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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Carcass \Car"cass\ (k[aum]r"kas), n.; pl {Carcasses}. [Written
also {carcase}.] [F. carcasse, fr It carcassa, fr L. caro
flesh + capsa chest, box, case. Cf {Carnal}, {Case} a
sheath.]
1. A dead body, whether of man or beast; a corpse; now
commonly the dead body of a beast.
He turned to see the carcass of the lion. --Judges
xiv. 8.
This kept thousands in the town whose carcasses went
into the great pits by cartloads. --De Foe.
2. The living body; -- now commonly used in contempt or
ridicule. ``To pamper his own carcass.'' --South.
Lovely her face; was ne'er so fair a creature. For
earthly carcass had a heavenly feature. --Oldham.
3. The abandoned and decaying remains of some bulky and once
comely thing as a ship; the skeleton, or the uncovered or
unfinished frame, of a thing
A rotten carcass of a boat. --Shak.
4. (Mil.) A hollow case or shell, filled with combustibles,
to be thrown from a mortar or howitzer, to set fire to
buldings ships, etc
A discharge of carcasses and bombshells. --W. Iving.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
carcass
n : the dead body of an animal esp. one slaughtered and dressed
for food [syn: {carcase}]
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