Louse \Louse\ (lous), n.; pl. Lice (l[imac]s). [OE. lous, AS.
   l[=u]s, pl. l[=y]s; akin to D. luis, G. laus, OHG. l[=u]s,
   Icel. l[=u]s, Sw. lus, Dan. luus; perh. so named because it
   is destructive, and akin to E. lose, loose.] (Zool.)
   1. Any one of numerous species of small, wingless, suctorial,
      parasitic insects belonging to a tribe (Pediculina), now
      usually regarded as degraded Hemiptera. To this group
      belong of the lice of man and other mammals; as, the head
      louse of man (Pediculus capitis), the body louse
      (Pediculus vestimenti), and the crab louse (Phthirius
      pubis), and many others. See Crab louse, Dog louse,
      Cattle louse, etc., under Crab, Dog, etc.
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   2. Any one of numerous small mandibulate insects, mostly
      parasitic on birds, and feeding on the feathers. They are
      known as Mallophaga, or bird lice, though some occur on
      the hair of mammals. They are usually regarded as degraded
      Pseudoneuroptera. See Mallophaga.
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   3. Any one of the numerous species of aphids, or plant lice.
      See Aphid.
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   4. Any small crustacean parasitic on fishes. See
      Branchiura, and Ichthvophthira.
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   Note: The term is also applied to various other parasites;
         as, the whale louse, beelouse, horse louse.
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   Louse fly (Zool.), a parasitic dipterous insect of the
      group Pupipara. Some of them are wingless, as the bee
      louse.

   Louse mite (Zool.), any one of numerous species of mites
      which infest mammals and birds, clinging to the hair and
      feathers like lice. They belong to Myobia,
      Dermaleichus, Mycoptes, and several other genera.
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Body \Bod"y\, n.; pl. Bodies. [OE. bodi, AS. bodig; akin to
   OHG. botah. [root]257. Cf. Bodice.]
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   1. The material organized substance of an animal, whether
      living or dead, as distinguished from the spirit, or vital
      principle; the physical person.
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            Absent in body, but present in spirit. --1 Cor. v. 3
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            For of the soul the body form doth take.
            For soul is form, and doth the body make. --Spenser.
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   2. The trunk, or main part, of a person or animal, as
      distinguished from the limbs and head; the main, central,
      or principal part, as of a tree, army, country, etc.
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            Who set the body and the limbs
            Of this great sport together?         --Shak.
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            The van of the king's army was led by the general; .
            . . in the body was the king and the prince.
                                                  --Clarendon.
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            Rivers that run up into the body of Italy.
                                                  --Addison.
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   3. The real, as opposed to the symbolical; the substance, as
      opposed to the shadow.
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            Which are a shadow of things to come; but the body
            is of Christ.                         --Col. ii. 17.
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   4. A person; a human being; -- frequently in composition; as,
      anybody, nobody.
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            A dry, shrewd kind of a body.         --W. Irving.
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   5. A number of individuals spoken of collectively, usually as
      united by some common tie, or as organized for some
      purpose; a collective whole or totality; a corporation;
      as, a legislative body; a clerical body.
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            A numerous body led unresistingly to the slaughter.
                                                  --Prescott.
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   6. A number of things or particulars embodied in a system; a
      general collection; as, a great body of facts; a body of
      laws or of divinity.
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   7. Any mass or portion of matter; any substance distinct from
      others; as, a metallic body; a moving body; an a["e]riform
      body. "A body of cold air." --Huxley.
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            By collision of two bodies, grind
            The air attrite to fire.              --Milton.
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   8. Amount; quantity; extent.
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   9. That part of a garment covering the body, as distinguished
      from the parts covering the limbs.
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   10. The bed or box of a vehicle, on or in which the load is
       placed; as, a wagon body; a cart body.
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   11. (Print.) The shank of a type, or the depth of the shank
       (by which the size is indicated); as, a nonpareil face on
       an agate body.
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   12. (Geom.) A figure that has length, breadth, and thickness;
       any solid figure.
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   13. Consistency; thickness; substance; strength; as, this
       color has body; wine of a good body.
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   Note: 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.
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   14. (A["e]ronautics) The central, longitudinal framework of a
       flying machine, to which are attached the planes or
       a["e]rocurves, passenger accommodations, controlling and
       propelling apparatus, fuel tanks, etc. Also called
       fuselage.
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   After body (Naut.), the part of a ship abaft the dead flat.
      

   Body cavity (Anat.), the space between the walls of the
      body and the inclosed viscera; the c[ae]lum; -- in
      mammals, divided by the diaphragm into thoracic and
      abdominal cavities.

   Body of a church, the nave.

   Body cloth; pl.

   Body cloths, a cloth or blanket for covering horses.

   Body clothes. (pl.)

   1. Clothing for the body; esp. underclothing.

   2. Body cloths for horses. [Obs.] --Addison.

   Body coat, a gentleman's dress coat.

   Body color (Paint.), a pigment that has consistency,
      thickness, or body, in distinction from a tint or wash.

   Body of a law (Law), the main and operative part.

   Body louse (Zool.), a species of louse (Pediculus
      vestimenti), which sometimes infests the human body and
      clothes. See Grayback.

   Body plan (Shipbuilding), an end elevation, showing the
      conbour of the sides of a ship at certain points of her
      length.

   Body politic, the collective body of a nation or state as
      politically organized, or as exercising political
      functions; also, a corporation. --Wharton.
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            As to the persons who compose the body politic or
            associate themselves, they take collectively the
            name of "people", or "nation".        --Bouvier.
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   Body servant, a valet.

   The bodies seven (Alchemy), the metals corresponding to the
      planets. [Obs.]
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            Sol gold is, and Luna silver we threpe (=call), Mars
            yren (=iron), Mercurie quicksilver we clepe,
            Saturnus lead, and Jupiter is tin, and Venus coper.
                                                  --Chaucer.
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   Body snatcher, one who secretly removes without right or
      authority a dead body from a grave, vault, etc.; a
      resurrectionist.

   Body snatching (Law), the unauthorized removal of a dead
      body from the grave; usually for the purpose of
      dissection.
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