Emily Dickinson Lexicon

BOD'Y, n. [Sax. bodig, stature, trunk, spine, body; that which is set or fixed.]

1. The frame of an animal; the material substance of an animal, in distinction from the living principle of beasts, and the soul of man. Be not anxious for your body. – Matthew. Luke.
2. Matter, as opposed to spirit. – Hooker.
3. A person; a human being; sometimes alone, more generally with some or no; as, somebody; nobody.
4. Reality, as opposed to representation. A shadow of things to come, but the body is of Christ. – Col. ii.
5. A collective mass; a number of individuals or particulars united; as, the body of mankind. Christians united or the Church is called the body, of which each Christian is a member, and Christ the head. – 1 Cor. xii. 12, 27.
6. The main army, in distinction from the wings, van or rear. Also, any number of forces under one commander. – Clarendon.
7. A corporation; a number of men, united by a common tie, by one form of government, or by occupation; as, the legislative body; the body of the clergy; body corporate; body politic.
8. The main part; the bulk; as, the body of a tree; the body of a coach, of a ship, &c.
9. Any extended solid substance; matter; any substance or mass distinct from others; as, metalline body; a floating body; a moving body; a light body; a heavy body.
10. A pandect; a general collection; a code; a system; as a body of laws; a body of divinity.
11. Strength; as, wine of a good body.
12. Among painters, colors bear a body, when they are capable of being ground so fine, and of being mixed so entirely with oil, as to seem only a very thick oil of the same color. – Encyc.
13. The unrenewed part of man, or sensual affections. But I keep under my body. – 1 Cor. ix.
14. The extent; the limits. Cause to come here on such a day, twelve free and lawful men … from the body of your county. – Form of a Venire Facias.