; entirely; all at once; completely; as, to carry away bodily. "Leapt bodily below." Lowell.

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Bod"ing (bd"ng), a. Foreshowing; presaging; ominous. -- Bod"ing*ly, adv.

Bod"ing, n. A prognostic; an omen; a foreboding.

Bod"kin (bd"kn), n. [OE. boydekyn dagger; of uncertain origin; cf. W. bidog hanger, short sword, Ir. bideog, Gael. biodag.] 1. A dagger. [Obs.]

When he himself might his quietus make With a bare bodkin. Shak.

2. (Needlework) An implement of steel, bone, ivory, etc., with a sharp point, for making holes by piercing; a &?;tiletto; an eyeleteer.

3. (Print.) A sharp tool, like an awl, used for picking &?;ut letters from a column or page in making corrections.

4. A kind of needle with a large eye and a blunt point, for drawing tape, ribbon, etc., through a loop or a hem; a tape needle.

Wedged whole ages in a bodkin's eye. Pope.

5. A kind of pin used by women to fasten the hair.

To sit, ride, or travel bodkin, to sit closely wedged between two persons. [Colloq.] Thackeray.

Bod"kin, n. See Baudekin. [Obs.] Shirley.

Bo"dle (&?;), n. A small Scotch coin worth about one sixth of an English penny. Sir W. Scott.

Bod"lei*an, a. Of or pertaining to Sir Thomas Bodley, or to the celebrated library at Oxford, founded by him in the sixteenth century.

Bo*dock" (&?;), n. [Corrupt. fr. bois d'arc.] The Osage orange. [Southwestern U.S.]

Bod"rage (&?;), n. [Prob. of Celtic origin: cf. Bordrage.] A raid. [Obs.]

Bod"y (&?;), n.; pl. Bodies (&?;). [OE. bodi, AS. bodig; akin to OHG. botah. &radic;257. Cf. Bodice.]

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.