Meaning of CARCASS
| Pronunciation: | | 'kârkus
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[n] the dead body of an animal especially one slaughtered and dressed for food |
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CARCASS is a 7 letter word that starts with C. |
| | Synonyms: | | carcase |
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| | See Also: | | body, dead body | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | 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.
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