01 n. A dead body, whether of man or beast; a corpse; now commonly the dead body of a beast.
pl.
Carcasses ((#))
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A dead body, whether of man or beast; a corpse; now commonly the dead body of a beast.“He turned to see the carcass of the lion.” — Judges xiv. 8.“This kept thousands in the town whose carcasses went into the great pits by cartloads.” — De Foe.
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The living body; -- now commonly used in contempt or ridicule.“Lovely her face; was ne'er so fair a creature. For earthly carcass had a heavenly feature.” — Oldham.
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3.
The abandoned and decaying remains of some bulky and once comely thing, as a ship; the skeleton, or the uncovered or unfinished frame, of a thing.“A rotten carcass of a boat.” — Shak.
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A hollow case or shell, filled with combustibles, to be thrown from a mortar or howitzer, to set fire to buldings, ships, etc.(Mil.)“A discharge of carcasses and bombshells.” — W. Iving.