Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Dictionary: FLEET'ING-DISH – FLESH'LY
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FLEET'ING-DISH, n.
A skimming bowl. [Local.]
FLEET'ING-LY, adv.
In a fleeting manner.
FLEET'LY, adv.
Rapidly; lightly and nimbly; swiftly.
FLEET'NESS, n.
Swiftness; rapidity; velocity; celerity; speed; as, the fleetness of a horse or deer.
FLEM'ING, n.
A native of Flanders, or the Low Countries in Europe.
FLEM'ISH, a.
Pertaining to Flanders.
FLENSE, v.t.
To cut up a whale and obtain the blubber.
FLENS'ING, n.
The act of cutting up a whale and obtaining its blubber.
FLESH, n. [Sax. flæc, flec, or flæsc; G. fleisch; D. vleesch; Dan. flesk. In Danish, the word signifies the flesh of swine. I know not the primary sense; it may be soft.]
- A compound substance forming a large part of an animal, consisting of the softer solids, as distinguished from the bones and the fluids. Under the general appellation of flesh, we include the muscles, fat, glands, &c., which invest the bones and are covered with the skin. It is sometimes restricted to the muscles.
- Animal food, in distinction from vegetable. Flesh without being qualitied with acids, is too alkalescent a diet. Arbuthnot.
- The body of beasts and fowls used as food, distinct from fish. In Lent, the Papists abstain from flesh, but eat fish.
- The body, as distinguished from the soul. As if this flesh, which walls about our life, / Were brass impregnable. – Shak.
- Animal nature; animals of all kinds. The end of all flesh is come before me. – Gen. vi.
- Men in general; mankind. My spirit shall not always strive with man, for that he also is flesh. – Gen. vi.
- Human nature. The word was made flesh, and dwelt among us. – John i.
- Carnality; corporeal appetites. Fasting serves to mortify the flesh. – Smalridge. The flesh lusteth against the spirit. – Gal. v.
- A carnal state; a state of unrenewed nature. They that are in the flesh can not please God. – Rom. viii.
- The corruptible body of man, or corrupt nature. Flesh and blood can not inherit the kingdom of God. – 1 Cor. xv.
- The present life; the state of existence in this world. To abide in the flesh is more needful for you. – Phil. i.
- Legal righteousness, and ceremonial services. What shall we then say that Abraham, our father as pertaining to the flesh, hath found? – Rom. iv. Gal. iii.
- Kindred; stock; family. He is our brother, and our flesh. – Gen. xxxvii.
- In botany, the soft pulpy substance of fruit; also, that part of a root, fruit, &c., which is fit to be eaten. One flesh, denotes intimate relation. To be one flesh, is to be closely united, as in marriage. – Gen. ii. Eph. v. After the flesh, according to outward appearances, John viii: – Or according to the common powers of nature. Gal. iv: – Or according to sinful lusts and inclinations. Rom. viii. An arm of flesh, human strength or aid.
FLESH, v.t.
- To initiate; a sportman's use of the word, from the practice of training hawks and dogs by feeding them with the first game they take, or other flesh.
- To harden; to accustom; to establish in any practice, as dogs by often feeding on any thing. Men fleshed in cruelty; women fleshed in malice. – Sidney.
- To glut; to satiate. The wild dog / Shall flesh his tooth on every innocent. – Shak.
FLESH'BROTH, n.
Broth made by boiling flesh in water.
FLESH'BRUSH, n.
A brush for exciting action in the skin by friction.
FLESH'-CLOG-GED, a.
Encumbered with flesh.
FLESH'COL-OR, n.
The color of flesh; carnation.
FLESH'COL-OR-ED, a.
Being of the color of flesh.
FLESH'DI-ET, n.
Food consisting of flesh.
FLESH'ED, pp.
- Initiated; accustomed; glutted.
- Fat; fleshy.
FLESH'FLY, n.
A fly that feeds on flesh, and deposits her eggs in it. – Ray.
FLESH'-HOOK, n.
A hook to draw flesh from a pot or caldron. – 1 Sam. ii.
FLESH'I-NESS, n. [from fleshy.]
Abundance of flesh or fat in animals; plumpness; corpulence; grossness.
FLESH'ING, ppr.
Initiating; making familiar; glutting.
FLESH'LESS, a.
Destitute of flesh; lean.
FLESH'LI-NESS, n.
Carnal passions and appetites. – Spenser.
FLESH'LING, n.
A person devoted to carnal things.
FLESH'LY, a.
- Pertaining to the flesh; corporeal. – Denham.
- Carnal; worldly; lascivious. Abstain from fleshly lusts. – 1 Pet. ii.
- Animal; not vegetable. Dryden.
- Human; not celestial; not spiritual or divine. Vain of fleshly arm. Milton. Fleshly wisdom. 2 Cor. i.