carcase

carcase
    n 1: the dead body of an animal especially one slaughtered and
         dressed for food [syn: {carcase}, {carcass}]
    

Carcase \Car"case\ (k[aum]r"kas), n.
   See {Carcass}.
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Carcass \Car"cass\ (k[aum]r"kas), n.; pl. {Carcasses}. [Written
   also {carcase}.] [F. carcasse, fr. It. carcassa, fr. L. caro
   flesh + capsa chest, box, case. Cf. {Carnal}, {Case} a
   sheath.]
   1. A dead body, whether of man or beast; a corpse; now
      commonly the dead body of a beast.
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            He turned to see the carcass of the lion. --Judges
                                                  xiv. 8.
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            This kept thousands in the town whose carcasses went
            into the great pits by cartloads.     --De Foe.
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   2. The living body; -- now commonly used in contempt or
      ridicule. "To pamper his own carcass." --South.
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            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.
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            A rotten carcass of a boat.           --Shak.
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   4. (Mil.) A hollow case or shell, filled with combustibles,
      to be thrown from a mortar or howitzer, to set fire to
      buldings, ships, etc.
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            A discharge of carcasses and bombshells. --W. Iving.
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Carcase
contact with a, made an Israelite ceremonially unclean, and made
whatever he touched also unclean, according to the Mosaic law
(Hag. 2:13; comp. Num. 19:16, 22; Lev. 11:39).