Definitions for: Carcass


[n] the dead body of an animal especially one slaughtered and dressed for food



Webster (1913) Definition: 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.

Synonyms: carcase

See Also: body, dead body

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