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Relic :: Relic (n.) That which remains; that which is left after loss or decay; a remaining portion; a remnant.

Chesstree :: Chesstree (n.) A piece of oak bolted perpendicularly on the side of a vessel, to aid in drawing down and securing the clew of the mainsail..

Leger :: Leger (n.) Anything that lies in a place; that which, or one who, remains in a place..

Ashes :: Ashes (n. pl.) Specifically: The remains of the human body when burnt, or when returned to dust by natural decay..

Agnus Dei :: Agnus Dei () A cake of wax stamped with such a figure. It is made from the remains of the paschal candles and blessed by the Pope.

Mainstay :: Mainstay (n.) Main support; principal dependence.

Residue :: Residue (n.) That which remains after a part is taken, separated, removed, or designated; remnant; remainder..

Overplus :: Overplus (n.) That which remains after a supply, or beyond a quantity proposed; surplus..

Horopter :: Horopter (n.) The line or surface in which are situated all the points which are seen single while the point of sight, or the adjustment of the eyes, remains unchanged..

Buttermilk :: Buttermilk (n.) The milk that remains after the butter is separated from the cream.

Bittern :: Bittern (a.) The brine which remains in salt works after the salt is concreted, having a bitter taste from the chloride of magnesium which it contains..

Mainswear :: Mainswear (v. i.) To swear falsely.

Paleontography :: Paleontography (n.) The description of fossil remains.

Tumbler :: Tumbler (n.) A piece attached to, or forming part of, the hammer of a gunlock, upon which the mainspring acts and in which are the notches for sear point to enter..

Mainsheet :: Mainsheet (n.) One of the ropes by which the mainsail is hauled aft and trimmed.

Dinichthys :: Dinichthys (n.) A genus of large extinct Devonian ganoid fishes. In some parts of Ohio remains of the Dinichthys are abundant, indicating animals twenty feet in length..

Cleche :: Cleche (a.) Charged with another bearing of the same figure, and of the color of the field, so large that only a narrow border of the first bearing remains visible; -- said of any heraldic bearing. Compare Voided..

Epizootic :: Epizootic (a.) Containing fossil remains; -- said of rocks, formations, mountains, and the like..

Abortion :: Abortion (n.) Arrest of development of any organ, so that it remains an imperfect formation or is absorbed..

Palatine :: Palatine (n.) One invested with royal privileges and rights within his domains; a count palatine. See Count palatine, under 4th Count..

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