Re-māin'der1, n.
n. [O. Fr. remaindre. See supra.]
Sense 1. Any thing that remains, or is left, after the separation and removal of a part; residue. “The last remainders of unhappy Troy.” Dryden.
If these decoctions be repeated till the water comes off clear, the remainder yields no salt. Arbuthnot.
Sense 2. The corpse of a human being; relics; remains.
Show us The poor remainder of Andronicus. Shak.
Sense 3. (Math.) The quantity that is left after subtraction, or after any deduction.
Sense 4. (Law.) A remnant of an estate in land, depending upon a particular prior estate, created at the same time, and by the same instrument, and limited to arise immediately on the determination of that estate, and not an abridgment of it. Kent.
Synonyms—Balance; rest; residue; remnant; remains; leavings; relics. See BALANCE.