corpus

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

1. n. A large collection of writings of a specific kind or on a specific subject.
2. n. A collection of writings or recorded remarks used for linguistic analysis.
3. n. Economics The capital or principal amount, as of an estate or trust.
4. n. Economics The principal of a bond.
5. n. Anatomy The main part of a bodily structure or organ.
6. n. Anatomy A distinct bodily mass or organ having a specific function.
7. n. Music The overall length of a violin.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

1. n. Literally, a body; matter of any kind. In anatomy: The entire physical body of an animal. See soma. Some part of the body specified by a qualifying term. See phrases below.
2. n. A collection, especially a complete one, or an account of such a collection.
3. n. The whole content; the material substance.
4. n. Same as corpusdentatum .
5. n. A somewhat similar mass of gray matter in each olivary body. Also called corpus ciliare.
6. n. Principal, as opposed to interest or income: as, these payments should be made out of corpus, and not out of income.
7. n. In algebra, a manifold, such that its elements are representable by symbols which can be combined according to the laws of ordinary algebra, every algebraic expression obtained by combining a finite number of symbols by means of a finite chain of rational operations (+, —, ×, /) being capable of interpretation as representing a definite element of the manifold, with the single reservation that division by zero is inadmissible.

Wiktionary

1. n. the body
2. n. linguistics a collection of writings, often on a specific topic, of a specific genre, from a specific demographic, a single author etc.

GNU Webster's 1913

1. n. A body, living or dead; the corporeal substance of a thing.

WordNet 3.0

1. n. capital as contrasted with the income derived from it
2. n. the main part of an organ or other bodily structure
3. n. a collection of writings