·noun Human nature.
II. Flesh ·noun Kindred; stock; race.
III. Flesh ·noun The human eace; mankind; humanity.
IV. Flesh ·noun In a good sense, tenderness of feeling; gentleness.
V. Flesh ·vt To remove flesh, membrance, ·etc., from, as from hides.
VI. Flesh ·noun The human body, as distinguished from the soul; the corporeal person.
VII. Flesh ·vt To Glut; to Satiate; hence, to harden, to accustom.
VIII. Flesh ·noun In a bad sense, tendency to transient or physical pleasure; desire for sensual gratification; carnality.
IX. Flesh ·noun The soft, pulpy substance of fruit; also, that part of a root, fruit, and the like, which is fit to be eaten.
X. Flesh ·noun The character under the influence of animal propensities or selfish passions; the soul unmoved by spiritual influences.
XI. Flesh ·noun Animal food, in distinction from vegetable; meat; especially, the body of beasts and birds used as food, as distinguished from fish.
XII. Flesh ·noun The aggregate of the muscles, fat, and other tissues which cover the framework of bones in man and other animals; especially, the muscles.
XIII. Flesh ·vt To feed with flesh, as an incitement to further exertion; to Initiate;
— from the practice of training hawks and dogs by feeding them with the first game they take, or other flesh. Hence, to use upon flesh (as a murderous weapon) so as to draw blood, especially for the first time.