Word Meanings - FLESHLESS - Book Publishers vocabulary database
Destitute of flesh; lean. Carlyle.
Related words: (words related to FLESHLESS)
- FLESHMENT
The act of fleshing, or the excitement attending a successful beginning. Shak. - FLESHHOOD
The state or condition of having a form of flesh; incarnation. Thou, who hast thyself Endured this fleshhood. Mrs. Browning. - FLESHINESS
The state of being fleshy; plumpness; corpulence; grossness. Milton. - FLESHER
1. A butcher. A flesher on a block had laid his whittle down. Macaulay. 2. A two-handled, convex, blunt-edged knife, for scraping hides; a fleshing knife. - FLESHLY
1. Of or pertaining to the flesh; corporeal. "Fleshly bondage." Denham. 2. Animal; not Dryden. 3. Human; not celestial; not spiritual or divine. "Fleshly wisdom." 2 Cor. i. 12. Much ostentation vain of fleshly arm And fragile arms. Milton. - DESTITUTENESS
Destitution. Ash. - DESTITUTE
1. Forsaken; not having in possession (something necessary, or desirable); deficient; lacking; devoid; -- often followed by of. In thee is my trust; leave not my soul destitute. Ps. cxli. 8. Totally destitute of all shadow of influence. Burke. - FLESHLESS
Destitute of flesh; lean. Carlyle. - FLESHLING
A person devoted to fleshly things. Spenser. - FLESHMONGER
One who deals in flesh; hence, a pimp; a procurer; a pander. Shak. - FLESHED
1. Corpulent; fat; having flesh. 2. Glutted; satiated; initiated. Fleshed with slaughter. Dryden. - FLESHLINESS
The state of being fleshly; carnal passions and appetites. Spenser. - DESTITUTELY
In destitution. - FLESHINGS
Flesh-colored tights, worn by actors dancers. D. Jerrold. - FLESHQUAKE
A quaking or trembling of the flesh; a quiver. B. Jonson. - FLESHPOT
A pot or vessel in which flesh is cooked; hence , - FLESH
vleesch, OS. fl, OHG. fleisc, G. fleisch, Icel. & Dan. flesk lard, 1. The aggregate of the muscles, fat, and other tissues which cover the framework of bones in man and other animals; especially, the muscles. Note: In composition it is - FLESHY
Composed of firm pulp; succulent; as, the houseleek, cactus, and agave are fleshy plants. (more info) 1. Full of, or composed of, flesh; plump; corpulent; fat; gross. The sole of his foot is fleshy. Ray. 2. Human. "Fleshy tabernacle." Milton. - HORSEFLESH
1. The flesh of horses. The Chinese eat horseflesh at this day. Bacon. 2. Horses, generally; the qualities of a horse; as, he is a judge of horseflesh. Horseflesh ore , a miner's name for bornite, in allusion to its peculiar reddish color on - ENFLESH
To clothe with flesh. Vices which are . . . enfleshed in him. Florio. - INFLESH
To incarnate. - UNFLESHLY
Not pertaining to the flesh; spiritual. - UNFLESH
To deprive of flesh; to reduce a skeleton. "Unfleshed humanity." Wordsworth.