1. [n]  the external structure of a vehicle; "the body of the car was badly rusted"
2. [n]  the property of holding together and retaining its shape; "when the dough has enough consistency it is ready to bake"
3. [n]  the entire physical structure of an organism (especially an animal or human being); "he felt as if his whole body were on fire"
4. [n]  body of a dead animal or person; "they found the body in the lake"
5. [n]  the body excluding the head and neck and limbs; "they moved their arms and legs and bodies"
6. [n]  the central message of a communication; "the body of the message was short"
7. [n]  a group of persons associated by some common tie or occupation and regarded as an entity; "the whole body filed out of the auditorium"
8. [n]  a collection of particulars considered as a system; "a body of law"; "a body of doctrine"; "a body of precedents"
9. [n]  an individual 3-dimensional object that has mass and that is distinguishable from other objects; "heavenly body"
10. [v]  invest with or as with a body; give body to

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1. \Bod"y\, n.; pl. {Bodies}. [OE. bodi, AS. bodig; akin to
   OHG. botah. [root]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.
            Rivers that run up into the body of Italy.
                                                  --Addison.
   3. The real, as opposed to the symbolical; the substance, as
      opposed to the shadow.
            Which are a shadow of things to come; but the body
            is of Christ.                         --Col. ii. 17.
   4. A person; a human being; -- frequently in composition; as,
      anybody, nobody.
            A dry, shrewd kind of a body.         --W. Irving.
   5. 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, a legislative body; a clerical body.
            A numerous body led unresistingly to the slaughter.
                                                  --Prescott.
   6. A number of things or particulars embodied in a system; a
      general collection; as, a great body of facts; a body of
      laws or of divinity.
   7. Any mass or portion of matter; any substance distinct from
      others; as, a metallic body; a moving body; an a["e]riform
      body. ``A body of cold air.'' --Huxley.
            By collision of two bodies, grind The air attrite to
            fire.                                 --Milton.
   8. Amount; quantity; extent.
   9. That part of a garment covering the body, as distinguished
      from the parts covering the limbs.
   10. The bed or box of a vehicle, on or in which the load is
       placed; as, a wagon body; a cart body.
   11. (Print.) The shank of a type, or the depth of the shank
       (by which the size is indicated); as, a nonpareil face on
       an agate body.
   12. (Geom.) A figure that has length, breadth, and thickness;
       any solid figure.
   13. Consistency; thickness; substance; strength; as, this
       color has body; wine of a good body.
   Note: Colors bear a body 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.
   {After body} (Naut.), the part of a ship abaft the dead flat.
   {Body cavity} (Anat.), the space between the walls of the
      body and the inclosed viscera; the c[ae]lum; -- in
      mammals, divided by the diaphragm into thoracic and
      abdominal cavities.
   {Body of a church}, the nave.
   {Body cloth}; pl.
   {Body cloths}, a cloth or blanket for covering horses.
   {Body clothes}. (pl.)
   1. Clothing for the body; esp. underclothing.
   2. Body cloths for horses. [Obs.] --Addison.
   {Body coat}, a gentleman's dress coat.
   {Body color} (Paint.), a pigment that has consistency,
      thickness, or body, in distinction from a tint or wash.
   {Body of a law} (Law), the main and operative part.
   {Body louse} (Zo["o]l.), a species of louse ({Pediculus
      vestimenti}), which sometimes infests the human body and
      clothes. See {Grayback}.
   {Body plan} (Shipbuilding), an end elevation, showing the
      conbour of the sides of a ship at certain points of her
      length.
   {Body politic}, the collective body of a nation or state as
      politically organized, or as exercising political
      functions; also, a corporation. --Wharton.
            As to the persons who compose the body politic or
            associate themselves, they take collectively the
            name of ``people'', or ``nation''.    --Bouvier.
   {Body servant}, a valet.
   {The bodies seven} (Alchemy), the metals corresponding to the
      planets. [Obs.]
            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.
                                                  --Chaucer.
   {Body snatcher}, one who secretly removes without right or
      authority a dead body from a grave, vault, etc.; a
      resurrectionist.
   {Body snatching} (Law), the unauthorized removal of a dead
      body from the grave; usually for the purpose of
      dissection.
   

2. \Bod"y\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bodied} (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Bodying}.]
   To furnish with, or as with, a body; to produce in definite
   shape; to embody.
   {To body forth}, to give from or shape to mentally.
            Imagination bodies forth The forms of things
            unknown.                              --Shak.
   

3. \Bod"y\, n. (A["e]ronautics)
   The central, longitudinal framework of a flying machine, to
   which are attached the planes or a["e]rocurves, passenger
   accommodations, controlling and propelling apparatus, fuel
   tanks, etc.