flesh sb. (3 referred by some to 1)
1.
“in ,” in good
condition
Rom. V. i. 84
“get thyself in ”
2.
“strange ,” unusual or
loathsome food Ant. I. iv.
67.
3.
visible surface of
the body Ant. I. ii. 19*
“fairer than you are . . . in
flesh.”
4.
“piece of ,” human being,
sample of humanity
Ado IV. ii. 88
“as pretty a piece of
,”
AYL. III. ii. 69,
Tw.N. I. v. 30
“piece of Eve's
flesh.”
5.
human nature with its
limitations and frailties
H8 V. iii. 12
“capable Of our ,”
Ham. III. i. 63
“the thousand natural
shocks That is heir to,”
Sonn. cli. 8
“flesh stays no further
reason.”

