1. "...That you do bend your eye on vacancy, and with th' incorporal air do hold discourse?" (p. 1362)
2. My guess: I think the Queen is trying to ask Hamlet why is he talking to what seems to be nothing. In this context I think "incorporal" means something without form or something that isn't tangible.
3. Definition: Of the human body; bodily; physical (Dictionary.com "definition of: corporal")
4. Explanation: The definition of "corporal" refers to the physical form of a human body. In the context of the play the Queen says "incorporal" which may refer to something without a human body. The Queen is questioning Hamlet's sanity when she asks him who he's talking to. Of course, it's the ghost of the former King of Denver and he is speaking to Hamlet and tells him what he wants him to do.
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