Part 1245

<blockquote>Which are a shadow of things to come; but the <b>body</b> is of Christ. <i>Col. ii. 17.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>A person; a human being; -- frequently in composition; <as>as, any<ex>body</ex>, no<ex>body</ex></as>.</def>

<blockquote>A dry, shrewd kind of a <b>body</b>. <i>W. Irving.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>5.</b> <def>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>as, a legislative <ex>body</ex>; a clerical <ex>body</ex>.</as></def>

<blockquote>A numerous <b>body</b> led unresistingly to the slaughter. <i>Prescott.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>6.</b> <def>A number of things or particulars embodied in a system; a general collection; <as>as, a great <ex>body</ex> of facts; a <ex>body</ex> of laws or of divinity.</as></def>

<p><b>7.</b> <def>Any mass or portion of matter; any substance distinct from others; <as>as, a metallic <ex>body</ex>; a moving <ex>body</ex>; an a\'89riform <ex>body</ex>.</as></def> "A <i>body</i> of cold air."

<i>Huxley.</i>

<blockquote>By collision of two <b>bodies</b>, grind The air attrite to fire. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>8.</b> <def>Amount; quantity; extent.</def>

<p><b>9.</b> <def>That part of a garment covering the body, as distinguished from the parts covering the limbs.</def>

<p><b>10.</b> <def>The bed or box of a vehicle, on or in which the load is placed; <as>as, a wagon <ex>body</ex>; a cart <ex>body</ex>.</as></def>

<p><b>11.</b> <fld>(Print.)</fld> <def>The shank of a type, or the depth of the shank (by which the size is indicated); <as>as, a nonpareil face on an agate <ex>body</ex></as>.</def>

<p><b>12.</b> <fld>(Geom.)</fld> <def>A figure that has length, breadth, and thickness; any solid figure.</def>

<p><b>13.</b> <def>Consistency; thickness; substance; strength; <as>as, this color has <ex>body</ex>; wine of a good <ex>body</ex>.</as></def>

<note>&hand; Colors <i>bear a body</i> when they are capable of being ground so fine, and of being mixed so entirely with oil, as to seem only a very thick oil of the same color.</note>

<cs><col>After body</col> <fld>(Naut.)</fld>, <cd>the part of a ship abaft the dead flat.</cd> -- <col>Body cavity</col> <fld>(Anat.)</fld>, <cd>the space between the walls of the body and the inclosed viscera; the c\'91lum; -- in mammals, divided by the diaphragm into thoracic and abdominal cavities.</cd> -- <col>Body of a church</col>, <cd>the nave.</cd> -- <col>Body cloth</col>; <plu>pl. <col>Body cloths</col></plu></mcol>, <cd>a cloth or blanket for covering horses.</cd> -- <col>Body clothes</col>. (<pluf>pl.</pluf>) <p><b>1.</b> <cd>Clothing for the body; esp. underclothing.</cd> <p><b>2.</b> <cd>Body cloths for horses.</cd> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> <i>Addison</i>. -- <col>Body coat</col>, <cd>a gentleman's dress coat.</cd> -- <col>Body color</col> <fld>(Paint.)</fld>, <cd>a pigment that has consistency, thickness, or body, in distinction from a tint or wash.</cd> -- <col>Body of a law</col> <fld>(Law)</fld>, <cd>the main and operative part.</cd> -- <col>Body louse</col> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld>, <cd>a species of louse (<spn>Pediculus vestimenti</spn>), which sometimes infests the human body and clothes. See <er>Grayback</er>.</cd> -- <col>Body plan</col> <fld>(Shipbuilding)</fld>, <cd>an end elevation, showing the conbour of the sides of a ship at certain points of her length.</cd> -- <col>Body politic</col>, <cd>the collective body of a nation or state as politically organized, or as exercising political functions; also, a corporation.</cd> <i>Wharton.</i>

<blockquote>As to the persons who compose the <b>body politic</b> or associate themselves, they take collectively the name of "people", or "nation". <i>Bouvier.</i></blockquote>

-- <col>Body servant</col>, <cd>a valet.</cd> -- <col>The bodies seven</col> (<fld>Alchemy</fld>), <cd>the metals corresponding to the planets.</cd> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>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. <i>Chaucer.</i></blockquote>

-- <col>Body snatcher</col>, <cd>one who secretly removes without right or authority a dead body from a grave, vault, etc.; a resurrectionist.</cd> -- <col>Body snatching</col> (<fld>Law</fld>), <cd>the unauthorized removal of a dead body from the grave; usually for the purpose of dissection.</cd></cs>

<h1>Body</h1> <Xpage=162>

<hw>Bod"y</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Bodied</er> (<?/); <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Bodying</er>.]</wordforms> <def>To furnish with, or as with, a body; to produce in definite shape; to embody.</def>

<cs><col>To body forth</col>, <cd>to give from or shape to mentally.</cd>

<blockquote>Imagination <b>bodies</b> forth The forms of things unknown. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote> </cs>

<h1>Bodyguard</h1> <Xpage=162>

<hw>Bod"y*guard`</hw> <tt>(<?/)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A guard to protect or defend the person; a lifeguard.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Retinue; attendance; following.</def>