The body. Spenser says, “The divine part of man is circular, but the mortal part is triangular.” (Faërie Quecne, book ii. 9.)
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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.