carcase

noun

1. (alt-of, alternative)Alternative form of carcass.

   “Oꝛ if a ſoule touch any vncleane thing, whether it be a carcaſe of an vncleane beaſt, oꝛ a carcaſe of vncleane cattell, oꝛ the carcaſe of vncleane creeping things, and if it be hidden from him, he alſo ſhall be vncleane, and guilty: […]”

   “So he took for him all these and divided them in halves and placed the halves opposite to one another, but the birds he did not divide; but the birds alighted on the carcases, on the two halves of them, and Abram sat down with them.”

   “But sometimes, especially upon the Line in the Pacific, this plan will not answer at all; because such incalculable hosts of sharks gather round the moored carcase, that were he left so for six hours, say, on a stretch, little more than the skeleton would be visible by morning.”

   “Silence has sometimes a remarkable power of showing itself as the disembodied soul of feeling wandering without its carcase, and it is then more impressive than speech.”

   “I’m wonderin’ what Sidoli will do when she gets close to him. I bet he knows a trick or two. He’ll probably grab her an’ hold her in front of his measley carcase.”