1. Of or pertaining to the flesh; corporeal. "Fleshly bondage." Denham.
2. Animal; not vegetable. Dryden.
3. Human; not celestial; not spiritual or divine. "Fleshly wisdom." 2 Cor. i. 12.
Much ostentation vain of fleshly arm
And fragile arms.
Milton. 4. Carnal; wordly; lascivious.
Abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul.
1 Pet. ii. 11. Fleshly
(Flesh"ly), adv. In a fleshly manner; carnally; lasciviously. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Fleshment
(Flesh"ment) n. The act of fleshing, or the excitement attending a successful beginning. [R.]
Shak.
Fleshmonger
(Flesh"mon`ger) n. [AS. fl&aemacrsc mangere.] One who deals in flesh; hence, a pimp; a
procurer; a pander. [R.] Shak.
Fleshpot
(Flesh"pot`) n. A pot or vessel in which flesh is cooked; hence plenty; high living.
In the land of Egypt . . . we sat by the fleshpots, and . . . did eat bread to the full.
Ex. xvi. 3. Fleshquake
(Flesh"quake`) n. A quaking or trembling of the flesh; a quiver. [Obs.] B. Jonson.
Fleshy
(Flesh"y) a. [Compar. Fleshier ; superl. Fleshiest ]
1. Full of, or composed of, flesh; plump; corpulent; fat; gross.
The sole of his foot is fleshy.
Ray. 2. Human. [Obs.] "Fleshy tabernacle." Milton.
3. (Bot.) Composed of firm pulp; succulent; as, the houseleek, cactus, and agave are fleshy plants.
