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remnant, n. and a.|ˈrɛmnənt|
Forms: α. 4–6 remnaunt, (5 -e), 4 rembnand, 5 remnaund, -ond, 4– remnant. β. 5 remlande, 5, 9 dial. remlant, (5 -lawnt, 6 -launte), 9 dial, remlin(g, -lit, rimlet.
[Contracted form of remenant.]
A. n.
1. a. With the. That which remains or is left of a thing or things after the removal of a portion; the remainder, rest, residue. Now applied only to a small remaining part (cf. 2).
αc1350Leg. Rood iii. 789 Þe thrid part þai hewed oway, And of þe rembnand haue þai made A large cros. 13..E.E. Allit. P. A. 1159 To start in þe strem schulde non me stere, To swymme þe remnaunt. 1411E.E. Wills (1882) 19 Þe remnaund to be payid of my godes þat leuyth. 1469Paston Lett. II. 364 These leud wordds greveth me and her grandam as myche as alle the remnawnte. 1535Coverdale Lev. xiv. 17 As for the remnaunt of the oyle in his hande [etc.]. 1595Shakes. John v. iv. 36 Where I may thinke the remnant of my thoughts In peace. 1633G. Herbert Temple, Life i, Here will I smell my remnant out, and tie My life within this band. 1700Dryden Pal. & Arc. i. 27 The remnant of my tale is of a length To tire your patience. 1784Cowper Task v. 36 Smooth as a wall the upright remnant stands. 1838Thirlwall Greece V. 251 His account of the small remnant of his patrimony which his guardians rendered to him. 1865Grote Plato I. i. 22 By Ens was understood the remnant in his mind, after leaving out all that abstraction..could leave out.
β1434Test. Ebor. (Surtees) II. 41, I will yat all my dettes be payed, and also I will yat ye remlande of my gude be partid in thre. a1460How Wise Man taught Son 32 in Hazl. E.P.P. I. 170 This lyfe in mesur that thou lede, And of the remlant thou ne rech.
b. The remainder or rest of a number of persons (or animals). Chiefly, and now only, of a small number (cf. 2 b).
c1350Will. Palerne 2901 Redli al þo remnant of þe rude bestes for fere be-gunne to fle. c1400Destr. Troy 14000 All the Remnond of Renkes, þat raght fro þe toune, With Eneas afterward etlid to see. 1513More in Grafton Chron. (1568) II. 775 She sawe the Lorde Cardinall more redier to depart than the remnaunt. 1535Coverdale Neh. i. 3 The remnaunt of the captiuyte are there in the londe. 1568Grafton Chron. II. 675 The remnaunt returned to the armie with small gaine. 1606G. W[oodcocke] Hist. Ivstine xxviii. 98 Seeing the remnant were few, to whom his mercy might be manifest. 1651Jer. Taylor Serm. for Year ii. xix. 244 Many millions did die accursedly, and the small remnant became vagabonds. 1800Wellington in Gurw. Desp. (1838) I. 181, I wrote to the chiefs of the remnant of Goklah's force. 1862Stanley Jew. Ch. (1877) I. xv. 301 The remnant of the insurgents takes refuge in the lofty tower.
2. a. With a and pl. A (small) remaining quantity, part, or piece.
1624Burton Anat. Mel. i. iv. i. i. (ed. 2) 184 The open parts were cleane, yet there was..in the chinckes a remnant of gold. 1664Power Exp. Philos. ii. 117 The Spontaneous Dilatation..of that little remnant of Ayr skulking in the rugosities thereof. 1697Dryden Virg. Georg. iii. 474 Where basking in the Sun-shine they may lye, And the short Remnants of his Heat enjoy. 1715M. Davies Athen. Brit. I. 14 All which numerous Volumes contain..nothing but little Treatises and small Remnants. 1774Pennant Tour Scotl. in 1772, 254 A small remnant of the cloister is left. 1825J. Jennings Obs. Dial. W. Eng. 177 Wi' remlets o' tha Saxon tongue, That to our Gramfers did belong. 1856Stanley Sinai & Pal. vi. (1858) 260 Thinly studded with trees, the remnants, apparently, of a great forest. 1888F. Hume Mme. Midas i. Prol., The remnants of their provisions on the voyage.
b. A small remaining number of persons. Also spec., in allusion to Isa. x. 22, a small number of Jews that survives persecution, in whom future hope is vested.
1611Bible Isa. x. 22 For though thy people..be as the sand of the sea, yet a remnant of them shall returne. 1613Purchas Pilgrimage ix. viii. (1614) 872 Some remnants of them haue been christened. 1630Prynne Anti-Armin. 128 They are but a Remnant, a seede, a little flocke. 1713Addison Cato i. i, A feeble army, and an empty senate, Remnants of mighty battels fought in vain. 1784Cowper Task i. 340 Once more rejoice That yet a remnant of your race survives. 1814Scott Ld. of Isles iv. xx, When, after battle lost, Muster the remnants of a host. 1859‘L.N.R.’ Missing Link xiii. 171 The Exiled Remnant..refuse to snuff a candle or poke the fire, but impatiently call, ‘Shuboth-guy—Shuboth-guy,’ as the stoker passes. 1874L. Stephen Hours in Library (1892) I. ix. 314 A few remnants of the aborigines were settled on a township granted by the colony. 1892I. Zangwill Childr. Ghetto II. xv. 16 The rest of the ‘remant’ that was met to save Israel looked more commonplace. 1914J. Hastings Encycl. Relig. & Ethics VII. 607/2 The function of Judaism is to fulfil the Isaianic ideal of a missionary ‘Remnant’. Ibid., Judaism is to be the religion of a Remnant. 1932C. Roth Hist. Marranos i. 16 It had been only a weak remnant which had accepted baptism as the alternative to death. 1969Guardian 18 Sept. 8/6 (heading) Germany's remnant. Ibid., There are only around 30,000 Jews in Germany today, where once there were 600,000. 1972C. Raphael Feast of Hist. i. 32 In the immediate aftermath of the Holocaust, Jewish history..seemed to offer a message of bleakness... In the Holy Land, the remnant faced enmity and restriction.
c. Of a single person: A survivor. rare.
1594Shakes. Rich. III, i. ii. 7 Thou bloodlesse Remnant of that Royall Blood. 1642Rogers Naaman Ep. Ded., The onely remnant of that family. 1804J. Grahame Sabbath 464 One hapless man, the remnant of a wreck.
d. Geomorphol. = residual n. 5.
1893[see monadnock]. 1896Ann. Rep. State Geologist N.J. 1895 10 This eastern belt of remnants, which are really outliers of the continuous portion of the Pensauken.., runs through Camden..and Salem counties. 1907Amer. Jrnl. Sci. CLXXIV. 470 At the present time there are remaining only few traces of these old bolson surfaces. Most of these remnants have been preserved only on account of being covered by extensive lava sheets. 1942[see berm 1 b].
3. a. A remaining trace or survival of some quality, belief, condition, or state of things.
1560J. Daus tr. Sleidane's Comm. 271 The remnaunt of that doctrine remayned in the mindes of many. 1561T. Norton Calvin's Inst. iii. 173 Thys is not the question among them, whether fayth be yet wrapped with many remnants of ignorance. 1613Purchas Pilgrimage i. vii. (1614) 40 The Arke.., the remnant of the elder, and Seminarie of the new world. 1699Burnet 39 Art. xxii. 244 It was a Remnant both of Judaism and Gentilism, that the Souls of the Martyrs hovered about their Tombs. 1703Maundrell Journ. Jerus. (1721) App. 1 This Place has no remnants of its Ancient Greatness. 1813Shelley Q. Mab vii. 221 No remnant of the exterminated faith Survived. 1821J. Q. Adams in C. Davies Metr. System iii. (1871) 127 Every remnant of the original uniformity of proportion has disappeared.
b. pl. Traces of a fact. rare—1.
1826Scott Woodst. i, A jerkin, which..had once been of the Lincoln green, and showed remnants of having been laced.
4. a. A fragment, a small portion, a scrap.
a1400–50Alexander 22, I sall rehers..A remnant of his rialte. 1592Shakes. Rom. & Jul. v. i. 47 About his shelues..Remnants of pack thred, and old cakes of Roses were thinly scattered. 1621Burton Anat. Mel. iii. ii. iii. [iv.] i, If he get any remnant of hers, a buske-point, a feather of her fanne. 1766Blackstone Comm. II. 259 Not of any particular estate carved out of it; much less of so minute a remnant as this. 1876Geo. Eliot Dan. Der. xxxv, That remnant of a human being.
b. spec. among drapers and clothiers: An end of a piece of goods, left over after the main portion has been used or sold.
1433[see remenant 3]. 1571Wills & Inv. Durh. (Surtees) I. 362, j. pece of worssett..iiij yeardes in Remlauntes. 1583Stubbes Anat. Abus. ii. (1882) 39 They buy remnants of silks, veluets, satins. 1634Ford Perk. Warbeck ii. iii, I was ever confident, when I traded but in remnants [etc.]. 1681Lond. Gaz. No. 1665/4 A parcel of Grey Searge, Yard and Nail broad, and two Remnants of strip'd Grape. 1758Johnson Idler No. 26 ⁋11 A couple that kept a petty shop of remnants and cheap linen. a1845Hood United Family xix, No remnant can sufficient be For our united family. 1882Caulfeild & Saward Dict. Needlework 421 Remnants of any piece of material, as well as those of ribbon, are always sold at some reduction of the original price.
fig.1596Shakes. Tam. Shr. iv. iii. 112 Away thou Ragge, thou quantitie, thou remnant.
†c. A scrap or tag of quotation. Obs. rare.
1598B. Jonson Ev. Man. in Hum. iv. i, I'll have him free of the wit-broker's, for he utters nothing but stolen remnants. 1609― Sil. Wom. iii. v, Could your grauitie forget so olde and noted a remnant, as, lippis & tonsoribus notum.
†d. A blow. Obs. rare—1.
1580Lupton Sivqila 49 Then she reached him suche a remnant, that he had a cause to remember hir.
†5. Law. A remainder. Obs. rare—1.
1544tr. Littleton's Tenures 10 b, The chylds mother entreth in the remnant, and it occupyeth as gardyne or wardyne in Socage.
6. attrib. and Comb.
1864E. G. White Testimonies (1871) I. 467 All who have a desire to draw away from God's remnant people..should have the privilege. 1885― Testimony for Church xxxii. 228 The remnant church will be brought into great trial and distress. 1905Westm. Gaz. 21 Oct. 18/2 ‘It is not, then, a curious fact,’ I said, ‘that there should be so many comparatively new books on your remnant stall.’ 1905‘O. Henry’ Trimmed Lamp (1907) 115 Did you ever notice me leaning on the remnant counter or peering in the window of the five-and-ten? a1936Kipling Something of Myself (1937) iii. 75 The Pioneer had made as much out of its share in this remnant-traffic as it had paid me in wages. 1972N. Znamierowski Rugmaking 17/1 Remnant counters..are..excellent sources.
B. adj. Remaining.
1550Coverdale Spir. Perle xii. (1560) 132 The time that is remnant of the flesh. 1594Willobie Avisa 2 Diana deckt the remnant partes, With fewture braue. 1648Davenant On Death Lady Winchester, Our remnant love let us discreetly save. 1718Prior Power 868 Act through thy remnant life the decent part. 1791Cowper Iliad xix. 299 Attended laden with the remnant gifts. 1807J. Barlow Columb. iv. 595 Break those remnant rocks that still impede My current. a1854H. Reed Lect. Brit. Poets vi. (1857) 204 His mind held communion with all the remnant glory of classical poetry. |