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carcass(1) (iou) and spook 2, verb (oh)


carcass(1) (iou)



carcass noun. In branch I also carcase. ME.
[Anglo-Norman carcois (= Old French charcois) & French carcasse; in Anglo-Latin carcasium, -osium, -oisum: ult. origin unkn.]
I.
A human corpse (now derog.); the dead body of an animal; spec. the trunk of a slaughtered animal, without the hide, head, or offal. ME.
Orig., the living body of a person or animal considered in its material Nature. Now only joc. or derog., the human body. LME.
W. Raleigh His Trances proceeded through the weaknesse of his earthly Carcase. R. L. Stevenson For what would they risk their carcasses but money?
fig. A shell or husk; the decaying skeleton of a building, ship, etc. L16.
S. O'Faolain The carcase of the abandoned car lay damming the..stream. A. Thwaite The carcasses of marriages of friends.
The skeleton or framework upon which a building, ship, piece of furniture, etc., is built up; the foundation of a motor-vehicle tyre. M17.
R. V. Jones The extremely light carcase of the rocket was..based on Zeppelin-type construction.
The bones of a cooked bird. L19.
II.
Hist. A spherical projectile filled with combustible material to ignite buildings etc. L17.
Comb.: carcass meat raw meat as distinct from corned or tinned meat.

spook 2, verb (oh)



2 v [T] informal
to frighten someone
::I'm not easily spooked.