English English Dictionary

The bed or box of a vehicle, on or in which the load is placed; as, a wagon body; a cart body.

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.

A figure that has length, breadth, and thickness; any solid figure.

Consistency; thickness; substance; strength; as, this color has body; wine of a good body.

To furnish with, or as with, a body; to produce in definite shape; to embody.

The material organized substance of an animal, whether living or dead, as distinguished from the spirit, or vital principle; the physical person.

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.

A guard to protect or defend the person; a lifeguard.

Retinue; attendance; following.

of Body

Of or pertaining to Boeotia; hence, stupid; dull; obtuse.

A native of Boeotia; also, one who is dull and ignorant.

A colonist or farmer in South Africa of Dutch descent.

Behoves or behooves.

A quagmire filled with decayed moss and other vegetable matter; wet spongy ground where a heavy body is apt to sink; a marsh; a morass.

A little elevated spot or clump of earth, roots, and grass, in a marsh or swamp.

To sink, as into a bog; to submerge in a bog; to cause to sink and stick, as in mud and mire.

The small cranberry (Vaccinium oxycoccus), which grows in boggy places.

A goblin; a bugbear. See Bogy.

A bogey.