The remains of food left after a meal; leavings, scraps.

A fragment of food left over from a meal; fodder left by cattle; a refuse scrap; leavings. Usually in plural. Also figurative: a fragment, esp. of…

broken bread, broken meat, broken victuals, etc.: fragments of food left after a meal, etc.; by extension applied to remnants of drink, as broken ale…

plural. The remains of a meal; fragments (of food); broken meat. rare in singular. Also figurative.

That which remains of a dish, drink, or meal; the leftovers. Also in extended use. Obsolete.

In plural. Remains; esp. the remains of a meal; leftovers.

In plural. Possessions or provisions which are surplus to requirements; surplus goods; leftovers. Obsolete.

Only plural. Leavings, fragments.

remains of meal, etc. shaken from the bottom of a sheet; cf. poke-shakings n. at poke, n.1 compounds.

a crumb that falls from the table at a meal; frequently in figurative context; usually in plural.

In plural. The remains of a meal or food; remnants, scraps. Now rare.

(a) A falling off in health, excellence, goodness, etc. (b) concrete. That which falls off; spec. (usually in plural) crumbs or scraps which fall…

Discarded fragments of food, esp. those gathered after a meal; morsels, scraps, crumbs. Obsolete.

That which is voided or evacuated. Fragments or remains of food removed from the table. = voidance, n. 6. Obsolete.

concrete. Matter voided or cleared away; the clearings of a table. Obsolete. rare.

A thing that has been left over; a remnant; esp. a portion of some article of food left over from a meal (also in figurative contexts). Usually in p…

residual slops left after washing dirty cooking utensils, dishwater; also figurative.

plural. Left-overs, scraps.