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<hw>Flesh"less</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Destitute of flesh; lean.</def>

<i>Carlyle.</i>

<h1>Fleshliness</h1> <Xpage=570>

<hw>Flesh"li*ness</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The state of being fleshly; carnal passions and appetites.</def>

<i>Spenser.</i>

<h1>Fleshing</h1> <Xpage=570>

<hw>Flesh"ing</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A person devoted to fleshly things.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Spenser.</i>

<h1>Fleshly</h1> <Xpage=570>

<hw>Flesh"ly</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[AS. <?/.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Of or pertaining to the flesh; corporeal.</def> "<i>Fleshly</i> bondage."

<i>Denham.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Animal; not<?/vegetable.</def>

<i>Dryden.</i>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Human; not celestial; not spiritual or divine.</def> "<i>Fleshly</i> wisdom."

<i>2 Cor. i. 12.</i>

<blockquote>Much ostentation vain of <b>fleshly</b> arm And fragile arms. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>Carnal; wordly; lascivious.</def>

<blockquote>Abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul. <i>1 Pet. ii. 11.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Fleshly</h1> <Xpage=570>

<hw>Flesh"ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In a fleshly manner; carnally; lasciviously.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<h1>Fleshment</h1> <Xpage=570>

<hw>Flesh"ment</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The act of fleshing, or the excitement attending a successful beginning.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Shak.</i>

<h1>Fleshmonger</h1> <Xpage=570>

<hw>Flesh"mon`ger</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[AS. <ets><?/ mangere</ets>.]</ety> <def>One who deals in flesh; hence, a pimp; a procurer; a pander.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Shak.</i>

<h1>Fleshpot</h1> <Xpage=570>