carcase
n . 尸体,架子
屍体,架子
carcase n 1 :
the dead body of an animal especially one slaughtered and dressed for food [
synonym : {
carcase }, {
carcass }]
Carcase \
Car "
case \ (
k [
aum ]
r "
kas ),
n .
See {
Carcass }.
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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 .
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He turned to see the carcass of the lion . --
Judges xiv .
8 .
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This kept thousands in the town whose carcasses went into the great pits by cartloads . --
De Foe .
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2 .
The living body ; --
now commonly used in contempt or ridicule . "
To pamper his own carcass ." --
South .
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Lovely her face ;
was ne '
er so fair a creature .
For earthly carcass had a heavenly feature .
--
Oldham .
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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 .
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A rotten carcass of a boat . --
Shak .
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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 .
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A discharge of carcasses and bombshells . --
W .
Iving .
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