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A ,
(1962) E. Snow Other Side of River (1963) xlvi. 352 "The hi-fi set and typewriter have already been stolen and only a worthless AM set remains. "
abackstays , [adv.]
(1694) Lond. Gaz. mmdcccclxxviii. 1 "Captain Teissere remained a back stays several hours."
A band .
(1966) C. R. &. T. S. Leeson Histol. ix. 163/1 "During contraction the A band remains constant in length but the H band and I band diminish. "
abate , [v. 1]
(1551) Recorde Pathway to Knowl. ii. Introd., "And if you abate euen portions from things that are equal, those partes that remain shall be equall also. "
abbey .
(1882) Daily News 27 April 4/7 "In the presence of a large and representative gathering the remains of the late Mr. Darwin were yesterday interred in Westminster Abbey."
Abdim .
(1930) G. L. Bates Handbk. Birds W. Afr. 109 "One year, in February, a large company of Abdims remained on my land for days. "
aberrance .
(1865) W. M. Rossetti Fine Art (1867) 276 "The two remaining contributions..are Japanese subjects, unsurpassed in delicate aberrances and intricate hap&dubh.hazards of colour. "
abeyance .
(1878) Tait &. Stewart Unseen Univ. vii. §.204. 203 "That the soul may remain veiled or in abeyance until the resurrection."
abigail .
(1864) Duke of Manchester Court &. Soc. Eliz. to Anne I. 81 "Her house remained full of dons and pages, ladies and abigails."
abort , [v.]
(1963) Amer. Speech XXXVIII. 118 "A specified point on the runway..used as a decision point for aborting. If trouble develops on the take-off roll before go-no-go, it is possible to abort and stop the aircraft on the remaining runway."
(1969) Daily Tel. 28 Apr. 14 "National Health surgeons on the whole remain disinclined to abort frivolously. "
above , [adv.] and [prep.]
(1793) Smeaton Edystone Lightho. §.253 "The weather..above-head had remained..much the same. "
absorb , [v.]
(C. 1860) Faraday Forces of Nat. iii. 78 "Whenever a solid body loses some of that force of attraction by means of which it remains solid, heat is absorbed. "
abstergify [v.]
(1612) Benvenuto Passenger's Dialogues, Ital. &. Eng. (Nares) "Specially, when wee would abstergifie, and that the huske remaine behind in the boyling of it."
abstract , [v.]
(? 1685) Boyle (J.) "Having dephlegmed spirit of salt, and gently abstracted the whole spirit, there remaineth in the retort a styptical substance. "
abstracted , [ppl. a.]
(1667) Milton P.L. ix. 463 "The Evil one abstracted stood From his own evil, and for the time remained Stupidly good. "
absurd , [a.] and [sb.]
(1962) Listener 13 Dec. 1027/1 "The theatre of the absurd, whose master remains Camus."
Acadian , [sb.] and [a.]
(1757) Mem. Principal Trans. Last War 12 "The French inhabitants (whom for Distinction-sake I shall call Acadians)..were by the treaty allowed their option either to retire..or to remain there. "
(1868) J. W. Dawson in Proc. Amer. Assoc. Advancement Sci. XVI. 118 "These rocks..having been ascertained to be Devonian, there still remained an immense thickness of underlying rocks of uncertain age... It is proposed to call this series, represented in New Brunswick by the St. John slates, the Acadian Series. "
accepting , [vbl. sb.]
(1962) Times 13 Sept. 11/5 "Rothschilds have remained..the only accepting house in the City to have avoided turning itself into a legal company."
accident , [sb.]
(1610) Gwillim Heraldry (1660) i. iii. 15 "I call those notes or marks, Accidents of Armes, that..may be annexed unto them, or taken from them, their substance still remaining."
accidentally , [adv.]
(1781) Gibbon Decl. &. Fall. III. 139 "The invasion of the Goths..contributed, at least accidentally, to extirpate the last remains of Paganism."
accomplish , [v.]
(1855) Prescott Philip II, I. ii. i. 154 "The work of the reformer was never accomplished so long as anything remained to reform."
accord , [v.]
(1817) Scott Waverley II. xix. 293 "Proceed as we accorded before dinner, if you wish to remain longer in my service."
account , [sb.]
(1711) Addison Spect. No. 25. &page.2 "As for the remaining Parts of the Pound, I keep no accompt of them. "
(1593) Shaks. Rich. II, i. i. 130 "My Soueraigne Liege was in my debt, Vpon remainder of a deere Accompt. "
(1652) Brome Joviall Crew i. 358 "The ballance of the several Accompts, Which shews you what remains in Cash. "
(1873) Aldrich Marj. Daw 150 "The hotel remains to-day pretty much the same as when Jonathan Bayley handed in his accounts in 1840."
accountant , [a.] and [sb.]
(1649) Selden Laws Eng. i. lxvii. 176 (1739) "The Guardian in Socage remaineth accomptant to the Heir, for all profits both of Land and Marriage."
accretion .
(1774) Bryant Mythol. I. 164 "This accretion will be in every age enlarged; till there will at last remain some few outlines only of the original occurrence. "
accurate , [a.]
(1738) Lond. &. Country Brewer iii. (1743) 242 "Such Drink always remains so, notwithstanding their most accurate Attempts to the contrary."
acervulus .
(1947) C. E. Skinner et al. Henrici's Molds, Yeasts, &. Actinomycetes (ed. 2) v. 96 "The third order, the Moniliales.., contains the remaining forms, whose conidiophores are produced neither in pycnidia nor upon acervuli, but are formed from superficial hyphae over the entire surface of the fungus colony. "
acoustic , [a.] and [sb.]
(1855) Owen Skel. &. Teeth 34 "The acoustic capsule remains in great part cartilaginous. "
acoustician .
(1879) A. J. Hipkins in Grove Dict. Mus. II. 54 "It is..agreed, even by acousticians, that the piano had best remain with thirteen keys in the octave. "
actio in distans .
(1846) W. Hamilton in Reid's Wks. 852/1 "Repulsion..remains, as apparently an actio in distans,..inconceivable as a possibility [for inclusion among the primary qualities of body]. "
acyclovir .
(1981) Maclean's Mag. 2 Nov. 24 "The beauty of acyclovir is that it remains inactive in the body until it comes in contact with a herpes-induced enzyme. The enzyme then activates the drug. "
addible , [a.]
(1690) Locke Hum. Underst. ii. xvii. (1727) I. 88 "The clearest idea it can get of infinity, is the confused, incomprehensible remainder of endless, addible numbers, which affords no prospect of stop or boundary."
address , [v.]
(1620) Shelton Don Quixote I. iii. i. 116 "He arose, remaining bended in the midst of the way, like unto a Turkish Bow, without being able to address himself."
adenoid , [a.] and [sb. pl.]
(1873) Klein Handb. Physiol. Lab. iii. 45 "It remains to describe the so-called adenoid tissue. By this term is understood, a dense reticulum of branched cells, the processes of which are short but of great delicacy. "
adiaphoron , [a.] and [sb.]
(1553-87) Foxe A. &. M. (1596) 51/1 "The celebration of Easterdaie remained adiaphoron, as a thing indifferent in the church. "
Adivasi , [sb.] (and [a.] )
(1941) A. V. Thakkar Probl. Aborigines in India 2 "We can ill afford to allow such a huge population as that of the Adivasis to remain any longer illiterate, ignorant and labouring under..abject poverty. "
admotive , [a.]
(1879) Syd. Soc. Lex. "Admotive germination: That in which the episperm containing the end of the cotyledon more or less tumefied remains fixed laterally near the base of the cotyledon."
adnexa , [sb. pl.]
(1906) Brit. Med. Jrnl. 6 Jan. 12/1 "In lepra anaesthetica the eyes may remain unaffected if the nerves supplying the adnexa of the eye remain free. "
adobe .
(1821) Dewees Lett. from Texas (1852) 21 "The remainder of the buildings are adobes. "
adored , [ppl. a.]
(1713) Pope Winds. For. 301 "Old warriors whose ador'd remains In weeping vaults her hallow'd earth contains. "
adry , [adv.] and [pred.] [a.]
(1628) Digby Voy. to Medit. 94 "Att the ebbe shee [the ship] remained all adry. "
adsorb , [v.]
(1906) Bio-chem. Jrnl. I. 494 "In all my experiments with charcoal some trypsin has remained merely adsorbed, and therefore transferable to added casein and active. "
adulterate , [v.]
(1678) Marvell Growth of Pop. Wks. 1875 IV. 257 "That..the clergy should, by remaining unmarried, either frustrate human nature if they live chastly, or, if otherwise, adulterate it."
adumbration .
(1610) Guillim Heraldrie ii. iii. 42 "Adumbration, or Transparency, is a cleere exemption of the substance of the Charge, or thing borne, in such sort as that there remaineth nothing thereof to be discerned, but the naked and bare proportion of the outward lineaments thereof."
adust , [ppl. a.]
(1657) Physical Dict. "The blood is then said to be adust, when by reason of extraordinary heat the thinner parts are evaporated, and the thicker remain black and dreggy. "
Advent .
(1582) N. T. (Rheims) 1 Thess. iv. 15 "Vve vvhich liue, vvhich are remaining in the aduent [other versions coming] of our Lord. "
advisership .
(1868) Pall Mall G. 2 Dec. 8 "The Law Advisership to the Castle is the most important of the remaining appointments."
Aegean , [a.]
(1902) Encycl. Brit. XXXI. 55/2 "In certain localities, for instance, Cyprus, Crete, and most of the Aegean islands,..Mycenaean remains..form in fact a stratum to be expected on the site of almost every ancient Aegean settlement. "
Aepyornis .
(1959) Chambers's Encycl. VIII. 779/2 "There are also fossil remains of large, extinct, bird-like animals not found elsewhere, such as the Aepyronis, remnants of whose eggs are strewn over the beaches of the extreme south."
aerobically [adv.]
(1887) A. M. Brown Anim. Alkaloids 117 "Four-fifths of our tissues live aerobically; and..the remaining fifth part..lives anaerobically, that is, after the fashion of putrid ferment. "
aeroplane , [sb.]
(1907) Daily Mail 19 Feb. 7/7 "M. Santos Dumont..felt that for some years to come aeroplaning would remain a sport. "
Aertex .
(1984) Guardian Weekly 19 Aug. 20 "Until about 1943 my favourite garment remained a bright scarlet Aertex shirt, for reasons unconnected with revolutionary socialism."
affection , [sb.]
(1625) Sir H. Finch Law (1636) 225 "There remaineth yet one generall and common affection scattered throughout the whole Law..which we call an Action. "
affidavit .
(1808) Bentham Scotch Ref. 23 "The affidavit-maker (deponent) remaining subject to examination."
affluent , [a.] and [sb.]
(1853) Phillips Rivers of Yorksh. iii. 104 "The only remaining affluent of importance on its northern banks, viz. the river Hull. "
afforestation .
(1751) Chambers Cycl. s.v. Purlieu, "The greatest part of the new afforestations were still remaining. "
afforested , [ppl. a.]
(1679) Hobbes Dial. Com. Laws (1840) 154 "[They] had much land remaining in their own hands, afforrested for their recreation. "
Afghanistanism .
(1961) H. B. Jackson Mass Communications Dict. 6 "Afghanistanism, a criticism leveled against newspaper editors for avoiding community causes and issues and for advocating causes and issues far enough away to remain unchallenged by unoriented readers. "
after-
(1914) J. Collings Colon. Rur. Brit. I. vi. 113 "The remainder of the children whose after-school career was traced went into industrial or commercial occupations. "
(1680) W. Allen Peace &. Unity 64 "While they remain under this perswasion, they can no more lawfully receive an *after-baptizing. "
(1860) Mining Gloss. (ed. 2) 48 "*After-damp, destructive gas (carbonic acid) remaining in the workings after an explosion of fire-damp. "
(1909) Cent. Dict. Suppl., "*After-sound, a subjective sensation of sound which remains after the sound itself has ceased. "
after-game .
(1713) Addison Cato iii. vii, "Still there remains an after-game to play. "
againstness
(1951) Paterson &. Willett in Sociological Rev. XLIII. 90 "There remains a feeling that the group is an entity, for the members have all been affected similarly by the same outside power, and there is a diffused `againstness'. "
agammaglobulinaemia .
(1954) Lancet 2 Oct. 671/2 "Agammaglobulin&ae.mia. A syndrome has recently been described in America in which recurrent severe infections are associated with a virtual absence of &gamma.-globulin from the serum, the levels of the other plasma-protein fractions remaining within normal limits. "
agar-agar .
(1886) Crookshank Bacteriology 65 "Agar-agar has the advantage of remaining solid up to a temperature of about 45°.. "
age , [sb.]
(1889) W. S. Gilbert Gondoliers ii. 32 "As at home we've been remaining-We've not seen you both for ages. "
(1954) J. G. Peristiany in Instit. Prim. Soc. iv. 40 "The initiation rituals..provide him with an age-set; that is, with a group of age-mates who remain his social co-evals through life. "
ageing aging , [vbl. sb.]
(1879) G. Gladstone in Cassell's Techn. Educ. I. 198 "The hot flue leads into the ageing-room, where the cloth remains suspended. "
agend
(1860) Maury Phys. Geog. Sea i. §.67 "Notwithstanding all that has been done.. there still remain many agenda."
aggrieved , [ppl. a.]
(1870) Bowen Logic ix. 293 "The Catholics had a right to feel aggrieved that these laws should be permitted to remain in the statute book."
aglare , [adv.] , prop. [phr.]
(1872) M. Collins Pr. Clarice II. xix. 223 "His sole remaining eye aglare with furious light. "
agonizing , [ppl. a.]
(1953) J. F. Dulles in N.Y. Times 15 Dec. 14/3 "If..the European Defence Community should not be effective; if France and Germany remain apart... That would compel an agonizing reappraisal of basic United States policy. "
agro- ,
(1983) Engin. News-Rec. 21 Apr. 24/2 "Its thrust during the remaining years of the 1980s will continue to be on agrobusiness and energy development. "
agrochemical , [sb.] (and [a.] )
(1970) Daily Tel. 28 Apr. 22/1 "While a rapid turn-round can be expected in agrochemicals, the position in the main fertiliser market remains uncertain. "
ailantine , [a.] and [sb.]
(1863) All Y. Round 11 July 467/1 "Ailanthine sericulture would remain in great measure unproductive."
air-line
(1930) R. Peele Compressed Air Plant (ed. 5) xv. 273 "Air lines are tested from time to time by allowing the air at full pressure to remain in the closed transmission circuit long enough to observe the gage pressure. "
Akan , [a.] and [sb.]
(1897) J. M. Sarbah Fanti Customary Laws 3 "The words `Akan' (Akanfu) arose probably from the way the Mfantsifu referred to those who remained at Takieman. The word Akan to our mind means a remnant. "
alarm-post .
(1844) Regul. &. Ord. Army 180 "Although a Regiment or a Division may remain for a single night only in a quarter, yet an Alarm-Post is invariably to be established."
Alencon .
(1865) F. B. Palliser Hist. Lace xiii. 171 "A few observations remain to be made respecting the dates of Alen&ccdil.on point. "
aleph .
(1920) A. S. Eddington Space, Time &. Gravitation iii. 59 "It reminds us of the mathematicians' transfinite number Aleph; you can subtract any number you like from it and it still remains the same. "
alien , [a.] and [sb.]
(1780) Burke Econ. Ref. Wks. 1842 I. 238 "A system of confusion remains, which is not only alien, but adverse to all economy. "
alight , [v. 1]
(1786) J. Jeffries Narr. 2 Aerial Voyages 16 "After alighting for a moment..M. Blanchard threw out the remaining part of our sand ballast. "
aligreek
(A. 1884) Archit. Publ. Soc. Dict. s.v. M&ae.ander, "As guillochis or m&eacu.andres are known in Italy as alla Greca, so the word grecque is likely to remain in France the technical name of the m&eacu.andre. "
alizarin .
(1876) Jrnl. Chem. Soc. ii. 234 "The contamination of the printed cotton with iron is thus prevented, and only the pure alumina lake, that is to say, the pure alizarin-red, remains upon the cotton. "
all , [a.] , [sb.] , and [adv.]
(1849) Macaulay Hist. Eng. II. 557 "If he refuses to govern us at all, we are not bound to remain..without a government. "
(1928) J. T. MacCurdy Comm. Princ. Psychol. &. Physiol. 168 " Adrian..found that, in the isolated fibre, the strength of the impulse, once it was set up, remained constant and could not be increased by augmenting the strength of the stimulus. This is known as the all-or-none law of the nerve impulse. "
allodial alodial , [a.] and [sb.]
(1857) Sir F. Palgrave Norm. &. Eng. II. 264 "A patch of arable tilled by the remaining allodial rustics. "
alloeopathist .
(1849) Hahnemann's Organon Introd. 28 "However..he may affect to be a hom&oe.opathist, [he] is and will always remain a generalizing all&oe.opathist."
allograft , [sb.]
(1983) Nature 14 July 121/1 "The way in which the maternal immune system is regulated during pregnancy to allow the survival of the fetal allograft remains unsolved."
allometry .
(1940) G. R. de Beer Embryos &. Ancestors iv. 25 "The relative growth-rates of the allometric organ and of the body remain constant during long periods. "
allowance , [sb.]
(1528) Perkins Profit. Bk. v. §.326 (1642) 144 "If a man seised of three acres..enfeoffeth a stranger..of two of the three acres..and the wife is endowed of the third acre which remaineth as allowance of the other acres. "
alnage .
(1736) Carte Ormonde I. 141 "Alnage was to remain as already settled by law."
alternative , [a.] and [sb.]
(1814) Miss Austen Lady Susan xxxviii. (1879) 282 "It is impossible to submit to such an extremity while another alternative remains. "
(1836) J. Gilbert Chr. Atonem. i. (1852) 19 "Yet law was never so repealed but that it still remained as the alternative. "
alum , [sb.]
(1875) Ure Dict. Arts I. 105 "[Alum] seems to have come to Europe in later times as alum of Rocca, the name of Edessa; but it is not impossible that this name was an Italian prefix, which has remained to this day under the name of Rock Alum, Allume di Rocca."
amalgamate , [v.]
(1802) T. Jefferson Writ. (1830) III. 489 "It remains to amalgamate the comptroller and auditor into one. "
ambassage embassage .
(1598) Hakluyt Voy. I. 150 "One deceased by the way,..and the other remained sick..so that ambassage took none effect. "
ambo .
(1753) Chambers Cycl. Supp. s.v., "In some churches remains of the Ambos are still seen. "
amid , [adv.] and [prep.]
(1812) Miss Austen Mansf. Pk. (1847) 71 "The carriage drove off amid the good wishes of the two remaining ladies. "
ammunitioned , [ppl. a.]
(1870) Daily News 17 Dec., "The remaining forty, well armed, ammunitioned, and in good condition, established themselves in two or three private houses."
amphibious , [a.]
(1941) New Statesman 15 Feb. 151/2 "There remains the possibility of `amphibious' warfare. "
amphidisc .
(1867) J. Hogg Microsc. ii. ii. 389 "Remains of the dead sponge, empty gemmule-cases with their amphidiscs. "
amphigouri .
(1869) N. &. Q. Ser. iv. III. 145 "The remaining verses..of the following amphigory."
ample , [a.]
(1860) Whyte-Melville Mkt. Harb. 60 "Mrs. Dove, an ample lady, with the remains of considerable beauty. "
amplification .
(1943) Gloss. Terms Telecomm. (B.S.I.) 32 "Amplification factor, the voltage factor of the anode and the control electrode, the anode current remaining unchanged. "
amusement .
(1771) Junius Lett. xlix. 257 "The remainder of the summer shall be dedicated to your amusement. "
anaerobe .
(1959) J. Clegg Freshwater Life (ed. 2) 68 "The decomposition of the organic remains by anaerobic bacteria results in the formation of sulphuretted hydrogen. "
anaesthetic , [a.] and [sb.]
(1955) Oxf. Jun. Encycl. XI. 4/2 "A patient to whom a general anaesthetic is administered loses consciousness, while a local anaesthetic affects only the area of operation, the patient remaining fully conscious. Cocaine..the most commonly used local anaesthetic, was introduced in 1879."
anapaest .
(1846) Grote Greece II. ii. vii. 572 "The scanty fragments remaining to us of his elegies and anap&ae.sts. "
anapnograph .
(1870) S. Gee Auscult. &. Percuss. ii. §.2 &page.1 "Whether the anapnograph will be more useful remains to be seen."
anathema .
(1608) Topsell Serpents 779 "Will not permit a [spider's] web-the very pattern, index, and anathema of supernaturall wisdome-to remain untouched. "
anatomist , [a.] and [sb.]
(1830) Lyell Princ. Geol. 3 "A comparative anatomist may derive some accession of knowledge from the bare inspection of the remains of an extinct quadruped. "
anatomy .
(1662) Fuller Worthies (1840) I. 496 "The anatomy of a man lying in the tombe abovesaid, onely the bones remaining. "
anchor , [sb. 1]
(1965) Guardian 20 Sept. 4/8 "`Panorama' will continue... Richard Dimbleby remains the anchor. "
(1877) Green Phys. Geol. iii. §.2. 109 "Anchor-ice forms sometimes..at the bottom of lakes and rivers while the rest of the water remains unfrozen. "
(1876) Davis Polaris Exp. viii. 219 "The tidal observations were made by..the *anchor-watch during the remaining nine hours. "
ancient , [a.] and [sb. 1]
(1846) Ellis Elgin Marbles I. 1 "The remains of antient art at Athens. "
(1958) Listener 23 Jan. 150/2 "The Ancient Monuments Department of the Ministry of Works has set out to preserve what remains."
and , [conj. 1] formerly [prep.]
(1846) Grote Greece (1869) I. i. 29 "And thus she remained a whole year. "
anethol .
(1863) Watts Dict. Chem. I. 297 "Oil of anise..appears to consist of two distinct oils, one of which solidifies at temperatures below 10°., while the other remains fluid at all temperatures. The former is generally known as anethol or anise-camphor. "
an-hungry [a.]
(1681) R. Knox Hist. Ceylon 123 "Many times we were forced to remain an hungry."
animalist .
(1837) P. Parley Sun, Moon, &. Stars liv. (ed. 2) 284 "Vegetablists say that it is a fungous plant..but the animalists agree in affirming it to be the altered remains of dead frogs."
animism .
(1864) Sat. Rev. 10 Dec. 726/1 "All spiritual belief came to be laughed at.. There was no more account of Stahl and `animism.' Nothing but sheer materialism remained."
anoci-association .
(1961) Brit. Med. Dict. 106/2 "Anoci-association... The patient is kept free from fear by management and narcotics, remains in ignorance of the time of the operation, and is anaesthetized in such a way that no adaptive response is excited. The field of operation is completely blocked by local anaesthetics so that traumatic impulses do not reach the brain [etc.]."
anthropocentric , [a.]
(1863) Draper Intell. Devel. Eur. iii. (1865) 42 "In the most ancient records remaining, the Hindu mind is dealing with anthropocentric conceptions..of the moral kind. "
anthropolite .
(1863) G. Kearley Links in Chain, "A veritable anthropolite, the petrified remains of one of the accursed race that was swept away by the flood."
anti-democrat
(1939) War Illustr. 9 Dec. 416/3 "Fascism remains anti-Communist, but it also remains obstinately anti-democratic."
antidoron .
(1957) Oxf. Dict. Chr. Ch. 1005/1 "Among the E. Orthodox..the so-called `antidoron'..i.e. what remains of the loaves from which the Eucharistic Bread is cut, is held to share in the liturgical offering, and is distributed as a consolation to those unable to receive Holy Communion."
Antiguan , [sb.] and [a.]
(1985) Washington Post 12 June a30/4 "A handful of Jamaicans, Barbadians or Antiguans, remnants of the U.S.-sponsored Caribbean Peace Force, are likely to remain on hand for a number of months to supervise Grenadian guards at the Richmond Hill prison."
anti-hero .
(1907) F. W. Chandler Lit. Roguery I. ii. 68 "A work of the Eulenspiegel type..its anti-heroes remain less roguish than Till. "
(1959) Times Lit. Suppl. 20 Nov. 670/4 "Ulysses was and remains the first great masterpiece of anti-heroic literature."
antinode .
(1882) J. D. Everett Vibratory Motion &. Sound v. 51 "Comparing together the four positions of the string..points A, C, and A1 remain permanently at rest, and the points B and D midway between them undergo the largest displacement... The points of permanent rest, A, C, and A1 are called nodes and the points of maximum displacement, B and D, antinodes. "
Antiochene , [a.] and [sb.]
(1939) P. Hughes Pop. Hist. Ch. ii. 36 "The Antiochenes, remaining obdurately aloof, were excommunicated too."
antiquarian , [a.] and [sb.]
(1872) Hardwick Trad. Lanc. 220 "A thoroughgoing antiquarian would call this a Druidical remain."
antique , [a.] and [sb.]
(1596) Spenser State Irel. 28 "A nation so antique, as that no monument remaines of her beginning. "
antiquity .
(1869) Rawlinson Anc. Hist. 2 "Antiquities, or the actual extant remains of ancient times."
any , [a.] and [pron.]
(1854) Scoffern in Orr's Circ. Sc., Chem. 507 "Whilst any lead..remains to be removed."
ao dai .
(1977) Time 9 May 21/1 "A stroll along busy Tu Do Street [in Saigon]..remains one of the most fascinating city walks in the world, a gauntlet of boutiques, cafes and attractive women in ao dai."
apanage appanage .
(1862) Lond. Rev. 26 July 71 "The diplomatic service..must always remain the apanage of the wealthy."
apoinctee
(1682) Scarlett Exch. 20 "Substract the Provision and Courtagie, and the Remainder is the Apoinctee (the Neat Sum)."
appearance .
(1793) Smeaton Edystone L. §.253 "The weather..had remained to all appearance much the same. "
appetite , [sb.]
(1876) Mozley Univ. Serm. vii. 147 "We have those appetites so long as we remain in the flesh."
appliance .
(1561) T. N[orton] Calvin's Inst., "It remaineth that by applyance all the same [benefits] may come to us. "
archaeological [a.]
(1871) Tylor Prim. Culture I. 19 "Arch&ae.ological inference from the remains of pre-historic tribes."
archaeometry .
(1972) Nature 31 Mar. 225/1 "The magnetic charts now being prepared from these data may be used as an archaeometric standard with which to date other remains from this part of the world. "
archosaur .
(1962) New Scientist 5 July 34 "The remains of small archosaurs, probably representative of the primitive stock from which the dinosaurs originated. "
archway .
(1868) Q. Victoria Life in Highl. 22 "Part of the old castle and the archway remains."
arise , [v.]
(1779) J. Moore View Soc. II. liv. 49 "All the audience..immediately arise, and remain in a standing posture till their sovereign sit down. "
arm [sb. 2]
(1710) Lond. Gaz. mmmmdccviii/2 "The remaining 12,500 Arms not already contracted for. "
Armagnac .
(1910) Encycl. Brit. XI. 904/2 "The remainder [of the wine produced in the department of Gers] is chiefly manufactured into brandy, known by the name of Armagnac, second only to Cognac in reputation. "
arrear , [sb.]
(1676) Bates Immort. Soul, "There remains in another world a dreadful arrear of misery."
arrearage .
(1691) Blount Law Dict., "Arrearages, the Remain of an Accompt, or a Sum of Money remaining in the Hands of an Accomptant. It is sometimes used more generally for any Money unpaid at a due Time. "
arrearance
(1731) Bailey, "Arrearances, Arrears, are the remainders of any rents or monies unpaid at the due time."
arrentation .
(1306) Ord. Forest&ae., Act 34 Edw. I, v, "Quod haye et fossata facta medio tempore prosternantur et penitus commoveantur et adnichilentur, saluis arentacionibus nostris quas secundum assisam foreste volumus remanere. Transl. in Pulton: That the hedges and diches..shall be wholly cast downe, remoued, and avoided: saving our Arrentations which we will have remaine according to the assise of the Forest. "
arsinoitherium .
(1902) H. J. L. Beadnell Prel. Note Arsinoitherium Zitteli 3 "Discovery of Eocene mammalian and reptilian remains made last year by the Geological Survey of Egypt... The most important of these is a large, heavily built, ungulate, about the size of a rhinoceros, and for which the writer proposes the generic name Arsinoitherium, from Queen Arsinoe, after whom the Fayum was called in Ptolemic times. "
art , [sb.]
(1963) Times 17 May 18/4 "Official taste remains complacently becalmed at action-painting and art autre."
artefactual , [a.]
(1963) Kwang-chih Chang Archaeol. Anc. China 1 "The study of bygone cultures and civilizations by means of their artifactual remains has never ceased to be a part of the historical method. "
articulable , [a.]
(1897) W. James Let. 28 Apr. (1920) II. 58 "Life and mysticism exceed the articulable, and if there is a One..it must remain only mystically expressed. "
artist , [sb.] and [a.]
(1747) J. Spence (title) "Polymetis: an Enquiry concerning the agreement between the works of the Roman Poets and the Remains of the Ancient Artists. "
Aryanize , [v.]
(1935) L. L. Snyder From Bismarck to Hitler viii. 81 "Only in their outer forms will Japan and other `bearers of civilization' remain Asiatic; inwardly they will become Aryanized. "
as , [adv.] ( [conj.] , and [rel. pron.] )
(1663) Marvell Corr. Wks. 1872-5 II. 140 "If they had any thing as that remained on their part."
Ascot .
(1828) Sporting Mag. June 202/2 "Ascot still remains a pattern to all race courses throughout the kingdom. "
ashery .
(1884) L. F. &. R. L. Allen New Amer. Farm Bk. 62 "Spent lye of the asheries, is the liquid which remains after the combination of the lye and grease in manufacturing soap."
assemblage .
(1833) Ht. Martineau Fr. Wines &. Pol. i. 13 "Of the chesnut woods nothing remained but an assemblage of bare poles."
assumpting [vbl. sb.]
(1565) Calfhill Answ. Treat. Crosse (1846) 153 "The same divine nature, after the assumpting of flesh, to remain notwithstanding incircumscriptible."
astound , [ppl. a.]
(1600) Fairfax Tasso xix. lxv, "Vafrine..with griefe and care Remain'd astound. "
astral , [a.] (and [sb.] )
(1910) Encycl. Brit. VII. 714/2 "The remaining radiations at the two poles of the spindle are the `astral rays'."
astronaut .
(1957) P. Moore Sci. &. Fiction xvii. 171 "The astronauts taking off for the planet Hesikos remain standing upright. "
at , [prep.]
(1652) Needham tr. Selden's Mare Cl. 425 "To remain at his judgement and award. "
atmosphere , [sb.]
(1923) H. G. Baynes tr. Jung's Psychol. Types v. 230 "The religion of the last two thousand years..has, thereby, created an atmosphere which remains wholly uninfluenced by any intellectual disavowal. "
atonal , [a.]
(1963) Listener 14 Feb. 313/3 "Luigi Dallapiccola, an atonalist who has remained faithful to his country's abiding concern for melody."
atoneside atoside [advb. phr.]
(1621) Molle Camerar. Liv. Lib. iii. xx. 217 "The third made that which remained to hang a tone-side."
atresia .
(1903) Nature 20 Aug. 384/2 "Other atresic follicles are reduced to fibrous tissue or remain cystic. "
atrophiated , [ppl. a.]
(1634) T. Johnson tr. Parey's Chirurg. xxix. (1678) 711 "Every part which hath not his motion remaineth languid and atrophiated. "
attest , [v.]
(1876) Green Short Hist. i. §.4 (1882) 37 "Forty-five works remained after his death to attest his prodigious industry."
attitude .
(1831) Carlyle Sart. Res. i. iv, "The remainder [of his sentences] are in quite angular attitudes, buttressed-up by props (of parentheses and dashes)."
attraction .
(1858) Sir J. Herschel Astron. §.564 "In so far as their orbits can remain unaltered by the attractions of the planets. "
aura .
(1732) Berkeley Alciphr. II. 35 "After which [i.e. the flying off of the volatile salt or spirit] the Oil remains dry and insipid, but without any sensible diminution of its weight, by the loss of that volatile essence of the soul, that &ae.thereal aura. "
Aurignac
(1875) Encycl. Brit. II. 336 "[The bones of] other extinct mammals, alongside of human remains and works of art, in the famous Aurignac caves of the Pyrenees. "
Aurignacian , [a.] and [sb.]
(1914) Q. Jrnl. Geol. Soc. LXX. p. xcviii, "A bed was found, which yielded the incised drawings..as well as numerous mammalian remains and flint-implements; and this is regarded as of Aurignacian age. Immediately below the last-mentioned bed a deposit of sand..was penetrated..and this deposit, also referred to the Aurignacian, was found to contain an enormous number of bones. "
auscultate , [v.]
(1892) Stevenson &. Osbourne Wrecker xv. 233 "It was therefore necessary..to auscultate what remained [of the ship], like a doctor sounding for a lung disease. "
Austin , [a.] and [sb.]
(C. 1812) Oxoniana I. 5 "Some traces of this practice [disputationes in Augustinensibus] still remain in the University exercises, and the common phrase of scholars `doing Austins' has a direct allusion to it."
Australopithecus .
(1947) Lancet 14 June 837/1 "Later, more remains of the same type of creature were discovered..and these are now all regarded as representatives of a common sub-family, the Australopithecinae. "
auto- (1) ,
(1891) Jrnl. Chem. Soc. LX. 1151 "Autocatalysis... The presence of a salt of the acid, for instance the sodium salt, in the solution, retards the formation of the lactone very considerably, and the amount of free acid in the solution, as determined alkalimetrically, remains constant for days together. "
(1920) Flight XII. 1194/2 "Below 15°. the aerofoil remains at rest, but at high angles it auto-rotates, slowly at first, and then more quickly. "
autochthonous , [a.]
(1876) tr. Wagner's Gen. Pathol. 189 "An autochthonous or primitive thrombus is one which remains confined in the part in which it first arose, especially in the heart."
avalanche , [sb.]
(1789) Coxe Trav. Switz. xxxviii. II. 3 "We crossed some snow, the remains of a last winter's Avalanche. "
avert , [v.]
(1540) Act 32 Hen. VIII, xxix, "Landes..shall..be descendable, remaine, auert, come, and be inheritable."
avouch , [v.]
(1540) Househ. Ord. Hen. VIII in Thynne's Animadv. Introd. 35 "The Clerkes-Comptrollers to goe with him to take the said Remaines to be advouched with him, what the expence shall rise to. Item..the Booke of Comptrollment..shall be put yearly into the Exchequer, to be advoucht to the Cofferers account."
ay aye , [adv.]
(1608) Shaks. Per. iii. i. 63 "Aye-remaining lamps. "
baba (2)
(1827) L. E. Ude French Cook 461 "The oven must be moderately hot, as the babas must remain a long time in. "
Babel .
(1703) Maundrell Journ. Jerus. (1721) 16 "What remains of this mighty Babel..is no more than twenty Foot high. "
background , [sb.]
(1849) Macaulay Hist. Eng. II. 253 "Political friends thought it best..that he should remain in the background. "
backing , [vbl. sb.]
(1780) A. Young Tour in Ireland 195 "The remainder is called backings, and is spun into the coarsest stuff. "
back-stop
(1851) F. Starr 20 Yrs. of Trav.'s Life xiii. 143 "The remaining shaft..broke off short, and that which when we started was a gig, was now a back stop for horses' heels. "
baffle , [sb. 1]
(1843) Foster in Life &. Corr. (1846) II. 458, "I remained in a kind of baffle between that perfectly preserved image, and his actual appearance."
bag , [sb.]
(1529) Latimer Serm. (1844) 20 "Yet there may remain a bag of rusty malice, 20 years old, in thy neighbour's bosom. "
bagasse .
(1960) Times 8 Jan. 7 "Mauritius..solved the problems of a one-crop economy by burning `bagasse', the fibre that remains after sugar cane is crushed. "
baht .
(1963) Whitaker's Almanack 934/1 "The exchange rate for the Baht is not officially fixed, but has for some time remained in the neighbourhood of Baht 59 = &pstlg.1 sterling, with little fluctuation."
bail , [sb. 1]
(1642) Declar. Lords &. Comm. 22 Dec. 6 "To some common Goale, there to remaine without Bayle or Mainprize. "
bailiff .
(1873) Stubbs Const. Hist. III. xxi. 561 "In those towns in which there was no mayor, the presidency of the local courts remained with the bailiffs."
baked , [ppl. a.]
(1858) Birch Anc. Pottery Introd. 5 "Remains of baked earthenware. "
balance , [sb.]
(1622) Malynes Anc. Law-Merch. 370 "Take all the remainders of the Accounts by Debitor and Creditor, which is the ballance of the Booke. "
(1828) Tytler Hist. Scot. (1864) I. 221 "The large balance of the ransom which still remained unpaid. "
(1875) Blackw. Mag. Apr. 443 "Balance, long familiar to American ears, is becoming so to ours. In an account of a ship on fire we read `Those saved remained the balance of the night watching the burning wreck.' "
(1958) M. E. Burton Lett. M. Wordsworth p. xxviii, "Mary often chooses to remain behind. She is the balance-wheel. "
balanced , [ppl. a.]
(1874) S. J. P. Thearle Naval Archit. (Adv. Sci. ser.) iv. xx. 340 "The balanced rudder revolves about an axis so situated that about two-thirds the area of the rudder is on the aft, and the remaining one-third on the fore side of the axis. "
ball , [sb. 1]
(1710) Lond. Gaz. No. 4702/2 "The Powder, small Ball, and small Arms remaining in the Garrisons. "
(1857) Trollope Three Clerks I. ix. 183 "The ball is at your foot now, but it won't remain there. "
ballooning , [vbl. sb.]
(1893) A. S. Eccles Sciatica 3 "In the remaining nine cases there was more or less ballooning of the rectum."
ballpark
(1985) Aviation Week &. Space Technol. 23 Sept. 14/2 "A previously established gross takeoff weight target of 50,000 lb. remains in effect... `We're confident we're in the right ballpark now,' Russ said."
banking , [vbl. sb.]
(1853) Kane Grinnell Exp. xxxv. (1856) 321, "I observed one spot where the banking remained."
bannock .
(1860) All Y. Round No. 45. 440 "Barley bannocks and oat cake long remained the staff of life in villages in Scotland. "
bar , [v.]
(1822) T. Taylor Apuleius' Gold. Ass vi. 132 "Having barred the barking of the dog by..the remaining sop. "
bare , [a.] , [adv.] , [sb.]
(1755) Smollett Quix. (1803) I. 233 "Bare I was born, and bare I remain. "
barnacle , [sb. 1]
(1625) tr. Gonsalvio's Sp. Inquis. 145 "Clapped a Barnacle vpon his tongue, which remained there vntill the fire had consumed it. "
barretter .
(1940) Chambers's Techn. Dict. 77/2 "Barretter, an iron wire resistance mounted in a glass bulb containing hydrogen, and having a temperature coefficient so arranged that the variation of resistance produced ensures that the current in the circuit to which it is connected remains constant over a wide range of voltage. "
Barton (2) .
(1847) J. Prestwich in Q. Jrnl. Geol. Soc. III. 357 "Having thus associated the London clay with the Barton beds..the organic remains..were taken as belonging to one and the same deposit. "
base , [sb. 1]
(1925) J. Joly Surface-Hist. Earth vii. 114 "The base-levelled remains of pre-Cambrian mountains or of the ancestral Rockies. "
based , [pa. pple.]
(1925) E. F. Norton Fight for Everest 1924 57 "No. 1 party was to..remain based there for the purpose of getting the next camp on to the North Col."
bashalic bashalick
(1682) Wheler Journ. Greece iii. 238 "It..remaineth yet a Bashalique, although of late governed by a Deputy. "
basket , [sb.]
(1908) Westm. Gaz. 26 Sept. 8/2 "Scotland trout-fishing remains open..and some nice baskets are being made. "
basketry .
(1957) Encycl. Brit. III. 180/2 "No satisfactory automatic basket-weaving machinery was perfected. True basketry, therefore, remains a handicraft."
bastarda .
(1934) A. F. Johnson Type Design 31 "The French `lettre bâ.tarde' then passed out of use..but in Germany the Bastarda has remained the national type. "
baston
(1562) Act 5 Eliz. xxiii. §.8 "The same Party..shall remain in the Prison..without Bail, Baston or Mainprize. "
(1671) F. Phillips Reg. Necess. 475 "Committed to the Tower of London, there to remain one year without bayle, baston or Mainprize."
bate , [sb. 2]
(1798) Ann. Reg. 35/2 "The bate or surplus of the chain remained suspended."
bathing , [vbl. sb.]
(1809) Ld. Malmesbury in G. Rose Diaries (1860) II. 355 "Remaining a week for the purpose of bathing."
Bathurst burr .
(1904) S. Rudd Sandy's Selection 4 "The remaining hundred and fifty-six were under scrub, prickly-pear, wallaby-bush and Bathurst burr. "
Batrachia , [sb. pl.]
(1847) Carpenter Zool. §.514 "In the Proteid&ae., or perenni-branchiate Batrachia, the gills remain during the whole of life. "
batter , [v. 1]
(1578) Fenton Guicciard. (1618) 30 "So that the Florentines by this meanes should remaine battered. "
battery .
(1911) D. S. Hulfish Cycl. Motion-Pict. Work II. 137 "The remaining proportion of light may be supplied by lighting a partial battery of lamps. "
bay , [sb. 2]
(1913) R. McNab Old Whaling Days i. 6 "During the following month-November-the remaining bay whalers returned to Sydney. "
bean , [sb.]
(1818) Scott Hrt. Midl. xviii, "He shall hide himself in a bean-hool if he remains on Scottish ground without my finding him. "
beard , [sb.]
(1757) Burke Abridgm. Eng. Hist. Wks. X. 184 "The Britons..shaved the beard on the chin, that on the upper lip was suffered to remain. "
(A. 1700) Dryden (J.) "Some thin remains of chastity appeared Ev'n under Jove, but Jove without a beard. "
beast , [v.]
(1768) Acad. of Play 83 "He who looks at the cards that remain in the Stock is beasted. "
beat , [v. 1] [str.] &. [wk.]
(1784) King Voy. (1790) V. 1712 "We remained several days beating up, but in vain, to regain our former birth. "
bed , [sb.]
(1974) Observer 17 Feb. 15/4 "Bed and breakfast operations..allow investors to establish a gains tax loss yet effectively remain in the same shares on which losses have accumulated... Bed and breakfasting has become more and more popular over the years. "
(1899) Daily News 30 Sept. 6/1 "Night by night he remained at the office till the last, seeing the paper to bed (to use the old-fashioned phrase), and examining the first copies printed. "
Bedouin , [sb.] (and [a.] )
(1635) Pagitt Christianogr. i. ii. (1636) 71 "A few Christians remaining, called Bedwins. "
bee (1) .
(1816) J. Scott Vis. Paris 239 "The remains found in the tomb of Childeric, were chiefly gold bees, from which Buonaparte took the hint of covering his mantle..with representations of that insect."
bee (2) .
(C. 1860) H. Stuart Seaman's Catech. 74 "Where it rests on the stem is the bed, and the remainder the beeseating. "
behind , [adv.] , [prep.] ( [sb.] )
(1630) Wadsworth Sp. Pilgr. vii. 71 "The remainder of the regiment..[was] giuen to Sir Iames Creeton, there being behind Captain Lucy..with diuerse other..Captaines."
behindhand , [adv.] (and [a.] )
(1853) Robertson Serm. Ser. ii. vii. 101 "Was there..something behindhand of Christ's sufferings remaining uncompleted?"
being , [vbl. sb.]
(1581) Fulke in Confer. iii. (1584) Y, "The proper substance of Christes body remaineth not, but a generall being thereof. "
belonging , [vbl. sb.]
(1879) Whitney Skr. Gram. 275 "There remain, as cases of doubtful belonging, etc."
bemire , [v.]
(1574) Hellowes Gueuara's Ep. (1577) 354 "If we sinke not to the bottome, at the leaste we remaine all bemyred. "
benefit , [sb.]
(1927) Carr-Saunders &. Jones Soc. Struct. Eng. &. Wales 150 "The applicant may at the discretion of the Ministry of Labour receive `extended' benefit for the remainder of the benefit year. "
bereft , [ppl. a.]
(1699) Pomfret Love triumph. over Reason 194 "Not quite bereft Of sense, tho' very small remains were left. "
Berliner .
(1859) L. Wraxall tr. Robert-Houdin's Mem. II. vi. 172 "The reception I obtained from the Berliner will ever remain one of my pleasantest reminiscences. "
beseech , [v.]
(1835) Beckford Recoll. 183, "I beseeched him..to remain quiet. "
bet , [sb.]
(1909) Cent. Dict. Suppl., "Bet, in faro, a card which is a case, that is, the only one of that denomination remaining in the box: so called because the player cannot be split."
Bevanism .
(1980) Economist 15 Nov. 115/3 "Note the word `Bevanite'. The left-right divisions of the Labour party remain."
beyond , [adv.] and [prep.]
(C. 1600) Shaks. Sonn. cxxii, "Which shall..remain Beyond all date, even to eternity. "
(1762) Hume Hist. Eng. (1826) V. xli. 228 "Those who should remain beyond that time..should be guilty of treason. "
bi- [pref. 2] ,
(1978) Daily Tel. 2 Dec. 1/7 "The remainder are weeklies, bi-weeklies and three provincial Sunday newspapers."
Bible .
(1827) Cunningham N.S. Wales II. xxx. 252 "None remained but the old fence, who continued Bible-reading to the end of the voyage. "
bibliographical [a.]
(1679) (title) "Baconiana, Or Certain Genuine Remains of Sr. Francis Bacon..in Arguments Civil and Moral, Natural,..and Bibliographical. "
bien , [adv.]
(1958) Listener 7 Aug. 209/2 "The pitiful, hasty funeral from which the local bien-pensants remain away. "
big , [a.]
(1947) R. de Toledano Frontiers of Jazz xiii. 137 "It remains the best big band jazz. "
(1935) M. M. Atwater Murder in Midsummer xxviii. 261 "Of the big-time news-hawks who had gathered in Keedora, only Matter remained. "
bilge , [sb.]
(1866) Daily Tel. 7 Nov., "We were only blown over on our other bilge, and remained fast."
bill , [sb. 3]
(1884) Gladstone in Standard 29 Feb. 2/7 "We knew..that the Bill must remain a Bill, and could never have become an Act of Parliament."
bill [v. 3]
(1728) Ramsay Wks. (1848) III. 137 "Poor Pousies..bill'd the judge, that he wad please To give them the remaining cheese."
bio- ,
(1955) Bull. Atomic Sci. May 200/2 "The only biomedical data which remains classified is in piecemeal or incomplete form and therefore inadequate for use by the medical profession. "
biogenesis .
(1959) New Scientist 27 Aug. 302/2 "The mode of biogenesis of cellulose still remains one of the major unsolved problems of carbohydrate chemistry."
biography , [sb.]
(1883) Halliwell-Phillipps Life Shaks. Pref. 8 "The scanty records of the poet's biography that yet remain."
biological , [a.] (and [sb.] )
(1942) J. S. Huxley Evolution v. 166 "Groups..remain separate in spite of the complete or almost complete absence of morphological differences. In many such cases (e.g. in `biological' or `physiological races'), the allocation of specific rank must be a mere matter of opinion and convenience. "
biologize [v.]
(1874) Carpenter Ment. Phys. (1876) 553 "The Mind of the Biologized `subject' seems to remain entirely dormant. "
biota .
(1957) Nature 4 May 892/2 "The need for planned observational work on the airborne biota still remains."
biotype .
(1906) W. Johannsen in Rep. Third Internat. Conference Genetics 98 "It remains quite uncertain whether the numbers..contain a multitude, or a few, or only one single `sort' of organism-`biotypes' as I have called them. "
bipunctual , [a.]
(1878) Amer. Jrnl. Math. I. 152 "As long as the direction of reference remains fixed, the only change that can be made in a system of bipunctual coordinates is an alteration in the position of the initials. "
birth , [sb. 1]
(1528) Tindale Doctr. Treat. (1848) 301 "By the reason of original sin, or *birth-poison, that remaineth in him. "
biscuit .
(1600) Shaks. A.Y.L. ii. vii. 39 "As drie as the remainder bisket After a voyage. "
bistable , [a.]
(1970) Nature 24 Oct. 319/2 "It is, however, possible to obtain bistable switching action in which the device remains indefinitely in the desired `on' or `off' state until specifically switched out of it."
bit , [sb. 1]
(1890) Field 6 Sept. 393 "At the top of the hill we cast off our leader, the remaining four go in their collars and up to their bits. "
(1962) Listener 1 Nov. 739/3 "North remained on the bit for so long [in Bridge bidding] that his partner's interest in a slam could not be awakened."
bite , [sb.]
(1882) Blades Caxton 130 "In `Speculum Vit&ae. Christi' we actually find `a bite,' half of the bottom line remaining unprinted."
bitter [sb. 3]
(1867) Smyth Sailor's Word-bk. 103 "A ship is `brought up to a bitter' when the cable is allowed to run out to that stop..When a chain or rope is paid out to the bitter-end, no more remains to be let go."
bitumene .
(1873) Fownes Chem. 758 "Bitumene, a blackish liquid, remains in the retort at a dull red heat, and solidifies on cooling."
black [sb.]
(C. 1816) Yng. Woman's Comp. 196 "Let the blamange settle before you turn it into the forms, or the blacks will remain at the bottom. "
black house
(1911) W. C. Mackenzie in N. Munro Home Life of Highlanders 38 "In some of the outlying districts..there are phases of life that have apparently remained unaltered since the Middle Ages. They are typified by the `black houses', many of which are still to be found in the Long Island. "
black spot
(1936) Discovery Nov. 355/2 "The development of newer industries is vital to the recovery of our distressed areas, which remain the one black spot in the otherwise remarkable position of Great Britain. "
black water
(1977) P. Scott Staying On xv. 199 "He would spend his remaining years like a little dog at Lila's heels, panting after her all round India and perhaps beyond the black water."
blade , [sb.]
(1674) Petty Disc. bef. R. Soc. 59 "Suppose, that the Oars remain the same length, but that the Blade be doubled. "
blameful , [a.]
(1642) Milton Apol. Smect. Wks. 1738 I. 130 "Those who..blamefully permitted the old leven to remain."
blank , [sb.]
(1759) Franklin Ess. Wks. 1840 III. 525 "The remainder of that day was wasted..The next was a blank likewise. "
blank , [v.]
(1963) Guardian 7 Mar. 3/2 "Three-wheeled vehicles with the reverse gear `blanked off'..remain Group `A' vehicles..attracting a higher rate of duty."
blanket , [sb.]
(1920) Chambers's Jrnl. Apr. 220/1 "Only one small tin of corned beef remained in his *blanket-pack. "
blast , [v.]
(1969) Times 17 May 8/1 "It only remains for three veteran space travellers..to blast off on Sunday."
blea , [sb.]
(1753) Chambers Cycl. Suppl. s.v., "While the blea remains yet soft..it may maintain a feeble vegetation. "
blender .
(1984) N.Y. Times 22 Jan. vi. 48/3 "Cut the remaining salmon into small cubes and put them in the container of a food processor or electric blender."
bloc .
(1903) Ann. Reg. 1902 272 "The Government remained in the hands of the bloc; and the Radical-Socialist party was free to proceed with the enforcement of the law with regard to the Congregations. "
block , [sb.]
(1866) Bryant Death Slavery vii, "There shall the grim block remain, At which the slave was sold."
(1916) C. J. Dennis Songs Sentimental Bloke 118 "To lose or do in the block, to become flustered; excited; angry; to lose confidence. To keep the block, to remain calm, dispassionate. "
blood , [sb.]
(1915) Jrnl. Exper. Med. XXII. 213 "When the *blood urea remains constant the rate times the square root of the concentration in the urine remains constant. "
bloom , [sb. 1]
(1888) Encycl. Brit. XXIV. 602/2 "The smell common to all wines (which remains in an empty wine cask after the bloom proper has gone)."
blotted , [ppl. a.]
(1751) Johnson Rambl. No. 169 &page.11 "The blotted manuscripts of Milton now remaining. "
boarship .
(1796) Southey Lett. Spain &. Port. (1799) 140 "His boarship remained unhurt, and was suffered to go to his den."
boat , [sb.]
(1769) Falconer Dict. Marine (1789) "*Boat-Keeper, one of the rowers, who remains..to take care of any boat. "
bocardo bokardo .
(1772) Wharton Newman's Verses, "Rare tidings for the wretch whose ling'ring score Remains unpaid, bocardo is no more. "
bodikin bodikie
(1668) Culpepper &. Cole Barthol. Anat. ii. vi. 106 "Small Boddikies or indivisible Particles of the Blood..If any reliques of the said Bodikies did remain. "
body , [sb.]
(1753) Chambers Cycl. Supp. s.v., "A man is said to be bound or held in Body and goods; that is, he is liable to remain in prison; in default of payment. "
Boghead boghead .
(1960) Gloss. Coal Terms (B.S.I.) 6 "Boghead coal, Torbanite, coal resembling cannel coal in physical appearance and properties, but distinguished microscopically by the presence of the remains of algae."
bold , [a.]
(1611) Shaks. Cymb. ii. iv. 2, "I would I were so sure To winne the King, as I am bold, her Honour Will remaine her's. "
Bonapartism .
(1815) T. Jefferson Writ. (1830) IV. 247 "Disgraced by an association in opposition with the remains of Bonaparteism. "
bond , [sb. 1]
(1979) Tucson (Arizona) Daily Citizen 20 Sept. 7c/3 "O'Brien has remained free on bond during the appeals process."
bone , [sb.]
(1903) L. M. E. Solon Old Eng. Porcelain, 220 "This evergreen `bone china' has remained unaltered ever since the first pieces of it came out of Spode's oven. "
bonnet , [sb.]
(1877) Kinglake Crimea III. v. 364 "Three out of the four remaining angles of the octagon were furnished with small bonnettes and barbettes."
boodle (2) .
(1862) Kingsley in Macm. Mag. Dec. 96 "A good many people..have seen all the world, and yet remain little better than blokes and boodles after all."
book , [v.]
(1844) Dickens Mart. Chuz. li. 592 "The other [man], seating himself on the steps of the coach, remained in conversation with Slyme... `He's booked,' observed the man. `Through,' said Slyme. "
boor .
(1762) Hume Hist. Eng. (1806) III. App. iii. 633 "Some remains of the ancient slavery of the boors and peasants. "
boot-strap bootstrap , [sb.]
(1962) Gloss. Terms Automatic Data Processing (B.S.I.) 42 "Bootstrap, 1. A form of program input in which simple preset computer operations are used to read in initial instructions which in turn cause further instructions to be read until the complete program is assembled. 2. The process of using parts of a compiler to construct the remainder of the same compiler. "
booty , [sb.]
(1831) Disraeli Yng. Duke (L.), "One thing remained to be lost-what he called his honour, which was already on the scent to play booty."
bo-peep .
(1658) Osborn Jas. I. (1673) 526 "Forced to..die in a Prison, or play at Bo-peep all the remainder of their days with their Creditors. "
bore , [v. 1]
(1780) Coxe Russ. Disc. 334 "All the worm-eaten roots are rejected; the remainder are bored through. "
borize , [v.]
(1884) W. M. Williams Borized Meats in Gentl. Mag., "The borized haunch remained perfectly untainted..The circulation of the borized blood might be continued."
borne , [a.]
(1850) Househ. Words 3 Aug. 434/1 "The Rockvilles remained high, proud, bigotted, and born&eacu.. "
Boskop .
(1926) Bantu Studies II. 219 "Comparison has been made mainly with the Boskopoid remains from Zitzikama reported upon..during the last two years, and with the descriptions of the original Boskop remains. "
Boswellize [v.]
(1855) Tait's Mag. XXII. 444/2 "We had rather the many-sided man should remain to us the mystery he is, than be Boswellised after the fashion which is now current. "
botch , [sb. 2]
(1829) J. Kenney Illust. Stranger ii. i. 24 "Some botch of an embalmer, who had not done justice to Your princely remains. "
bottine .
(1866) Illust. Lond. News 2 June 546 "The fashionable bottines have merely the toes of leather, the remainder of the boot being of some thin textile fabric. "
bottle , [sb. 2]
(1837) Southern Lit. Messenger III. 656 " They have yet founded no city to themselves..but are willing to remain the boot-cleaners and the *bottle-washers of the whites. "
bottom , [sb.]
(1878) Huxley Physiogr. 152 "The surface freezes while the *bottom-water remains several degrees warmer."
bottomry .
(1748) Anson Voy. i. i. 9 "The remaining [&pstlg.] 5000 they raised on bottomry bonds. "
bouffage
(1672) Sir T. Browne Let. to Friend ix. (1881) 134 "His inwards and flesh remaining could make no bouffage, but a light bit for the grave."
bounden , [ppl. a.]
(C. 1585) Faire Em i. 222, "I thank your highness, whose bounden I remain. "
bowing [sb.]
(1808-79) Jamieson Dict. s.v., "To tak a farm in a bowin, to take a lease of a farm in grass, with the life stock on it; this still remaining the property of the landholder, or person who lets it. Ayrs. "
box , [sb. 2]
(1881) Detroit Free Press 26 Sept. 1/5 "Weidman..will have to go into the box for the remaining four games. "
(1870) E. R. Lankester in Q. Jrnl. Geol. Soc. XXVI. 499, "I have..spent a good deal of time in working at the nodules, which I propose to call `*Box-stones', since the name of `boxes' has been applied to those which exhibit the remains of a shell on being broken open by the phosphate-diggers of Suffolk. "
boxwood
(1880) Printing Times 15 May 116/1 "One or two remaining Abkhasian boxwood forests."
brace , [v. 1]
(1836) Thirlwall Greece II. xv. 306 "Nothing now remained but to brace every nerve for the battle. "
branch , [sb.]
(1655) Fuller Ch. Hist. viii. ii. §.6 "It was vain to strike at the branches, whilest the roote of all Hereticks doth remain. "
(1858) W. Ellis Visits Madagasc. ix. 242 "At the adjacent *branch station..we remained a week. "
breadness .
(1866) Church Times 28 Apr., "The idea that there is no substance, that is to say, no breadness of the Bread remaining. "
break , [v.]
(1580) Baret Alv. B 1200 "The workes be broken and remaine vnperfite for a time. "
(1904) A. J. Newton Boxing viii. 67 "So clinched, they remain..on the lookout for an opportunity to break away in the most favourable manner. "
breathing , [vbl. sb.]
(1946) Jane's Fighting Ships 1944-5 229/2 "The `Schnorkel', or breathing tube,..enabled submarines to remain submerged for much longer periods."
breck
(1662) Fuller Worthies iii. 38 "Monuments..remaining without breck or blemish to this day."
bridge , [sb. 1]
(1884) G. C. Davies Norfolk Broads xxi. 156 "As we got under the lee of the bridge the wind failed us and we remained motionless in the bridge-way."
briquetage .
(1960) Lincs. Archit. &. Arch&ae.ol. Soc. VIII. 70 "The word `briquetage'..can be used to include debris produced by so many different activities, from potting and salting to corndrying, and it can also include material which may be purely domestic, such as the remains of hearths and chimneys, or the clay walls of buildings which have been burnt."
brisk , [a.] and [sb.]
(1833) Ht. Martineau Br. Creek iii. 64 "A brisk traffic took place in the remaining articles."
brock [sb. 5]
(1770) Hasted in Phil. Trans. LXI. 164 "In the ancient forests of Kent..remain large old chesnut stubs or brocks."
brother [v.]
(A. 1648) Ld. Herbert Life (1826) 327 "There remains now but you and I to brother it."
brown , [a.]
(1836) Knickerbocker VIII. 390 "His poor remains..in one corner.. -a brown stone at his head and foot. "
brut , [sb.]
(1847) Yeowell Anc. Brit. Church Pref. 7 "The only other remains still extant of Ancient Welsh literature consist of Bruts, or Chronicles. "
buffoon , [sb.]
(1585) James I. Ess. Poesie (Arb.) 31 "We remaine With Iuglers, buffons, and that foolish seames. "
Bulgar , [sb.]
(1886) Encycl. Brit. XXI. 78/2 "The Bulgars, whose origin still remains doubtful. "
bunchiness
(1594) Carew Huarte's Exam. Wits iii. (1596) 25 "There will remaine..the forehead and the nape with a little bunchinesse. "
bundle , [sb.]
(1802) Med. &. Phys. Jrnl. VIII. 368 "The Mollusca..have all the remainder of the common bundle of nerves..contained in the same cavity with the other viscera. "
bunyip .
(1852) Mundy Antipodes (1858) ix. 215 "Bunyip became, and remains a Sydney synonyme for impostor, pretender, humbug, and the like. "
bur burr , [sb.]
(1725) Lond. Gaz. No. 6397/2 "Several Burs, Remains of the Farcy. "
burble [v. 1]
(1934) Punch 7 Mar. 280/2 "Lady Placidia was a confirmed burbler, and if at times she is in danger of exceeding her burbling allowance, she remains entirely lovable and amusing."
burgher , [sb.]
(1773) J. Smith Hist. Sk. Relief Ch. 41 "The Burgher clergy maintained that it [the Synod] remained in their society, while the Antiburghers endeavoured to prove that they carried it away with them to Mr. Gibb's manse. "
burglar , [v.]
(1909) Daily Chron. 31 Aug. 1/2 "`Raffles' remains a more endeared and far more possible character than the burglaring `Duke'. "
burglary (1) .
(1975) A. D. Hechtman in McKinney's Consolidated Laws N.Y. 35 "Burglary in the third degree is committed when a person knowingly enters or remains unlawfully in a building with intent to commit a crime therein. If such a building happens to be a dwelling, and the invasion occurs in the night time,..the intruder is..guilty of the more serious crime of burglary in the second degree [etc.]. "
burian
(1794) Stat. Acc. Scotl. XI. 528 (Westerkirk) "There is a great number of burians in this parish. These are all of a circular form, and are from 36 to 50 yards diameter. They are supposed by some to be remains of Pictish encampments. "
burr bur , [sb. 4]
(1611) Florio, "Bocchina..that stalke or necke of a bullet which in the casting remaines in the necke of the mould, called of our Gunners the bur of the bullet. "
burrow , [sb. 1]
(1879) Jefferies Wild Life in S.C. 38 "In heavy rain..they [rabbits] generally remain within their buries."
burrow-mail
(1424) Sc. Acts Jas. I (1597) §.8 "All the greate and smal customes, and burrow-mailles of the Realme, abide and remaine with the King till his living. "
business .
(1901) Merwin &. Webster Calumet `K' i. 15 "All that remained was to wait until the business agent made the next move. "
but , [prep.] , [conj.] , [adv.]
Mod. "There remains no more but to thank you for your courteous attention."
(1780) Madan Thelyph. I. 3 "It is not impossible but that the light of that great reformer had remained hidden under the bushel of monkery."
butchered , [ppl. a.]
(1837) W. Irving Capt. Bonneville I. 191 "The remains of their butchered leader. "
butt , [sb. 3]
(1862) Ansted Channel Isl. ii. ix. (ed. 2) 238 "The creature when deprived of food, throwing off part after part, till nothing remains but a little spherical butt."
butter , [sb. 1]
(1672) Grew Phil. Hist. Plants §.51 "No Oyl which remained liquid; but instead of that a Butyr, almost of the Consistence and Colour of the Oyl of Mace. "
butterfly , [sb.]
(1882) in West. Morn. News 25 Nov. 5/6 "The ascending cage was hurled into the headgear, smashing the butterflies and breaking the engine rope, and had it not been for the remaining butterflies the cage must have fallen to the bottom."
button , [sb.]
(1888) C. M. Doughty Trav. Arabia Deserta II. xv. 452, "I washed the wound..but a red button remained. "
bye , [sb.]
(1887) Golfing 92 "Bye. Any hole or holes that remain to be played after the match is finished, are played for singly; unless the sides agree to make another match of them. "
by-ground
(1611) Speed Hist. Gt. Brit. vi. xvi. 96 "Many remnants [of causeways] remaine, especially in pastures, or by-grounds out of the rode way."
by-law bye-law .
(1875) Stubbs Const. Hist. I. v. 91 "In the courts of the manor are transacted the other remaining portions of the old township jurisdiction; the enforcing of pains and penalties on the breakers of by-laws, etc."
byname by-name , [sb.]
(1655) Fuller Ch. Hist. iii. ii. §.52 "Some of these by-names..remained many years after to them, and theirs; amongst which Plantagenist was entailed on the Royal bloud of England. "
by-pass , [sb.]
(1955) Times 26 Aug. 4/5 "In a conventional jet engine all the air is compressed and then heated by the injection of burning fuel, expanded through the turbine, and finally ejected at high velocity. In a by-pass engine only a proportion of the air is compressed and heated; the remainder by-passes the combustion system and turbine and rejoins the heated gases in the jet pipe, to mix with them and lower their temperature before the whole mixture is ejected at a lower speed than that in the `simple' jet engine."
cabotin .
(1930) J. Agate Red Letter Nights (1944) 129 "There remain those impudences..which fell from Duse like sour benedictions, from Sarah with the cabotine's natural, slightly vulgar good nature. "
cachinnatory , [a.]
(1828) Blackw. Mag. XXIV. 188 "Shall our cachinnatory muscles remain rigid? "
cadre .
(1974) Ann. Rev. 1973 316 "The role of cadre schools as places of re-education, where officials could participate in physical labour and political study, remained important. "
Caen-stone
(1598) Stow Surv. 361 "Part of the ruines of the old Temple were seene to remaine builded of Cane stone. "
Caerphilly .
(1958) M. Dickens Man Overboard xv. 243 "His face remained the colour of Caerphilly cheese."
Caesarean Caesarian , [a.] and [sb.]
(1948) Parent's Mag. Apr. 93/1 "Hospitals generally let mothers recovering from a Caesarean remain longer than the ordinary five-day limit. "
cal .
(1875) Ure Dict. Arts III. 1039 "There remains a quantity of this mineral substance (gal). "
calcine , [v.]
(1799) G. Smith Laborat. I. 77 "A little nitre thrown into the crucible, which effectually calcines the remaining regulus of antimony. "
calico .
(1841-44) Emerson Ess. Prudence Wks. (Bohn) I. 99 "Calicoes [cannot] go out of fashion..in the few swift moments..the Yankee suffers..them to remain in his possession. "
caliphate .
(1614) Selden Titles Honor 93 "Whil'st the Chaliphat remained vndeuided. "
calix .
(1801) Med. Jrnl. V. 284 "Remaining in one of the calices or infundibula in the kidneys. "
callable , [a.]
(1959) Economist 18 Apr. 237/2 "With $450 million of the amount for hard loans remaining callable as backing for ordinary bond issues."
cambial , [a.]
(1882) Vines Sach's Bot. 130 "A middle layer of the cambial cells always remains capable of division."
camorra .
(1883) Chamb. Jrnl. 78 "The Camorrist remains the personification of power and heroism to the Neapolitan."
camp , [sb. 2]
(1828-40) Tytler Hist. Scot. (1864) I. 153 "The servants who remained in the *camp-huts. "
cancel , [v.]
(1798) Hutton Course Math. (1827) I. 161 "Here the 2 to carry cancels the &min. 2, and there remains the &min. 1 to set down."
cancellate , [a.]
(1835) Lindley Introd. Bot. (1848) II. 362 "Cancellate, when the parenchyma is wholly absent, and the veins alone remain, anastomosing and forming a kind of net-work. "
candle , [sb.]
(1727-51) Chambers Cycl. s.v., "There is also a kind of Excommunication by Inch of Candle; wherein, the time a lighted Candle continues burning, is allowed the sinner to come to repentance; but after which, he remains excommunicated to all intents and purposes."
canonical , [a.] (and [sb.] )
(1796) Monthly Rev. XIX. 545 "He..remained the canonical geographer of the antients. "
canteen .
(1796) Calvary Instruct. (1803) 216 "On a march, servants, led horses, and canteen horses remain with their squadrons. "
cap , [sb. 1]
(1662) Fuller Worthies iv. 50 "The best caps were formerly made at Monmouth, where the Cappers Chappel doth still remain. "
capable , [a.]
(1611) Tourneur Ath. Trag. v. i. Wks. 1878 I. 136 "If any roote of life remaines within 'em Capable of Phisicke, feare 'em not my Lord. "
capacity .
(A. 1672) Wood Life (1848) 23 "Being just..in capacity of spending the remainder of his dayes in ease and quietness, he died. "
capillitium .
(1871) Cooke Fungi (1874) 34 "The spinulose projections from the capillitium..are the remains of pedicels. "
(1875) Bennett &. Dyer tr. Sachs' Bot. 255 "The mass of slender filaments remains as a delicate Capillitium."
capsize , [v.]
(1805) A. Duncan Mariner's Chron. IV. 75 "The captain..expressed his surprise that the ship should remain so long on her beam-ends, in such a heavy sea, without capsizing. "
cap-stone .
(1879) Lubbock Addr. Pol. &. Educ. ix. 157 "A dolmen..of which only the capstone now remains."
capsulotomy .
(1969) S. Duke-Elder Syst. Ophthalmol. XI. i. iii. 272 "The subsequent capsulotomy which is required if the posterior capsule remains intact should be undertaken soon after the eye has become quiet."
caravel .
(1843) Prescott Mexico (1850) I. 221 "The vessel..in which Cortes himself went, was of a hundred tons' burden..the remainder were caravels and open brigantines. "
carbon , [sb.]
(1794) G. Adams Nat. &. Exp. Philos. I. xii. 496 "Their carbonne is supposed to be the remaining part of charcoal after it has been divested of earth and fixed salts. "
carbonated , [a.]
(1887) Pall Mall G. 16 Dec. 11/1 "To separate the carbonated lead from what remains of the metallic."
carcass carcase , [sb.]
(1637) Heywood Royal Ship 3 "In the very Apex and top thereof [Mt Ararat], there is still to be discerned a blacke Shadow, resembling a Darke Cloud..by the Natives..held, to be the still remaining carkasse of the Arke of Noah. "
career , [sb.]
(1936) Yale Rev. XXV. 288 "Other steps essential to a well-rounded career service remain to be taken... The prospect of permanent undersecretaryships for career men needs to be realized. "
care-taker
(1885) J. Chamberlain in Cobden Club Dinner, Special Rep. 11 "It is only upon those terms that what will be known in history as the `Stop-gap' Government can invite the toleration of its opponents... I see no reason why they should not remain as caretakers on the premises-(great laughter and cheering)-until the new tenants are ready in November for a prolonged..occupation. "
carnival .
(1739) Gray Let. to West 16 Nov., "This Carnival lasts only from Christmas to Lent; one half of the remaining part of the year is past in remembering the last, the other in expecting the future Carnival. "
carried , [ppl. a.]
(1844) Regul. &. Ord. Army 265 "Remain with their arms carried."
carrier .
(1955) Gaiger &. Davies Vet. Path. &. Bacteriol. (ed. 4) vii. 152 "Convalescent animals are often carriers... In some diseases..the carrier state may remain for years and the animal becomes a danger to other susceptible animals."
carrion , [sb.] (and [a.] )
(1860) Pusey Min. Proph. 454 "The carrion-remains should be entombed only in the bowels of vultures and dogs."
carry , [v.]
Mod. "The remaining clauses were carried unanimously."
(1833) Instr. &. Reg. Cavalry i. 60 "The men remain at `Carry Swords', till ordered to `Slope'. "
carvy .
(1820) Blackw. Mag. Oct. 14 (Jam.) "She had preserved, since the great tea-drinking..the remainder of the two ounces of carvey, bought for that memorable occasion."
case , [sb. 2]
(1953) tr. F. C. Gerretson's Hist. R. Dutch I. v. 226 "In order to sell the remaining supplies of Russian case oil, the cases had to be removed first."
cash , [sb. 1]
(1984) Financial Times 2 June i. 4 "Charges for cashpoint withdrawals and direct debits will remain at 20p."
(1911) A. E. Sprague Treat. Insurance Companies' Accounts iii. 26 "The cash value of bonuses surrendered when the policy itself remains in force. "
casse (2) .
(1883) J. Gardner Brewer, Distiller 226 "If the breakage, or casse, as it is termed, has not exceeded 7 or 8 per cent. by the time August is reached, he..lets the wine remain. "
cast , [sb.]
(1646) Sir T. Browne Pseud. Ep. 149 "After the first cast, there remaine successive conceptions."
casting , [vbl. sb.]
(1874) Wood Nat. Hist. 282 "In the `castings' of this species have been found the remains of mice. "
Castor (6) .
(1828) E. T. Artis Durobrivae of Antoninus Pl. 48 "Fine red Ware in relief, collected in excavating the remains of a Roman Pottery in the parish of Castor. "
castrensian , [a.]
(1807) G. Chalmers Caledonia I. i. iv. 125 "No castrensian remains. "
castrum .
(1850) C. R. Smith Antiq. Richborough 31 "The remains of the castrum at Richborough. "
cat , [sb. 1]
(1669) Worlidge Syst. Agric. ix. §.2 (1681) 177 "A Salt-Cat..which makes the Pigeons much affect the place: and such that casually come there, usually remain where they find such good entertainment."
catafalque , catafalco
(1834) Gentl. Mag. CIV. i. 104 "A rich catafalque was erected in the centre, in which the remains of the Marshal were deposited during the service."
catastrophist .
(1879) Spencer Data of Ethics iv. §.17 "For a generation after geologists had become uniformitarians in Geology, they remained catastrophists in Biology. "
catching , [vbl. sb.]
(1894) A. Robertson Nuggets 4 "He dashed into the catching pen, and seized the smaller of two sheep that remained. "
catoche .
(1707) Floyer Physic. Pulse-Watch 129 "The Pulse in the Catoche remain'd entire."
cattle , [sb.]
(1960) Farmer &. Stockbreeder 9 Feb. 98/1 "The three small cattle-yards which house the remaining 300 hogs."
caulinar [a.]
(1870) Bentley Bot. 171 "When they remain as little leaflets on each side of the base of the petiole, but quite distinct from it, they are called caulinary."
caution , [sb.]
(1876) Grant Burgh Sch. Scotl. ii. iii. 132 "To remain in ward until he find caution not to contravene the act of council."
cave , [sb. 1]
(1865) Lubbock Preh. Times 237 "The remains of the *cave-bear are abundant in Central Europe. "
cedent , [a.] and [sb.]
(1592) Sc. Acts Jas. VI (1597) §.145 "The cedent remainis Rebelle and at the Horne. "
ceiling cieling , [vbl. sb.]
(1627) Capt. Smith Seaman's Gram. ii. 13 "There remaines nothing..but onely seeling the Cabins. "
celt (2) .
(1878) W. H. Dall Later Preh. Man 8 "A skeleton interred in the earth, together with the remains of a small iron celt."
centre center , [sb.] and [a.]
(1868) Holme Lee B. Godfrey xxxvi. 195 "He..remained standing by the centre-table. "
centre center , [v.]
(1719) W. Wood Surv. Trade 144 "We have a Balance..to the value of 1,750,000l. which centers and remains among us."
centry [sb.]
(A. 1834) Coleridge Lit. Rem. I. 342 "Centries..put under the arches of a bridge, to remain no longer than until the latter are consolidated."
ceratodus .
(1899) Daily News 10 Apr. 8/2 "The ceratodus, a fish with lungs, which, though its fossil remains are scattered over the world, is now confined to two rivers in the south of Queensland, the Mary and the Burnett."
ceremony .
(1770) Langhorne Plutarch (1879) I. 161/2 "The vestals remained a considerable time at C&ae.re..and hence those rites were called Ceremonies. "
ceroso-
(1879) Watts Dict. Chem., 3rd Supp. 421 "The brown-red hexagonal [sulphur] salt remains also a ceroso-ceric salt according to the new atomic weight."
certify , [v.]
(1829) Southey in For. Rev. &. Cont. Misc. III. 49 "Those for whom the priests would certify might remain. "
cetacean , [a.] and [sb.]
(1851) D. Wilson Preh. Ann. (1863) I. ii. 49 "The cetacean remains lay above the highest tide level."
ceteosaur .
(1872) Carpenter in Gd. Words 700 "In..[the great Oolitic formation] we have remains of gigantic Reptiles (such as the Cetiosaurus). "
chagrin , [sb.]
(A. 1744) Pope Letters (L.), "I grieve with the old, for so many additional inconveniences and chagrins, more than their small remain of life seemed destined to undergo. "
chain , [sb.]
(1802) Med. Jrn. VIII. 318 "These phenomena, however, only take place the moment the Galvanic chain is shut, or when it is suffered to remain shut..If the opposite action, occasioned at the moment the chain is separated, had entirely supplanted..the former."
chair , [sb. 1]
(1751) Chambers Cycl. s.v. Chain, "A gold chain..remains to the person after his being divested of that magistrature, as a mark that he has passed the Chair. "
chalk , [sb.]
(1880) Geikie Phys. Geog. iv. 191 "Chalk..is formed of the broken remains of minute forms of marine animal life."
chamber , [sb.]
(1711) Luttrell Brief Rel. (1857) VI. 695 "There was remaining in the chamber of London of the charity mony gathered for them upwards of 2000&pstlg.. "
champion , [sb. 1]
(C. 1742) J. Love Cricket iii. 106 "The last two Champions even now are in, And but three Notches yet remain to win. "
chaos .
(1531) Elyot Gov. (1875) 3 "Take awaie Ordre frome all thinges, what shulde than remaine? Certes nothing finally, except some man wold imagine eftesoones, Chaos, whiche of some is expounded, a confuse mixture. "
(1647) Clarendon Hist. Reb. iii. (1843) 74/1 "The whole mass of their designs, as well what remained in Chaos as what was Formed. "
chapel , [sb.]
(1874) Baring-Gould Lives of Saints 395 "Upon these remains Benedict built two oratories..and..round these chapels rose the monastery. "
(1789) Wesley Will. 25 Feb. in Coke &. Moore (1792) 515, "I desire my Gowns, Cassocks, Sashes, and Bands, may remain at the Chapel for the use of the Clergymen attending there. "
chapelle ardente .
(1824) J. Mackintosh Jrnl. 28 Sept. in R. J. Mackintosh Life (1835) II. 415 "Went to see the `Chapelle Ardente' at St. Denis, where the king's remains lie in state. "
charcoal , [sb.]
(1863) Watts Dict. Chem. I. 759 "If the supply of air is limited, only the more volatile ingredients [of wood] burn away, and the greater part of the carbon remains behind. This is the principle of the process of *charcoal-burning. "
charge , [v.]
(1854) Abbott Napoleon (1855) II. xxxv. 655 "The frigate charged with the mortal remains of Napoleon."
charger (2)
(1887) Pall Mall G. 14 Oct. 6/2 "As long as he remained a charger on the estate."
charity .
(1711) Luttrell Brief Rel. (1857) VI. 695 "There was remaining..of the *charity money gathered..upwards of 2000&pstlg.. "
charterless [a.]
Mod. "The borough forfeited its charter, and still remains charterless."
chasmogamy .
(1906) J. R. A. Davis tr. Knuth's Handbk. Flower Pollination I. 55 "The otherwise normally opening chasmogamous flowers remain closed. "
chattel .
(1767) Blackstone Comm. II. 173 "That by this means a remainder may be limited of a chattel interest, after a particular estate for life created in the same. "
chatterbox
(1876) Hardy Hand of Ethelb. I. 41 "One of those hostile days..when chatterbox ladies remain miserably in their homes. "
check , [v. 1]
(1774-82) Barclay Dict. "Check vb...in Commerce, to compare the flourished or ornamented part of a draught or bank-bill with that which remains in the book from whence it was cut. "
cheese , [sb. 1]
(1835) N. P. Willis Pencillings II. xxiv. 283 "They remained in dirty white tunics reaching to the floor, and very full at the bottom, so that with the regular motion of their whirl the wind blew them out into a circle, like what the girls in our country call `making cheeses'."
cheeseling
(1787) W. Marshall Norfolk II. 224 "Supposing the cheeseling to be made in the morning, it now remains in the press, untouched, until the evening."
Chelleo- .
(1935) Times Lit. Suppl. 14 Feb. 84/2 "Human remains and objects belonging to a Chelleo-Acheulean complex were found."
Cherokee , [sb.] and [a.]
(1721) in N. Carolina Col. Rec. 422 "The remaining 3800 Indians are the Cherokees. "
chieftain .
(1772) Pennant Tours Scotl. (1774) 207 "The islands still remained governed by powerful chieftains. "
chin , [sb. 1]
(1579) Tomson Calvin's Serm. Tim. 222/1 "Yet they remaine vnpunnished, yea they are holden vp by the chinne to harden them in their wickednesse. "
chip , [sb. 1]
(1874) Knight Dict. Mech. s.v., "The chip is loaded at the circular edge so as to float upright, about two thirds being immersed in water..The chip or log being thrown overboard catches in the water and remains about stationary there, while the cord unwinds as the vessel proceeds."
chip , [v. 1]
(1891) L. Hoffmann Cycl. Card &. Table Games 203 "Each person puts up an agreed amount by way of ante... To avoid dispute as to whose turn it may be, a pocket-knife, known as the `buck', is passed round, resting with the player whose turn it is to `chip' for the remainder. "
chirograph .
(1681) Lond. Gaz. No. 1633/4 "Notice, that whereas divers Fines that were lost or burnt in the late Fire in the Temple, remain uningrossed for want of bringing in the Chyrograps, or exemplifications thereof. "
chisel , [sb. 1]
(1908) Animal Managem. 241 "The `*chisel' head or sharp portion [of the frost nail] to remain above the [horse-]shoe. "
choir quire , [sb.]
(1879) Sir G. Scott Lect. Archit. II. 29 "Here..we have still remaining the *choir-crypt. "
choose , [v.]
(1768) Goldsm. Good-n. Man iv. i, "He chuses to remain concealed. "
chopping , [vbl. sb. 2]
(1810) Southey Lett. in Life III. xvi. 275, "I have no hope from chopping and changing while the materials must remain the same."
Chordata , [sb. pl.]
(1906) Chamberlin &. Salisbury Geol. II. 484 "While perhaps they should remain under the broad mantle of the term Chordata, they must apparently be removed from the true vertebrates to a new class. "
Christmas , [sb.]
(1889) Cent. Dict., "Christmas fern, Aspidium acrostichoides, a fern having simply pinnate fronds of firm texture, which remain green through the winter. "
chromatid .
(1900) C. E. McClung in Kansas Univ. Q. A. IX. 78 "The term `chromosome' being..restricted to the units of the division figures, there remains no name for the parts composing these when they are compound, as in tetrads and diads... I should like, therefore, to propose the term `chromatid' for each of these. "
chromophil , [a.]
(1902) Delafield &. Prudden Path. Anat. &. Histol. (ed. 6) iii. xiv. 731 "With the use of the ordinary technique of Nissl, all of the cell body, excepting the chromophilic bodies, remains unstained and apparently structureless. "
chrysalid .
(1802-13) Bingley Anim. Biog. (ed. 4) I. 44 "In their chrysalid state they remain for some time..perfectly inanimate. "
chum , [sb. 2]
(1858) Rep. Maine Board Agric. 1857 II. 69 "The fish known as menhaden, and often called..`poggies', are..pressed..to extract an oil..; what remains after extracting the oil, is called `poggy chum'. "
church , [sb.]
(1954) Pei Dict. Linguistics 39 "Church Slavonic, the South Slavic language into which Kyrillos and Methodos translated the Gospels in the ninth century A.D.; it is extinct as a vernacular, but has remained the official language of the Slavic Greek Orthodox Church. (Also called Old Church Slavic and Old Bulgarian.)"
church-land
(1807) Vancouver Agric. Devon (1813) 84 "Enabling the widow of the last surviving tenant to the church&dubh.lands in possession, to hold over the estate so long as she remained unmarried."
churn-milk .
(1598) Hakluyt Voy. I. 97 "The churnmilke which remaineth of the butter. "
cicatrix .
(1826) Good Bk. Nat. (1834) I. 166 "The hilum or eye..is a cicatrix or umbilicus remaining after the separation of the umbilical cord from the pericarp. "
cinder , [sb.]
(1577) tr. Bullinger's Decades (1592) 236 "He would not haue so much as the very cinders to remaine of so wicked men. "
cindery , [sb.]
(1863) Sala Capt. Dangerous I. viii. 220, "I remained under charge of Ciceley of the Cindery."
cineritious , [a.]
(1803) G. S. Faber Cabiri II. 389 "No cineritious remains are visible..and..there are no marks of cremation in the cave. "
cippus .
(1860) B'ness Bunsen in Hare Life II. v. 271 "The inscription on the cippus placed over the remains of the two children."
circumduction .
(1656) tr. Hobbes' Elem. Philos. (1839) 6 "The figure was made by the circumduction of a body whereof one end remained unmoved. "
circumpolar , [a.]
(1853) Sir J. Herschel Pop. Lect. Sc. iii. (1873) 133 "The comet remained long..visible as a circumpolar object. "
circumscriptive , [a.]
(1691) E. Taylor Behmen's Theos. Philos. xxii. 36 "That flesh (though now glorified) remains a Circumscriptive Creature. "
circus .
(1771) Smollett Humph. Cl. III. 30 Sept., "Nothing remains but a naked circus of loose sand. "
cirriform , [a.]
(1815) T. Forster Res. Atmosph. Phenom. i. §.5. 15 "Of the cloud..the other part remains cirriform. "
citadel .
(1839) Thirlwall Greece I. 363 "To collect all the remaining strength of Messenia in a mountain citadel. "
citation .
(1666) G. Harvey Morb. Angl. xxviii. (1672) 82 "There remains a citation of such others as indifferently may produce that malady in any other Countrey."
cityless , [a.]
(1610) Holland Camden's Brit. ii. Irel. 86 "In steed of a city it is altogether as one saith po&acu.lij a&lenis.&acu.polij that is A City Citylesse, or The remains of that which was a city."
civilianization .
(1956) Rep. Employment Nat. Service Men 15 "The word `civilianization'..may mean the increased use of civilians in establishments which must remain partly military. It may also mean handing over to civilian management whole operations and thereby dispensing with military personnel altogether."
Civil List
(1855) Macaulay Hist. Eng. III. xv. 558 "The expenses of the royal household are now entirely separated from the expenses of the civil government; but by a whimsical perversion, the name of Civil List has remained attached to..the revenue..appropriated to the expenses of the Royal Household."
cladogenesis .
(1959) New Statesman 7 Nov. 632/3 "Man is the only successful biological species which has remained as a single interbreeding group, not radiating out in `cladogenesis' into thousands of mutually infertile species."
Clapham .
(1965) Listener 1 Apr. 474/1 "The class character of our education will remain until..the scions of Lord Snow and the man on the Clapham omnibus attend the same comprehensive school."
clarence .
(1864) Social Sc. Rev. 403 "Four-wheeled Clarence Cabs, seated for four passengers within and one in addition to the driver without, have long remained without any material alteration."
clasp , [v.]
(1597) Hooker Eccl. Pol. v. §.22 (J.) "Sermons are the keys..and do open the scriptures; which being but read, remain, in comparison, still clasped. "
(1875) Darwin Insectiv. Pl. vi. 87 "After the tentacles have remained closely clasped over any object. "
classmate
(1875) Longfellow Morituri Salutamus 106 "And now my class-mates; ye remaining few That number not the half of those we knew. "
clause , [sb.]
(1700) Tyrell Hist. Eng. II. 837 "These Letters..remain upon Record in the Tower on the Clause Roll of this Year."
claustrophobia .
(1906) Westm. Gaz. 18 Apr. 2/1 "Others of us who have felt..an inexplicable horror of remaining within four walls..now know that we are sufferers from Claustrophobia. "
clay , [v.]
(1822) Imison Sc. &. Art II. 127 "Clay is put upon the tops of the conical pots in which the sugar has granulated, which allows water to percolate through, and thus drain off the last remains of the molasses. This is called claying the sugars. "
clear , [a.] , [adv.] , and [sb.]
(1774) Goldsm. Nat. Hist. (1776) I. 278 "Their remains continue still visible at the bottom of the water in a clear day. "
clear , [v.]
(1796) Stedman Surinam (1813) II. xxix. 407 "On the 18th the troops were finally cleared with, and paid their remaining arrears (cf. clearings)."
Clearing House clearing-house
(1904) J. Chamberlain Speech 19 Jan. (Oxf. Dict. Quots., ed. 2), "Provided that the City of London remains as it is at present, the clearing-house of the world. "
cloacal , [a.]
(1879) tr. Haeckel's Evol. Man II. xix. 146 "The brain of the Cloacal Animals has remained at a much lower stage of development."
cloister , [sb.]
(1756) Nugent Gr. Tour, Germany II. 98 "There are several cloysters remaining in this city, which are now secularized."
clone , [sb.]
(1929) Bibliographia Genetica V. 234 "In Bacillus coli communis...a biotype was also found having lower motility than the remainder of the clone from which it came. "
close , [a.] and [adv.]
(1597) Daniel Civ. Wares iii. xx, "That Richard should remain for evermore, close-prisoner. "
(1718) Freethinker No. 101. 327, "I shall endeavour at a close Translation of the Remainder. "
clothing , [vbl. sb.]
(1943) Times 4 Aug. 2/4 "All the coupons in the current 1942-43 clothing book would remain valid at least until the end of 1943. "
clotting , [vbl. sb.]
(1834) Brit. Husb. I. 314 "Any large lumps remaining..should be broken with mallets, or clotting-beetles."
cloud , [sb.]
(1862) Ruskin Munera P. (1880) 27 "The science of Political Economy would remain..the weighing of clouds, and the portioning out of shadows."
clouded , [ppl. a.]
(1641) Milton Ch. Discip. i. (1851) 29 "There be..some places in those Books that remain clouded. "
cloven , [ppl. a.]
(1610) Shaks. Temp. i. ii. 277 "She did confine thee..Into a clouen Pyne, within which rift Imprison'd, thou didst painefully remaine. "
club , [sb.]
(1886) Pall Mall G. 4 Oct. 6/1 "Clubland proper is still and will remain pretty much what it was in the days of Major Pendennis. "
club-man .
(1645) in Rushw. Hist. Coll. I. 52 "Two captains of the Club-men (as they were called) being a great number of the inhabitants of several parts of Wiltshire, and some counties adjacent, who gathered themselves together, alledging they did but stand on their own defence, to prevent Plundering; and that they would in that posture remain Neuters until the King and his Parliament should agree. "
clue [v.]
(1967) Listener 22 June 835/1 "The remaining lights are clued normally. "
clyssus clissus
(1826) Henry Elem. Chem. I. 540 "Nitrate of potassa is rapidly decomposed by charcoal at a high temperature..The products of this combustion..are carbonic acid and nitrogen gases. Part of the carbonic acid also remains attached to the residuary alkali, and may be obtained from it on adding a stronger acid. This residue was termed, by the old chemists, clyssus of nitre."
cnida .
(1887) Rolleston &. Jackson Forms Anim. Life 331 "The nematocysts are removed from the cells or cnidoblasts in which they were developed, and where they usually remain until discharged. "
co-adjust , [v.]
(1863) Huxley Man's Place Nat. iii. 125 "The lines of fracture which remain between the coadjusted pieces of the skull. "
coagulum .
(1813) J. Thomson Lect. Inflam. 216 "Is the coagulum ever absorbed while the serum remains unabsorbed? "
coal , [sb.]
(1667) Primatt City &. C. Build. 26 "There doth yet remain great quantities of Coles in the Earth. "
(1801) T. Thomson Chem. II. 363 " When tannin is distilled..there comes over also some empyreumatic oil, and a voluminous coal remains behind. "
coalification .
(1911) Proc. Amer. Philos. Soc. L. 62 "Adjacent rocks, containing plant remains, may have contributed to this coalification by means of circulating waters. "
coarctate , [a.]
(1882) Syd. Soc. Lex. s.v., "The retina is said to be coarctate when, owing to the accumulation of fluid between it and the choroid, it assumes the form of a funnel, extending from the entrance of the optic nerve to the margin, or to the remains of the lens."
(1816) Kirby &. Sp. Entomol. (1843) I. 53 "Pup&ae. which are not excluded from the skin of the larva, but remain concealed under it, and were hence called by Linn&eacu. coarctate pup&ae.. "
coast , [sb.]
(1594) Plat Diuerse New Sorts of Soyle 59 "The Coast-men..doo also bestow that which remaineth of the pilchardes upon their leane and hungrey grounds. "
coasting , [vbl. sb.]
(1836) Macgillivray tr. Humboldt's Trav. iv. 63 "The master of one of the canoes offered to remain on board as coasting pilot."
cob , [sb. 1]
(1599) Nashe Lenten Stuffe 59 "Not a scrap..but the cobs of the two herrings the fisherman had eaten remained of him. "
cockspur
(1710) London &. Wise Compl. Gard. (1719) 136 "The Cock spur, or dry dead parts of Branches that remain where a Branch was shorten'd above the next Eye or Shoot. "
coetaneous , [a.]
(1836) Landor Peric. &. Asp. Wks. 1846 II. 435 "Little of life is remaining, but my happiness will be coetaneous with it."
cog , [sb. 2]
(1951) S. Spender World within World iv. 201 "Franz was incapable of becoming a cog in a political machine, and he remained profoundly human. "
cognoscible , [a.]
(1648) H. G. tr. Balzac's Prince 176 "There remaines nothing..cognoscible in Germany, but the Sea and the Mountaines. "
coherence .
(1692) Dryden St. Euremont's Ess. 226 "By a secret relation, and I know not what coh&ae.rence which still remains between their souls and others. "
coil , [sb. 3]
(1677) Lond. Gaz. No. 1174/1 "Remaining in the Consuls hands 18 Quoyles of Cordage and a Hauser. "
co-inheritor
(1636) Brathwait Lives Rom. Emperors 280 "Hee remained coinheritor with his brother Carolus of the Crowne of France. "
coistrel
Holinshed Hist. Scotl. (1586) II. 89 "Such coisterels and other as remained with the Scotish cariage, seeing the discomfiture of their aduersaries, ran foorth and pursued them into those marishes. "
coke , [sb. 1]
(1862) Chambers's Encycl. IV. 645/1 "There remains..a large residue of pitch, which is again distilled.., giving off an oil called coke-oil. "
colander cullender .
(1603) Holland Plutarch's Mor. 223 (R.) "Many men do let their fortunes run (as it were through a colander or strainer, wherein the worst stick and remaine in the way behind, whiles the better do passe and run out. "
collective , [a.] ( [sb.] )
(1949) Koestler Insight &. Outlook xiii. 192 "The `collective unconscious' as a kind of common pool or substratum with which all individuals remain somehow connected. "
collegially , [adv.]
(1637) Gillespie Eng. Pop. Cerem. iii. viii. 192 "Which power of Iurisdiction..remaineth..both in the Bishop, and in the Presbytery, in him personally, in it collegially. "
collenchyma .
(1866) Treas. Bot., "Collenchyma..usually absorbed, but remaining and assuming a definite form in some plants, as in orchids."
colloid , [a.] and [sb.]
(1861) T. Graham in Phil. Trans. (1862) 184 note, "Certain liquid colloid substances are capable of forming a jelly and yet still remain liquefiable by heat and soluble in water. Such is gelatine itself. "
collop (1) .
(1570) Levins Manip. 149/35 "A collip, cremium [Cremium, what remains dry in the pan after frying anything, rendering of suet or the like (Du Cange).]"
colluvies .
(1651) Biggs New Disp. 73 "The aforesaid Colluvies of the remaining humours. "
colocynth .
(1863-72) Watts Dict. Chem. s.v. Colocynthitin, "[When] the alcoholic extract of bitter apple..is treated with water, colocynthitin remains undissolved..It is soluble in ether."
co-logarithm
(1881) Wentworth Algebra xix. 266 "The remainder obtained by subtracting the logarithm of a number from 10 is called the cologarithm of the number, or arithmetical complement of the logarithm of the number."
colonialize , [v.]
(1864) Eliz. Murray E. Norman I. 190 "If you remain here, in a few years you will be colonialized."
colonist .
(1856) Froude Hist. Eng. (1858) II. viii. 243 "The Roman military colonists remained Roman alike on the Rhine and on the Euphrates. "
colony , [sb.]
(1600) Holland Livy 147 (R.) "When they had registered and placed the coloners, they remained still themselves in the same colonie. "
(1883) Seeley Expans. Eng. 38 "By a colony we understand a community which is not merely derivative, but which remains politically connected in a relation of dependence with the parent community."
colophony .
(1831) J. Davies Manual Mat. Med. 194 "Colophony or Dry Resin..is the resinous part of the turpentine remaining in the still after the extraction of the essential oil by distillation. "
colour color , [sb. 1]
(1869) Tyndall Notes on Light 40 "Colour is due to the extinction of certain constituents of the white light within the body, the remaining constituents which return to the eye imparting to the body its colour. "
colt , [sb. 1]
(1607) Topsell Four-f. Beasts (1673) 435 "If they [Asses] do not breed..before the casting of their Colts-teeth, they remain steril..all their life. "
columbaceous , [a.]
(1872) Nicholson Pal&ae.ont. ii. 263 "In the Miocene period occur the remains of Gallinaceous and Columbaceous birds."
columbarium .
(1923) Harmsworth Househ. Encycl. II. 993/3 "Columbarium. This word is used..for the building in which the urns containing the remains of cremated persons are placed. "
(1948) E. Waugh Loved One 15 "Would you require a niche in our columbarium or do you prefer to keep the remains at home? "
Comacine , [a.] and [sb.]
(1899) L. Scott Cathedral Builders 9 "Rome is..full of remains of what is now styled Comacine architecture. "
Combe-Capelle .
(1959) Chambers's Encycl. IX. 40/2 (heading) "The Combe Capelle Man. In 1909 Hauser..unearthed a skeleton in the rock-shelter of Combe Capelle..at the very base of a deposit containing Aurignacian implements... The remains are generally agreed to belong to the Cromagnon type,..though differing in some notable respects."
come , [v.]
(1915) C. G. Grey Tales Flying Services 35 "One of them [sc. seaplanes]..had just alighted astern, and was `taxying' along to pick up her own boom when somehow the last remaining bomb `came unput'-as one who was present said-and fell into the water. "
(1928) Daily Express 12 July 12/7 "Duncan remains a master of the art of `coming back'. "
commemorate , [v.]
(1875) Lyell Princ. Geol. I. i. xiv. 315 "The commemorating processes, by which organic remains become fossilized."
commemoration .
(1886) Morley Geo. Eliot Crit. Misc. III. 94 "If George Eliot had insisted that her works should remain the only commemoration of her life."
commissary .
(1832) tr. Sismondi's Ital. Rep. xvi. 345 "He had been named commissary general, with unlimited power over all that remained without the capital."
commit , [v.]
(1749) Smollett Regicide v. vii, "To the cold grave commit my pale remains! "
commodely [adv.]
(1749) H. Walpole Lett. H. Mann (1834) II. 267 "You found the whole garden..spread with tents which remained all night very commodely. "
common , [a.]
(1827) Hutton Course Math. I. 53 "The Common Measure of two or more numbers, is that..which will divide them all without remainder. "
common law
(1810) Bentham Packing (1821) 154 "The great body of the law, remaining..in the shapeless state, of common, alias unwritten, law. "
communicant , [sb.] and [a.]
(1557) Recorde Whetst. L iij b, "If the remainer, and the roote in the quotiente, bee nombers communicante, diuide them so. "
communicate , [v.]
(1850) Prescott Peru II. 298 "He..put in at one of the Azores, where he remained until he could communicate with home. "
commutator .
(1959) Which? Aug. 86/2 "Eleven machines had induction motors... The remaining 15 machines had commutator motors."
comparative , [a.] ( [sb.] ).
(1855) Owen Skel. &. Teeth 296 "The species restored by Cuvier from fossil remains..The great comparative anatomist called it anoplotherium. "
compart [sb.]
(A. 1694) J. Scott Pract. Disc. xxii. (T.), "And yet remain unseparable, as being comparts of the same substance. "
compassionate , [a.]
(1692) R. L'Estrange Josephus' Antiq. iv. viii. (1733) 94 "Let there be a compassionate Remainder left for those that have nothing to eat of their own."
compensation .
(1964) V. J. Chapman Coastal Veget. iii. 65 "Changes of temperature can affect both photosynthesis and respiration. The point at which these two processes exactly balance, and where oxygen content remains stable, is called the compensation point. "
(1956) J. N. Wood in D. L. Linton Sheffield 74 "The remaining six impounding reservoirs provide 16&rdot.4 m.g.d. compensation water which, by statute, is required to be delivered into the streams on which the supply reservoirs have been constructed."
complement , [sb.]
(1697) Dampier Voy. (1698) I. xi. 318 "They will sell 10 or 15 Tuns out of 100, and yet seemingly carry their complement [of Cloves] to Batavia; for they will pour water among the remaining part of their Cargo. "
(1708) Kersey, "Complement of the Courtin..the Remainder of the Courtin after its Flank is taken away. Complement of the Line of Defence, is the Remainder of the Line of Defence, after you have taken away the Angle of the Flank. "
compose , [v.]
(1878) Tennyson Q. Mary i. v. 37 "It then remains..to compose the event [Mary's marriage] In some such form as least may harm your Grace."
(1877) Lady Brassey Voy. Sunbeam xxi, "The children..composed themselves in the deck-house to sleep for the remainder of the night."
compound , [v.]
(1928) Observer 17 June 28/6 "Once in the line for home, Goose Kiss did not remain at the head of affairs, for he compounded rapidly."
compound , [sb. 1]
(1594) Blundevil Exerc. i. vii. (ed. 7) 25 "Such numbers as may be evenly divided by another number without leaving any remainder, are called Compounds."
compound , [sb. 2]
(1893) T. Cook Mission Tour 25 "The men sign articles to remain in these compounds for a certain period, usually six months, and are not allowed to leave for any cause until the time has expired. "
compression .
(1816) T. Jefferson Writ. (1830) IV. 280 "That nation is too high-minded..to remain quiet under its present compression. "
compromission
(1885) Athen&ae.um 28 Mar. 403/3 "Election..by compromission, wherein certain delegates or proctors, being chosen by the chapter, retired to nominate, the remainder of the chapter continuing in prayer and pledged to accept the nomination of the delegates."
conceivable , [a.]
(1646) Sir T. Browne Pseud. Ep. iii. xxi. 157 "That he remained ignorant of this account it is not easily conceivable. "
concept , [sb.]
(1837-8) Sir W. Hamilton Logic viii. (1859) I. 134 "The concept horse..cannot, if it remain a concept, that is a universal attribution, be represented in imagination. "
concerted , [ppl. a.]
(1897) Marquis of Salisbury in Times 16 Feb. 8/1 "The concerted sympathy of the Powers remains complete. "
conch .
(1875) Circular No. 8, War Dept. 1 May 144 "The white Americans form a comparatively small proportion of the population of Key West, the remainder being Bahama negroes, Cuban refugees, and white natives of the Bahamas and their descendants, classified here under the general title of Conchs. "
conciliator .
(1878) Dowden Stud. Lit. 437 "He remained..a conciliator among conflicting parties. "
conclavist .
(1616) Brent tr. Sarpi's Hist. Counc. Trent (1676) 518 "The Pope, considering that the Conclavists of account remain at Rome. "
concreted , [ppl. a.]
(1646) Sir T. Browne Pseud. Ep. ii. v. 91 "In many concreted plants some parts remaine unpetrified. "
concupiscible , [a.]
(1594) Carew Huarte's Exam. Wits xiv. (1596) 250 "Our first parents..lost this qualitie, and the irascible and concupiscible remained. "
concurrence .
(1656) tr. Hobbes' Elem. Philos. (1839) 184 "Two strait lines, which are applied to one another..may be separated..in such manner, that their concurrence in one point will still remain. "
(1866) Lecky Ration. II. 380 "To reduce, by increased concurrence, the wages of the remainder. "
condense , [v.]
(1800) tr. Lagrange's Chem. I. 89 "Carbonic acid gas..is not condensed at that degree of pressure and of temperature of the atmosphere in which we live. It remains in the state of gas. "
condensing [ppl. a.]
(1824) R. Stuart Hist. Steam Engine, "The power of the condensing Engine is..known by ascertaining the temperature of the steam, which moves the piston, the area of the piston, and the temperature of the vapour which remains. "
conditioning , [vbl. sb.]
(1884) Manch. Exam. 21 Mar. 4/5 "A report from the Milan silk market states that the conditioning returns remain very high. "
condonation .
(1625) Bp. Mountagu App. C&ae.sar vi. 169 "The blot..of sin..remaining in the soule of man, in like manner as it did before condonation. "
confession .
(1861) Stanley East. Ch. iv. (1869) 149 "The Nicene Creed remained the one public confession. "
confider .
(1858) Miss Mulock Th. ab. Women 185 "We can keep a secret..while the confider remains our friend."
confirmation .
(1818) Cruise Digest (ed. 2) IV. 87 "All leases made by tenants for life become absolutely void by their death; so that no..act, by the persons entitled to the remainder or reversion, will operate as a confirmation of them. "
conformational , [a.]
(1978) Nature 14 Sept. 160/2 "Taking into account the conformational flexibility about the phosphodiester bonds and the possible variations in the remaining torsion angles, the conformational features of regular helical polynucleotide were analysed. "
confound , [v.]
(1863) Lyell Antiq. Man 2 "The remains..may have subsequently been mingled..and confounded together in one and the same deposit."
confusedly , [adv.]
(1632) Hayward tr. Biondi's Eromena 89 "Yet remain'd shee..confusedly disquieted. "
congeal , [v.]
(1845) Darwin Voy. Nat. v. (1879) 88 " The ground at the depth of a few feet remains perpetually congealed. "
(1853) Lyell Princ. Geol. vi. (ed. 9) 80 "The carcass of a rhinoceros..taken from the sand in which it must have remained congealed for ages."
congenious [a.]
(1630) Hales Gold. Rem. (1688) 364 "In the blood thus drop'd there remains a spirit of life congenius to that in the body. "
congregation .
(1559) National Covt. in Knox Hist. Ref. ii. 313 "Item the sayd Lords of the congregation and all the members therof shall remaine obedient subiects to our soueraigne Lord and Ladies authoritie. Item the said congregation nor none of them shall not trouble or molest a Church-man. "
congruent , [a.]
(1889) Chrystal Algebra, "If m be any positive integer whatever, which we call the modulus, two integers, M and N, which leave the same remainder when divided by m, are said to be congruent with respect to the modulus m."
coning , [vbl. sb.]
(1931) J. de la Cierva Wings of Tomorrow vii. 102, "I supposed that it was preferable to keep the blades from coning, so that they would remain in a horizontal position while in flight. "
conjecture , [v.]
(1718) Lady M. W. Montague Lett. II. xlix. 57, "I conjecture them to be the remains of that city. "
conjugate , [a.] and [sb.]
(1882) Everett Deschanel's Nat. Philos. §.758 "When this condition is fulfilled, the remaining pair of opposite branches are conjugate, that is to say, a battery in one produces no current in the other. "
(1882) Everett Deschanel's Nat. Philos. §.759 "When there is equality between the two products of opposite resistances..the current in either of the two remaining branches will be independent of the electro-motive force of the battery in the other; and these two branches are still said to be conjugate."
conjuncture .
(1605) Verstegan Dec. Intell. iv. (1636) 100 "This coniuncture to haue remained for some space after the great and generall deluge. "
connexion connection .
(1757) J. Wesley Jrnl. 1 Aug. II. 421, "I did not dare to remain in their connexion. "
(1769) J. Wesley Addr. Trav. Preachers, 4 Aug. Wks. 1872 XIII. 242 "Those who aim at anything but the glory of God..will not, cannot remain in the Connexion. "
(1789) J. Wesley Will, "Lastly, I give to each of those travelling Preachers who shall remain in the Connexion six months after my decease..the eight volumes of sermons. "
conqueror .
(1839) Thirlwall Greece VII. 367 "After the battle, it remained for the conquerors to divide the spoil. "
(1884) R. Holland Gloss. Chester 78 "Conquerors, a game played with horse-chestnuts threaded on a string... The chestnut which remains unhurt is then `conqueror of one'. "
conquest , [sb.]
(1874) Green Short Hist. v. 224 "His new conquest of Calais remained a part of the possessions of the English crown."
consecration .
(1659) Pearson Creed (1839) 232 "The bread and wine even after consecration leave not their own nature, but remain in their former substance, shape, and form. "
conservative , [a.] and [sb.]
(1845) Disraeli Speech 17 Mar., "For me there remains this at least-the opportunity of expressing thus publicly my belief that a Conservative Government is an Organized Hypocrisy. "
consideration .
(1652) Needham tr. Selden's Mare Cl. 16 "It remains that [the Law]..of Dominion or Ownership bee taken into consideration. "
consign , [v.]
(1861) W. Bell Dict. Law Scot. 221 "In practice, it is usual to consign money in a public bank, so that the party entitled to it receives it with bank interest for the time it has remained consigned. "
consisting , [ppl. a.]
(1626) Bacon Sylva §.31 "Flame doth not mingle with Flame..but only remaineth contiguous; As it commeth to passe betwixt Consisting Bodies. "
consolate , [ppl. a.]
(1818) T. L. Peacock Nightm. Abbey 4 "One morning..`he woke and found his lady dead', and remained a very consolate widower [With humorous reference to disconsolate]."
constant , [a.] ( [sb.] )
(1702) Pope Jan. &. May 41 "Tho' fortune change, his constant spouse remains. "
(1860) Tyndall Glac. i. i. 1 "This direction remained perfectly constant throughout the entire quarry."
(1753) Chambers Cycl. Supp. s.v., "The semi-diameter of a circle is a constant quantity; for while the absciss and semi-ordinates increase, it remains the same. "
(1940) Chambers's Techn. Dict. 191/2 "Constant-frequency oscillator, an oscillator in which special precautions are taken to ensure that the frequency remains constant. "
constituency .
(1831) Ann. Reg. 11 "The new constituency being thus formed, the remaining part of the ministerial plan regarded the actual election. "
constitution .
(1681) Nevile Plato Rediv. 139 "Sweden remains in point of Constitution and Property exactly as it did anciently. "
constitutionally , [adv.]
(1767) Fordyce Serm. Yng. Wom. (ed. 4) II. x. 103 "His very senses, though remaining constitutionally the same, revolt. "
constitutive , [a.] and [sb.]
(1968) A. White et al. Princ. Biochem. (ed. 4) 683 "Constitutive enzymes remain at the same level regardless of the amount of potential inducer added to the cell culture. "
constraint , [sb.]
(1712) Pope 1st Ep. to Miss Blount 41 "Still in constraint your suff'ring sex remains, Or bound in formal, or in real chains. "
construction .
(1767) H. Walpole Narr. Rousseau 133 "He changed the construction of the last phrase, though the thought remained exactly the same. "
consume , [v. 1]
(1862) Merivale Rom. Emp. (1871) V. xlii. 138 "To consume the remains in the forum."
content , [a.] ( [sb. 4] )
(1654) Fuller Two Serm. 33 "Not content to carry downe the Remainder of the Captivitie into &Ae.gypt, but also they took Ieremiah the Prophet..along with them. "
contention .
(1666) J. Smith Old Age (1752) 13 "Two words [days and years] to express the contention of this state..viz. how long this state shall remain."
contentless [a. 2]
(1886) Mind XI. 429 "So far the Idea remains contentless."
contestant .
(1861) Times 8 Nov. (Defeat of Federal Army), "A little after six o'clock the remaining contestants withdrew down the precipitous river bank. "
continent , [a.]
(1706) Phillips (ed. Kersey), "Continent Cause of a Distemper, is that on which the Disease depends so immediately, that it continues so long as that remains, and ceases when the said Cause is remov'd. "
continent , [sb.]
(1873) C. Robinson N.S. Wales 79 "Sydney-once the capital of the Australian Continent..remains the metropolis of New South Wales."
contingency .
(1827) Jarman Powell's Devises II. 217 "Where an estate in remainder is limited in terms of contingency, on the happening of certain events. "
(1818) Hallam Mid. Ages (1872) II. v. 84 "All the princes of Hesse or Saxony had reciprocal contingencies of succession, or what our lawyers call cross-remainders, to each other's dominions. "
contingent , [a.] and [sb.]
(1691) T. H[ale] Acc. New Invent. 123 "Portions of Circles unto which the remaining strait part may be a contingent line. "
(1710) Lond. Gaz. No. 4735/4 "Then to Trustees to preserve the Contingent Remainders. "
(1767) Blackstone Comm. II. 169 "Contingent or executory remainders are where the estate in remainder is limited to take effect, either to a dubious and uncertain person, or upon a dubious and uncertain event; so that the particular estate may chance to be determined, and the remainder never take effect. "
(1844) Williams Real Prop. (1877) 263 " The general opinion appears to be in favour of the antiquity of contingent remainders."
(A. 1711) Ken Hymnarium Poet Wks. 1721 II. 31 "Decreed Contingents they remain, Not link'd in any fatal Chain. "
continuance .
(1754) Edwards Freed. Will ii. vi. 60 "Ideas..don't remain so for any sensible Continuance. "
continuative , [a.] and [sb.]
(1725) Watts Logic ii. ii. §.6 "[Among] the second sort of compound Propositions..may be added continuatives; as, Rome remains to this day; which includes, at least, two propositions, viz. Rome was, and Rome is."
contorniated contourniated [ppl. a.]
(1727-51) Chambers Cycl. s.v., "All we have remaining of these contourniated medals, seem to have been struck about the same time. "
contractural , [a.]
(1971) Jrnl. Bone &. Joint Surg. LIII-a. 992 "Even in contractural arachnodactyly the contractures may remain and even progress. "
contradeciduate , [a.]
(1897) Parker &. Haswell Text-bk. Zool. II. 562 "In the Mole and the Bandicoot not only is there no decidua thrown off, but the f&oe.tal placenta with the distal portion of the allantois does not pass out after the f&oe.tus, but remains, and is broken up or absorbed in the uterus. Such a condition has been termed contra-deciduate."
contrarious , [a.]
(1602) Warner Alb. Eng. Epit. (1612) 396 "No leisure remained the King for his formall courting of so contrarious a Ladie. "
contrast , [sb.]
(1901) Titchener Exper. Psychol. I. i. 19 "The contrast disc, with an extra 30°. of white or black in its ring, is set up before its appropriate background. The contrast colour is matched upon the second mixer as before. Note that the same grey background must be retained for the second mixer, in order that the contrast relations may remain the same on both discs. "
contributory , [a.] and [sb.]
(1868) Rogers Pol. Econ. xii. (ed. 3) 165 "As the rent of land is that which remains over and above the cost of production, it is paid last, i.e. when all the other contributories are satisfied."
contrition .
(1684) tr. Bonet's Merc. Compit. vii. 251 "The shivering and great contrition of the bones, which remain here and there in the..flesh."
controversion .
(1684) R. H. Sch. Recreat. 53 "Controversion..in Wheeling is performed by the Front of the Squadron, so that whilst the Rank makes the Motion, the File remains. "
converse , [a. 2] and [sb. 3]
(1837-8) Sir W. Hamilton Logic I. 257 "The Quantity of the Proposition in Conversion remains always the same; that is, the absolute quantity of the Converse must be exactly equal to that of the Convertend. "
converter .
(1867) Morn. Star 20 Sept. 7 "The converters can thus be worked with liquid iron direct from the blast furnaces, the iron remaining perfectly liquid during the short time of transit. "
(1953) Rep. U.S.A.E.C. on Nucl. Power Reactor Technol. 80 "If the reactor is operating as a converter, the U235 remaining in the core must be decontaminated. "
conveyorize , [v.]
(1959) Times Rev. Industry Mar. 40/1 "Conveyorized production still remains batch production. "
cool , [v.]
(1964) A. W. Gouldner in I. L. Horowitz New Sociology 209 "One of the con men remains behind `to cool the mark out', seeking to persuade him to accept his loss of face rather than go to the police. "
cop , [v. 3]
(1969) Win 15 May 9/1 "Isn't it a cop-out to secede from New York State but remain a part of the nation?"
coped , [ppl. a.]
(1611) Speed Hist. Gt. Brit. vii. xliv. 366 "His..bones as yet remaine..in a Chest of Grey-Marble, reared vpon foure small pillars, couered with a copped stone of the same. "
copepod , [a.] and [sb.]
(1877) Huxley Anat. Inv. Anim. vi. 358 "The fore part of the head has remained Copepodous. "
copper , [sb. 1]
(1964) Financial Times 3 Mar. 1/5 "Coppers improved and Kaffirs remained quietly firm."
copse , [sb.]
(1725) Bradley Fam. Dict. II. s.v. Woodcock, "They remain all the Day..under the Leaves and amongst Cops. "
copy , [sb.] ( [a.] )
(1776) Trial Nundocomar 45/1 "The copy I wrote remained with..Nundocomar; the original remained with Pudmohun Doss. "
copyist .
(1756) J. Warton Ess. Pope I. 9 (T.) "No original writer ever remained so unrivalled by succeeding copyists, as [Theocritus]. "
corbel , [sb.]
(1879) Sir G. G. Scott Lect. Archit. II. 131 "The windows of the triforium gallery, with the corbel tabling over them, still remain."
core , [sb. 1]
(1670) Cotton Espernon iii. x. 525 "They would never again be so fully reconcil'd, that there would not still remain a Core in the bosom of the one or the other. "
(1862) Fairholt Up Nile 308 "The square columns..have been in some places literally chipped to pieces and a rude irregular core only remains. "
coresidual , [a.] and [sb.]
(1873) Salmon Higher Plane Curves v. (1879) 134 "If any conic be described through four fixed points on a cubic, the chord joining the two remaining intersections of the conic with the cubic will pass through a fixed point on the cubic...This point..is called the coresidual of the system of four points... Two points which are coresidual must coincide."
corn , [sb. 1]
(1849) J. Pritts Mirr. Border Life 460, "I remained in that situation till corn planting time. "
(1843) R. Carlton New Purchase ix. 64 "Nanny remained near the dutch oven to keep us supplied with red-hot pones or *corn-balls. "
corn-cob .
(1881) T. Hughes Rugby, Tennessee 58 "They remained peacefully among corn-cobs till the danger had passed."
corona .
(1563) Shute Archit. C j b, "Coronix..you shall deuid into .4. partes. geue one part vnto Cimatium vnder Corona..geue likwise .2 parte vnto Corona..&. the fourth part which remaineth, geue vnto Cymatium ouer Corona. "
corporal , [sb. 1]
(1637) Bk. Com. Prayer, Church Scot., "Communion Rubric, He that celebrates shall..cover with a fair linen cloth, or corporal, that which remaineth of the consecrated elements. "
corpse , [sb.]
(1858) Ramsay Remin. vi. (ed. 18) 182 "In Scotland the remains of the deceased person is called the `corp'. "
correctness .
(1695) Dryden Parall. Poetry &. Paint. Wks. XVII. 331 "There remains nothing but a dull correctness. "
correlate , [sb.]
(A. 1878) Lewes Stud. Psychol. (1879) 14 "We can classify subjective facts while remaining ignorant of their objective correlates."
corroboree , [sb.]
(1837) C. M. Goodridge Voy. S. Seas (1843) 126 "After this meal they began a kind of dance, all hands repeating the word corobory. We remained among them till towards daylight, during all which time they continued their revelry. "
Cortaillod .
(1884) Encycl. Brit. XVII. 362/1 "Interesting remains of ancient lake dwellings have been discovered at Estavayer and Cortaillod. "
cosmism .
(1874) Fiske Cosmic Philos. I. 184 "In the progress from Anthropomorphism to Cosmism the religious attitude remains unchanged from the beginning to the end."
costume , [sb.]
(1949) A. Huxley Ape &. Essence 127 "Crumbling remains of slacks and sweaters, of Nylons and costume jewellery and brassieres. "
couch , [sb. 1]
(1875) Ure Dict. Arts III. 187 s.v. Malting, "After remaining in the couch twenty-four hours..the couch is broken, that is, the planks composing the front of it are removed."
(1849) Jrnl. R. Agric. Soc. X. i. 178 "The gleans [of hemp] are lifted on to the ground, and form a couch..If suffered to remain longer in the couch it heats and rots."
countercycle
(1944) M. A. Copeland in Amer. Econ. Rev. XXXIV. 332 "A substantial task of providing a `countercycle' through compensatory public expenditure programs will remain. "
counterstock
(1708) J. Chamberlayne St. Gt. Brit. i. ii. xiii. (1743) 123 "The Tally being cloven asunder..one Part thereof, called the Stock, is delivered to the Party that pays the money, and the other part, called Counter&dubh.stock, or Counterfoil remains with them."
countervalue [v.]
(1656) H. Phillips Purch. Patt. B vj b, "The Rent remaining will counter-value the Ground-Rent."
court , [sb. 1]
(1933) R. Tuve Seasons &. Months iv. 170 "The chariot of Phebus the sun..remained as mere learned decoration in Scottish court-of-love poems. "
courtly , [a.]
(1737) Pope Hor. Epist. ii. i. 215 "In our own [days] (excuse some Courtly stains) No whiter page than Addison remains. "
cove , [sb. 1]
(1936) Proc. Prehist. Soc. II. 25 "At Avebury and at Arbor Low there are remains of more complex structures, sometimes known as coves. "
covenant , [sb.]
(1638) Dk. Hamilton in H. Papers (Camden) 11 "If you uill not be content to admitt the Couenant to remaine, call a generall assemblie uher ye may expeckt the Bishopes to be limited. "
covenant , [v.]
(1849) Grote Hist. Greece ii. lxii. (1862) V. 374 "Nothing is covenanted as to any remainder. "
cover , [v. 1]
(1921) C. D. Daly Amer. Football iv. 67 "The remainder of the backfield all move over to cover more securely the ground vacated by the opposite end when he goes through. "
co-versed , [a.]
(1706) Phillips (ed. Kersey), "Co-versed Sine (in Geom.) is the remaining part of the Diameter of a Circle after the Versed Sine is taken from it. "
covin , [sb.]
(1818) Cruise Digest (ed. 2) II. 412 "From the collusion and covin between the tenant for years and the remote remainder-man."
cow , [sb. 1]
(1854) Jrnl. R. Agric. Soc. XV. ii. 412 "The remaining 40 [acres] in *cowlease ground, home crofts, paddock and homestead. "
cower , [v.]
(1848) Macaulay Hist. Eng. II. 550 "She remained with her child, cowering for shelter from the storm under the tower of Lambeth Church. "
cow-house
(1760-72) tr. Juan &. Ulloa's Voy. (ed. 3) I. 235 "I was obliged to remain in a cow-house on that mountain. "
Cox [sb. 2]
(1960) Farmer &. Stockbreeder 12 Jan. 17/1 "Cox's remain a good sale at firm values. "
coy , [a.]
(1984) Financial Times 21 Mar. 6/3 "Mr Pietrzak remains coy about prospective partners, although Japanese companies have been involved in talks as well as Fiat. "
cracker .
(A. 1659) Osborn Observ. Turks (1673) 344 "The Tongues being at the best but the Crackers of Knowledge: the Kernel remaining useless..till picked and dressed by Employment and Experience. "
cracker-barrel
(1958) New Statesman 22 Feb. 244/3 "The late Harold Ross..was always careful to keep the New Yorker `a family magazine'... It's always kept close to the cracker-barrel, and remains a bastion of the commonsense American virtues. "
cradle , [sb.]
(1845) Ecclesiologist IV. 282 "The *cradle roof of the chancel still remains; some of the bosses are very good. "
craft , [sb. 1]
(1850) J. Struthers Autobiog. Poet. Wks. I. 38 "The remaining five were all regularly bred crafts. "
Craniata Craniota [sb. pl.]
(1881) Athen&ae.um 15 Jan. 98/2 "We should have liked to have seen a marked distinction made between..the lampreys and the remainder of the Craniota."
crank , [sb. 2]
(1924) G. B. Stern Tents of Israel vii. 97 "Danny remained at his crank school in Hampstead. "
crap , [sb. 1]
(1877) E. Peacock N.W. Linc. Gloss., "Craps, Scraps, scraps of pig's fat which remain after the lard has been extracted by boiling. People eat them with mustard, vinegar, and pepper."
crapula
(A. 1687) Cotton Poems, Night Quatrains (1689) 248 "The drunkard..when he wakes..shall find A cropala remains behind. "
crashing [ppl. a.]
(1884) Athen&ae.um 8 Mar. 307/1 "Remaining unmoved amid a crashing universe, and so forth."
crassament
(1657) Tomlinson Renou's Disp. 592 "The crassament that remains..is called Powder of Mercury. "
cratchen
(1884) Chesh. Gloss., "Cratcherns or Cratchings, (1) the dried up bits that remain after the rendering of lard, used for making cratchern cakes; (2) graves, from a chandler's refuse fat. "
(1887) S. Chesh. Gloss., "Cratchin, (1) one of the bits of flesh remaining after the `rendering down' of lard."
cratling
(1881) Oxfordsh. Gloss. (Suppl.), "Crutlins, the remains of the leaf after the lard is extracted, sometimes called scratchins (Islip cruklins)."
creation .
(1928) Camb. Univ. Cal. 102 "The new Statutes have abolished the practice by which (i) Bachelors in Arts, Law, [etc.]..remained `Bachelors designate' until the last week-day of December... (ii) Masters and Doctors only attained the full degree by `Creation'."
creative , [a.]
(1930) Monotype Recorder, XXIX. 39 "The remainder..fail to see the vital necessity for advertising and establishing a creative sales policy. "
creatress .
(1892) Pall Mall G. 15 Sept. 6/11 "And yet, as happens so often in the case of dramatic successes, the palm remains with Mdme. Doche, the creatress of the part."
crepe .
(1915) Chemists' Windows 27 "Crê.pe paper or plain stiff materials have enough `body' to remain in pleat. "
crept , [ppl. a.]
(1867) W. W. Smyth Coal &. Coal-mining 132 "The workings are closely filled with rubbish, and there remain the isolated crept pillars, only accessible by fresh and dangerous workings."
crepuscular , [a.]
(1668) Phil. Trans. III. 730 "And perhaps I might have lost the Crepuscular remains of my Sight. "
crew , [sb. 1]
(1699) Dampier Voy. II. ii. 88, "I was yet a Stranger to this work, therefore remained with 3 of the old Crew to cut more Logwood. "
crinoid , [a.] ( [sb.] )
(1849) Dana Geol. ix. (1850) 494 "The rarity of Crinoidal remains. "
cripplingly , [adv.]
(1955) Times 1 July 16/3 "The standard rate of income tax..remains at a cripplingly high level."
crispen , [v.]
(1977) Washington Post 6 May d13 "Hatched lines remain distinct rather than coalescing into dark forms. The fact that they are held distinct by the paper allows Rembrandt to crispen and clarify the lines of the image. "
crispy , [a.]
(1611) Cotgr., "Bressaudes, the crispie mammocks that remaine of tried hogs grese. "
crock , [sb. 5]
(1828) Craven Dial. I. 93 "Crockes, two crooked timbers, of a natural bend, forming a Gothic arch. They generally rest in large blocks of stone. Many roofs of this construction are still remaining in ancient farm-houses and barns. "
crock [v. 4]
(1906) Daily Tel. 23 Aug. 9/7 "He limped out to bat, after remaining in obscurity as a crocked player for half a day. "
croft , [sb. 1]
(1851) 2nd Rep. Relief of Destit. Highlands 1850, 42 "The crofting system was first introduced, by the arable part of the small farms previously held in common being divided among the joint tenants in separate crofts, the pasture remaining in common. "
crook , [sb.] and [a.]
(1929) C. C. Martindale Risen Sun 173 "When sport goes crook, what can remain wholesome? "
crop , [sb.]
(1956) J. K. S. St. Joseph in R. L. S. Bruce-Mitford Recent Archaeol. Excavations in Brit. 275 "In spring and early summer, differences in colour, density or luxuriance of growth commonly develop in response to hidden differences in the soil. These `crop-marks', as they are termed, reveal to an observer, often in the finest detail, buried remains of which no trace can be seen on the surface. "
crop , [v.]
(1921) Discovery Feb. 48/1 "The pest..remains in existence until potatoes are again cropped in the field."
crossing , [vbl. sb.]
(1891) Daily News 5 Nov. 3/3 "May Rose, whose jockey..for boring and crossing, was suspended for the remainder of the meeting."
cross-road
(1875) W. McIlwraith Guide Wigtownshire 27 "Near the cross-roads are the remains of a cairn."
crow , [sb. 1]
(1862) Cornh. Mag. VI. 648 (Farmer) "Occasionally they [women] assist at a burglary-remaining outside and keeping watch; they are then called crows."
crowdie crowdy .
(1820) Glenfergus II. 275 (Jam.) "Then came..the remains of a cog of crowdy, that is, of half butter, half cheese."
crown , [v. 1]
(1861) Miss Pratt Flower. Pl. III. 183 "Corolla with two ears..which remain and crown the fruit. "
crucible , [sb.]
(1605) Timme Quersit. ii. iii. 113 "Salt-peter remaineth liquid and fusible in a red hote crucible. "
cruising [vbl. sb.]
(1927) G. Bradford Gloss. Sea Terms 45/2 "Cruising radius is calculated with two points of view-one, the vessel's capacity in miles without refueling; the other, her capacity to remain at sea expressed in days running at normal speed. "
crumb , [sb.]
(1829) G. R. Gleig Chelsea Pensioners (1840) 207 "A few crums which remained in our havresacks. "
crunch [sb.] (and [a.] )
(1985) C. McCullough Creed for Third Millennium v. 135 "The real crunch had become the length of time the ground remained unfrozen, but in future years it was likely to become the amount of rain. "
crux .
(1888) Law Times LXXXIV. 293/2 "There remained the point, which was the crux of the case, whether the defendant was under any duty towards the plaintiff. "
crypto- ,
(1882) Syd. Soc. Lex., "Cryptorchidism, the condition of a Cryptorchis. Cryptorchis, term for one whose testicles have not descended into the scrotum, but remain in the abdomen. "
(1888) Contemp. Rev. Apr. 544 "The large number of Christians who professed Islam, but remained *crypto-Christians. "
(1957) Encycl. Brit. XXI. 231/2 "Portuguese crypto-Jews, that is, descendants of Jews whom the Inquisition had compelled to embrace Christianity but who remained Jews at heart. "
crystal , [sb.] and [a.]
(1647) Cowley Mistress, Coldness iii, "Though Heat dissolve the Ice again, The Chrystal solid does remain. "
(1885) Mrs. H. Ward tr. Amiel's Jrnl. 255 "The glacier throws off the stones and fragments fallen into its crevasses that it may remain pure crystal."
cuirassed [ppl. a.]
(1854) H. Miller Footpr. Creat. iii. (1874) 23 "Remains of a large cuirassed fish."
culling , [vbl. sb. 1]
(1663) Flagellum, or O. Cromwell (1672) 70 "The House being thus purged, as they called it..the remaining Juncto of his Culling..passed an Ordinance for Tryal of the King. "
(1780) Brodhead in Sparks Corr. Amer. Rev. (1853) II. 449 "The remaining Continentals are the cullings of our troops, and I cannot promise anything clever from them. "
cultivate , [v.]
(1871) R. W. Dale Commandm. ix. 231 "A rose, however you cultivate it, remains a rose."
cumulative , [a.]
(1876) W. Begbie Bk. Med. Inform. &. Advice App. 251 "Digitalis is what is called a cumulative medicine: its effects are sometimes not immediately produced; but each successive dose remaining in the system, these may be seen even after the medicine is discontinued."
cup , [sb.]
(1867) J. Y. Simpson Arch. Sculpt. 7 "In the centres of the remaining six series of circles there are no *cup-markings. "
cure , [v. 1]
(1887) West Shore Mag. (Brit. Columbia) 451 "The bunch grass cures on the roots, as it stands, and remains as hay until..the spring."
curioso .
(1806) Surr Winter in Lond. I. 216 "[The books] remained stationary on the shelves, except to the curiosi."
curious , [a.]
(1708) J. Chamberlayne St. Gt. Brit. i. iii. ii. (1743) 158 "There are several Specimens yet remaining in the Cabinets of the Curious. "
(1682) Burnet Rights Princes iv. 135 "The curiousest Remains of former Ages that are extant. "
(1931) D. L. Sayers Five Red Herrings xv. 167 " `I formed the opinion..that Mr. Gowan had..not departed from Kirkcudbright on the Monday evening..but that he had remained concealed in his own house.'.. `Curiouser and curiouser,' said Wimsey. "
curl , [sb.]
(1965) J. B. Marion Princ. Vector Anal. ii. 83 "A paddlewheel placed in a fluid will remain stationary..where curl v = o. A field which everywhere has a vanishing curl is called an irrotational field. "
curtal , [sb.] and [a.]
(1669) Address Yng. Gentry Eng. 80 "There remains nothing of it but the shade of a great name, the empty curtail of its faint eccho. "
curtsy curtsey , [sb.]
(1700) Dryden Fables, Wife of Bath's T. 228 "One only hag remained And drop'd an awkward court'sie to the Knight. "
curvature .
(1875) Bennett &. Dyer Sachs' Bot. 707 "The permanent curvature which remains..or the Curvature of Concussion, is the result of a lengthening of the convex and a simultaneous contraction of the concave side."
curvity
(1616) Brent tr. Sarpi's Counc. Trent (1676) 166 "The whole nature of man..remained crooked; not by the curvity of Adam, but by his own. "
custom , [sb.]
(1766) C. Leadbetter Royal Gauger (ed. 6) ii. ix. 333 "The Commissioners of the Customs are to pay into the Exchequer the remaining Part of the Produce of such Seizure made by the Officers of the Customs. "
cut , [v.]
(1815) Scott Guy M. ii, "The apprizer..cut the family out of another monstrous cantle of their remaining property. "
(1963) A. Lubbock Austral. Roundabout 157 "The great mines in Victoria..began to cut out..but the miners often remained in the district."
cuticularization
(1875) Bennett &. Dyer tr. Sachs' Bot. 209 "The cuticularisation of the outer layers never advances far inwards, the cuticle generally remaining thin. "
cutting , [vbl. sb.]
(1966) Rep. Comm. Inquiry Univ. Oxf. I. 56 "There is a cutting edge to our recommendation that Oxford should..remain of medium size. "
cyanicide .
(1904) Julian &. Smart Cyaniding xxviii. 202 "The principal cyanicide remaining in the Rand concentrates is the basic ferric sulphate. "
cycloid [a.]
(1847) Ansted Anc. World iv. 62 "The remaining two groups [of Fishes] are called respectively Ctenoid..and Cycloid..from the shape and structure of the scale. "
cylinder , [sb.]
(1706) Phillips (ed. Kersey), "Charged Cylinder..that part which receives the Charge of Powder and Shot..Vacant Cylinder, that part of the Hollow which remains empty, when the Gun is Charg'd. "
cymatium .
(1563) Shute Archit. C j b, "Coronix..you shall deuid into .4. partes. geue one part vnto Cimatium vnder Corona..the fourth part which remaineth, geue vnto Cymatium ouer Corona. "
Cyrillic , [a.]
(1842) Penny Cycl. XXII. 104/2 "The use of the Cyrillic letters..remained in full vigour among those [Slavonians] who belonged to the Eastern Church. "
cytokinin .
(1968) New Scientist 5 Sept. 503/1 "The cytokinins..are necessary for leaves to remain green and healthy. "
dais .
(A. 1774) Fergusson Farmer's Ingle (1845) 38 "In its auld lerroch yet the deas remains, Where the guidman aft streeks him at his ease. "
Daphne .
(1862) Ansted Channel Isl. iv. xxi. (ed. 2) 497 "Daphnes flourish marvellously and remain in flower a long time."
dark , [a.]
(1841) Specif. Claudet's Patent No. 9193. 3 "[Red light] allows the operator to see how to perform the work without being obliged..to remain in a *dark room. "
darn [sb. 1]
(1879) Miss Bird Rocky Mount. I. 245 "One pair of stockings, such a mass of darns that hardly a trace of the original wool remains."
dash-board
(1925) W. Deeping Sorrell &. Son v. §.1 "Sorrell remained by the car. He liked the colour of it, and the compact brightness of the dash-board. "
daughter .
(1882) Vines Sach's Bot. 139 "One of the two daughter-cells (the Apical Cell) remains..similar to the mother-cell. "
daunt , [v.]
(1610) Holland Camden's Brit. (1637) 256 "Being now daunted by time, there remaineth an heape of rammell and rubbish, witnessing the ruines thereof."
dead letter
(1703) in Mass. Hist. Soc. Coll. (1838) 3rd Ser. VII. 62 "The other penny is lost in dead letters (remaining in the several Post Offices). "
dead lock dead-lock [sb.]
(1931) Buck &. Anthony Bring 'em back Alive 297 "For several seconds we remained deadlocked, the animal making a perfect bedlam of the mess-room with his cries of rage. "
deadly , [a.]
(1622) Donne Serm. i. 5 "He that comes alive out of that field [a duel] comes a dead man, because he comes a deadly sinner, and he that remains dead in the field is gone to an everlasting death."
dead-melt , [v.]
(1880) Encycl. Brit. XIII. 341/2 "If cast immediately it is found that a much larger quantity of gas separates during solidification, rendering the steel porous, than is evolved if the metal is dead-melted, i.e., allowed to remain melted for an extra half hour or more. "
deal , [sb. 1]
(1884) J. Payne 1001 Nights IX. 166 "Moreover, they ate not anydele of the food that remained in the tray."
(1806) Forsyth Beauties Scotl. IV. 132 "The remainder [of the money] is divided into shares, called deals, according to the number of persons entitled to a portion of it."
death-wish
(1929) P. Mairet Adler's Problems of Neurosis vi. 84 "After having triumphed over him and having had the death-wish granted by fate, he remained still unsatisfied. "
debating , [vbl. sb.]
(1927) G. B. Shaw Doctors' Delusions (1932) 135 "Shallow petulances and tu quoques which have remained part of the vivisector's stock of debating points ever since. "
debauched , [ppl. a.]
(1796) H. Hunter tr. St.-Pierre's Stud. Nat. (1799) II. 495 "The money of strangers disappears, but their debauched morals remain. "
decadence .
(A. 1649) Drumm. of Hawth. Poems 185 "Doth in Decadens fall and slack remaine. "
decagonal , [a.]
(1717) Berkeley Tour in Italy Wks. 1871 IV. 526 "What remains is a decagonal building. "
decapitate , [v.]
(1874) Carpenter Ment. Phys. i. ii. §.67 "A decapitated Frog..remains at rest until it is touched. "
decay , [v.]
(1718) Lady M. W. Montagu Let. to C'tess of Mar 10 Mar., "She had the remains of a fine face..more decayed by sorrow than time."
deceased , [ppl. a.]
(1840) C. Pelham Chron. Crime (1886) II. 349 "An inquest was held upon the remains of deceased at the Dog and Gun. "
deceive , [v.]
(1667) Milton P.L. x. 990 "Childless thou art, Childless remain; so Death Shall be deceav'd his glut. "
decern , [v.]
(1582-8) Hist. James VI (1804) 21 "It was decernit that..shoe sould be transportit to the fortalice of Lochlevin, and thair decernit to remaine in captivity."
decertify , [v.]
(1960) Sunday Times 3 Jan. 11/4 "The 1960s are likely to see the decertification of the majority of the remaining certified mental defectives. "
decil decile
(1882) Galton in Rep. Brit. Assoc. 1881 245 "The Upper Decile is that which is exceeded by one-tenth of an infinitely large group, and which the remaining nine-tenths fall short of. The Lower Decile is the converse of this. "
declaration .
(1835) Dickens Let. 18 Dec. (1965) I. 109 "It will be unnecessary for me to remain here for the Declaration of the Poll on Monday. "
declare , [v.]
(1638) Chillingw. Relig. Prot. i. ii. §.12. 58 "That those [things] which are obscure should remain obscure, untill he please to declare them. "
decoction .
(1650) Fuller Pisgah i. ii. viii. 174 "The body of his men remaining was still too big, and must pass another decoction. "
decomposing [ppl. a.]
(1870) H. Macmillan Bible Teach. viii. 153 "These plants die, and form by their decomposing remains a rich and fertile mould."
decovered [ppl. a.]
(1658) J. Webb tr. Cleopatra viii. ii. 19 "His face remained almost quite decovered."
decuman , [a.]
(1870) Farrar Witn. Hist. i. (1871) 5 "Confidence, that even amid the decuman billows of modern scepticism it [the Church] shall remain immovable."
decuplate [a.]
(1690) Leybourn Cursus Math. 339 "There remains..Root Decuplate, b = 20."
dedicate , [v.]
(1771) Junius Lett. xlix. 257 "The remainder of the summer shall be dedicated to your amusement. "
dedication .
(1848) B. Webb Continent. Ecclesiol. 57 "Remains of..a dedication-cross. "
deduce , [v.]
(1662) Stillingfl. Orig. Sacr. i. v. §.3, "1117. which being deduced from 3940. the remainder is 2823."
deduct , [v.]
(1596) Spenser Hymn Love 106 "Man..hauing yet in his deducted spright, Some sparks remaining of that heauenly fyre. "
deface , [v.]
(1848) Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. 160 "Fine works of art and curious remains of antiquity, were brutally defaced."
defeasance .
(1590) Spenser F.Q. i. xii. 12 "Where that champion stout After his foes defeasaunce did remaine. "
(1602) Fulbecke 2nd Pt. Parall. 68 "As to conditions impossible in facte, such conditions if they go to the defeasans of an estate, the estate notwithstanding remaineth good. "
defectible [a.]
(1736) Butler Anal. i. v. Wks. (1874) I. 101 "Such creatures..would for ever remain defectible."
defence defense , [sb.]
(1917) D. Hecht in C. E. Long tr. Jung's Analytical Psychology (ed. 2) xiv. 424 "By these means she remains at an infantile homosexual stage, which serves her as a defence. "
defensist .
(1932) M. Eastman tr. Trotsky's Hist. Russian Rev. I. xv. 303 "`Our slogan..is pressure upon the Provisional Government..to induce all the warring countries to open immediate negotiations..and until then every man remains at his fighting post!' Both the idea and its formulation are those of the defensists. "
definition .
(1910) Whitehead &. Russell Principia Math. I. iii. 69 "Incomplete..symbols have what may be called a `definition in use'... We define the use of &udtr.2, but &udtr.2 by itself remains without meaning. "
dejeune dejune
(1837) Dickens Pickw. xviii, "For two days after the dejeune at Mrs. Hunter's, the Pickwickians remained at Eatanswill."
delayful [a.]
(1600) Holland Livy xxvii. xxi. 644 "By whose cold and delayfull proceedings..Anniball now these ten yeares had remained in Italie. "
deletion .
(1845) Davison Disc. Prophecy v. (1861) 162 "Rome remains, though Carthage is gone: the similar fate of deletion has not come. "
deliquiation
(1782) Wedgwood in Phil. Trans. LXX. 324 "A salt..which..would have crystallized long before the alkali became dry, or remained after its deliquiation."
delta .
(1858) Geikie Hist. Boulder ix. 172 "The process of *delta-formation remains essentially the same, both in lakes and at the sea. "
deluge , [sb.]
(1601) Holland Pliny I. 65 "In the generall deluge of the countrey by raine they only remained aliue. "
demit [v. 2]
(1563) Win&ygh.et Four Scoir Thre Quest. Wks. 1888 I. 109 "He geuis ane expres command to the innocent woman demittand hir husband, to remain vnmariit or to be reconcilit to hir husband [marg. 1 Cor. 7]. "
demi-vierge .
(1951) Koestler Age of Longing i. viii. 132 "We call demi-vierges a certain category of intellectuals who flirt with revolution and violence, while trying to remain chaste liberals at the same time. "
demob , [sb.] and [v.]
(1945) News Chron. 17 May, "No more Bevin boys will be directed to the pits, but those already there will have to remain until the time comes for them to be demobbed according to age and length of service, just as if they were soldiers. "
demolish , [v.]
(1776) Gibbon Decl. &. F. I. xvi. 422 "They completely demolished the remainder of the edifice. "
den , [sb. 1]
(1611) Bible Job xxxvii. 8 "Then the beastes goe into dennes: and remaine in their places. "
Dene-hole Dane-hole .
(1891) Proc. Soc. Antiq. 5 Feb. 245 "On the discovery of a dene-hole containing Roman remains at Plumstead."
denitrification .
(1883) Jrnl. Chem. Soc. XLIV. 230 "The denitrification is effected by the organisms which are developed; for if the liquid is sterilised by heat..the liquid remains clear and the nitrate is not altered. "
dentil .
(1823) P. Nicholson Pract. Build. 474 "The dentil-bands should remain uncut. "
deny , [v.]
(1660) Barrow Euclid ii. i. "Schol., Let + A be to be multiplied into B-C; then because + A is not affirmed of all B, but only of a part of it, whereby it exceeds C, therefore AC must remain denied. "
deoxyribonucleic acid
(1965) Peacocke &. Drysdale Molecular Basis Heredity vii. 69 "If..one or other of the two nucleic acids has been eliminated from the material by digestion with a specific enzyme (deoxyribonuclease or ribonuclease), the remaining nucleic acid can be located. "
depend , [v. 1]
(1818) Cruise Digest (ed. 2) V. 11 "An estate tail, and all the remainders over, and the reversion depending on it."
depositum .
(1711) Luttrell Brief Rel. (1857) VI. 704 "To pay down..half of that as a depositum for the remaining parts."
depsidone .
(1935) Chem. Abstr. XXIX. 147 "The remaining compds. of the orcinol group of Zopf have, in addn. to the depside linkage, a diphenyl ether linkage between the ortho OH groups with the consequent formation of a closed-ring structure. These compds. have been termed depsidones. "
depth .
(1892) Pall Mall G. 19 Jan. 4/3 "He remained three hours in the water, afraid to move, lest he should get out of his depth."
derequisition , [v.]
(1946) Ann. Reg. 1945 342 "Our studio space remained restricted through delays in de-requisition. "
descended , [ppl. a.]
(1966) Wright &. Symmers Systemic Path. I. xxvi. 812/1 "A testis that is still descending at about the end of the first year of life may fail to reach the bottom of the scrotum, remaining imperfectly descended."
descender (1)
(1485) Act 1 Hen. VII, c. 1 "Subjects having cause of Action by Formedon in the descender, or else in the remainder. "
design , [sb.]
(1802) Paley Nat. Theol. ii. §.3 "The argument from design remains as it was. "
designate , [ppl. a.]
(1925) Cambr. Univ. Cal. 85 "Bachelors in Arts, Law, Medicine, Surgery, and Music remain `Bachelors designate' until the 31st of December."
destroy , [v.]
(1818) Cruise Digest (ed. 2) II. 353 "A person who has only a trust estate, cannot..destroy a contingent remainder expectant on his estate. "
detect , [v.]
(1849) Murchison Siluria iii. 45 "Sandstone in which no other remains but fucoids have been detected. "
detenu .
(1803-1810) James Military Dict. s.v., "That these detenus (we are borne out by the public prints for using the term) would remain as hostages to secure to men in open rebellion all the rights and privileges of fair warriors. "
determinable , [a.] and [sb.]
(1880) Gunther Fishes 314 "Some of the earliest determinable fish remains."
determine , [v.]
(1767) Junius Lett. xxxv. 166 "What..remains, but to leave it to the people to determine for themselves?.. They alone ought to determine."
(1818) Mrs. Shelley Frankenst. vi. (1865) 97 "These reflections determined me and I resolved to remain silent. "
deterrable , [a.]
(1984) Washington Q. Spring 76/2 "For all its military robustness, the Soviet Union remains eminently deterrable. "
deterrent , [a.] and [sb.]
(1954) Statement on Defence p. 4 in Parl. Papers 1953-54 XXII. 474 "The primary deterrent, however, remains the atomic bomb and the ability of the highly organised and trained United States strategic air power to use it. "
detrition .
(1893) Dublin Rev. July 733 "What remains after centuries of detrition and denudation."
detritus .
(1832) De la Beche Geol. Man. (ed. 2) 210 "The whole is evidently a detritus of the Alpine rocks, and in it organic remains are by no means common. "
detruncation .
(1847) Craig, "Detruncation, The separation of the trunk of the f&oe.tus from the head, the latter remaining in utero. "
developed [ppl. a.]
(1971) Nature 11 June 341/1 "The sad condition of Bengal will remain as a sombre reproach to developed nations for many years to come. "
devenustate [v.]
(1653) Waterhouse Apol. Learning 245 (L.) "To see what yet remains of beauty and order devenustated, and exposed to shame and dishonour."
devoir , [sb.]
(A. 1605) Montgomerie Flyting 443 "Whan thae dames deuoutly had done their devore..Of that matter to make remained no more. "
devotedly [adv.]
(1812) Shelley in Hogg Life (1858) II. 137 "Believe how devotedly and sincerely I must now remain yours. "
dew , [sb.]
(1800) tr. Lagrange's Chem. II. 84 "There remains a whitish-grey mass, which formerly was called Vitriol Calcined to Whiteness. If you distil it in a retort, and collect the product, you will have first, a water slightly acid, called Dew of Vitriol. "
dial , [sb. 1]
(1865) Athen&ae.um 8 July 49 "The tower remained *dial-less as before. "
diamictonic , [a.] and [sb.]
(1811) Pinkerton Petral. I. Introd., "The remaining six domains, derived from circumstances or accidences, are..8. The Diamictonic, or rocks in which the substances are so completely mingled, that it is difficult..to pronounce which preponderates. "
diamond , [sb.]
(1960) Sunday Times 23/8 "Diamond distance remains to be achieved. "
diaper , [sb.]
(1851) Turner Dom. Archit. I. vi. 305 "There are still some remains of good distemper diaper on the walls. "
diaphragm , [sb.]
(1885) Watson &. Burbury Math. Th. Electr. &. Magn. I. 234 "The hydrogen H2 does not as in that case remain free. It passes through the diaphragm and displaces an equivalent of copper in the sulphate of copper."
dichloride .
(1854) J. Scoffern in Orr's Circ. Sc. Chem. 508 "Dichloride of gold remains. "
dicky dickey , [sb.]
(1787) Minor I. 99 "Of all her splendid apparel not a wreck remained..save her flannel dicky. "
dictatorship .
(1892) Loundsbury Stud. Chaucer III. vii. 100 "His [Dryden's] literary dictatorship..remained unshaken."
didactic , [a.] and [sb.]
(1830) Mackintosh Eth. Philos. Wks. 1846 I. 59 "A permanent foundation of his [Hobbes'] fame remains in his admirable style, which seems to be the very perfection of didactic language. "
die , [sb. 1]
(1858) De Quincey Greece under Rom. Wks. VIII. 317 "It is hardly `in the dice' that any downright novelty of fact should remain in reversion for this nineteenth century."
difference , [sb.]
(1593) Fale Dialling 19 "Which you shall find least subtract that from the greater, and that which remaineth keep, (for it shall be called the difference kept). "
(1641) J. Jackson True Evang. T. i. 41 "Who was the chiefe..remaines in some difference. "
diffluan .
(1863-72) Watts Dict. Chem. I. 138 s.v. Alloxanic Acid, "An aqueous solution of alloxanic acid is decomposed by boiling, carbonic anhydride being abundantly evolved, and two new bodies formed, one of which..difluan, remains in solution, but may be precipitated by alcohol. "
diffusedly , [adv.]
(1588) Parke tr. Mendoza's Hist. China 395 "Whose memorie doth remain vnto this day amongst the..people, although diffusedly. "
digestion .
(1676) Wiseman Chirurg. Treat. 111, "I shewed him that by Digestion the remaining fleshy body..would come away. "
diglossia .
(1982) J. Sledd in Eng. World-Wide III. ii. 246 "While claiming that Black English is not inferior, many popularizing linguists act as if it is-and set out to guarantee that as the low language in a diglossic situation, it will remain so."
dikaryophase .
(1932) Proc. 6th Int. Congress of Genetics II. 191 "The haploid nuclei..remain associated in the relatively long, parasitic dikaryophase. "
dilatorily , [adv.]
(1849) Lowell Lett. I. 167, "I remain very sincerely (and dilatorily) Your friend."
dilettante .
(1890) Spectator 11 Oct. 495 "The Shakespeare temptation remains as strong as ever with the dilettanting world."
diligent [v.]
(1545) Raynold Byrth Mankynde (1634) iv. vi. 197 "Be [the earth]..neuer so well diligented and picked, yet alwayes therein will remaine..seeds of vnlooked for weeds."
dilucidation
(1615) Crooke Body of Man 698 "It remaineth that wee proceede vnto the dilucidation of some difficult questions concerning the Eares. "
diluvian , [a.]
(1766) Pennant Zool. (1768) I. 41 "Remains which fossilists distinguish by the title of diluvian. "
diminution .
(1617) Moryson Itin. ii. iii. i. 213 "The remainder can hardly beare such deminution, as all Armies are subiect vnto. "
(1708) Termes de la Ley 248, "Diminution, is when the Plaintiff or Defendant in a Writ of Error alledges..that part of the Record remains in the Inferiour Court not certifyed, and prays that it be certifyed by Certiorari. "
dinder
(1873) C. W. King Early Chr. Numism. 256 "The clay disks, variously impressed, often found amongst Roman remains in this country, popularly called dinders."
Ding an sich Ding-an-sich .
(1897) Mind VI. 240 "This Reality for us remains little more than a Ding an Sich. "
ding-dong , [adv.] , [sb.] and [a.]
(1864) Daily Tel. 7 Dec., "A ding-dong race ensued for the remainder of the distance. "
dint , [sb.]
(1590) Spenser F.Q. i. i. 1 "Ycladd in mightie armes and silver shielde, Wherein old dints of deepe woundes did remaine. "
dip , [v.]
(1854) Ronalds &. Richardson Chem. Technol. (ed. 2) I. 292 "The short pipes v are consequently allowed to project about that much above the level of the plate, while their lower extremities dip into shallow cups which remain filled with liquid. "
diploe .
(1767) Gooch Treat. Wounds I. 307 "In some parts of the skull, there is naturally very little Diplö.e, and in old subjects, scarce any remains. "
dipolar , [a.]
(1873) Maxwell Electr. &. Magn. §.381 II. 7 "When a dipolar quantity is turned end for end it remains the same as before. Tensions and pressures in solid bodies, Extensions, Compressions and Distortions, and most of the optical, electrical, and magnetic properties of crystallized bodies are dipolar quantities. "
diprotodon .
(1892) Pall Mall G. 30 Sept. 6/3 "Remains of the extinct monster diprotodon."
direction .
(1548) Hall Chron., Hen. VIII, 14/b, "And there remained at the kynges charge, til other direccion was taken for theim."
dirigible , [a.] and [sb.]
(1927) Glasgow Herald 28 Apr. 15 "A new dictionary of air terms has been compiled... So far as England is concerned, the word `dirigible' will disappear and only `airship' remain. "
dirt , [sb.]
(1894) J. Geikie Gt. Ice Age (ed. 3) 30 "The beds of snow..being usually marked off by a `*dirt-line' or crust formed of a mixture of dust, small grit, and occasional remains of insects. "
dirty , [a.]
(1925) New Yorker 19 Sept. 6, "I shall insert into the second act of each play one of the three remaining Dirty Words that haven't yet been pronounced on the stage. "
disabuse , [v.]
(1856) Froude Hist. Eng. (1858) I. ii. 136 "It remained for Clement VII to disabuse men of their alarms. "
disanchor , [v.]
(1851) Carlyle Sterling ii. vi. (1872) 138 "We need not dwell at too much length on the foreign journeys, disanchorings, and nomadic vicissitudes of household, which occupy his few remaining years."
disarm , [v.]
(1788) Lady Hawke Julia de G. I. 230 "Disarmed from the slightest remains of envy, Julia returned to the company. "
disarmed , [ppl. a.]
(1594) Spenser Amoretti xii, "I then disarmed did remaine. "
disbelieve , [v.]
(1826) Hallam in Edin. Rev. XLIV. 2 "There would be no historical certainty remaining, if it were possible to disbelieve such a contemporary witness as Sir Thomas More."
disbud , [v.]
(1727) Bradley Fam. Dict. s.v. Disbudding, "Peaches, Apricocks, etc. are..disbudded, that the remaining Branches may be the better preserv'd. "
discard , [v.]
(1680) Cotton Gamester in Singer Hist. Cards 265 "By discarding the eights, nines, and tens, there will remain thirteen cards. "
discipline , [sb.]
(1874) Green Short Hist. viii. §.5. 509 "The Presbyterian organization remained untouched in doctrine or discipline. "
discless , [a.]
(1871) tr. Schellen's Spectr. Anal. 338 "In the largest instruments the stars remain diskless."
discomposure .
(1756) Bullock in Phil. Trans. XLIX. 402 "Several pieces of minerals were dropped from the sides and roof, but all the shafts remained intire, without the least discomposure."
disconcert [sb.]
(1673) Temple Observ. Netherl. Pref. (Seager), "The remainders of their state are..kept alive by neglect or disconcert of their enemies. "
disconcert , [v.]
(1818) Jas. Mill Brit. India II. iv. iv. 154 "One of the four divisions..fell behind its time, and disconcerted the operations of the remainder. "
discord , [sb.]
(1602) Marston Ant. &. Mel. v. Wks. 1856 I. 67 "There remaines no discord that can sound Harsh accents to the eare of our accord. "
discordant , [a.] ( [sb.] )
(1651) Hobbes Leviath. ii. xxvi. 140 "The reasons and resolutions are, and must remain discordant. "
discoursing [ppl. a.]
(1625) Bacon Ess., Truth (Arb.) 499 "And though the Sects of Philosophers of that Kinde be gone, yet there remaine certaine discoursing Wits. "
discover , [v.]
(1658) Sir T. Browne Hydriot. ii. (1736) 29 "The remaining Bones discovered his Proportions. "
discreet , [a.] ( [adv.] and [sb.] ).
(1533) More Apol. xxii. Wks. 882/2 "A great some remaining after al the spiritual folke sufficiently prouided for, then had it bene good that he hadde yet farther deuysed, how it would please him that his discretes should order the remanaunt."
discreetly , [adv.]
(1891) E. Peacock N. Brendon I. 32 "Ellen remained discreetly silent."
discretion .
(1632) J. Hayward tr. Biondi's Eromena 151 "[This] gave occasion to such as remained to yeeld themselves to the enemies discretion. "
disentomb , [v.]
(1871) Fraser Life &. Lett. Berkeley iii. 78 "The disentombed remains of Herculaneum."
disentwine [v.]
(1875) Sunday Mag. June 580 "Thoughts..intertwine and disentwine, but the problem remains."
disguise , [v.]
(1593) Shaks. Lucr. 1452 "Her cheeks with chaps and wrinkles were disguised; Of what she was no semblance did remain. "
disinvest [v.]
(1975) Economist 2 Aug. 4/3 "His only remaining realistic course..would seem to be to disinvest - namely to curtail and actually reduce the size and profitability of his company. "
disject , [v.]
(1893) Law Times XCV. 54/1 "That branch of the Profession elects to remain disjected, a profession of units without common interests, without cohesion. "
dislune [v.]
(1881) A. J. Duffield Don Quixote III. lxiv. 641 "He wondered if Rozinante would remain humpbacked or not, or his master dislocated: it had been no small fortune had he been disluned. [Sp. deslocado, f. loco mad, `cracked'.]"
dismember , [v.]
(1725) Pope Odyss. iii. 322 "Fowls obscene dismember'd his remains. "
disown , [v.]
(1727) Minutes of Yearly Meeting of Soc. Friends 26 Mar. (J. Phillips, 1783), "Any person denied by a Monthly Meeting is adjudged as disowned by Friends and to stand and remain in that state, till by his repentance..he is reconciled to Friends, or reinstated in membership among them. "
displacing [ppl. a.]
(1862) F. Hall Hindu Philos. Syst. 87 note, "That one such quality may displace another, their theory is, that the displacing quality must remain with the quality displaced during the last moment of the subsistence of the latter. "
displeasurable [a.]
(1879) H. Spencer Data Ethics xiv. 245 "The required modes of activity must remain for innumerable generations in some degree displeasurable. "
disposability
(1833) Fraser's Mag. VII. 655 "What can bring back the command and disposability of back-rents, while the present national debt remains. "
disposition .
(1884) Sir J. Bacon in Law Rep. 27 Ch. Div. 47 "The point which is said to remain for disposition when the case is heard."
(1832) Ht. Martineau Life in Wilds ix. 121 "There was a general disposition to remain. "
disputable , [a.] ( [sb.] )
(1724) Swift Drapier's Lett. Wks. 1755 V. ii. 38 "Until any point is determined to be a law, it remains disputable by every subject. "
disquarter [v. 2]
(1632) Quarles Div. Fancies iii. lxxviii. (1660) 132 "If then, at most, the measur'd life of Man Be counted but a span, Being half'd, and quarter'd, and disquarter'd thus, What, what remains for us?"
dissatisfied , [ppl. a.]
(1880) Rhoda Broughton Sec. Th. I. viii, "She remains dissatisfiedly mute."
dissection .
(1937) Wooldridge &. Morgan Physical Basis Geogr. xiii. 177 "If the active deepening of the valleys is continued after the stage of mature dissection, the ridge-crests will remain sharp. "
dissipated [ppl. a.]
(1738) Johnson London 20 "Of dissipated wealth the small remains. "
dissipation .
(1876) Ouida Winter City iii. 59 "Art had remained with her rather an intellectual dissipation than a tenderness."
dissituate [a.]
(1593) Nashe Christ's T. (1613) 75 "No Trophy remaining, no stone but discituate. "
dissolute , [a.] ( [sb.] )
(1620) Shelton Don Quixote ii. iv, "A great deal of Goods..of all which the young man remained a dissolute Lord. "
dissweeten [v.]
(1667) Flavel Saint Indeed (1754) 125 "That fellowship is so dissweetened by remaining corruptions."
distemperance
(1579) Fenton Guicciard. ix. (1599) 382 "It was hard for him to remaine there, both for the want of victuals, and distemperance of the time, winter approching."
distemperate [a.]
(1548) Recorde Urin. Physick viii. 35 "There remaineth yet somewhat of that distemperate trouble in the blood. "
distil distill , [v.]
(1599) Sandys Europ&ae. Spec. (1632) 142 "This man is very charie over that one remaining, and distilleth all other devises rather than set finger to that string. "
distinction .
(1579) Fulke Heskins' Parl. 207 "The distinction remaineth without a difference. "
distortion .
(1867) A. Barry Sir C. Barry vii. 244 "Some remains of the objectionable distortion at the entrance from S. Stephen's Hall."
distraught , [ppl. a.]
(1591) Spenser Ruines of Time 578, "I in minde remained..Distraught twixt feare and pitie. "
distress , [sb.]
(1794) Godwin Cal. Williams 46 "The squire..took the earliest opportunity of seizing on his remaining property in the mode of a distress for rent. "
distress , [v.]
(1609) Skene Reg. Maj. 78 "The distres (or gudes poynded) sall remaine in the possession of the complainer, vntil it be discussed, quhither he is lawfullie or vnlawfullie distressed. "
distressed , [ppl. a.]
(1936) Discovery Nov. 355/2 "The development of newer industries is vital to the recovery of our distressed areas, which remain the one black spot in the otherwise remarkable position of Great Britain. "
distrustful , [a.]
(1618) Hist. P. Warbeck in Select. Harl. Misc. (1793) 70 "Loth to remain amongst such distrustful enemies, he quietly returned to his most assured friend, the lady Margaret. "
disturnpike , [v.]
(1872) Daily News 26 June, "On Monday next, 1st July, the remainder of the metropolis roads north of the Thames will be `disturnpiked.' "
disvisage [v.]
(1881) Duffield Don Quix. I. 365 "The knight..remained so disvisaged."
disworship [sb.]
(1600) Holland Livy 881 (R.) "It were a great disworship and shame even for them, that there should remaine in bondage any [etc.]."
divaporation
(1612) Woodall Surg. Mate Wks. (1653) 270 "Divaporation is exhalation by fire of vapour, remaining in liquid substances, till all aquosity be consumed. "
divergence .
(1657) Wallis Corr. of Hobbes ix. 81 "Doth it remain the same angle, the same quantity of divergence? "
diversification .
(1944) A. Cairncross Introd. Econ. ii. vi. 76 "Such diversification makes the firm less vulnerable to sudden changes and allows it to remain a going concern where smaller, less diversified concerns would be forced to give up business. "
divide , [v.]
(1709-29) V. Mandey Syst. Math., Arith. 4 "A Number is said to measure a Number, when one so exactly divides the other, that nothing remains. "
divisor .
(1674) Jeake Arith. (1696) 30 "This Remain is always less than the Divisor. "
dock , [sb. 2]
(1755) Johnson, "Dock, the stump of the tail, which remains after docking. "
doggy doggie , [sb.]
(1984) Listener 5 Apr. 23/1 "About a pound of the remains came home in a doggy bag."
dolly , [v.]
(1965) Listener 11 Feb. 238/3 "The camera..remains static and does not `dolly in' for a close-up, or alternatively `dolly out'."
domestic , [a.] and [sb.]
(1859) Darwin Orig. Spec. i. (1873) 14 "The origin of most of our domestic animals will probably for ever remain vague."
domineering [vbl. sb.]
(1866) Mrs. H. Wood St. Martin's Eve xxxii, "If Charlotte did remain with them, she should not stand any domineering."
Doomie .
(1962) Guardian 30 Nov. 12/4 "Pinwheel was his first name, but..he was adopted by other RAF units under the name of Doomie-and Doomie he remained until the British Army adopted him (circa 1943) with the new name of Chad."
doomwatch .
(1984) Times 20 Mar. 12/2 "The CCU [sc. Civil Contingencies Unit] remains Whitehall's `doomwatch' organization. It keeps constantly updated files on 16 essential industries and services."
door .
Mod. "You had better remain in doors."
dope , [sb.]
(1880) Trans. Amer. Inst. Min. Eng. VIII. 417 "Hercules powder..contains a very large proportion of nitrate of soda..the remainder of the dope being incombustible carbonate of magnesia. "
dope [v.]
(1921) Blackw. Mag. Apr. 535/2 "She rejoined the remainder of the passengers.., having in her hands a doped handkerchief. "
dormant , [a.] and [sb.]
(1882) Vines Sachs' Bot. 640 "The numerous dormant buds of woody plants may long remain buried and yet retain their vitality. "
(1883) Syd. Soc. Lex., "Dormant bud, a bud which remains, it may be for years, undeveloped on a plant stem."
dormy , [a.]
(1892) Pall Mall G. 28 July 3/3 "You are..`all even' so far, and only one more hole remains to be played after this. Should you lose this one, your antagonist will be `dormy', that is to say, he will be one hole up with one to play; so that, although you may yet halve the match, you will not be able to win it. "
double , [a.] ( [adv.] )
(1904) N.Z. Illustr. Mag. X. 48/1 "Sheep annually evaded the shearing muster and remained among the scrub..to develop into `*double-fleecers'. "
double event
(1846) Sylvanus Pedestrian &. other Reminiscences xxiv. 221 "The laying on a `double event', when one of them remains in the bettor's power, having his victim bound in the..chain of certain..loss. "
doubt , [sb. 1]
(1708) Stanhope Paraphr. (1709) IV. 67 "To remove all Remains of Unbelief and Doubt. "
doup .
(1894) Crockett Lilac Sunb. 72 "What remained of the smooth candle `dowp'."
down , [adv.]
(1883) Cambridge Staircase viii. 137, "I am in college, and there I intend to remain till I go down. "
down-market (stress variable) [a.] and [adv.]
(1983) Economist 2 July 66/3 "Kaufhof looks like remaining the most downmarket of West Germany's stores."
downy , [sb.]
(1968) Gloss. Brit. Argot (Paramount Pictures), "Do the downy, remain in bed."
drab , [sb. 1]
(1753) Chambers Cycl. Supp., "Drabs, in the English salt works, a name given to a sort of wooden cases into which the salt is put, as soon as it is taken out of the boiling pan..Their bottoms are made..gradually inclining forwards; by which means the saline liquor that remains mixed with the salt easily drains out. In some places they use cribs instead of the Drabs."
drab , [sb. 2] and [a.]
(1878) Miss Braddon Open Verd. viii. 60 "Though the paint was mostly gone a general drabness remained. "
dracontine , [a.]
(1865) Baring-Gould Werewolves x. 175 "A gigantic man with few of the dracontine attributes remaining."
draft , [sb.]
(1878) J. H. Beadle Western Wilds 532 "All the really valuable survivors of the volunteer army had returned to civil life;..the draft-sneaks and worthless remained. "
drag , [sb.]
(1894) Doyle Mem. S. Holmes 109 "We had the drags at once, and set to work to recover the remains."
drain , [v.]
(1850) Kingsley Alt. Locke i, "He drained the remaining drops of the three-pennyworth of cream."
draining [vbl. sb.]
(1753) N. Torriano Gangr. Sore Throat 90 "The Inside of the Nose remained perfectly clear, and free, nor was there any running or draining from thence. "
dream , [sb. 2]
(1963) Auden Dyer's Hand 510 "Prince Hal will remain his [Falstaff's] dream-son and boon-companion. "
dreggy , [a.]
(1657) Physical Dict., "The thinner parts are evaporated, and the thicker remain black and dreggy. "
dress , [v.]
(1888) N. &. Q. 7th Ser. V. 344 "All that remains of the west sides of the square..is continued on the same plan as the brick house, and dresses with it in height."
(1851) Offic. Catal. Gt. Exhib. I. 229 " For the purpose of dressing the remaining sand off it [a casting]. "
driffle drifle [v.]
(1639) R. Baillie Lett. &. Jrnls. (1841) I. 220 "Some jealousies did yet remaine, as driffling after a great shower."
drive , [v.]
(1727-52) Chambers Cycl. s.v. Printing, "When an omission is to be made..If it be but little, the compositor takes it out, and drives out the remaining matter. "
drive , [sb.]
(1983) 80 Microcomputing Feb. 231/1 "Once a drive has been activated it remains rotating for only 30 seconds. "
drop-letter
(1894) Amer. Dict. Printing 149/1 "Drop letters, two-line letters, the top being as high as the top of a line of an advertisement or of reading matter, the remainder dropping down to the next line. This expression is not used in America, the equivalent being a two-line letter. "
drosophyllum .
(1894) F. W. Oliver tr. Kerner's Nat. Hist. Plants I. 154 "It is not surprising to find Drosophyllum covered at the same time with remains of besmeared dead bodies. "
drown , [v.]
(1642) tr. Perkins' Prof. Bk. ix. §.584. 254 "If the estate in remainder or in reversion be such an estate wherein the particular estate may be drowned. "
drugget .
(1870) Miss Bridgman Ro. Lynne xiii, "The carpets..remained hidden from sight by the cleanest of druggets."
Druidic , [a.]
(1773) Gentl. Mag. XLIII. 230 "The remains of a stone tower, which I apprehend to be a Druidic work. "
Druidical , [a.]
(1879) Lubbock Sci. Lect. v. 167 "Avebury, the most magnificent of Druidical remains."
dry , [a.] ( [adv.] )
(1890) Daily News 8 Dec. 26/5 "Twenty thousand breeding ewes..the remainder being what are called `dry sheep'."
(1971) Scotsman 20 May 20/8 "If the people of Kirkintilloch could be consulted on the issue of whether they should remain `dry' or `wet' it was difficult to see whether they should not also be consulted on the question of whether they should enter the Common Market."
(1946) L. D. Stamp Britain's Struct. xv. 173 "For a thousand years these scattered `dry-point' settlements remained typical of the heart of what is now Greater London. "
dry [sb.]
(1968) K. Weatherly Roo Shooter 35 "As the dry progressed and the heat remained constant, they stopped breeding."
dry dock dry-dock
(1927) W. E. Collinson Contemp. Eng. 58 "Those who have been in close contact with the infected patient may have to remain in quarantine or dry-dock. "
(1929) H. A. Vachell Virgin iii. 55 "June found herself in dry dock, and likely to remain there, when her services were most in demand. "
dryness .
(1910) Mark Twain Speeches 430 "When the others drink I like to help; otherwise I remain dry. This dryness does not hurt me. "
dubitation .
(1837) Carlyle Fr. Rev. III. vii. vii, "In the wreck of human dubitations, this remains indubitable, that Pleasure is pleasant."
duck , [sb. 1]
(1893) Cassell's Bk. Sports &. Pastimes 255 "The players [at Duckstone] then, standing at home, `pink for duck', that is, they throw their stones towards the block, and he whose stone remains farthest from the block is first duck."
ductate
(1610) W. Folkingham Art of Survey ii. viii. 61 "From the medietie of the sides vnited, subduct each side seuerally; eradicate the ductat of the said medietie and remainders."
dudgeon , [sb. 2] and [a.]
(1781) Mad. D'Arblay Diary May, "I returned without..any remaining appearance of dudgeon in my phiz. "
due , [a.] and [adv.]
(1891) Law Times XC. 409/1 "The whole of those sums remained due."
dukedom .
(1593) Shaks. 3 Hen. VI, iv. vii. 9 "What then remaines..But that we enter, as into our Dukedome? "
dumb , [a.] ( [sb.] )
(1635) J. Hayward tr. Biondi's Banish'd Virg. 29 "Strucken dumbe remain'd Feredo with this..dishonest proposition. "
(1887) Sir R. H. Roberts In the Shires vi. 104 "For a few moments he remained dumb-struck. "
dumb show
(1588) Shaks. Tit. A. iii. i. 31 "Or shall we bit our tongues, and in dumbe shewes Passe the remainder of our..dayes? "
dummy , [sb.]
(1951) M. Wilkes et al. Preparation of Programs for an Electronic Digital Computer 148 "Order 13 is I F during input of punched digits, T F for dummy zeros which make up remainder of 10 digits. "
dump [sb. 4]
(1955) Jrnl. Brit. Interplanetary Soc. XIV. 16 "To give a clean shut-down a dump valve was fitted to the cooling jacket which drained overboard any fuel remaining in it. "
dun , [sb. 3]
(1875) W. McIlwraith Guide Wigtownshire 138 "Here are the remains of a doon, or of a circular tower of some sort. "
dunce , [sb.]
(1866) R. W. Dale Disc. Spec. Occ. ii. 39 "As some boys remain dunces though they are sent to the best schools."
Dunkirk
(1943) Hutchinson's Pict. Hist. of War 4 Aug.-26 Oct. 21/2 "Evacuation of some of the enemy's forces, harassed by allied aircraft and naval units, has already begun, but it remains to be seen how successful this minor `Dunkirk' will be. "
duplication .
(1965) Peacocke &. Drysdale Molec. Basis Heredity vii. 77 "These results are those expected if the interphase chromosome before duplication contains two components each of which remains intact..during chromosome duplication. "
durbar .
(1793) Hodges Trav. India 105 "In the inner court are the remains of the durbar, or hall of public audience. "
during ,
(1653) Cloria &. Narcissus i. 308 "To remaine..during a necessary conveniency might also be had for the repairing of her own ship. "
dusk , [a.] and [sb.]
(1705) Stanhope Paraphr. I. 25 "Frail Mortality will always have some Remains of Shadow and Dusk. "
dusting , [vbl. sb.]
(1879) Telegraphic Jrnl. 15 Oct. 344/2 "The `dusting-on' process [of phosphorescent photography] consists in coating a plate with a preparation of dextrine, honey, and bichromate of ammonia which..becomes hardened..remaining tacky where it is protected from..light."
Dutch , [a.] , [sb.] ( [adv.] )
(1890) Webster, "*Dutch door, a door divided into two parts, horizontally, so arranged that the lower part can be shut and fastened, while the upper part remains open. "
dyad .
(1933) H. B. Phillips Vector Anal. x. 217 "A linear equation satisfied by dyads will remain valid if each dyad is replaced by the dot or cross product of its two vectors. "
dyeable , [a.]
(1969) Sci. Jrnl. July 78/1 "The sheath polymer not engaged in bond formation remains distributed along the fibre where it can still contribute to properties of abrasion resistance, covering power and dyeability. "
dying [ppl. a.]
(1947) C. S. Lewis Miracles xiv. 138 "The records..show us a Person who enacts the part of the Dying God, but whose thoughts and words remain quite outside the circle of religious ideas to which the Dying God belongs. "
Dyothelete , [a.] and [sb.]
(1882) Cave &. Banks tr. Dorner's Chr. Doctrine 220 "The decision of the Dyothelitic Council of the year 680: `The human will remains in unity with the Divine, because it is always determined by the omnipotent drawing of the Logos'. "
eagle , [sb.]
(1927) Observer 3 Apr. 29/1 "[He] let loose a whole flock of `birdies' and `eagles' with which he captured the remainder of the holes. "
ear , [sb. 1]
(1861) Miss Pratt Flower. Pl. III. 183 "Corolla with two ears at the base, which remain and crown the fruit."
earth , [sb. 1]
(1906) W. De Morgan Joseph Vance xix. 191 "The black Shadow that oppressed me was bidden to..scatter itself over the remainder of my *earth-life. "
earthwork .
(1830) Lyell Princ. Geol. I. 278 "The remains of an ancient entrenchment..This earth-work was evidently once of considerable extent. "
eastern , [a.] and [sb.]
(1865) Pusey Truth Eng. Ch. 60 "S. Meletius remained in the communion of the Easterns. "
easy , [a.] and [adv.]
(1855) Macaulay Hist. Eng. IV. 251 "He remained there in easy confinement. "
eating , [vbl. sb.]
(1823) F. Cooper Pioneer vii. (1869) 35/2 "The remainder of the party withdrew to an eating parlour. "
ebb , [sb.]
(1713) Addison Cato ii. v. 80 "To shed the slow remains, His last poor ebb of blood, in your defence. "
ebbing [ppl. a.]
(1597) Daniel Civ. Wars vii. 10 "For all this ebbing chance, remains The spring that feeds that hope. "
echo , [v.]
(1900) A. Dunn Bridge 54 "He should take the first opportunity of echoing in a plain suit, which will inform the leader that he has still one trump remaining. "
echopraxia .
(1904) T. Johnstone tr. Kraebelin's Lect. Clin. Psychiatry iii. 25 "All his movements showed a certain constraint and want of freedom. His limbs remained for some time in the position in which you placed them. If you raised your arms quickly in front of him, he imitated the movement, and he also clapped his hands when it was done before him. These phenomena, called respectively flexibilitas cerea, `waxen flexibility', or catalepsy and echopraxis, are familiar to us from experiments in hypnotism. "
editorialize [v.]
(1960) New Left Rev. May-June 3/1 "`A clear statement that the party remains committed..'-the New Statesman editorialises (5 March 1960). "
eduction .
(1839) R. S. Robinson Naut. Steam Eng. 102 "The steam will be cut off..but the eduction will remain open. "
effortless , [a.] and quasi- [adv.]
(1801) Southey Thalaba iv. xix, "Idly to remain Were yielding effortless. "
effronted [ppl. a.]
(1628) Le Grys tr. Barclay's Argenis 216 "Lest my Vncle..should the more effrontedly execute vpon mee the remainder [of his treachery]. "
egg , [sb.]
(1704) A. van Leeuwenhoek in Phil. Trans. XXV. 1620, "I saw exceeding small ones still remaining in the Ovarium or *Egg-nest. "
eggless , [a.]
(1904) H. G. Wells Food of Gods i. iv. 92 "The two surviving hens..spent their remaining years in eggless celebrity. "
ego .
(1871) Tyndall Fragm. Sc. (ed. 6) II. iv. 51 "While the Non-ego shifts, the Ego remains the same."
egoity .
(1722) Wollaston Relig. Nat. ix. 198 "If you would permit me to use a school term, I would say the egoity remains. "
Einstein .
(1958) Listener 11 Dec. 973/1 "Eddington remained faithful to this idea that the universe evolved from the static but unstable Einstein universe. "
either , [a.] ( [pron.] ) and [adv.] ( [conj.] ).
(1588) R. Parke tr. Mendoza's Hist. China 76 "The other thirteene prouinces that do remaine haue eyther of them a vizroy or governor. "
eke , [v.]
(1878) H. S. Wilson Alp. Ascents ii. 57 "After a glass apiece we eke out the remainder with snow."
elapse [sb.]
(1811) Pinkerton Petral. II. 370 "The under current continues to flow; so that upon its complete elapse, the space remains void."
electorship .
(1762) tr. Busching's Syst. Geog. V. 632 "Neumark remained still to the electorship."
electro- ,
(1951) Arch. Ophthalmology XLV. 185 " There remains much that could be investigated using the *electro-oculograph as an instrument of research. "
(1907) Chem. Abstr. I. 2206 " The solid constituents remain as separate as in mixtures such as sand, clay, and lime, the *electrosmotic components separating readily while the non-electrosmotic components remain in the liquid. "
(1907) Chem. Abstr. I. 2651 "Any substances that do not wander *electro-osmotically remain in the liquid. "
(1964) N. G. Clark Mod. Org. Chem. ii. 23 "Atoms bound by this type of valency must remain in close proximity..and there is no question of their leading separate existences, as do the ions in electrovalency. "
elementary , [a.]
(1963) K. W. Ford World of Elementary Particles 17 "The heaviest known `elementary' particle, the xi particle..has not yet been explained as a composite of any of the lighter particles. That all of these particles are built up from some more primordial material remains..a strong possibility. "
elephant .
(1887) Woodward Geol. Eng. &. Wales 519 "The *Elephant Bed [at Brighton] first described by Dr. Mantell is provincially termed Combe rock..it contains remains of Elephas primigenius, etc. "
elephantine , [a.]
(1875) Wonders Phys. World II. iv. 300 "Fossil elephantine remains."
elephantoid , [a.]
(1841) Trimmer Pract. Geol. 407 "No elephantoid remains. "
elevated , [ppl. a.] (and [sb.] )
(1947) Harper's Mag. May 453/2 "The remaining eighty per cent [of the population] cling to the greasy straps of the antiquated, unsanitary, dilapidated, and dangerous Elevated. "
elevation .
(1848) W. Bartlett Egypt to Pal. x. (1879) 221 "The remaining part of the elevation seemed like a small hill placed upon a terrace."
elevator .
(1885) Century Mag. XXX. 579/1 "With staircases and elevator-shafts which must remain open, [etc.]. "
(1934) J. A. Sinclair Airships in Peace &. War iv. 84, "I had remained inside the control car with only the elevator-man and we both left the ship [sc. a zeppelin]. "
elf-lock .
(1810) Gentl. Mag. LXXXVI. i. 214 "Their hair remains matted and wreathed in elves-locks. "
elide , [v.]
(1867) A. J. Ellis E.E. Pronunc. i. iv. 342 "It must remain an undecided question whether Chaucer would or would not have elided the vowel."
elite , [sb. 3]
(1968) Listener 4 Apr. 445/2 "The New Statesman was, and remains, an &eacu.lite paper, a `quality' paper."
elixir , [sb.]
(1673) Grew Anat. Roots ii. §.60 "The remainder, is..an Oleous Elixyr, or extract, in the form of a Milk. "
Elizabethan , [a.] and [sb.]
(1953) F. E. Halliday in R. Carew Surv. Cornwall 11 "It still remains..one of the best accounts that we possess of life in Elizabethan England, a quality that should appeal to Elizabethans of the new age."
elogy
(1652) C. Stapylton Herodian 74 "Of such before as writ his Acts or Elogie, Some Records doe unto this day remain."
elongate , [a.]
(1847) Hardy in Proc. Berw. Nat. Club II. No. 5. 235 "The remaining five forming an elongate club. "
eluviate , [v.]
(1926) Tansley &. Chipp Study of Vegetation vii. 116 "With lapse of time not only are calcium carbonate and other soluble salts leached from the surface soil..but the finer insoluble particles tend also to be mechanically carried down, so that the coarser particles alone remain in the surface layers, which are then said to be `eluviated' as well as `leached'. "
embalm , [v.]
(1856) Kane Arct. Expl. I. xix. 240 "The frost has embalmed their remains."
embalming , [vbl. sb.]
(1867) Trollope Chron. Barset I. xliii. 381 "The embalming of her dear remains. "
embarment
(1620) tr. Boccaccio's Dream 33 "No imbarment remained but remembrance of the Marquesse. "
embed imbed , [v.]
(1863) Lyell Antiq. Man 8, "I have spoken of the embedding of organic bodies and human remains in peat. "
embitter , [v.]
(1868) Freeman Norm. Conq. (1876) II. vii. 89 "An act which embittered the remainder of his days."
embody imbody , [v.]
(1677) W. Harris tr. Lemery's Course Chym. i. xvi. (1686) 376 "The spirit of wine being a sulphur does unite and imbody with those that remain. "
embosom imbosom , [v.]
(1876) Green Short Hist. x. §.4. 798 "What sepulchre embosoms the remains..of so much human excellence and glory? "
embryoniferous , [a.]
(1834) R. Brown Misc. Bot. Wks. (1866) I. 570 "The remains of the embryoniferous areol&ae., from four to six in number, were still visible."
embryotic , [a.]
(1864) Kingsley Rom. &. Teut. 40 "Intellect and virtue remain..embryotic."
emissary , [sb. 2]
(1786) Phil. Trans. LXXVI. 368 "The famous Emissary of the Emperor Claudius remains nearly entire. "
emphasize , [v.]
(1883) Froude Short Stud. IV. ii. iv. 215 "The emphasis of phrases may remain, but the point emphasised has been blunted."
emphatic , [a.]
(1970) Language XLVI. 374 "There remain still to be considered the instances of pronominalization in simplex sentences-reflexives, emphatics, and topicalized sentences."
empire , [sb.]
(1847) in J. C. Byrne Twelve Years Wand. Brit. Colonies (1848) II. iii. 86 "This gentleman asked whether the colony was to remain the sink-hole of the empire. "
(1967) J. Marshall-Cornwall Napoleon ii. 26 "The French field-guns remained unchanged in range and calibre throughout the whole period of the Consulate and Empire."
emporium .
(1805) Lucock Nat. Wool 44 "Perhaps they [the Italian cities] would have remained much longer the emporia of the world. "
emys .
(1873) Geikie Gt. Ice Age 492 App., "Remains of the elephant..the beaver, the emys..and goats."
en , [prep.]
(1889) Athen&ae.um 14 Sept. 351/1 "The persistence with which Mrs. Markenfeld..remains en pension in a gloomy house with such abominable company. "
enaliosaur .
(1863) Lyell Antiq. Man xx. 403 "Remains of an enaliosaur..in the coal of Nova Scotia."
encheer , [v.]
(C. 1800) K. White Christiad ix, "No sweet remain of life encheers the sight."
enclose inclose , [v.]
(1562) Apol. Private Masse (1850) 8 "To enclose that to some one sort of private profit, that ought to remain in common. "
encounter , [sb.]
(1970) J. Howard Please Touch 16 "After the Advanced Encounter I was persuaded easily to remain for the weekend. "
(1968) J. Howard in Life 12 July 65/3 "Will all that remains be a few yellowing Christmas cards from friends we met in encounter groups? "
end , [sb.]
(1969) Canad. Antiques Collector June 24/1 "`End of day' novelties, blown for fun from remaining glass, are..the most interesting from a collector's point of view. "
(1657) Serjeant Schism Dispach't 478 "Would any government..remain on foot three years to an end, if, etc. "
endamageance
(1594) Carew Huarte's Exam. Wits v. (1596) 55 "If the other two [ventricles] remained not sound, and without endammageance, a man should thereby become witles, and void of reason."
endo- , [prefix]
(1900) tr. Deniker's Races of Man v. 148 "*Endocannibalism is but the remains of a natural state of primitive man. "
(1959) Chambers's Encycl. IV. 278/2 "In the walking legs of crabs and lobsters only the endopod remains, but in the corresponding thoracic limbs of some more primitive Malacostra the exopod is presented as a many-pointed flagellum and is used for swimming. "
English , [a.] and [sb.]
(1579) Fulke Refut. Rastel 763 "Prayers remaine still in the Saxon or old English tongue. "
engraft ingraft , [v.]
(1827) J. Powell Devises (ed. 3) II. 245 "An executory limitation [is] engrafted on an alternate contingent remainder in fee on another. "
engrave , [v.]
(1614) Raleigh Hist. World ii. 312 "His Sepulchre remained in S. Hierome's time, and over it the Sunne engraven."
engulf ingulf , [v.]
(C. 1630) Drumm. of Hawth. Poems Wks. 34/1 "Her [Earth's] surface shakes..Towns them ingulf..Now nought remaineth but a Waste of Sand. "
enhearse inhearse , [v.]
(1855) Singleton Virgil II. 6 "We My godlike sire's remains and bones inhearsed In earth."
enosis .
(1955) Times 2 July 6/7 "The Archbishop and his enosis followers remain uncompromising in their demand for immediate self&dubh.determination. "
enrolment .
(1535) Act 27 Hen. VIII, c. 27 "Which regester of enrollementes, shall remaine and be safelie kepte in the said courte. "
enseam , [v. 3]
(1725) Pope Odyss. xix. 544 "Deep o'er his knee inseam'd, remain'd the scar. "
enshrine , [v.]
(1820) W. Irving Sketch-bk. I. 267 "The remains of those saints and monarchs which lie enshrined in the adjoining chapels. "
ensign , [sb.]
(1854) Thackeray Newcomes I. 90 "There was never a card in her window, whilst those ensigns in her neighbours' houses would remain exposed..for months together."
entail , [sb. 2]
(1601) Shaks. All's Well iv. iii. 313 "For a Cardceue he will..cut th' intaile from all remainders. "
entente cordiale .
(1847) H. Greville Diary (1883) I. 189 "If Guizot remains in office Normanby must be recalled, as the only chance of a renewal of the entente cordiale. "
enter , [v.]
(1796) H. Hunter tr. St. Pierre's Stud. Nat. (1799) III. 339 "Enter into it [harbour] then at this time..while day-light remains. "
(1881) Michell Hawking in Macm. Mag. XLV. 39 "It remains only to break him to the lure, and to `enter' him, each of which processes is soon completed."
enthalpy .
(1950) Jrnl. R. Aeronaut. Soc. 76/1 "Since there can be no loss in energy, the enthalpy levels of each of the points of the cycle diagram prior to the final expansion remain the same as for the ideal cycle. "
entire , [a.] , [adv.] and [sb.]
(A. 1631) Donne Paradoxes (1652) 86 "[A miser's treasure profits no one;] Yet it remains intire. "
(1666) Evelyn Diary 7 Sept., "Nothing remaining intire but the inscription in the architrave. "
(1698) Sidney Disc. Govt. i. §.3 (1704) 8 "So that the Question remains intire, as if he had never mention'd it."
entitle , [v.]
(1826) Henry Elem. Chem. I. 635 "The remaining salts of alumina have no properties sufficiently important to entitle them to a separate description. "
entomb , [v.]
(1842) Prichard Nat. Hist. Man 189 "The remains of the dead found entombed in various parts of Europe."
enucleation .
(1960) L. Picken Organization of Cells iv. vi. 139 "The amoeba is unable to spread after enucleation and remains rounded up."
enzymology
(1941) Manch. Guardian Weekly, 17 Jan. 52 "Meanwhile we may remain careless of `what the Swede intend' and let the enzymologists go their way. "
ephedra .
(1963) V. Nabokov Gift ii. 118 "Those plants that to the last remain faithful to travellers: stunted ammodendrons, lasiagrostis, and ephedras."
epidermis .
(1650) Bulwer Anthropomet. 156 "They remain like peel'd Ewes, until their Faces have recovered a new Epidermis. "
epiphenomenon .
(1965) H. Kuhlenbeck in J. R. Smythies Brain &. Mind 156 "Yet, in this respect, consciousness remains either an `epiphenomenon' or a parallel, not `causally' involved phenomenon... The term `epiphenomenon' stresses the `vectorial' or one-way, open transformation from public physical space-time into private perceptual space-time."
epiphysis .
(1882) A. Thomson in Quain's Elem. Anat. (ed. 9) II. 831 (heading) "Pineal gland. Epiphysis cerebri... This body is formed by an out-folding from the back part of the inter-brain roof, at a place where the opposite sides remain united by nervous matter afterwards giving rise to the pineal peduncles. "
epiplasm .
(1906) Cambr. Nat. Hist. I. 96 (Sporozoa) "Some of the cytoplasm of the original cells remains over unused, as `epiplasm', and ultimately degenerates. "
epitrichium .
(1887) A. C. Haddon Introd. Study Embryol. 100 "The epidermis of Amphioxus permanently remains as a single layer. In all other embryo Vertebrates, the epiblast, from being single, becomes double layered, owing to the primitive epiblast giving rise to a layer of flattened epithelial cells, the epitrichial layer. "
epizootic , [a.] and [sb.]
(1840) Humble Dict. Geol. &. Min., "Epizootic, containing animal remains, as epizootic hills, or epizootic strata."
eponychium .
(1885) tr. P. G. Unna in H. Ziemssen Handbk. Dis. Skin i. 23 "A trace of the horny layer of the first foetal months remains only on the ungual phalanx till a later period, and to this..I have given the name `eponychium'. "
equilibrium .
(1879) tr. De Quatrefages' Hum. Species 4 "In the crystal once formed, the forces remain in a state of stable equilibrium."
equiponderance .
(1833) J. Holland Manuf. Metals II. 287 "The equiponderance of the scales may remain unaffected."
equity .
(1928) New Statesman 28 July, Finance Suppl. p. vi, "Out of the combined issued capital of &pstlg.16,629,000 the public put up 93 per cent. of the cash required, but received only 21.8 per cent. of the equity-that is the balance of profits remaining after the fixed dividends have been paid on the Preferred capital. "
equivalent , [a.] and [sb.]
(1707) Luttrell Brief Rel. (1857) VI. 189 "The remainder of the equivalent money for Scotland is to be sent thither next Tuesday in specie and bank bills. "
(1715) Lond. Gaz. No. 5307/2 "Commissioners for disposing so much of the Equivalent Mony payable to Scotland as remains yet unapplied. "
-er [suffix 6] .
(1892) Isis 8 June 26/1 "At the close of the Lancashire match we heard one man ejaculate..`This is breath-ers'... This..is all that remains of the..expression `breathless excitement'. "
eradicate , [v.]
(1610) W. Folkingham Art of Survey ii. viii. 61 "Eradicate the ductat of the said mediatie and remainders."
erasement .
(1753) Ward Rom. Inscr. in Phil. Trans. XLVIII. 345 "There are..no traces of the word sua now remaining;..which makes me suspect, there has been an erasement. "
ergo , [adv.]
(1562) Cooper Answ. Priv. Masse (1850) 108 "Ergo it ought to remain indifferent. "
erratic , [a.] and [sb.]
(1808) Pike Sources Mississ. ii. 175 "Those savages although erratic must remain long enough in one position to cultivate this grain. "
erratical , [a.] and [sb.]
(1861) Wilson &. Geikie Mem. E. Forbes xii. 427 "The remainder of this year was spent somewhat erratically. "
eruption .
(A. 1847) Mrs. Sherwood Lady of Manor III. xviii. 32 "There is nothing which retards the progress of the Gospel so much as the remaining eruptions of sin among the rulers of the Church. "
escalation .
(1967) Spectator 21 July 87/1 "The case for liberalising the law re marihuana seems almost proven... The doubts remaining are..that it may produce escalation to hard drugs."
eschew , [v. 1]
(1842) James Morley Ernstein xv, "With that careful *eschewance of all listening ears..that gentleman remained bowing in silence till the waiter was out of the room. "
Eskimoid , [a.]
(1939) Peking Nat. Hist. Bull. XIII. 172 "An Eskimoid skull very similar to that of the Upper Cave [in China] is, for instance, represented among the remains of the pre-Columbian Indians from South Western Texas. "
espousal , [sb.] ( [a.] )
(1637) Heywood Dial. 311 "My espousals remaine in my Fathers power, and not mine. "
essay , [v.]
(A. 1704) Locke (J.), "The standard in our mint being now settled, the rules and methods of essaying suited to it should remain unvariable. "
establish , [v.]
(1861) Tulloch Eng. Purit. ii. 177 "In the remaining years of Milton's academic career, he established a high reputation for scholarship. "
establishment .
(1792) Coke &. Moore Life Wesley ii. iv. (ed. 2) 355 "Mr. Wesley's great desire to remain in union with the Church of England..would not allow him to apply for a legal establishment."
(1605) Verstegan Dec. Intell. iii. (1628) 63 "Aduanced to the honourable titles of Earles and Lords, with Establishment for the continuall remaining of these titles. "
estimate , [sb.]
(1630) Pagitt Christianogr. i. ii. (1636) 38 " There was an old estimate made of Germany..that..there was not past one twelfth part of it remaining Catholicke. "
estuarine , [a.]
(1858) Geikie Hist. Boulder x. 193 "The remains of..estuarine..organisms. "
etaoin shrdlu .
(1983) Daily Tel. 13 Sept. 12/4 "`Lot of pleasure but also a lot of pleasure but also a lot of anxiety and heart-searching.' etaoinshrdlu cmfwyp shrdlu cd showed that cinema and per- Mrs Nissel said that the study forming arts ticket prices had more or less remained in line with the Retail Price Index up to 1975/76."
eternize , [v.]
(1568) North tr. Gueuara's Diall Princes iv. II. 104 "The memory of you shall remain eternized to your Successors for euer. "
(1746) Smollett Reproof 113 "Did not his virtues eterniz'd remain. "
ethical , [a.]
(1607) Topsell Serpents (1653) 639 "It remaineth to discourse of the Politick, Ethical, and Oeconomick vertues and properties of them [bees]. "
ethiops
(1770) New Disp. 538/2 "The sulphur..and the mercury..remain at the bottom..united into an ethiops. "
Etruscology .
(1889) Arch&ae.ol. Rev. 377 "Two other Etruscologists remain to be noticed. "
euchromocentre .
(1934) L. W. Sharp Introd. Cytol. (ed. 3) iii. 57 "In many nuclei there are at certain stages one or more conspicuous masses of karyotin at several points in the reticulum. Of the many terms applied to these the most suitable seems to be chromocenters... In some cases it has been shown that they represent definite chromosomal regions which remain condensed and highly chromatic... These euchromocenters appear to correspond in part to the `prochromosomes'. "
euharmonic , [a.]
(1811) Liston Perfect Intonation 27 "The Euharmonic Organ is contrived..to enable the musician..to produce harmony absolutely perfect, while the keyboard remains the same as before. "
eunuch , [sb.]
(1963) Times 18 Jan. 9/5 "It seems that in Rhodesia one cannot remain neutral, that after all one is provoked to react, or become a political eunuch."
Europocentric , [a.]
(1979) I. Berlin Against Current 354 "This wellnigh universal Europocentrism may at least in part account for the fact that the vast explosion..of anti-imperialism..remained so largely unpredicted."
evacuation .
(1794) G. Adams Nat. &. Exp. Philos. I. iv. App. 136 "The evacuations [sc. of air] and the remainders do both of them decrease in the same geometrical progression."
evanescent , [a.]
(1816) R. Jameson Char. Min. (1817) 301 "Evanescent, when the colour remains as long as the mineral is in a state of fusion, but disappears on cooling. "
even , [sb.]
(1549) Cranmer in Strype Life App. xl, "Vigils, otherwise called Watchings, remain in the Calendars upon certain Saints' Evens. "
even , [a.]
(1650) R. Gentilis Consid. Alcibiades 33 "He contents not himselfe to come out of trouble at even hand, by onely remaining comforted. "
even , [adv.]
(1865) Lubbock Preh. Times 323 "Even if the embankment had remained intact to this day. "
evensong .
(1586) T. B. La Primaud. Fr. Acad. i. (1589) 718 "All the Frenchmen that were in the Ile of Sicilia..upon Easter day, at the first peale to Evensong..were al put to death..whereupon this proverbe doth yet remaine amongst us, The Sicilian Evensong. "
eventilation
(1716) M. Davies Athen. Brit. 238 "There remains scarce anything now of all their Factions and Frothy Eventilations or Productions of any kind."
ever , [adv.]
(1659) (title) "Golden Remains of the Ever Memorable John Hales. "
everdamp .
(1968) Gloss. Terms Offset Lithogr. Printing (B.S.I.) 24 "Everdamp, a type of transfer paper which remains limp by having a hygroscopic content in its coating."
ever-during [a.]
(1854) J. S. C. Abbott Napoleon (1855) I. xxiv. 391 "That civil code..will remain an ever-during monument of his labors."
ewe , [sb. 1]
(1769) Bp. Wilton Inclos. Act 7 "A certain sheep-walk called *ewegang..the said ewegang shall remain. "
exact , [a.]
(1818) Jas. Mill Brit. India II. v. iii. 414 "The troops were kept in such exact discipline, that the people..remained in their houses. "
exaction .
(1786) Burke W. Hastings Wks. 1842 II. 123 "The small balance of fifteen thousand pounds remaining of the unjust exaction aforesaid. "
examination .
(1841) Macaulay W. Hastings Ess. 1854 II. 651/2 "There remained examinations and cross-examinations. "
exasperated , [ppl. a.]
(1660) Milton Free Commw. 424 "We remain finally secure from the exasperated Regal Power. "
excalate , [v.]
(1900) Phil. Trans. R. Soc. B. CXCII. 342 "There remains the assumption that vertebr&ae. have been excalated in front of the pelvis. "
excavation .
(1863) Lyell Antiq. Man 35 "All the remains of organic bodies found during the excavations belonged to living species. "
excommunicate , [pa. pple.] , [ppl. a.] and [sb.]
(1762) Hume Hist. Eng. xiv. 129 "They..engaged the bishops..to pronounce him [Gavaston] excommunicate if he remained any longer in the kingdom. "
excrement (1) .
(1576) Baker Jewell of Health 161 b, "When as in it shall no other be contayned or remaine then the excrementes of the sage. "
excurrent , [a.]
(1835) Lindley Introd. Bot. (1848) II. 362 "Excurrent; in which the axis remains always in the centre, all the other parts being regularly disposed round it; as the stem of abies. "
excuse , [v.]
(1737) Pope Hor. Epist. ii. i. 215 "(Excuse some courtly stains) No whiter page than Addison's remains. "
executed , [ppl. a.]
(1848) Wharton Law Lex., "Executed Contract, is where nothing remains to be done by either party. "
execution .
(1640) W. Prynne Petit. in Rushw. Hist. Coll. iii. I. 76 "The small Remainder of his Ears, left after his first Execution. "
exemplar , [sb.]
(1864) Hazlitt E.P. Poetry IV. 1 "Many pamphlets..remain to us only in a single exemplar. "
exemplary [sb.]
(1583) Stubbes Anat. Abus. B vj, "The pride of apparel remaining in sight, as an exemplary of evill."
exequy .
(1700) Dryden Fables, Sigismonda &. G. 661 "There yet remained thy funeral exequies. "
exercise , [v.]
(1862) H. Spencer First Princ. ii. iv. §.54 (1875) 178 "The force which a given quantity of matter exercises, remains always the same. "
exhalative [a.]
(1594) Plat New Sorts of Soil 25 "When they [corne and other seedes] are ripe..the exhalative water flyeth away, and the generative remaineth."
exhaust , [sb.]
(1904) Goodchild &. Tweney Technol. &. Sci. Dict. 212/1 "In gas and oil engines the exhaust gases consist of the products of combustion, together with any unburnt gases remaining after the explosion. "
exhumator .
(1831) Fraser's Mag. III. 271 "The exhumators of the remains of Adam Smith. "
exhume , [v.]
(1872) Nicholson Pal&ae.ont. 31 "When we exhume an old land-surface the remains of Mammals may be found in tolerable plenty."
exit , [sb.]
(1862) Merivale Rom. Emp. (1865) VI. l. 175 "Life, she urged, is over; nought remains to look for but a decent exit from it. "
(1987) Oxf. Diocesan Mag. Aug. 10/1 "The polls remained..stable (except for that curiously errant `exit poll' put out by the bbc which accepted the possibility of a hung parliament). "
expectancy .
(1838) Dickens Nich. Nick. xxii, "The whole capital which Nicholas found himself entitled to either in possession, reversion, remainder, or expectancy. "
(1767) Blackstone Comm. II. 163 "Of expectancies there are two sorts; one..called a remainder; the other..called a reversion. "
expectant , [ppl. a.] and [sb.]
(1875) Sir G. Jessel Law Rep. 10 Chanc. Appeals 391 "That peculiar position of reversioner or remaindersman which is oddly enough described as an expectant heir. This phrase is used, not in its literal meaning, but as including..every one who has the hope of succession to the property of an ancestor."
(1765) Blackstone Comm. I. 217 "On her..the remainder of the crown, expectant on the death of king William..without issue, was settled by statute. "
(1818) Cruise Digest (ed. 2) V. 25 "The right of the remainder-man, expectant on the determination of the estate tail. "
experience , [v.]
(1645) Saltmarsh Open. Prynne's New Bk. 3 "We experience in part some remainders of Prelacy. "
expiscate , [v.]
(C. 1611) Chapman Iliad x. 181 "O friends, remains not one That will..mix..With their outguards, expiscating if the renown'd extreme They force on us will serve their turns? "
explicate , [v.]
(1814) W. Van Mildert Bampton Lect. iii. (ed. 2) 82 "Vain attempts to explicate points which..must ever remain enveloped in..mystery. "
explicit , [a.]
(1886) J. Edwards Diff. Calc. i. 4 "If the equation connecting the variables be solved for the dependent variable, that variable is reduced from being an implicit to being an explicit function of the remaining variable or variables. "
exponentially , [adv.]
(1938) R. W. Lawson tr. Hevesy &. Paneth's Man. Radioactivity (ed. 2) xi. 127 "The &beta.-radiation of the iron salt does not remain constant, but decreases exponentially. "
exposure .
(1839) Visitor 479/1 "Living objects, if they remain motionless during the short periods of exposure, are given with perfect fidelity. "
express , [v. 1]
(1772-84) Cook Voy. (1790) IV. 1204 "The respective crews of both ships, remained as expressed in the two underwritten lists."
expulsion .
(1905) Act 5 Edw. VII c. 13 §.3 "The Secretary of State may..make an order (in this Act referred to as an expulsion order) requiring an alien to leave the United Kingdom within a time fixed by the order, and thereafter to remain out of the United Kingdom."
expurge , [v.]
(1832) H. Melvill in Preacher III. 100/2 "If a few portions of the Bible were expurged, it would be hard..to prove the doctrine from the remainder."
exsanguine , [a.]
(1836) Todd Cycl. Anat. I. 422/2 "Those who have suffered large losses of blood remain exsanguine for many months. "
exscind , [v.]
(1785) D. Low Chiropodologia 133 "He exscinded the remainder with a pair of scissors. "
extant , [a.] and [sb.]
(1561) T. Norton Calvin's Inst. i. 18 b, "Among so manifold miserable afflictions of the Jewes..they [the tables of God's covenant] remained still safe and extant. "
extended , [ppl. a.]
(1913) Jrnl. Chartered Insurance Inst. XVI. 146 "He can discontinue premiums as before, and remain assured for the full amount for a limited period. This, you will perceive, is a Paid-up Term policy, and is known as Extended Assurance. "
extent , [sb.]
(1872) E. W. Robertson Hist. Ess. 140 "The valuation of Bagimont..became the standard..of ecclesiastical assessment..lay lands remaining at the earlier standard known..as the Old Extent."
extenue [v.]
(1574) Newton Health Mag. 8 "The matter..which remained in the fleshe might be extenued."
exterritoriality .
(1836) Wheaton Internat. Law I. 273 "The fiction of exterritoriality has been invented, by which the minister though actually in a foreign country, is supposed still to remain within the territories of his own sovereign. "
extinction .
(1921) A. Holmes Petrogr. Meth. 126 "When a transparent mineral fragment is rotated between crossed nicols various phenomena may be observed... If the object remains dark, and is therefore isotropic, the total extinction indicates an amorphous or cubic (isometric) mineral in an unstrained condition, or a basal section of a uniaxial mineral (tetragonal, hexagonal, or trigonal). "
extolled , [ppl. a.]
(1644) Milton Educ., "Those extolled remains of Grecian lawgivers."
extradition , [sb.]
(1839) De Quincey Casuistry Wks. VIII. 308 "If the law of extradition should remain unchanged. "
extramural , [a.]
(1892) Sat. Rev. 14 May 571/1 "There remained only the principle of..`Extramuralism' to be reckoned with."
extraterritoriality
(1836) Wheaton Internat. Law iii. i. §.15 "The fiction of extra-territoriality..by which the minister, though actually in a foreign country, is supposed still to remain within the territory of his own sovereign. "
extreme , [a.] , [adv.] , and [sb.]
(1667) Dryden Ind. Emperor iv. ii, "What now remains in these Extreams?"
exustion
(1720) S. Parker Bibl. Biblica (Gen. xix. 25) I. 424 "The frightful Effects which this Exustion [of Sodom and Gomorrah] left are still remaining."
eye , [sb. 1]
(1966) Guardian 10 Nov. 3/7 "The proposal remains but a twinkle in the Home Secretary's eye. "
(1858) Carpenter Veg. Phys. §.586 "By the remains of the calyx..the eye of the gooseberry is formed. "
(1951) S. Bull Meat for Table vii. 77 "The eye is more tender than the remainder of the bottom round and may be fried. "
F ,
(1953) Jrnl. Gen. Microbiol. VIII. 92 "The majority..of F agents must remain bound to the cells. "
face , [sb.]
(1664) Etheredge Com. Revenge iv. vii, "Set thy face then; let me not see the remains of one poor smile. "
(A. 1832) Bentham Ess. Lang. Wks. 1843 VIII. 327 "Of the history of language, no inconsiderable part remains to this day written upon the face of it."
face , [v.]
(1859) F. A. Griffiths Artil. Man. 31 "The remaining companies first being faced to the right about."
facies .
(1905) F. E. Clements Res. Methods Ecol. iv. 238 "It is seldom..that the facies and invaders are so equally matched in height and other qualities that they remain in equilibrium. "
fact , [sb.]
(1834) Edin. Rev. Oct. 73 "The only difference between Crabbe and himself is the fact, that the one was raised from the ranks, while the other is still remaining in them with at least equal independence. "
(1868) Trollope He knew he was Right (1869) II. li. 15 "You can remain a few minutes longer. The fact is, I've got something I want to say to you. "
factor , [sb.]
(1966) J. V. Robison Mod. Algebra &. Trig. xi. 242 (heading) "Remainder and factor theorems."
factory .
(1582) N. Lichefield tr. Castanheda's Conq. E. Ind. xxi. 54 b, "To the intent hee might remaine in the Factorye with the Factour. "
faecula fecula .
(1791) Hamilton Berthollet's Dyeing II. ii. ii. ii. 76 "The fecula remaining on the filter he compared to..Carolina indigo. "
fag , [sb. 4]
(1908) Church Times 7 Feb. 173/1 "He gathered into a leather pouch the remains of his cigarettes, and left the room. `What does he do with all those fags?' asked Conway. "
fain , [v. 2]
(1960) Guardian 1 July 9/7 "The Englishman..could remain absolutely pax and fainites. "
faint , [a.]
(1729) Savage Wanderer iii. 12 "The Stars..faintglimm'ring with remains of day. "
faints , [sb. pl.]
(1883) J. Gardner Brewer, Distiller etc. v. 146 "The remaining weak spirit that distils over, called faints, is caught separately."
fair and square [a.] and [adv.]
(1862) Congress. Globe 27 Mar. 1402/2, "I..doubt..the ability of these guns to remain in their position if..struck fairly and squarely by shot from the enemy."
faithful , [a.] , [adv.] , and [sb.]
(1841) Lane Arab. Nts. I. 100 "Are ye remaining faithful to your covenant?"
faithless , [a.]
(1548) Udall, etc. Erasm. Par. Rom. Prol. sig. &dag.&dag.i, "Else shalt thou remaine euermore faithlesse. "
falsehood .
(1611) Bible Job xxi. 34 "In your answeres there remaineth falshood. "
family , [sb.]
(1853) Mrs. Gaskell Cranford iii. 51 "The state of the remainder wine was examined into in a *family council. "
famine [v.]
(1622) H. Sydenham Serm. Sol. Occ. (1637) 178 "Rather..than sacrifice the remainder of a famin'd body to an honourable death."
fancy , [sb.] and [a.]
(1811) Coleridge Lect. (1856) 45 "When the whole pleasure received is derived from an unexpected turn of expression, then I call it wit; but when the pleasure is produced..by an image which remains with us..I call it fancy. "
fane , [sb. 2]
(1637) Heywood Dial. iv. 62 "The phane Where the two brothers deify'd remain. "
fang , [sb.]
(1727) Bradley Fam. Dict. s.v. Anemone, "[Sifting earth upon the bed] till..there remain only above ground the Fangs of these young Anemones."
fantasy phantasy , [sb.]
(1937) M. Innes Hamlet, Revenge! i. 12 "They have their tenure in remaining-remote, jewelled and magical-a focus for the fantasy-life of thousands. "
fanzine .
(1957) P. Moore Science &. Fiction 90 "So much for the official science-fiction magazines... There remain the amateur publications, known as `fanzines'."
farinose , [a.] and [sb.]
(1882) Vines Sach's Bot. 57 "At every point of a starch grain both constituents occur together; if the granulose is extracted, the farinose remains behind as a skeleton."
farthingdeal
(1835) Rep. Muncipal Corporations Comm. II. App. 1248 "The remaining..acres are divided into quarter acres, called `farthingdoles'."
fascinate , [v.]
(1848) Macaulay Hist. Eng. II. 582 "James..remained at Whitehall, fascinated..by the greatness and nearness of the danger, and unequal to the exertion of either struggling or flying. "
fashion , [sb.]
(1594) T. B. La Primaud. Fr. Acad. ii. 394 "The seede..receiueth not fashion presently vpon the conception, but remaineth for a time without any figure. "
(1721) Strype Eccl. Mem. II. ii. v. 287 "The king had sent him [Barnaby Fitz-Patric] thither to remain in his [the French king's] court to learn fashions."
fasola .
(1964) Conc. Oxf. Dict. Mus. 320/1 "Lancashire Sol-fa. A modern name for a system of sight-singing more properly called `Old English Sol-fa', since it was universally used in England from at least the early 17th c. and its latest textbook appeared in 1879. It is a method of solmization applied to the normal staff notation; the first 3 notes of every major scale are called fa-sol-la, and so are the second 3 notes, the remaining note being called mi... In the Amer. Colonies (and later the U.S.A.) it was called Fasola or, sometimes (from the special notation there used), Patent Notes."
fast , [a.]
(1607) Shaks. Cor. ii. iii. 192 "If he should still malignantly remaine Fast Foe to th' Plebij. "
(1772-84) Cook Voy. (1790) VI. 2236 "Captain King..remained fast till the return of the boat. "
fast , [adv.]
(1842) Manning Serm. xxv. (1848) 382 "There still remains with us a fast-cleaving and mysterious evil. "
fasting , [vbl. sb. 2]
(1873) W. K. Sullivan O'Curry's Anct. Irish I. Introd. 283 "A Trosca or fasting was made by the plaintiff going to the defendant's house, and remaining there for a certain time..before making his distress."
fat , [sb. 1]
(C. 1647) A. Wheelocke in Lett. Abp. Ussher (1686) 546 "The Lambeth Books..as yet..remain in Fats, or great Chests. "
fate , [sb.]
(1841) Elphinstone Hist. Ind. II. 581 "It only remained to the brothers to decide on the fate of its tenant. "
fatigue , [sb.]
(1912) Min. Proc. Inst. Civil Engin. CLXXXVIII. i. 10 "There only remained the investigation of the effects of the high speed on the *fatigue strength of the specimens. "
favour favor , [sb.]
(1852) Sir H. Douglas Milit. Bridges (ed. 3) 377 "There remains a balance of strength in favour of the bridge."
fear , [v.]
(1611) Tourneur Ath. Trag. v. i, "If any roote of life remaines within 'em..feare 'em not. "
feather-weight
(1958) Times 5 Nov. 13/1 "He [sc. Andr&eacu. Masson] remains..one who can just rely enough on Parisian elegance and flair to be shamelessly pretty and featherweight for much of the time."
Fechnerian , [a.]
(1890) W. James Princ. Psychol. I. xiii. 549 "The Fechnerian Maasformel and the conception of it as an ultimate `psychophysic law' will remain an `idol of the den', if ever there was one. "
fee , [sb. 2]
(1863) H. Cox Instit. ii. xi. 583 "[Of the Counties Palatine] there remain now only those of Lancaster and Durham..the latter formerly an ecclesiastical fee belonging to the Bishop of Durham."
feed , [v.]
(1874) Motley Barneveld I. vii. 323 "He remained in Paris,-feeding fat the grudge he bore to Barneveld."
(1850) Jrnl. R. Agric. Soc. XI. ii. 430 "The crop being well grown, it only remains to feed it well off."
fellow , [sb.]
(1874) Carpenter Ment. Phys. i. ii. §.68 "While one leg was convulsed, its fellow remained quiet."
female , [a.] and [sb.]
(1771) Goldsm. Hist. Eng. II. 227 "The king remained in his tent, awaiting the issue of the combat with female doubts and apprehensions."
fence [sb.]
(1848) Punch XIV. 149 "Let M. Galignani rejoice; and let his Bibliothè.que..still remain the greatest literary `fence' in Europe. "
fenestella .
(1879) Rossiter Dict. Sci. Terms, "Fenestella, a polyzoon; known by many fossil remains in Devonian limestones and other rocks."
fenestra .
(1941) Surg. Gynec. &. Obstet. LXXII. 472 "This surgically made fenestra remains open. "
feretrum
(1878) Mackintosh Hist. Civilization Scot. I. xi. 496 "The feretrum, the shrine in which the..remains of the Saint were supposed to be kept."
ferry , [v.]
(1836) T. Hook G. Gurney III. 333, "I intended to remain until the weather cleared before I ferried back. "
fertility .
(1933) E. K. Chambers Eng. Folk-Play 223 "He [sc. Dionysus] remains primarily a fertility-god, with the bull, and perhaps the goat, and the phallus as his attributes. "
feu de joie .
(1963) Times Lit. Suppl. 18 Jan. 44/2 "But the book remains a feu de joie."
field , [sb.]
(1774) Goldsm. Nat. Hist. (1776) III. 102 "The victor is obliged to fight several of those battles before it remains undisputed master of the field. "
(1863) Kinglake Crimea (1876) I. xi. 182 "The English Ambassador remained upon the field of the conflict."
(1933) Brit. Birds XXVI. 363 "The elementary co-operative services..a national field centre which can collaborate with other national field centres overseas,-still remain to be provided. "
(1936) Jrnl. R. Aeronaut. Soc. XL. 191 "The radiated field pattern should therefore remain constant from day to day. There was no evidence whatsoever that atmospheric conditions had any effect on the *field patterns. "
fife , [v.]
(1851) Ruskin Stones Ven. I. xxi. §.xx, "The fluting and fifeing expire, the drumming remains."
figurable , [a.]
(1644) Digby Nat. Bodies xvi. (1645) 177 "Wax remaineth figurable, whether it be melted or congealed. "
file , [sb. 2]
(1649) Lanc. Tracts (Chetham Soc.) 233 "Their examinations remaining still upon fyle in Manchester. "
filibuster , [sb.]
(A. 1587) Garrard Arte Warre (1591) 236 "Such..as bring wares to the campe, he [the High Marshall of the Field] must take order that they be courteously..vsed..procuring them a conuoy..to the intent they may..remaine..satisfied, without suspect of being robbed..of theeues and flibutors. "
filing , [vbl. sb. 3]
(1964) English Studies XLV (Suppl.). 26, "I have selected a number of details that might..have remained in my filing cabinet. "
fill , [v.]
(1963) C. R. Cowell et al. Inlays, Crowns &. Bridges iii. 17 "Any caries remaining is excavated and these localized excavations are filled with cement."
fillet , [sb. 1]
(1966) D. Stinton Anat. Aeroplane xi. 206 "The remaining shape of an aeroplane is largely non-structural, in that it consists of fairings, cowlings and fillets."
filling , [vbl. sb.]
(1901) Chambers's Jrnl. May 302/2 "Each leaf will give on an average two `wrappers' or outside covers for cigars and when used for such the remainder of the leaf is used for `filling'. "
(C. 1860) H. Stuart Seaman's Catech. 67 "What is termed the `filling'?..the intervals between the frame timbers are filled up solid..so that if the outside planks be injured a watertight surface would remain."
filter , [sb.]
(1769) Lane in Phil. Trans. LIX. 220 "The clear liquor being decanted, the remainder was passed through a filter. "
filter , [v.]
(1838) T. Thomson Chem. Org. Bodies 200 "We then filter, washing the blue-coloured sulphate of lime remaining on the filter till it becomes red. "
(1794) Schmeisser in Phil. Trans. LXXXIV. 421 "The remaining filtered liquor was saturated with purified pot-ash. "
finagle , [v.]
(1936) Writer's Digest Oct. 4 "Discounting any possible editorial finageling..the solid fact remains that opposing politically minded people do cancel subscriptions. "
fine-tooth [a.]
(1966) A. Firth Tall, Balding, Thirty-five xvii. 216 "We've gone through the remains of the helicopter with a fine-tooth comb, but there wasn't much left."
finger , [sb.]
(1859) North Amer. Rev. LXXXVIII. 492 "The chapel of St. Verena, where the *finger-prints of the young maiden still remain in the rock. "
finite , [a.] and [sb.]
(1840) Lardner Geom. 276 "The distance V F, remains finite. "
(1957) L. Fox Two-point Boundary Probl. ii. 21 "The rigorous theory of finite differences attaches a remainder term to every finite-difference formula and sometimes..the formula diverges and gives no useful result. "
fipple , [sb.]
(1892) Northumb. Gloss., "After stooks of corn remain standing for a time, the bottoms of the sheaves become naturally longer on the outside than the inside, which is called their `fipple'."
fire , [sb.]
(1894) Stead If Christ came to Chicago 295 "*Fire-Marshal Swenie has remained in command of the firemen for many years. "
(1835) Southern Lit. Messenger I. 259 " The remaining expenses are on account of the public markets, fire companies, salaries of officers, [etc.]. "
fire , [v. 1]
(1894) W. J. Lineham Textbk. Mech. Engin. x. 699 "The first practical gas engine..was double-acting, charging with air and gas during a half stroke, firing during the remaining half. "
firming chisel
(1799) Trans. Soc. Encourag. Arts XVII. 337 "Work off the remaining wood with a large firming chissel."
firmness .
(1874) Green Short Hist. iv. §.1. 162 "Terrible..as were the sufferings of the English army, Edward's firmness remained unbroken."
first , [a.] ( [sb.] ) and [adv.]
(1971) Radio Times 27 May 5/1 "Despite a recent ITV series his first love remains radio. "
first rate first-rate [phr.] , [a.] ( [adv.] ), and [sb.]
(1888) Duff Pol. Surv. 5 "As long as France remained a first-rate power."
fisc fisk .
(1641) Sc. Acts Chas. I (1870) V. 415 §. 107 "Provyding allwayes that..the bandis or contractes heirby ordeened to perteene to &th.e neerest of kine..shall not fall wnder &th.e compas of escheat nor &ygh.it any pairt therof perteene to &th.e relict jure relict&ae. Bot shall remaine in &th.e owne nature quoad fiscum et relictam as they wer befor &th.e making of this acte. "
fission , [sb.]
(1947) J. Hayward Prose Lit. since 1939 17 "It remains to be seen whether man's discovery and immediate abuse of the cataclysmic energy released by atomic fission will fortify or weaken his transcendental aspirations and noumenal gropings. "
fissure , [v.]
(1656) Ridgley Pract. Physic 173 "When the inward place is Fissured, the outward remaining unhurt. "
fitch , [sb. 3]
(1953) A. G. Knock Willow Basket-Work 21 "When a round of fitching is completed, the remainder of the two rods may be worked out as a pair. "
fix [a.] (and [adv.] ).
(1660) tr. Paracelsus' Archidoxes i. x. 142 "Take then the fix Element that remained after the separation of the Three Imperfect Elements. "
fixate , [v.]
(1945) G. Orwell Crit. Ess. (1951) 185 "It is clear that for many years he remained `fixated' on his old school. "
(1962) C. E. Buxton in Hilgard Introd. Psychol. (ed. 3) xvii. 480/1 "An individual may in some sense have remained immature by being fixated or caught at one stage of development."
fixed , [ppl. a.]
(1712-4) Pope Rape Lock v. 5 "Not half so fix'd the Trojan could remain, While Anna begg'd. "
(1727-51) Chambers Cycl. s.v., "Of all metals, gold and silver alone are fixed; i.e. on remaining a long time exposed to the most intense flame, they alone lose nothing of their weight. "
(1757) A. Cooper Distiller i. i. (1760) 6 "Only a fixed husky matter remains. "
fixture .
(1878) Spurgeon Treas. Dav. Ps. civ. 5 "The earth..remains as stable as if it were a fixture."
flag , [sb. 4]
(1951) Assiac Adv. in Chess iii. ii. 93 "Reshevsky..would remain quite unperturbable by the nerve-racking need to make half a dozen moves or more with the `flag' on his clock about to drop in a matter of seconds. "
flag , [v. 3]
(1709) Steele Tatler No. 179 &page.8 "What Ground remains..is flagged with large Quarries of white Marble. "
flagellate , [a.] and [sb.]
(1963) H. Sandon Ess. Protozool. ii. 25 "If we could trace the ancestry of all multi&dubh.cellular plants and animals back beyond the time of the earliest creatures capable of leaving fossil remains, most people agree that we should come to organisms which, if they lived today, would be included among the flagellates."
flake , [sb. 2]
(1658) Rowland Moufet's Theat. Ins. 908 "That Honey is best for substance, which..if you lift it up..falls to the earth still homogeneous, unsevered, no way parted asunder, but remaines in one continued flake or line."
flame , [sb.]
(1840) Thackeray Paris Sk.-bk. (1872) 237 "Her heart remains faithful to her old flame, the doctor."
flare , [sb. 1]
(1918) E. S. Farrow Dict. Mil. Terms 235 "Flare, an unsteady, dazzling light used as an illumination and in signaling: in aë.ronautics, a guide for landing. Flare lights, lights used in combination with obstacles, either protected or screened, to prevent the enemy removing them. They are screened in rear so that the defenders may remain in shadow. Flare pistol, a large pistol, which looks like a sawed-off shot&dubh.gun, from which flares are fired. "
flat , [a.] , [adv.] , and [sb. 3]
(1881) Young Every man his own Mechanic §.568 "The flat chisel..is used for smoothing the work, or taking off the remaining wood that was left by the gouge. "
(1940) Chambers's Techn. Dict. 339/1 "Flat-compounded, said of a compound-wound generator the series winding of which has been so designed that the voltage remains constant at all loads between no-load and full-load. "
flatland .
(1884) Abbott Flatland i. §.1 (ed. 2) 3, "I call our world Flatland..Imagine a vast sheet of paper on which straight Lines, Triangles, Squares, Pentagons, Hexagons, and other figures, instead of remaining fixed in their places, move freely about, on or in the surface, but without the power of rising above it or sinking below it. "
flatness .
(1601) Holland Pliny ii. lxv. 31 "Wonderfull it remaineth..How it should become a Globe, considering so great flatnesse of Plaines and Seas. "
flatuling [vbl. sb.]
(1634) T. Johnson Parey's Chirurg. xv. xii. 572 "This half crude humor remaining there, raiseth much flatuling."
flaw , [sb. 1]
(1607) Topsell Four-f. Beasts 415 "It will ranckle worse, by reason of the flaw of yron remaining in the flesh. "
fleet , [sb. 2]
(1703) S. Dale in Phil. Trans. XXV. 1575/2 "Certain remains of the old Channel, which the neighbouring Inhabitants still call Fleets. "
fleeter (2) .
(1893) Scot. Leader 15 Aug. 7 "These vessels..differ from the ordinary trawlers in respect that while the latter return to port at least once a week, the fleeters remain at sea as long as their coals hold out."
fleshing , [vbl. sb.]
(1881) Leicestersh. Gloss., "Flesh-beam or *Fleshing-beam, a wooden instrument..on which is suspended the hide to be dressed, for the purpose of scraping off any remains of the flesh, &.c. "
flight , [sb. 1]
(1962) F. I. Ordway et al. Basic Astronautics xiii. 547 "During the 32-hr flight Dr. Simons wore a full-pressure suit and remained seated in the tiny gondola. "
(1937) Discovery Oct. 277/2 "Since the reaction thrust, acting from the extreme rear of the plane, is in no way different from the pull of the aero engine in its nose, and remains in fixed relation to the aeroplane axis, stability and *flight-control are not interfered with. "
flight , [sb. 2]
(1867) Thomson &. Tait Nat. Phil. I. i. §.40 "The remainder of the curve satisfies a modified form of statement of the original question, and is called the Curve of Flight."
(1840) F. D. Bennet Whaling Voy. I. 258 "The remainder..took to flight when their companions were harpooned. "
flightless , [a.]
(1875) tr. Schmidt's Desc. &. Darw. 186 "The scanty but wide-spread remains of the order of flightless birds. "
flighty , [a.]
(1820) W. Irving Sketch-bk. (1859) 34 "This was one point on which he always remained flighty. "
flimsy , [a.] and [sb.]
(1874) L. Stephen Hours in Library (1892) I. iii. 109 "The jewels have remained after the flimsy embroidery..has fallen into decay."
flinch , [v. 1]
(1791) Boswell Johnson 7 May an. 1773 note, "He never flinched; but after reiterated blows, remained seemingly unmoved. "
flint , [sb.]
(1876) D. Wilson Preh. Man iii. (ed. 3) 79 "The whole region..is rich in remains of the old *flint-workers. "
float , [sb.]
(1885) Pall Mall G. 6 Nov. 2 "Something like one-twelfth of the remaining voters are `floats'-that is, men who are looking for money."
floatation flotation .
(1940) Chambers's Techn. Dict. 343/1 "Flotation gear, a system of air or gas bags, sometimes with hydrovanes, to enable a land plane, in an emergency, to land and remain afloat, on water. "
floor , [sb. 1]
(1878) Huxley Physiogr. 235 "Vegetable remains are also met with in rocks beneath the coal, forming what is called the floor. "
(1927) Blackw. Mag. Apr. 527 "Little of the *floorstone remains. "
flora .
(1909) Groom &. Balfour tr. Warming's Oecol. Plants ix. lxvii. 257 "In depressions lying within the subglacial tract where snow remains for a long time, one finds characteristic, greasy mud, which sustains a vegetation of its own-Ö.ttli's snow-patch flora. "
florescent , [a.]
(1821) Blackw. Mag. IX. 201 "[They] will..remain admired and florescent, when the essays of thy most witty emissary are superseded and forgotten."
floscule .
(1669) W. Simpson Hydrol. Chym. 53 "What remained was a bright styriate floscule."
flourish , [sb.]
(1848) Thackeray Bk. Snobs iv, "The Court Circular remains in full flourish."
flow , [v.]
(1818) Cruise Digest (ed. 2) II. 306 "This rule flows..from the nature of a remainder. "
flower , [sb.]
(1548) Hall Chron., Hen. IV (an. 13) 32 "Taken prisoner and so remained in Englande..till the flower of his age was passed or sore blemyshed. "
fluent , [a.] and [sb.]
(1648) W. Mountague Devout Ess. vi. §.2. 57 "While the matter of worldly goods remaineth fluent and transitory. "
fluorine .
(1959) J. D. Clark Prehist. S. Afr. iv. 83 "Fluorine and uranium tests have shown that the skull fragments are of the same age as the faunal remains found with them. "
(1968) R. G. West Pleistocene Geol. &. Biol. ix. 160 "The fluorine method is useful for the relative dating of animal skeletal remains found in sand and gravel."
flux , [sb.]
(1727-46) Thomson Summer 35 "Thus to remain, Amid the flux of many thousand years. "
flux , [v.]
(1754) Shebbeare Matrimony (1766) I. 79 "The Alloy, which was fluxed out of him, left so little of the Original remaining, that [etc.]. "
fluxile , [a.]
(1605) Timme Quersit. ii. iii. 115 "The which water, albeit it alwayes remaineth fluxile and liquid. "
fly , [sb. 1]
(1819) Rees Cycl., "Fly..a disease incident to sheep, in consequence of their being stricken by a fly, which produces a sort of maggot, that eats into, and remains in the flesh. "
flyable , [a.]
(1945) Times 3 Aug. 5/6 "Forecasters who are amazingly expert at assessing how long the weather will remain flyable at night at any particular airfield in the country. "
flying , [vbl. sb.]
(1958) Times 18 July 6/5 "Britain's only remaining air line using flying-boats, Aquila Air&dubh.ways, are to cease operations on October 1. "
fly-over .
(1901) Daily News 5 Jan. 6/5 "The junction for the Aldershot branch..is being..rearranged on the `fly-over' system, that is, the down line..remains as it was, but a new one..is being brought over the top of the main line by means of a skew bridge... This `fly-over'..will abolish a fruitful source of delay. "
fold , [v. 1]
(1563-87) Foxe A. &. M. (1596) 936/2 "He remained so long manicled that his haire was folded togither."
foliage , [sb.]
(1858) Glenny Gard. Every-day Bk. 175/1 "Bulbs are too frequently attacked by vermin when allowed to remain in the ground after the foliage has died down. "
(1882) Vines Sachs' Bot. 634 "The cotyledons remain thin like shortly stalked foliage-leaves. "
folk .
(1959) Times 11 Dec. 16/2 "He [sc. Barrie] remains a folk-artist. "
(1904) C. G. Child Beowulf p. v, "Great indeed would have been our loss, if..the only remaining *folk-epic of the Germanic peoples, had perished in doing menial service to grocer or soap-seller. "
folkloric [a.]
(1952) G. Sarton Hist. Science I. iv. 106 "The intimate knowledge of Aegean culture that we owe primarily to a great variety of monuments is confirmed..by folkloric remains in the Aegean area. "
follow , [v.]
(1850) Prescott Peru II. 200 "The remainder of his forces when mustered were to follow him. "
(1902) Westm. Gaz. 18 Dec. 12/2 "In Norfolk it is customary to speak of attending a funeral as `following' the remains. "
fool , [sb. 1] and [a.]
(1824) R. Crabb Tales 142 "He became well in his health; but he remained quite a fool for the rest of his life!"
foot , [sb.]
(1895) Pollock &. Maitland Hist. Eng. Law I. 198 "This `final concord' or `fine', will be drawn up by the royal clerks and one copy of it, the so-called `Foot of the Fine', will remain with the Court."
(1882) O'Donovan Merv Oasis I. xvi. 275 "The footbank has crumbled away to such an extent that only a few inches in breadth remain. "
(1861) Beresf. Hope Eng. Cathedr. 19th. C. 148 "Only three of the ranges were really sittings, the remainder having served as steps and *footrests. "
footer , [sb. 1]
(1927) T. Woodhouse Artificial Silk 95 "In the manufacture of stockings..two machines are used... One of these machines, termed the `legger', knits the upper and longer part of the stocking, whereas the other machine, termed the `footer', knits the remainder of the stocking."
footstalk .
(1859) Darwin Orig. Spec. v. (1878) 110 "In some of the crabs the footstalk for the eye remains, though the eye is gone."
footstep .
(1756) J. Warton Ess. Pope (1806) I. 21 "Those who have examined the New Forest can discover no mark or footstep of any other place of habitation..than what at present remains. "
force , [sb. 1]
(1840) H. Rogers Introd. Burke's Wks. 82 "Nothing will justify force while any other means remain untried. "
(1847) L. Hunt Jar Honey (1848) 190 "In the south this ancient custom still remains in full force. "
force de frappe .
(1968) S. Serfaty France, de Gaulle &. Europe vi. 119 "While the left is staunchly against the force de frappe, judged `inefficient, ruinous and dangerous', it remains nonetheless true that the French atomic forces originated during leftist governments. "
ford , [v.]
(1642) Milton Apol. Smect. (1851) 318 "His last Section which is no deepe one, remains only to be foarded. "
fore-deck
(1653) H. Cogan tr. Pinto's Trav. xx. 73 "The remainder..retired in disorder towards the foredeck. "
forehead .
(1793) Holcroft tr. Lavater's Physiog. vii. 44 "The forehead bones remain unaltered. "
foretake [v.]
(1580) Sidney Arcadia (1622) 407 "Yet remained there such footsteps of the foretaken opinion. "
forfeit , [v.]
(1755) Mem. Capt. P. Drake i. 2 "The Family remained in peaceable possession of this Estate..until the War..when..they forfeited, and were driven to shift for themselves."
forgetfulness .
(1663) Charleton Chor. Gigant. 5 "Monuments themselves are subject to Forgetfulness even while they remain. "
fork , [v.]
(1918) E. Pound in Lett. J. Joyce (1966) II. 424, "I will fork up the remaining &pstlg.20 of the fifty promised. "
forked , [ppl. a.]
(1881) Duffield Don Quix. II. 555 "[She] flung her body..across the saddle, and remained forkedly, as if she had been a man."
forking , [vbl. sb.]
(1884) Bower &. Scott De Bary's Phaner. 314 "Where the branching appears and remains as a forking of the main axis."
form , [v. 1]
(1953) R. A. Harvey Battery Chargers iv. 92 "Once the [selenium] rectifier is formed it remains reasonably stable. "
formal , [a.] and [sb. 1]
(1712) Pope 1st. Ep. Miss Blount 42 "Still in constraint your suff'ring Sex remains, Or bound in formal, or in real chains."
formalistic , [a.]
(1941) Courant &. Robbins What is Math.? ii. 88 "In some way or other,..even under the most uncompromising formalistic, logical, or postulational aspect, constructive intuition always remains the vital element in mathematics. "
formation .
(1815) W. Phillips Outl. Min. &. Geol. (1818) 88 "The term formation is not always used to express a deposite consisting only of a single stratum..it is also commonly used to designate a series of..strata, which being intimately associated, and containing the same description of organic remains, are thence..considered to be of contemporaneous formation. "
formedon .
(1628) Coke On Litt. 326 b, "There be three kinde of Writs of Formedon, viz. The first in the Discender to be brought by the issue in taile, which claime by discent Per formam doni. The second is in the Reuerter, which lieth for him in the reuersion or his heires or Assignes after the state taile be spent. The third is [in] the Remainder, which the Law giueth to him in the remainder, his Heires or Assignes after the determination of the estate taile. "
fort , [v.]
(1756) G. Washington Lett. Writ. 1889 I. 360 "While you remain..forted in, as if to defend yourselves were the sole end of your coming. "
fortification .
(1794) Sullivan View Nat. II. 362 "In the neighbourhood of Lexington..are the remains of two ancient fortifications. "
fortune , [sb.]
(1827) Hallam Const. Hist. (1876) II. x. 177 "It remained only..to try once more the fortune of war."
fossil , [a.] and [sb.]
(1831) Brewster Newton (1855) II. xvi. 100 "He regarded fossils as the real remains of plants and animals which had been buried in the strata."
fossilate , [v.]
(1832) Fraser's Mag. V. 553 "The fossilated remains of their skeletons. "
fossilist .
(1766) Pennant Zool. (1768) I. 41 "Those remains which fossilists distinguish by the title of diluvian. "
fossilize , [v.]
(1878) Huxley Physiogr. 229 "There is much more likelihood that the remains of animals..should be fossilized."
fosterage .
(1775) Johnson West. Isl. Wks. X. 484 "There still remains in the islands, though it is passing fast away, the custom of fosterage. "
foughty [a.]
(1625) Markham Farew. Husb. (1625) 115 "Neither will the Corne corrupt or grow faughty, as long as the wormewood remaines amongst it. "
foul , [a.] , [adv.] and [sb.]
(1837) Marryat Dog-fiend xii, "He remained in his..foul-weather hat. "
fountaineer
(1652) Wright tr. Camus' Nature's Paradox 28 "Like those Fountaineers, who shewing curious Water-works and Grotta's..set themselves in some known place where they remain dry, whilst every one else is wetted to the skin."
fourth , [a.] and [sb.]
(1893) Stevenson in Daily News 11 Apr. 6/3 "Of the remaining three-fourth parts of my said father's estate, one-fourth part of the three-fourth parts I give and bequeath [etc.]."
fowl , [sb.]
(1861) Beeton Bk. Househ. Man. §.978 "Fricasseed Fowl. Ingredients-The remains of cold roast fowl [etc.]."
fox , [sb.]
(1735) Somerville Chase iii. 23 "The wily Fox remain'd A subtle pilf'ring Foe, prowling around In Midnight Shades. "
fraction , [sb.]
(1971) Nature 13 Aug. 455/2 "Textural variation depends on changes in the proportions of sand and clay with the silt fraction remaining fairly constant."
fragment , [sb.]
(1531) Elyot Gov. i. xix, "At that tyme Idolatry was nat clerely extincte, but diuers fragmentes therof remained in euery region. "
(1607) Shaks. Timon iv. iii. 399 "Where should he haue this Gold? It is some poore Fragment, some slender Ort of his remainder. "
fragmental , [a.]
(1882) Geikie Text-bk. Geol. (1885) 116 "Fragmental rocks are formed either of the d&eacu.bris of older rocks, or of the aggregated remains of plants or animals."
frank , [a. 2]
(1877) Daily News 27 Dec. 6/2 "What may be effected by frank force remains to be seen. "
fraternal , [a.] and [sb.]
(1904) H. H. Wilder in Amer. Jrnl. Anat. III. 389 "Corresponding to this hypothesis..we may designate these two types [of twin] respectively as Fraternal and Duplicate, thus doing away with the misleading and inapplicable terms `identical' and `homologous' as applied to the one type, and furnishing a distinguishing term for the other, which seems thus far to have remained without a name. "
fraudulency .
(1700) S. Sewall Diary 18 Apr. (1879) II. 11, "I press'd..that Capt. Checkley should give Daniel a Deed; that so this Fraudulency might not remain to be seen. "
free , [a.] , [sb.] , and [adv.]
(1861) Miss Pratt Flower. Pl. I. 8 "The anthers remaining separate, and being termed free. "
(1800) tr. Lagrange's Chem. I. 244 "The nitric acid remains free in the liquor. "
(1825) J. Nicholson Operat. Mechanic 662 "The whole power of the engine would be expended in impelling itself and the ship..and no free power would remain for freight. "
freedom .
(1867) Thomson &. Tait Treat. Nat. Philos. I. i. 130 "A free point has three degrees of freedom, inasmuch as the most general displacement which it can take is resolvable into three, parallel respectively to any three directions, and independent of each other... If the point be constrained to remain always on a given surface, one degree of constraint is introduced, or there are left but two degrees of freedom. "
free wheel free-wheel
(1911) I. Hay Safety Match iii. 48 "For a moment he was silent-free-wheeling, so to speak, over the pulverised remains of Mr. Winch. "
freeze , [sb. 1]
(1948) Electronics Nov. 132/1 "Television Application Freeze Announced. Recent action by the FCC temporarily halted any further authorization of new television stations... The freeze would remain in effect long enough for the commission to decide whether certain changes should be made. "
freeze , [v.]
(1865) Detroit Tribune 6 Oct. 3/1 "The raiders remained in the back room some minutes without making any demonstration, and Smith in the meantime `froze' to the door latch. "
French , [a.] and [sb.]
(1844) B. Disraeli Coningsby II. iv. vii. 77 "Under ordinary circumstances a French bed and a brasier of charcoal alone remained for Villebecque, who was equal to the occasion. "
(1798) Nelson 28 Sept. in Nicolas Desp. (1845) III. 135 "The only remaining *French-built Ship of the Line. "
fresh , [a. 1] , [adv.] and [sb. 1]
(1859) G. Wilson Gateways Knowl. (ed. 3) 71 "The..Mammoth remains fresh as on the day of its death."
(1641) J. Jackson True Evang. T. i. 69 "These antipathies..do still remaine..as fresh, as if Adam had but falne yesterday. "
friar [v.]
(1599) Sandys Europ&ae. Spec. (1632) 232 "There remaines nothing for a Iew converted, but to bee Friered."
friary , [sb.]
(1824) Miss Mitford Village Ser. i. (1863) 122 "The remains of an old friary. "
frigid , [a.]
(1953) J. S. van Teslaar tr. Stekel's Frigidity in Woman v. 96 (heading 97 )"On their part they remain frigid during the act. "
frigidity .
(1634) T. Johnson Parey's Chirurg. xxvi. vii. (1678) 633 "If to the same frigidity remaining in Fruits, a certain humidity accrew. "
frigorific , [a.]
(1751) Johnson Rambler No. 159 &page.7 "Knowledge and virtue remain too long congealed by this frigorifick power. "
frit , [v.]
(1805-17) R. Jameson Char. Min. (ed. 3) 295 "Fritting, when single parts of the mass are melted, while others remain unaltered. "
fritter , [sb. 1]
(1820) Scoresby Acc. Arctic Reg. II. 176 "The finks or fritters were always sufficient to boil the remainder without any other fuel."
frizz friz , [v. 1]
(1885) C. T. Davis Leather xlii. 681 "The treatment with the scraping-knife being generally not sufficient for complete frizzing, the remaining portions of the grain are removed with another sharp knife."
frog (1) .
(1711) Phil. Trans. XXVII. 351 "The remaining Ranatr&ae., or *Froghoppers. "
frontage , [sb.]
(1870) Daily News 16 Feb., "The remainder of the establishment consisting chiefly of the river frontage, will then be sold in plots. "
frontispiece , [v.]
(1715) M. Davies Athen. Brit. I. Pref. 12 "Those two Clementin Epistles..wherewith..Cotelerius frontispiec'd his Collection of Apostolick Remains. "
frozen , [ppl. a.]
(1961) J. S. Salak Dict. Amer. Sports 188 "When object balls are frozen they remain in play as they are."
fructiform , [a.]
(1816) Sir J. Sinclair in Monthly Mag. XLII. 298 "The fructiform productions which were found upon the same stalks often remained fixed together."
frying-pan
(1545) Raynold Byrth Mankynde iii. iii. (1634) 167 "That that remaineth, fry it together in a Frying panne with Suger. "
fugitive , [a.] and [sb.]
(1753) Glover Boadicea i. i, "Come from your hills, ye fugitive remains Of shattered cohorts. "
(1864) Spectator 9 Apr. 423 "The greater part of periodical literature is meant to be, and ought to remain, fugitive."
fulguration .
(1853) Ure Dict. Arts I. 98 "When the lead is wasted to a certain degree, a very thin film of it only remains on the silver, which causes the iridescent appearance, like the colours of soap-bubbles; a phenomenon, called by the old chemists, fulguration."
full , [a.] , [sb. 3] , and [adv.]
(1878) Morley Carlyle Crit. Misc., Ser. i. 200 "The Protestant cause remained full of vitality."
(1742) Lond. &. Country Brew. i. (ed. 4) 11 "The Flour of the Grain will remain in its full Quantity. "
fullerphone .
(1922) Encycl. Brit. XXXII. 491/2 "The fullerphone is a telegraph instrument, the essential point of which is the changing at the receiving end of a steady current into an intermittent current of audible frequency, while at the same time the current in the line remains steady. "
function , [v.]
(1894) Westm. Mag. 8 May 2/3 "The mere show, the social functioning and ceremony, remains, although everyone knows that the life of the metropolis no longer expresses itself through the City Corporation. "
functionate , [v.]
(1869) Daily News 11 June, "The reflective faculty remains in undisturbed repose. As the French say, it does not `functionate'. "
funding , [vbl. sb.]
(1792) A Young. Trav. France 517 "It remains a subject of infinite curiosity, to see how far the infatuated and blind spirit of funding will now be pursued. "
furnace , [sb.]
(1892) Labour Commission Gloss., "*Furnace Fillers, men who remain at the top of the furnace and empty therein the loaded barrows sent up from the bottom. "
furnish , [v.]
(1848) Jrnl. R. Agric. Soc. IX. ii. 555 "It is not..necessary for the hop-tiers to wait until there are three bines for every pole long enough to tie, that is, for the hills to furnish, as they term it..When every pole furnished with three bines pull the remainder out of the hills. "
furniture .
(1692) Ray Dissol. World iii. xi. (1732) 415 "The Earth remaining without any Furniture or Inhabitants. "
further , [v.]
(1816) Scott Old Mort. xi, "To remain together in arms for furthering the covenanted work of reformation. "
fusain .
(1961) W. Francis Coal (ed. 2) v. 296 "Fusain differs very considerably in constitution and properties from the remaining ingredients of coal. "
futile , [a.]
(1892) T. Duncan Canaanitish Woman x. 130 "After all, why should he remain for ever among the futiles?"
G ,
(1927) C. Spearman Abilities of Man vi. 75 "The `general factor'..denoted by the letter g..is so named because, although varying freely from individual to individual, it remains the same for any one individual in respect of all the correlated abilities. "
gadget .
(1967) Daily Tel. 29 Mar. 12/7 "Despite the latest gadgetry-echo-sounders, freezer trawlers, automatic gear-the commercial sea fisherman remains basically a hunter."
Gadhelic , [a.] and [sb.]
(1861) O'Curry Lect. MS. Mat. 3 "Ample materials still remain in the Gaedhlic or Irish language. "
gag , [v. 1]
(1893) Times 14 July 9/5 "The gagging resolution excluded all debate on the remaining clauses. "
gait , [sb. 2]
(1825) Loudon Agric. §.2940 "When the single sheaves (gaites) have remained in this position for a few days, if [etc.]. "
galena .
(1601) Holland Pliny II. 517 "The third part of the vein which remaineth behind in the furnace, it is Gal&ae.na, that is to say, the very mettal it selfe of lead. "
gallery , [sb.]
(1890) Berkeley &Eacu.cart&eacu. &. Euchre 28 "French &Eacu.cart&eacu.. When several persons desire to join in a game of &Eacu.cart&eacu., it is generally arranged in the following manner. Two of the number sit down to play a game in the usual way,..and the remainder, called `The Gallery', are allowed to take part in the game to the extent of betting on the player of their choice, and advising him, if necessary. "
gallows , [sb.]
(1837) Carlyle Fr. Rev. II. v. iii. 270 "Jourdan himself remains unhanged; gets loose again as one not yet *gallows-ripe. "
galvanoplastic , [a.]
(1848) Art Union Jrnl. Feb. 49 "It is placed in a galvano&dubh.plastic apparatus, in which it remains till it is galvano&dubh.plastically covered. "
gamo- ,
(1876) Balfour in Encycl. Brit. IV. 142/1 "The union..may take place by the ovaries alone, while the styles and stigmata remain free, the pistil being then *gamogastrous. "
(1885) Syd. Soc. Lex., "Gamogastrous, a term applied to a pistil in which the ovaries are more or less completely united and the respective styles and stigmata remain free. "
ganger , [sb. 3]
(1882) Nares Seamanship (ed. 6) 162 "A ganger, two or more lengths of chain cable shackled to the sheet anchor. It enables part of the sheet cable always to remain bent."
ganoin .
(1859) Todd Cycl. Anat. V. 481/2 "The edges of its `Lepidine' layer do not remain in contact with the ganoin layer. "
gap , [v.]
(1925) Brit. Weekly 5 Mar. 545/3 "Demolishing two-thirds of the houses, and `gapping' and `loop-holing' the remainder. "
gape , [v.]
(1635) Pagitt Christianogr. 222 "Some others who gape to swallow up and make a prey of that little which remaineth. "
gardenist
(1762-71) H. Walpole Vertue's Anecd. Paint. (1786) IV. 106 "The domestic called a Gardiner..will remain the Gardiner, the projector I should propose to denominate a Gardenist."
garrison , [sb.]
(1801) Wellington in Gurw. Desp. (1837) I. 347 "The garrison could not remain in that fort opposed to the fire of a man of war. "
(1707) Lond. Gaz. No. 4317/2 "Part of their Troops..are to remain in Garison there; the rest are to go into Garison at Mantua. "
Gartner .
(1876) Quain's Elem. Anat. (ed. 8) II. 821 "In the sow and several ruminants..the subdivided upper tubular part or epoophoron has disappeared, and the main part (middle part of the Wolffian duct) remains in the duct of Gaertner, a strong, slightly undulated tube. "
gastro- ,
(1952) F. A. Jones Mod. Trends Gastro-enterol. p. xiii, "In many countries, as in Great-Britain, gastro-enterology is not an established speciality..but remains within the sphere of general medicine and surgery. "
gather , [v.]
(1816) J. Smith Panorama Sc. &. Art II. 694 "Gather the remaining fruits. "
gauge gage , [sb.]
(1825) J. Nicholson Operat. Mechanic 376 "The pipe G is a sort of gauge, by means of which, after the pulp rises to a proper height in the vessel L, the remainder of the water is carried off into the cistern C. "
Gaulic , [a.]
(C. 1645) Howell Lett. (1650) I. 457 "There be divers old Gaulick words yet remaining in the French, which are pure British. "
gearing , [vbl. sb.]
(1965) Seldon &. Pennance Everyman's Dict. Econ. 193 "Gearing, the proportion of a company's annual income allocated to `prior charges' (interest on debentures and preference dividends), the remainder going to the ordinary shareholders. Where it is high the company is said to be highly geared, and conversely."
Gedinnian , [a.]
(1853) Q. Jrnl. Geol. Soc. IX. 25 "The `Gedinnian system' must be entirely separated from the Rhenane series with which..it has no organic remains in common. "
general , [a.] and [sb.]
(1818) Jas. Mill Brit. India III. vi. i. 8 "The remaining chiefs..immediately broke into general discord. "
generalization .
(1897) Allbutt Syst. Med. III. 71 "The generalisation of an infective disease which in most instances remains localised may be due..to the dissemination of the specific organism."
generalize , [v.]
(1832) De la Beche Geol. Man (ed. 2) 193 "The presence of fossils in particular strata was instantly generalized; and it became a well received theory..that every formation..contained the same organic remains, not to be discovered in those above or beneath. "
generally , [adv.]
(1583) T. Stocker tr. Civ. Wars Low C. ii. 16 b, "Wee agree..not one forraine Souldier to remaine there generally. "
generic , [a.] and [sb.]
(1851) Richardson Geol. viii. 208 "The preservation of the generic and specific characters of fossil remains varies in different strata."
genetic , [a.] and [sb. pl.]
(1947) H. J. Muller in Proc. R. Soc. B. CXXXIV. 30 "Practically every mutation, even a `small' and non-lethal one, with the rarest of exceptions, requires finally a genetic death, that is, a failure to live or to breed, somewhere along the line of its descent, if the population would remain genetically at par. For each mutation, then, a genetic death. "
genial , [a. 1]
(1595) Spenser Epithal. 399 " And thou, glad Genius! in whose gentle hand The bridale bowre and geniall bed remaine. "
Genoese , [a.] and [sb.]
(1967) Times 22 Mar. 13/7 "The last remaining vines of the Coronata valley which used to provide the exact white wine to accompany Genoese fish."
genouillere .
(1867) Smyth Sailor's Word-bk., "Genouillere, that part of a battery which remains above the platform, and under the gun after the opening of the embrasure. Of course a knee-step."
gentleman .
(1581) W. Blandy Cast. Policy 18 b, "Captayne, Lieutenent, Auncient, Serieant of a Company, gentleman in a company or of the Rounde, Lance passado. These are speciall; the other that remaine, priuate or common Souldiars. "
genuine , [a. 1]
(1612) Drayton Poly-olb. ix. 14 "A constant Mayden still she onely did remaine, The last her genuine lawes which stoutly did retaine. "
genuineness .
(1738) Warburton Div. Leg. I. 111 "The Genuineness of these Remains. "
genus .
(1755) Gentl. Mag. XXV. 33 "When the shells are distributed according to their proper classes and tribes, nothing remains but to remark their less essential differences, by which they are subdivided into genuses and species. "
geochronology .
(1958) F. E. Zeuner Dating Past iv. 109 "Fromm's (1938) geochronologically dated pollen-diagrams from Angermanland provide the remainder of dates in the Scandinavian sequence, and Welten's work in Switzerland may become important as a second pollen-time-scale. "
geologist .
(1855) Singleton Virgil I. 400 "Their very existence would have remained unknown, except for the geologist and the fossil."
geometric , [a.]
(1902) Encycl. Brit. XXV. 572/1 "In the remains of the Geometric Age we may trace the influence of the Dorians. "
geoponic , [a.] and [sb.]
(1827) Steuart Planter's G. (1828) 21 "The Remains of the Greek Geoponic writers. "
geriatric , [a.] and [sb.]
(1982) Spectator 18 Sept. 3/3 "Hua Kuo-feng was replaced by Teng Hsiao-ping but a number of geriatrics remained. "
germ , [sb.]
(1810) Wellington in Gurw. Desp. (1838) V. 537 "We ought to..encourage to remain here all the gentlemen of the country, as a germ of insurrection. "
(1855) Owen Comp. Anat. Invertebr. (ed. 2) 673 "*Germ-yolk, that portion of the primary yolk of the egg which is assimilated by the germ-cells in the formation of the germ-mass. In some animals the whole yolk is so assimilated, in others (sepia e.g.) only a small portion, the remainder being the `food-yolk', and absorbed by the future embryo or young animal."
germiculture .
(18..) Med. News LII. 640 (Cent.) "The third point-the antiseptic value of these bodies-still remains for the germiculturist to determine."
gerontomorphic , [a.]
(1959) J. D. Clark Prehist. S. Afr. iv. 86 "These two fossils..are, however, not the only remains of this gerontomorphic, proto-Australoid type from Africa, for fragments of three fossil crania were found in 1935. "
gerundive , [a.] and [sb.]
(1894) W. M. Lindsay Lat. Lang. 543 "The origin of the Gerundive suffix still remains doubtful."
gesticulate , [v.]
(1815) Scott Guy M. iv, "The gipsy remained on the shore, reciting or singing, and gesticulating with great vehemence. "
get , [v.]
(1613) Purchas Pilgrimage (1614) 400 "These reeds would fight together, and the victorie should remaine with him whose reede got the better. "
(1892) Pall Mall G. 19 Jan. 4/3 "He remained three hours in the water, afraid to move, lest he should get out of his depth. "
Getulian , [a.] and [sb.]
(1928) V. G. Childe Most Anc. East iii. 48 "And others [sc. migrants], conveniently termed Getulans, remained in North Africa."
ghastly obsgastly , [a.]
(1855) Prescott Philip II, I. iii. v. 370 "His bloody head was set up opposite to that of his fellow-sufferer. For three hours these ghastly trophies remained exposed. "
ghost , [sb.]
(1897) Mary Kinglsey W. Africa 488 "Between five and six weeks..the widow remains in the hut, armed with a good stout stick, as a precaution against the ghost of her husband."
(1890) Jrnl. Chem. Soc. LVII. 499 "The parenchymatous tissue of the endosperm portions..is completely disintegrated, the cell-walls either entirely disappearing or remaining in a much swollen and altered form as mere `ghosts'. "
(1967) Times 18 July 1/3 "Qantara, after the Middle East war, has been turned into a ghost town, as not more than 1,000 of its 8,000 people remain. "
ghurry .
(1803) in Gurw. Wellington's Desp. (1844) I. 585 "If you are resolved on having an audience, come tomorrow, when only two ghurees of the day shall remain. "
giantism .
(1936) M. Allis Eng. Prelude xxiv. 176 "London remains the great metropolis, but those of the Midlands give an impression of giantism London lacks. "
gilded , [ppl. a.]
(1860) Tyndall Glac. i. v. 39 "It remained the only gilded summit in view."
gimcrack , [sb.] and [a.]
(1639) Chapman &. Shirley Ball iv. H iij, "Luc. There remaines to take away one scruple. Co. Another gimcracke. Luc. I have none, tis your doubt sir. "
gingerbread .
(1813) Hodgson &. Laird Beaut. Eng. &. Wales XII. i. 89 "Little remains of this ancient bulwark except a strong gate&dubh.way. the approach to which has been lately flanked with bastions, in the true gingerbread style. "
gippy .
(1916) Anzac Bk. 138 "And it came to pass that while they yet warmed their hands there was heard a mighty crash, and of the `Gyppies' that remained were picked up seven stretchers full. "
girder , [sb. 1]
(1869) Latest News 5 Sept. 16 "So fierce was the fire, that the glass in the roof melted; but the iron girders remained in their places. "
girdle , [v.]
(1766) J. Bartram Jrnl. 11 Feb. in Stork Acc. E. Florida 65 "There still remain..great trees girdled round to kill them, which are now very sound, tho' above 60 years since they were cut. "
girn , [v. 1]
(A. 1693) Urquhart Rabelais iii. xvii, "The old Trot for a while remained silent, pensive, and girning like a Dog. "
glacial , [a.]
(1786) H. Cavendish in Phil. Trans. LXXVI. 268 "The oil of vitriol prepared from green vitriol, has sometimes been obtained in such a state as to remain constantly congealed..whence it acquired its name of glacial. "
glassful , [sb.]
(1823) Byron Juan xiii. xxxvii, "About a liquid glassful will remain. "
glosso- ,
(1872) W. Aitkin Sci. &. Pract. Med. (ed. 6) II. 283 "In *glosso-laryngeal paralysis the lower part of the face alone remains motionless. "
glove , [sb.]
(1727-41) Chambers Cycl. s.v., "The custom..of blessing gloves, in the coronation of the kings of France, is a remain of the eastern practice of giving possession with the glove."
glow , [sb.]
(1878) Huxley Physiogr. 77 "The merest point remains in a state of glow. "
glucosan .
(1950) G. M. Dyson Man. Org. Chem. x. 805 "An enquiry into..the structure of the remaining product led to the recognition of a number of isomeric glucosans, for it appears that glucose can lose one molecule of water in almost every conceivable way. "
glutin .
(1825) J. Nicholson Operat. Mechanic 407 "He..wets the fibres [of flax or hemp] and rubs them together, which, by the glutine remaining in them will cause them to adhere. "
gnatter , [v.]
(1757) E. Darwin Let. 24 Dec. in Life (1879) 22 "Here Time with his long Teeth had gnattered away the remainder of this Leaf. "
gnoscopine .
(1951) A. Grollman Pharmacol. &. Therapeutics iv. 88 "The remaining [opium] alkaloids (laudanosine,..codamine, gnoscopine, etc.) occur in too small quantity to have any influence on the action of the crude drug. "
go , [sb. 1]
(1884) Brit. Stand. Handbks. Sports &. Pastimes II. ii. 16 "Skittles, That all pins be knocked down, but should one remain standing it shall be considered an extra `go'... That the number of `goes' be limited to five."
go , [v.]
(A. 1698) Temple Of Her. Virtue Wks. 1720 I. 196 "Whatever remains in Story of Atlas..is so obscured with Age or Fables, that it may go along with those of the Atlantick Islands. "
(1968) K. Weatherly Roo Shooter 41 "The air remained as dry as ever. On some of the stations the cattle were going down; all the earth tanks were dry."
(1888) Steel &. Lyttleton Cricket (Badm.) v. 232 "Nothing would induce the injured batsman to remain..he had been given out and was going out. "
(1818) Cruise Digest (ed. 2) II. 19 "The estate must go over to the next in remainder."
god-brother
(1571) Campion Hist. Irel. II. viii. (1633) 102 "For which cause the Earle of Desmond remained many yeares Deputy to George Duke of Clarence his god-brother."
godfather [sb.]
(1617) Moryson Itin. i. 37 "After they had fined me some cannes of wine, and..had made me free, it remained that he whom they had chosen to be my God-father,..should instruct me with some precepts. "
godling .
(1570-6) Lambarde Peramb. Kent (1826) 394 "What remaineth..but that altars should be raised..to this our newe found Godlyng? "
God-man
(1559) in Neal Hist. Puritans (1754) I. 93 "After the consecration [of the host] there remains not..any other substance but God-Man. "
(1861) W. L. Alexander tr. Dorner's Pers. Christ (1872) I. i. 1 "It will ever remain the ideal of human life, that it is God-manlike."
Goidelic , [a.] and [sb.]
(1896) Sir H. Maxwell Hist. Dumfries etc. ii. 32 "Novantia, however, remained Pictish,-i.e. Goidelic-in speech and race. "
golden , [a.]
(1967) W. J. Reichmann Spell of Math. v. 90 "The sides of the rectangle are thus in golden section, and the rectangle may therefore be called a golden rectangle... If we draw the largest square possible within this rectangle..then the next remaining rectangle will also be golden."
(1596) Fitz-Geffray Sir F. Drake (1881) 25 "Her silver-feathered turtle-doves, Which in their *golden-wired cage remaine."
goldish , [a.]
(1577) Dee Relat. Spir. i. (1659) 174 "There remaineth on the Table a goldish shine. "
golgotha .
(1749) J. Gwyn Ess. on Design Pref. 6 "Westminster-abbey..was by no Means intended as a mere Golgotha for the Remains of the..Dead. "
gompa .
(1939) M. Pallis Peaks &. Lamas xiii. 147 "Time enough to sort out the remaining stores and attend a service at the Gompa (monastery) to which we had been specially bidden. "
Gondal , [sb.] and [a.]
(1908) C. Shorter Brontë.s Life &. Lett. I. x. 215 "The Gondaland Chronicles, to which reference is made, must remain a mystery for us. "
gono- ,
(1969) A. J. Grove et al. Anim. Biol. (ed. 8) xvi. 382 [Amphioxus.] "For a time each gonotome remains connected to its own somite by a short stalk, but eventually the stalk is severed and in this way a series of young gonads is formed."
gonotocont .
(1928) C. W. Dodge tr. Gä.umann's Compar. Morphol. Fungi i. 1 "The product of fertilization is called a zygote as long as it remains unicellular; it develops into a diplont which forms gonotoconts (organs in which meiosis occurs). "
good , [a.] , [adv.] , and [sb.]
(1796) H. Hunter tr. St. Pierre's Stud. Nat. (1799) III. 146 "My good friend, your sister shall remain with us. "
(1818) Cruise Digest (ed. 2) V. 509 "Although a recovery be a good bar to a remainder for years [etc.]. "
(1895) Ld. Watson in Law Times Rep. LXXIII. 37/1 "They have sold their patent..for..30,000l., and..allowing a reasonable deduction for those items which they have disbursed, there still remains to the good a very considerable sum of money. "
good nature good-nature
(1657) Jer. Taylor Serm. at Funeral Sir G. Dalstone Wks. 1828 VI. 563 "A good nature, being the relicks and remains of that shipwreck which Adam made, is the proper and immediate disposition to holiness..When good nature is heightened by the grace of God, that which was natural becomes now spiritual. "
goodness .
(1819) Col. Hawker Diary (1893) I. 185 "Here I remained..for goodness knows how many hours. "
goombay .
(1834) M. G. Lewis Jrnl. W. Ind. 322 "The greatest part remained quietly in the negro houses beating the gumby-drum. "
goon .
(1945) G. Morgan Only Ghosts can Live, 140, "The cry, `Goon up!' remained in many camps a warning of the approach of the Detaining Power. "
goose , [sb.]
(1799) Aurora (Philad.) 31 Jan. (Th.), "The gulls and goose-traps that have been sported for some time past all come from the shop in which the Washington Lottery wheels remain undrawn, and where a new goose-trap, the Amuskeag canal, was some time since hammered out. "
goose-wing
(1577) B. Googe Heresbach's Husb. iv. (1586) 188 b, "If any thing remaine, not washed away, you must sweepe it out with a Goose wing. "
gossiper .
(1885) L'pool Daily Post 29 Aug. 5/2 "Gossipers on the Flags were pleased to notice that cotton remains fair."
gourbi .
(1963) Economist 29 June 1352/3 "A number [of Alglerians]..must remain..in the `gourbis', their floorless, mosquito-ridden mud or wattle hovels."
gourd (1) .
(1892) Harper's Mag. May LXXXIV. 936/2 "The rank, malodorous *gourd-vine that straggled over the remains of last year's bean poles. "
governance .
(1533-4) Act 25 Hen. VIII, c. 22 §.11 "Your said issue..shalbe &. remaine..at and in the gouernance of their naturall mother. "
governess , [v.]
(1852) Tait's Mag. XIX. 346 "Esther yet remains single, and governesses her brother's rising family. "
government .
(1647-8) Cotterell Davila's Hist. Fr. (1678) 9 "Those few small governments which yet remained in their family. "
grab , [v.]
(1788) W. Eden in G. Rose's Diaries (1860) I. 74 "There remained merely the finding and grabbing some respectable office for life. "
grad (3)
(1909) J. G. Coffin Vector Analysis 103 "It remains to show that the operator &udtr. applied to V gives the grad. "
gradational , [a.]
(1880) G. Meredith Tragic Com. xviii. (1892) 252 "It was easier to remain incredulous notwithstanding the gradational distinctness of the whispers."
graded , [ppl. a.]
(1882) W. H. Bishop in Harper's Mag. Dec. 60/2 "A half mile of graded road-bed alone remains."
grafter (3) .
(1896) Columbus (Ohio) Dispatch 20 Apr. 3/8 "Most of the `grafters' have left the town, and not many of them will remain here. "
gramicidin .
(1940) Hotchkiss &. Dubos in Jrnl. Biol. Chem. CXXXII. 791 "Three crystalline preparations highly bactericidal for Gram-positive microorganisms have been obtained... The third substance, which we have named gramicidin, is concentrated by repeatedly recovering the fraction which remains soluble in alcohol. "
grand , [a.] and [sb.]
(1966) A. J. Marder From Dreadnought to Scapa Flow III. vi. 207 "The moral ascendancy of the Grand Fleet over the High Seas Fleet remained and, if anything, was stronger. "
(1889) Elvin Dict. Heraldry, s.v. "Marshalling, a *Grand Quartering..usually accompanies the assumption of a second name, and unites the two associated coats so inseparably, that if they come to be Marshalled with other quarterings they are no longer (as in other cases) spread out among them, but they still remain together as a Grand Quartering. "
grandezza grandeza
(1675) H. Teonge Diary (1825) 87 "This island [Cyprus]..had in it 30 cittys, of which there still remaine many worthy memorables of their pristin grandetsa's."
grandparental , [a.]
(1958) New Biology XXVI. Pl. 3(b), "At the base of the parent corm is the remains of the connexion to the `grandparental' corm."
grant , [v.]
(1674) tr. Scheffer's Lapland 4 "Granting there were antiently such names..it remaines doubtfull [etc.]. "
Granth .
(1934) H. H. Gowen Hist. Religion, xxiii. 347 "When the tenth Guru died the succession was regarded as closed and the Adi Granth remained the sole authority. "
grape , [sb. 1]
(1830) M. Donovan Dom. Econ. I. 249 "The *grape-cake which remains after the wine has been pressed out is called by the French les marcs de raisin. "
graphitization .
(1951) Proc. R. Soc. A. CCIX. 215 "Graphitization [of the coal] does not occur because the crystallites are in random orientation and the pore structure remains intact. "
graphitize , [v.]
(1937) Epstein &. Sisco Alloys Iron &. Carbon II. x. 369 "All the remaining austenite changes to ferrite and cementite; the remaining cementite has, therefore, still to be graphitized. "
grappier .
(1905) E. C. Eckel Cements 185 "Grappier cements are made by grinding finely the lumps of unburned and overburned material which remain when a hydraulic lime is slaked. "
grass-green [a.] (and [sb.] )
(1641) French Distill. vi. (1651) 193 "There will remaine..a grasse-green Liquor. "
gratify , [v.]
(1607) Shaks. Cor. ii. ii. 44 "It remaines..To gratifie his Noble seruice. "
gratin .
(1964) Good Housek. New Cooking v. 57 "Egg and Spinach Au Gratin... Sprinkle on the remaining cheese and grill until golden."
grave , [sb. 1]
(1756-7) tr. Keysler's Trav. (1760) III. 97 "Here in one grave are deposited the remains of Constantia..and..her daughter. "
grave , [sb. 3]
(1605) Saltern Ant. Laws Gt. Brit. E 2 b, "The Saxons..called their Nobles by a name of the same signification, viz. Earles or eldermen, a name of nobilitie vnknowne in their owne Countrie; where (as I take it) they are called Graues or Greues, signifying a gouernor, which name also they brought hither, and it remaineth in some vse to this day. "
grave , [v. 2]
(1891) C. Creighton Hist. Epidemics 585 "They graved the ship there and remained twenty-six days."
gravitation .
(1860) Maury Phys. Geog. Sea (Low) ii. §.95 "But for the forces of gravitation the waters of the Mississippi would remain at its fountain. "
gravity .
(1758) Reid tr. Macquer's Chym. I. 234 "As the fire carries off the most aqueous part, the other which remains in the retort increases in specific gravity. "
grease , [sb.]
(1860) Slang Dict., "Grease-spot, a minute remnant, the only distinguishable remains of an antagonist after a terrific contest. "
greaser .
(1906) L. Claremont Gem-Cutter's Craft 100 "The heavy material among which are the diamonds..is..passed through a machine called the `greaser', which consists of a shaking table made of five shallow steps..coated with a thick layer of grease, and the diamonds adhere to the grease while the remainder of the gravel is washed away. "
grece .
(1611) Speed Hist. Gt. Brit. ix. viii. §.46 "Neither is the Popes reuenge thus appeased, some higher greeces yet remaine, on which his Greatnesse..must display it selfe. "
greediness .
(1641) J. Jackson True Evang. T. i. 73 "There is too much of the greedinesse of the Wolfe still remaining. "
greenback , [sb.]
(1961) Amat. Gardening 21 Oct. Suppl. 25/1 "Green&dubh.back, a common tomato disorder in which the fruits do not ripen completely but remain green near the stalk."
greening , [vbl. sb.]
(1751) Chambers Cycl. s.v., "If urine, citron-juice, or spirit of vitriol, be cast on a green ribband, it becomes blue; by reason the yellow of the greening-weed is thereby exhaled and consumed; so that nothing but blue remains behind. "
griding , [ppl. a.]
(1782) Elphinston tr. Martial i. xxii. 35 "For brawny necks the griding claw remains. "
grief , [sb.]
(1965) J. Pollitt Depression &. its Treatment ii. 22 "Similarly, in human affairs, bereavement occurring during a depressive illness is not followed by the normal process of forgetting, the patient remaining grief-stricken. "
griffin (1) .
(1818) Scott Hrt. Midl. ix, "The paw remained suspended in the air like the claw of a heraldic griffin. "
grille grill , [sb.]
(1962) K. F. Chapman Stamp Collecting 137 "Grille, a pattern of tiny square dots impressed into the paper of several United States issues with a view to hindering the removal of cancellations. The grille broke the fibres of the paper and permitted the cancelling ink to penetrate the paper instead of remaining on the surface."
grizzle , [v. 2]
(1867) E. Yates Forlorn Hope xxix. 392, "I went abroad, and remained grizzling and feeding on my own heart for months. "
grockle .
(1984) Listener 20 Sept. 23/1 "With the memory of my month in Devon receding, the grockles remain vivid, and the term grows more and more repellent to me. "
groin , [sb. 2]
(1790) Pennant London 87 "On the north outside, beyond the windows, are many marks of recesses, groins, arms, on the remains of some other room. "
gross , [a.] and [sb. 4]
(1802-12) Bentham Rat. Judic. Evid. (1827) IV. 527 "How inconsistent and absurd, to do away the mischief in retail, and, in the very self-same shape, leave it to remain in gross! "
(A. 1682) Sir T. Browne Tracts (1684) 132 "So much still remaineth with us that it maketh the gross of our language. "
ground , [sb.]
(1629) Rutherford Lett. (1862) I. 44 "Fulfil with joy the remnant of the grounds and remainders of the afflictions of Christ in your body. "
(1607) Shaks. Cor. iv. i. 51 "While I remaine aboue the ground, you shall Heare from me still. "
(1876) Haygarth's Cricket Scores v. 16 "[G. H. Wright was engaged] on the Bramhall Ground, at Sheffield, where he still remains as *groundkeeper. "
ground-stone
(1591) R. Bruce Serm. (Wodrow Soc.) 298 "It may remain a sure foundation and Ground&dubh.stone to us. "
group , [sb.]
(1962) D. H. Calam in A. Pirie Lens Metabolism Rel. Cataract 439 "At the low pH employed, only strongly acidic groups remain charged, most of the carboxyl groups are unionized."
(1932) Times 12 Feb. 11/1 "The significance of this unique *group-burial must remain a mystery. "
grouseward , [adv.]
(1853) A. H. Clough Lett. &. Rem. (1865) 263 "The Commons are off grousewards, and scarcely anyone remains to ask one to dinner or anything else. "
grout , [sb. 1]
(1624) Capt. Smith Virginia ii. 29 "The groutes and peeces of the cornes remaining, by fanning..away the branne, they boyle 3 or 4 houres with water. "
growth (1) .
(1841-71) T. R. Jones Anim. Kingd. (ed. 4) 453 "Between the shell and the exterior of the body, where they remain until the embryo attains its full growth."
grub , [v.]
(1884) A. Lang in Century Mag. Jan. 325/2 "Grubbing among Roman remains and relics. "
grudging , [vbl. sb.]
(1672) Dryden 2nd Pt. Conq. Granada iv. iii, "The grudging of my ague yet remains. "
Guanche .
(1797) Encycl. Brit. IV. 81/1 "The inhabitants are chiefly Spaniards; though there are some of the first people remaining, whom they call Guanches, who are somewhat civilized by their intercourse with the Spaniards. "
guarantee , [sb.]
(1871) Blackie Four Phases i. 151 "He stood guarantee that I should remain and wait the result of the trial."
guarantee , [v.]
(1931) Economist 24 Jan. 163/1 "The remaining proposals involve the cancellation of the present agreements as to the guaranteed day and guaranteed week, overtime on a daily basis, [etc.]. "
guarantor .
(1893) Gladstone Sp. Ho. Com. 13 Feb., "I want to know..who will be the effective guarantor that this remainder will not also vanish?"
guard , [sb.]
(1874) Rifle Exerc., etc. 40 "Seize the guard with the forefinger and thumb of the right hand..the remaining fingers under the hammer."
(1960) M. S. Kiver F-M Simplified (ed. 3) i. 8 "Each station..is assigned a bandwidth of 200 kc. Of this 200-kc bandwidth, 150 (&pm.75) kc is to be employed for the modulation and the remaining 50 (&pm.25) kc is to function as a guardband. "
guardianship .
(A. 1715) Burnet Own Time (1724) I. 809 "In the case of lunaticks, the right still remained in him: Only the guardianship, or the exercise of it, was to be lodged with a Prince Regent. "
guarding , [ppl. a.]
(1897) Mary Kingsley W. Africa 176 "The Adoomas left and fled to the French authority at Njole and remained under its guarding shadow until the French came up and chastised the Fans."
guard-ship (2) guardship .
(1833) Marryat P. Simple (1863) 86, "I was sent on board of the guard-ship, where I remained about ten days, and then was sent round to join this frigate. "
guestwise [sb.] and [adv.]
(1590) Shaks. Mids. N. iii. ii. 171 "My heart to her, but as guest-wise soiourn'd, And now to Helen it is home return'd, There to remaine. "
guide , [sb.]
(1605) Verstegan Dec. Intell. v. (1628) 137 "There remaines yet a tole called *Guid-law, which is paid for cattell at Bowdumbar, a Gate of the City so called, and was first granted for the payment of guides. "
guiding , [ppl. a.]
(1897) A. H. Miles Concise Knowl. Astron. ii. xv. 195 "In the guiding telescope are two spider threads at right angles to each other, and it is by constantly keeping the image of a star at the intersection of these `wires' that the operator ensures the images remaining in a constant position upon the sensitive plate. "
guillotining , [vbl. sb.]
(1893) Times 1 June 9/5 "Cutting short the discussion on..the remaining clauses of the Bill by what is known as the `guillotining' process."
guilt , [sb.]
(1899) E. M. Aveling tr. Marx's Secret Diplomatic Hist. 18th Cent. v. 74 "Whether we consider her [sc. Russia's] power..as the mere vision of the *guilt-stricken consciences of the European peoples-the question remains the same."
gulf , [sb.]
(1566) Adlington Apuleius 51 "Whether thou wilt remaine with the serpent and in the ende to be swallowed up into the gowlfe of his bodie. "
Gullah .
(1908) S. Atlantic Q., Oct. 339 "To some Gullah remains a closed book. "
gum , [sb. 2]
(1841) Brande Chem. 1078 "When the solutions are evaporated, uncrystallizable *gum-like compounds remain. "
gum [sb. 5]
(1558) Warde tr. Alexis' Secr. 13 b, "A verie goodly secrete for the gommes [It. gomme] or burgeons that remaine of the great Pockes. "
gun , [sb.]
(1966) B. Kimenye Kalasanda Revisited 41 "Mrs. Lutaya's set absolutely refused to accept this high-handed ruling, preferring to remain large fish in their own small pond, rather than compete with the big guns of Gumbi and Male villages."
(1833) J. Holland Manuf. Metal II. 105 "A *gun-breeching till of late years, was what it still remains in muskets used in the army, simply a plug screwed into the end of the barrel. "
(1969) Australian 7 June 2/7 "Other RAAF gunships remained overhead until the crew were lifted out. "
Gupta , [a.] and [sb.]
(1880) Encycl. Brit. XIII. 120/2 "All the Gupta inscriptions are dated in the Gupta-k&aacu.la, the Gupta era, the epoch of which has long been and still remains a subject of dispute. "
gut , [sb.]
(1937) G. Orwell England Your England (1953) 191 "It is brought home to you, at least while you are watching, that it is only because miners sweat their guts out that superior persons can remain superior. "
gutter , [sb. 1]
(1887) H. H. Howorth Mammoth &. Flood 372 "Numerous remains of vegetation, we are told, occur in the *gutter-drift in Victoria. "
gutty , [sb.]
(1924) C. J. H. Tolley Mod. Golfer 64 "Thousands to-day would not be playing the game if the `gutty' ball remained the official ball of to-day."
guvacine .
(1946) Jrnl. Amer. Chem. Soc. LXVIII. 1053/1 "The white solid remaining undissolved..was guvacine hydrochloride. "
guy , [sb. 1]
(1928) Daily Express 7 Apr. 5/5 "Drive in the remaining pegs and attach and true up the remaining guylines. "
gymnic , [a.] and [sb.]
(1846) Grote Greece i. iv. (1862) I. 76 "The remaining daughters..were given in marriage to the victors in a gymnic contest. "
gyppie gypo gyppy
(1916) Anzac Book 138 "And it came to pass that while they yet warmed their hands there was heard a mighty crash, and of the `Gyppies' that remained were picked up seven stretchers full. "
gyroscope .
(1857) Chambers's Jrnl. 30 May 351/2 "To overcome it [sc. rolling and pitching]..the professor invented a balanced frame, with free axes for rotation, somewhat on the principle of the gyroscope, which..remains uninfluenced by the..movements of the ship. "
hacendado .
(1897) Blackw. Mag. Nov. 685 "The polity of the Mexican haciendado remains unchanged. "
hack , [v. 1]
(1864) Blackheathen 9/1 "`Hacking first man up'..remains at present quite a Rugby rule. "
(A. 1682) Sir T. Browne Tracts 133 "Present Parisians can hardly hack out those few lines of the league between Charles and Lewis..yet remaining in old French."
haematoxylin hem- .
(1882) Vines Sach's Bot. 947 "The net-work readily stains with h&ae.matoxylin, but the fluid remains colourless."
hag [sb. 3]
(1816) R. Kerr Agric. Surv. Berwicksh. 334 (Jam.) "Remains of ancient oak forests..which have grown into a kind of copse, or what is termed in Scotland hag woods. "
hair , [sb.]
(1583) Hollyband Campo di Fior 335 "There will alwayes remaine some heare in the cliffe of the penne."
half , [adv.]
(1818) Jas. Mill Brit. India II. v. v. 494 "From half after seven..they remained exposed to the fire..till nine o'clock. "
half- in
(1834) Ht. Martineau Farrers ii. 25 "Two out of the remaining four halfstarted from their chair. "
half-way halfway , [adv.] , [adj.] , [sb.] , and [prep.]
(1938) Times 25 May 17/3 "He shows how much remains to be done before the standard of life of the West Indian labourer and of the West Indian peasant is raised to a level which can be regarded as halfway tolerable. "
hall (1) .
(1874) Parker Goth. Archit. i. iii. 89 "Part of the great Norman hall remains, now converted into the servants' hall."
hallage .
(1678) Act of Common-Council, London B j a, "All sorts of Broad..Cloths..brought unto, pitched, and harboured in Blackwell-Hall..there to remain till..the Duties of Hallage herein after-mentioned also [be] paid. "
hallier (2)
(1587) Harrison England ii. ii. (1877) i. 87 "The students also that remaine in them [Oxford hostels or halls] are called hostelers or halliers."
halter , [sb. 1]
(1835) Lytton Rienzi v. v, "The horse runs from one hand, the halter remains in the other."
halve , [v.]
(1857) Chambers' Inform. II. 693/1 "When players are very equally matched, neither party has, at the close of a day's play, gained an advantage; every round has been halved, hence the match itself is halved, and remains to be played another day. "
ham , [sb. 1] ( [a.] )
(1941) M. Allingham Traitor's Purse xii. 133 "Campion's thin hands remained expressionless and Lugg's great ham-fists did not stir. "
hanaper .
(1536) Statutes Irel. 28 Hen. VIII (Bolton, 1621, 108) "The writings obligatorie or money taken for the same shall rest, remaine, and abide in the hands of the underthesaurer, or in the Hanaper of the kings Chauncerie in Ireland. "
handcraft
(1965) Punch 3 Nov. 645/3 "The stone, being hand-crafted and set, remained in place for more than a month before it was washed away in a rain&dubh.storm. "
hand-grenade .
(1882) Standard 25 Aug. 3/7 "[They] remained on the camp side of the river, escalading, hand grenading, and double lock bridge building. "
hand-hoe [v.] [trans.]
(1744-50) W. Ellis Mod. Husb. IV. i. 15 "This Machine..will..fit the remaining Turneps for Hand-houghing. "
handsel hansel , [sb.]
(1573) Twyne &Ae.neid xi. Gg iij, "Here now remaine the spoiles, and hansell, of the hautie kinge [de rege superbo Primiti&ae.] Mezentius loe here lies. "
hang-over hangover .
(1930) L. Denny Amer. conquers Brit. 9 "That easily inspired hatred of Germany remained as a hang-over in America long after it had been thrown over by the British. "
haptophore , [a.] (and [sb.] )
(1938) W. Bulloch Hist. Bacteriol. xi. 275 "Of the two, the haptophore is the more stable. Ehrlich considered that the toxophoric atom group can deteriorate to a non-toxic state although the haptophoric group may at the same time remain unchanged. "
hard , [a.] ( [sb.] )
(1886) R. C. Leslie Sea-painter's Log iv. 64 " Well-known sheltered beaches, or `common hards', as they were called. These hards still remain in old seaports. "
hard and fast [a.]
(1895) Ld. C. E. Paget Autobiog. iv. (1896) 80 "Finding the ship hard and fast, he had nothing for it but to remain quietly on board."
hard-boiled [a.]
(1942) Mind LI. 274 "It certainly is difficult to remain a stoic or a cynic, to be `hard-boiled', for a long time. "
hard by [prep.] and [adv.]
(1849) Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. v. 628 "Hard by the remains of Monmouth were laid the remains of Jeffreys."
(1717) Berkeley Tour in Italy 19 Jan. Wks. 1871 IV. 527 "Hard by we saw the remains of the circus of Sallustius. "
harnessed , [ppl. a.]
(1960) Times (Nigeria Suppl.) 29 Sept. p. xxi/4 "The bushbuck, also called harnessed antelope from the pattern of white stripes on its coat, remains widespread."
harrow haro , [int.]
(1862) Ansted Channel Isl. iv. xxiii. (ed. 2) 539 "Encroachments on property are sometimes met by a very peculiar exclamatory appeal, called `Ha! Ro!' repeated thrice. It is considered to be the remains of an old appeal to Rollo, Duke of Normandy, and is followed by action."
hart .
(1851) Dict. Archit., "*Hart's Black, that substance remaining..after the spirits, volatile salt and oil, have been extracted from hartshorn..when..levigated it answers the purpose of painters nearly as well as ivory black. "
hartebeest hartbeest .
(1824) Burchell Trav. II. 99 "One of our party fell in with the fresh remains of a kaama or hartebeest. "
hash , [sb. 1]
(1678) R. L'Estrange Seneca's Mor. (1702) 510 "They are only Hache, made up of the Fragments that remain'd. "
hatchling .
(1955) Sci. Amer. Oct. 98/3 "It is curious that, although the young hatchling in the nest is in great hazard of its life, once it has begun to fly it is extremely unlikely to be lost during the remainder of the dependence period. "
Hattic , [a.]
(1926) D. G. Hogarth Kings of Hittites 8 "Have any remains been revealed which manifestly are Cappadocian Hattic, wholly or in part? "
hattock
(1879) Miss Jackson Shropsh. Word-bk., "Hattocks, sheaves of corn inverted over the `mow' to protect it from wet. The two end sheaves of the `mow', which consists of eight sheaves, are taken as hattocks for the remaining six. "
have , [v.]
(1820) Keats Let. 1 Nov. (1931) II. 568, "I should have had her when I was in health, and I should have remained well. "
hawk , [sb. 1]
(1893) Newton Dict. Birds, "Hawk, a word of indefinite meaning, being often used to signify all diurnal Birds-of-Prey which are neither Vultures nor Eagles, and again more exclusively for those of the remainder which are not Buzzards, Falcons, Harriers or Kites."
haze , [sb.]
(1888) Bryce Amer. Commw. III. lxxx. 55 "Nor do their moral and religious impulses remain in the soft haze of self-complacent sentiment."
head , [sb. 1]
(1968) Jazz Monthly Feb. 21/1 "The functional scoring of John's idea, Shorty George and Cherokee was the work of Jimmy Mundy,..the remainder probably being head arrangements. "
(1891) H. Frederick Copperhead (1894) 255 "Reducing what remained of the [pig's] head into small bits, to be seasoned..and then fill other pans as head&dubh.cheese. "
(1620-55) I. Jones Stone-Heng (1725) 40 "There could not possibly be a convenient *Head-height remaining a Passage underneath. "
(1959) J. L. Nayler Dict. Aeronaut. Engin. 128 "Head resistance, a term used for the resistance, or drag at no yaw, of the front part of a projectile, the remainder of the drag being due to skin friction and base drag. "
head-gear .
(1881) Raymond Mining Gloss., "Head-gear, that part of deep-boring apparatus which remains at the surface."
headland .
(1863) Fawcett Pol. Econ. i. vi. 81 "After the centre of the field has been ploughed, the head&dubh.lands will remain to be ploughed separately."
heart , [sb.]
(1918) E. M. Roberts Flying Fighter 201 "After a heart-to-heart talk, I induced him to let me remain in the Flying Service. "
(1945) W. S. Churchill Victory (1946) 223 "The decision..remained nevertheless a heart-shaking risk. "
heartland .
(1949) G. Orwell Nineteen Eighty-Four ii. 189 "The territory which forms the heartland of each super&dubh.state always remains inviolate. "
heath , [sb.]
(1936) Discovery Jan. 25/1 "Only about 50,000 acres of Breckland remain at the present moment as heathland. "
heather .
(1863) J. G. Baker N. Yorksh. 181 "A considerable extent of the surface yet remains as *heatherland. "
heave , [v.]
(1884) Lady Brassey in Gd. Words Mar. 163/1 "We remained hove-to all the next day."
heaven , [sb.]
(1885) J. L. Davies Soc. Quest. 372 "There must always remain a whole heaven of difference between the position of those who know nothing of nature..and that of those who recognise light and guidance..as coming to men from the living God."
heavenward , [adv.] and [a.]
(1799) Campbell Pleas. Hope ii, "I smile on death, if Heaven-ward Hope remain. "
Hebridean , [a.] and [sb.]
(1897) R. H. Story Apostolic Ministry Scot. Church v. 154 "The beehive cells, the remains of which may still be seen in Eilean Naomh and other Hebridean isles. "
hedonistic [a.]
(1874) Sidgwick Meth. Ethics ii. v. §.4. 156 "The moral pain..would be so great as to render the whole remainder of life hedonistically worthless. "
heel , [sb. 1]
(1879) Miss Jackson Shropsh. Word-bk., "Heel, the top crust of a loaf cut off, or the bottom crust remaining."
height , [sb.]
(1704) in B. Church Hist. Philip's War (1867) II. 164 "Carrying the Remainder into Captivity in the heighth of Winter. "
hellish , [a.] ( [adv.] )
(1604) Shaks. Oth. v. ii. 368 "To you, Lord Gouernor, Remaines the Censure of this hellish villaine. "
hemi- , [prefix] .
(1890) W. James Princ. Psychol. I. ii. 44 "According to Loeb, the defect is a dimness of vision (`*hemiamblyopia') in which (however severe) the centres remain the best seeing portions of the retina. "
(1880) Bastian Brain xxv. 547 "In many cases of Hemi-an&ae.sthesia, the viscera remain at least as tender as ever under firm pressure. "
hemi-elytrum .
(1870) Nicholson Zool. 210 "In some of the Hemiptera..the apices [of the anterior wings] remain membranous, and to these the term `hemelytra' is applied. "
hemp , [sb.]
(1753) Chambers Cycl. Supp., s.v., "The remaining plants, which are the female Hemp, called by the farmer Karle-hemp, are to be left till Michaelmas."
hen-peck [sb.]
(1958) Daily Mail 15 July 3/4 "Charmian Eyre..remains disarmingly human at the height of henpeckery."
Hentenian , [a.]
(1902) H. J. White in J. Hastings Dict. Bible IV. 880/2 "The various Hentenian editions remained for some years as the standard text of the Roman Church, but were still private publications. "
hepster .
(1958) Spectator 21 Nov. 702/1 "Yet although jazz seems to have burst out of the locked treasure casket over which an egghead minority of hepsters crooned for so many years, it still remains a curiously unreal cult."
heptarchy .
(1774) Warton Hist. Eng. Poetry (1775) I. 5 "The inhabitants of Cornwall..remained partly in a state of independence during the Saxon heptarchy. "
here , [adv.]
(1605) Shaks. Macb. iv. iii. 148 "Which often since my heere remaine in England, I haue seene him do."
hereafter , [adv.] ( [a.] , [sb.] )
(1576) Fleming Panopl. Epist. 68 "So would I have you thinke mee to be, at this present, and for ever hereafter to remaine. "
aliHerma .
(1850) Leitch Mü.ller's Anc. Art §.345. 412 "The isolated statue was historically developed from the pillar; the Herma remained as an intermediate step, inasmuch as it placed a human head on a pillar having the proportions of the human form."
heterogeneous , [a.]
(1902) Encycl. Brit. XXVIII. 567/2 "In the case of crystalline fusion it is necessary to distinguish two cases, the Homogeneous and the Heterogeneous... In the second case, the solid and liquid phases differ in composition; that of the liquid phase changes continuously, and the temperature does not remain constant during the fusion. "
heterogonic , [a.]
(1924) Nature 20 Dec. 895/1 "Whereas in the male the ratio abdomen-breadth: carapace-breadth remained constant, in the female it increased continuously... P&eacu.zard (1918) has styled the growth of such an organ heterogonic. "
heterotic , [a.]
(1914) Zeitschr. f. induktive Abstammungs- und Vererbungslehre XII. 127 "A highly heterotic plant..because of its unusual vigor may develop branches from buds which in a weaker plant would remain dormant. "
hevea .
(1927) Daily Tel. 11 May 3/4 "The rest would be dug up after the present season, and rubber planted in its stead, as the hevea trees remaining were widely spaced. "
hex , [sb. 1]
(1928) Daily Express 10 Dec. 11/1 "York County's early settlers were Germans, and their present-day descendants still remain under the spell of medieval German necromancy. One of their sacred words is `hex', said to be corrupt German for witch. "
hexagram .
(1863) R. Townsend Mod. Geom. I. 145 "In a hexastigm or hexagram every triangle determined by three points or lines is said to be the opposite of that determined by the remaining three. "
hexaploid , [a.] and [sb.]
(1921) Ann. Bot. XXXV. 185 "The remainder of the tetraploids, the whole of the pentaploids and hexaploids, showed a partial reduction involving fourteen or twenty-eight chromosomes. "
Hezbollah .
(1986) Daily Tel. 23 July 17/8 "The southern suburbs [of Beirut]..remain exclusively controlled by the pro-Iranian Hizbollah (party of God) militia which is totally opposed to the Syrian move. "
hibernal , [a.]
(1646) Sir T. Browne Pseud. Ep. iv. xiii. 225 "[The dog-star] should rather manifest its warming power in the winter, when it remaines conjoyned with the Sun in its Hybernall conversion. "
hickey , [sb.]
(1961) H. B. Jacobson Mass Communications Dict. 163 "Hickey. 1. Slang term for slight tears or rips in wet collodion or stripfilm negatives, or for small `runs' or blemishes in sensitized coatings. 2. A speck on the printing area of an engraving that remains after the etch. Must be routed off. "
hidels
(1517) in Plead. Duchy Lancast. (1896) I. 70, "[60 others, who remained] in Hiddelles [near the said tenement]."
high , [a.] and [sb. 2]
(1927) J. Galsworthy Castles in Spain 169 "A true work of art remains beautiful and living, though an ebb tide of fashion may leave it for the moment high and dry on the beach. "
hill [v. 2]
(1577) B. Googe Heresbach's Husb. ii. (1586) 62 b, "Set in grounde well covered with..moulde, and afterwarde hilled, and so suffered to remaine al Winter. "
himp [v.]
(1542) Udall Erasm. Apoph. 206 "The deformitee and disfigure of hymping on the one legge..did still remain. "
hinder end hinder-end
(1825) Brockett, "Hinder-ends, refuse of corn-such as remains after it is winnowed. "
hippeastrum .
(1938) A. G. L. Hellyer Your Garden Week by Week 102 "Start the remaining hippeastrum bulbs into growth now. "
hippo .
(1893) Selous Trav. S.E. Africa 65 "Our guide now wished me to remain here that I might look for the hippos."
hippopotamic , [a.]
(1785) J. Douglas Antiq. Earth 9 "These hippopotamic remains being discovered petrified. "
Hirschsprung .
(1949) Lancet 1 Jan. 10/2 "A considerable proportion of cases of megacolon (not being Hirschsprung's disease) remain in the residual `idiopathic' group. "
histo-
(1971) Jrnl. Insect Physiol. XVII. 862 "Approximately 10 per cent of the histochemically identifiable lysosomal phosphatase remains in tissue fragments attached to the silk. "
histogenetic , [a.]
(1885) Encycl. Brit. XVIII. 4002 "Histogenetically, they [connective tissues] are the remains of that..embryonic tissue from which the blood-channels themselves were made."
historiated , [ppl. a.]
(1895) M. R. James Abbey St. Edmund 131 "At Amiens four portions of a like historiated screen remain."
history , [sb.]
(1963) Listener 28 Feb. 384/3 "He [sc. Degas] remains..even when he is no longer a painter of `histories', a profoundly reactionary figure."
hit , [v.]
(1892) Daily News 1 Sept. 4/5 "Yorkshire..in the time remaining..hit off 56 of these for the loss of two batsmen."
Hittorf .
(1909) Jrnl. Amer. Chem. Soc. XXXI. 351 (heading, ) "The ordinary transference number (TH) for concentrated solutions, as obtained by the Hittorf method, is erroneous in cases where the ions are hydrated, since it is calculated on the assumption that the water remains stationary during the passage of the current. "
hoastman .
(1893) Northumbld. Gloss. s.v., "The term hoastman has long ceased to describe the profession of coal-shipper or `engrosser' of the commodities enumerated in the charter of incorporation..The Company of Hoastmen remains simply the premier Incorporated Company of Newcastle, and election to its membership is a much coveted honour."
hobbler (2) .
(1885) Morn. Post Aug., "The men were all paid off, and four hobblers were engaged to perform the necessary work while the vessel remained in port. "
hockelty
(1843) J. H. Greene Expos. Arts Gambling 166 "Hockley, signifies the last card but one, the chance of which the banker claims, and may refuse to let any punter withdraw a card when eight or less remain to be dealt. "
(1895) Manson Sporting Dict. 58 (Faro), "Hock or Hockelty card, the last card remaining in the box, after the deal has been made."
hockly , [sb.]
(1850) Bohn's Hand-bk. Games 337 "Hockly, a Certainty, signifies the last card but one, the chance of which the banker claims, and may refuse to let any punter withdraw a card when eight or less remain to be dealt."
hog , [sb. 1]
(1884) York Herald 26 Aug. 7/3 "The trade in wool remains firm..all hog made from 11s. to 12s. 3d. per stone."
hog , [v. 1]
(1772-84) Cook Voy. (1790) V. 1726 "Remaining part some&dubh.what resembled the crest of their caps, or that which, in horses manes, is called hogging. "
Holbein .
(1931) A. U. Dilley Oriental Rugs &. Carpets vi. 146 "The oldest group of rugs remaining to us of the weavings of the Ottoman Turks..are the fifteenth-century products now handsomely called Holbein rugs in compliment to Hans Holbein the Younger. "
hold , [v.]
(1880) A. Brown New Law Dict. (ed. 2), "Holding over, this is the phrase commonly used to denote that a tenant remains in possession of lands or houses after the determination of his term therein."
holding , [vbl. sb.]
(1958) Chambers's Techn. Dict. 985/1 "Holding pattern, a specified flight track..which an aircraft may be required to maintain about a holding point. Holding point, an identifiable point, such as a radio beacon, in the vicinity of which an aircraft under air traffic control may be instructed to remain. "
hollow , [a.] and [adv.]
(1706) Phillips (ed. Kersey) s.v. Tower, "*Hollow Tower (in Fortif.), a Rounding made of the remainder of two Brisures, to joyn the Courtin to the Orillon; where the Small-Shot are plac'd that they may not be too much expos'd to the Enemies View. "
holocaust , [sb.]
(A. 1711) Ken Anodynes Poet. Wks. 1721 III. 477 "While I thy Holocaust remain. "
home , [sb. 1] and [a.]
(1874) Green Short Hist. vii. §.5. 386 "The South and the West still remained..the great homes of mining and manufacturing activity. "
(1853) Mrs. Gaskell Ruth III. viii. 230 "Leonard's remaining such a home-bird..with such a mother..will do him no harm. "
homestead , [sb.]
(1693) Providence (R.I.) Rec. (1893) IV. 92 "We..have..sold..all the remaining part of our home stead or house lott. "
hominy .
(1672) Josselyn New Eng. Rarities 101 "They beat the corn in a mortar and sift the flower out of it: the remainder they call Homminey. "
homo-
(1956) Nature 17 Mar. 529/2 "These thoracic responses also remained when the major portion of the homolateral corpora pedunculata was removed. "
(1959) P. B. Medawar in L. A. Peer Transplantation of Tissues II. ii. 41 "Homovital grafts start alive and..remain so, but homostatic grafts are progressively revitalized by the tissues of their hosts."
homocentric , [a.] and [sb.]
(1886) C. M. Culver tr. Landolt's Refraction &. Accommodation of Eye i. 13 "In order that the homocentric rays may remain homocentric, the surface must have such a form that the angles of incidence shall be everywhere the same. "
homoeo-
(1896) E. B. Wilson Cell ix. 305 "Mitotic division is conceived [by Weismann] as an apparatus which may distribute the elements of the chromatin to the daughter nuclei either equally or unequally. In the former case (`hom&oe.okinesis', integral or quantitative division), the resulting nuclei remain precisely equivalent. "
homonomy .
(1888) Rolleston &. Jackson Anim. Life 147 "The larva..has a somewhat vermiform appearance owing to the great homonomy or similarity of the remaining somites."
homonymous , [a.]
(1876) Douse Grimm's L. §.17. 34 "The meanings of the several primitives are in general so widely different that the homonymous derivatives remain to all time clearly distinguished in use."
homotypic , [a.]
(1931) W. C. Allee Animal Aggregations i. 15 "Homotypical associations consist of members of the same species which have arisen either sexually or asexually, which may have remained together because they are the offspring of the same parent, or which may have become accidentally associated together although of different parentage."
homozygote .
(1949) Darlington &. Mather Elem. Genetics xiii. 279 "The homozygotic potential will remain as such so long as cross-breeding is absent or at least restricted to like homozygotes. "
(1957) C. H. Waddington Strategy of Genes ii. 48 "Further, gene-fixation and the passage to homozygosity, will be still more delayed if the environment does not remain perfectly uniform. "
honour honor , [sb.]
(1853) Stocqueler Mil. Dict. s.v., "In another sense, the `honours of war' signifyeth compliments which are paid to great personages, military characters, etc., when they appear before any armed body of men; or such as are given to the remains of a deceased officer.-Military Honours, are salutations to crowned heads and officers of rank, by dropping colours and standards, officers saluting, bands playing, artillery discharging salvoes, etc. "
honourable honorable , [a.] ( [sb.] , [adv.] )
(1675) tr. Machiavelli's Prince vi. (1883) 41 "They remain..honourable and happy."
hood , [sb. 1]
(1887) S. Chesh. Gloss. s.v., "The two end sheaves of the hattock are used as hoods for the remaining six. "
hook-up .
(1922) L. D. Brigham How to make Vacuum Wireless Receiving Sets 39 "The remainder of the hook-up is just like the other amplifier hook-ups. "
hope , [v.]
(1676) Dryden Aurengz. iv. i, "Strange cozenage! none would live past years again; Yet all hope pleasure in what yet remain. "
horizon , [sb.]
(1959) J. D. Clark Prehist. S. Afr. iv. 90 "Nitrogen tests confirm that the remains are contemporary with the horizon in which they were found. "
horizontal , [a.] ( [sb.] )
(1931) H. G. Wells Work, Wealth &. Happiness of Mankind (1932) xi. 540 "The only remaining physical differences between man and woman are becoming horizontal, i.e., differences between individuals in the same class, and not vertical differences, in which all women are put below all men, or vice versa. "
horse , [sb.]
(1788) Grose Milit. Antiq. II. 200 "The remains of a wooden horse was standing on the parade at Portsmouth, about the year 1760. "
(1958) Listener 7 Aug. 207/1 "Keats' letters remain the horse's mouth. "
horsepower
(1968) R. H. Bacon Car ii. 17 "The power developed in the cylinder..is called the indicated horsepower or i.h.p. Some of this power is absorbed by the friction of various parts of the engine. The power remaining, that is the power that can be used for work, is called the brake horsepower or b.h.p. "
horst .
(1893) Q. Jrnl. Geol. Soc. XLIX. 77 "We have, therefore, sunken massifs both west and east of the Dü.rrenstein; that mountain itself remains at a higher level between the two, and may be called a `Horst' in the sense originally applied by Suess. "
hosteler .
(1577) Harrison England ii. iii. (1877) i. 87 "The students also that remaine in them, are called hostelers or halliers. Hereof it came of late to passe, that..Thomas late arch&dubh.bishop of Canturburie, being brought vp at such an house at Cambridge, was of the ignorant sort of Londoners called an `hosteler', supposing that he had serued..in the stable. "
hot , [a.] ( [sb. 2] )
(1946) Sci. News Let. 10 Aug. 84/1 "A large part of Bikini lagoon remained..`hot' with radioactivity. "
house , [sb. 1]
(1892) Chamb. Jrnl. 20 Feb. 114/2 "Those who remain..for the sake of `keeping a house'."
(1958) Listener 13 Nov. 762/2 "Galileo lived the remaining years of his life under house arrest. "
(1966) J. R. Busvine Insects &. Hygiene (ed. 2) xiii. 354 "The house moths are probably species which originated as feeders on dry vegetable matter and have become adapted to dry animal remains. "
housemate .
(1882) Hall Caine D. G. Rossetti 273 "Remaining..in the same mind relative to our mutual housemating."
hover , [v. 1]
(1967) Jane's Surface Skimmer Systems 1967-68 31/2 "Echo sounding transducers..will remain immersed whether the craft is `hovering' or underway. "
hovering , [vbl. sb.]
(1916) M. A. S. Riach Air-Screws ix. 113 "The value of (V) is zero, and the machine remains stationary. This is the condition already established for `hovering' flight. "
howgozit .
(1941) Jrnl. R. Aeronaut. Soc. XLV. 308 "The `Howgozit Curve' was developed by our ocean captains... Its purpose is to present..a continuous flow of information as to the fuel reserve remaining aboard the aircraft and the fuel required for completion of the flight to destination, or back to the point of departure. "
huaca .
(1875) Encycl. Brit. II. 452/2 "The most interesting remains in Peru are those called Huacas; but whether they were forts, or palaces, or tombs, is not as yet clearly ascertained. "
hubbub .
(1812) H. &. J. Smith Rej. Addr., Rebuilding, "Better remain by rubbish guarded, Than thus hubbubish groan placarded. "
Hudson seal
(1936) D. McCowan Animals Canad. Rockies xv. 134 "When a muskrat skin has been tanned and the coarse outer hair removed the remaining soft silky undercoat is known to furriers as Hudson seal. "
hulk , [sb. 1]
(1827) Clare Sheph. Cal. 32 "Shepherds, that within their hulks remain."
hulk , [sb. 2]
(1864) Chambers' Bk. of Days II. 67/2 "It was as a means of devising a severe mode of punishment short of death that the Hulks on the Thames were introduced, in 1776... These prison-ships have sometimes been constructed for this special purpose, and yet the term `hulk' remains in use as a short and easy designation. "
hulk , [v. 2]
(1881) Raymond Mining Gloss., "Dzhu, to cut ahead on one side of a face, so as to increase the efficacy of blasting on the remainder..Also called to hulk."
human , [a.] ( [sb.] )
(1883) Fairbairn City of God iii. i. 230 "The ideal of manhood He [Christ] created..remains the regnant ideal of man, the humanest men being the men who realize it."
humanistic [a.] ( [sb.] )
(1968) H. J. Eysenck in A. J. Ayer Humanist Outlook 271 "The future of humanistic thought on this subject is completely bound up with the growth of psychological knowledge-without this it must remain nothing more than an alternative superstition."
humanize , [v.]
(1614) Earl Stirling Domes-day v. (R.), "When humaniz'd our Saviour did remaine. "
hummock .
(1793) Smeaton Edystone L. 197 "In 1773 the..boundary of the Sand Hommacks remained nearly the same..but now..the sand hommacks had established themselves. "
humorism .
(1897) Mark Twain Notebook (1935) 335 "In a dream I have at last encountered a humorism that actually remained one after waking. "
humpenscrump .
(1923) R. J. E. Tiddy Mummers' Play 172, "I old father scrump with a bell on my rump... A man..kicked a hump up on to my shoulder and there remains the hump now. "
hung , [ppl. a.]
(1848) E. Bryant California (1849) xxvi. 291 "The jury..were what is called `hung'; they could not agree, and the matters in issue, therefore, remained exactly where they were. "
hunting , [vbl. sb.]
(1932) Discovery Oct. 331/1 "There was no suggestion of `hunting' and the image remained exactly central in the [television] screen for the whole half hour. "
(1950) Gloss. Aeronaut. Terms (B.S.I.) 8 "Hunting, an uncontrolled oscillation about the flight path, the amplitude of which remains approximately constant. "
hurry , [sb.]
(1789) Mad. D'Arblay Diary 18 Feb., "He found nothing now remaining of the disorder, but too much hurry of spirits."
hurt , [v.]
(1622) R. Hawkins Voy. S. Sea xli. 99 "Arrowes..headed with a flint stone, which is loose, and hurting, the head remaineth in the wound."
husbandrize [v.]
(1653) Blithe Eng. Improv. Impr. (ed. 3) 58 "There will be enough for many years of the other two sorts [of land] remain to husbandrize, and toss and tumble up and down."
hut , [sb.]
(1865) Lubbock Preh. Times 63 "There are..other remains of great interest, such, for example, as..the `*Hut-circles'. "
(1913) Rep. Brit. Assoc. Adv. Sci. 205 "The district is rich in prehistoric remains, including some hut circles. "
(1802) Barrington Hist. N.S. Wales x. 390 "Hut-keepers to remain at home and prevent robbery, while the other inhabitants of the hut were at labour. "
hut , [v.]
(1758) Smollett Hist. E. (1841) III. xxvi. 300 "They were obliged to hut their camp, and remain in the open fields till January. "
hydathode .
(1967) C. D. Sculthorpe Biol. Aquatic Vasc. Plants iv. 90 "The possibility remains that the hydathodes [of water plants] are functionless relict structures."
hydro- ,
(1955) Deep-Sea Research III. (Suppl.) 170 "A jelly bottle..will remain uncongealed long enough to permit slope determinations to be made of *hydrowires. "
hydrofluate
(1841) Brande Chem. 1031 "Hydrofluate of ammonia remains in solution."
hydropic , [a.] and [sb.]
(1880) Gunther Fishes 122 "The young..remain in an undeveloped condition, assuming an hydropic appearance."
hydroplane , [sb.]
(1954) K. C. Barnaby Basic Naval Archit. (ed. 2) vi. 93 "In the submerged condition, there usually remains a small excess of buoyancy... This is overcome by means of the horizontal diving rudders or `hydroplanes'."
Hydrozoa , [sb. pl.]
(1870) Nicholson Man. Zool. I. 96 "There are no fossil remains which would be universally conceded to be of a Hydrozoal nature. "
hyeto- ,
(1886) H. R. Mill in Encycl. Brit. XX. 257/1 "In Hermann's `*hyetometrograph', 1789, a fixed funnel conducts the rain into one of twelve glasses placed on the circumference of a horizontal wheel, which is turned by clockwork, so that each glass remains under the funnel for one hour."
hyomandibular , [a.] and [sb.]
(1875) Huxley in Encycl. Brit. I. 765/2 "A hyomandibular artery..appears to represent the remains of the hyoidean and mandibular aortic arches. "
hyper- , [prefix] ,
(1966) A. Prince Alloy Phase Equilibria vi. 107 "Hyper-eutectoid alloys on cooling from the austenite phase region deposit cementite over a range of temperature until A 1 is reached. As before, the remaining austenite then transforms to pearlite. "
(1937) Physiol. Abstr. XXII. 528 "It [sc. rectal temperature] may remain low during intense *hypermetabolism. "
(1968) G. Pickering High Blood Pressure (ed. 2) i. 3 "There remains a large residue in which no specific lesion can be found-hyperpiesis, primary hypertension, essential hypertension, high blood pressure without evident cause. "
(1973) Art &. Artists Mar. 51 "The hyperreal still remained obscured by a dream of contact, which was perhaps the message of the artists involved. "
hyperostosis .
(1897) Allbutt Syst. Med. III. 117 "When the hyperostoses are large they remain in a modified form."
hypertrophy , [sb.]
(1866-80) A. Flint Princ. Med. (ed. 5) 41 "The term hypertrophy is applied to enlargement of a part from an increase of its normal constituents, the structure and arrangement remaining essentially unaltered. "
hypno- ,
(1889) Bennett &. Murray Cryptog. Bot. 266 "It [the zygosperm] then remains dormant through the winter as a resting cell or *hypnosperm, germinating in the spring."
hypobromous , [a.]
(1865-72) Watts Dict. Chem. III. 237 "Half the bromine is precipitated as bromide of silver, while the other half remains in solution as hypobromous acid. "
hypocaust .
(1887) Encycl. Brit. XXII. 579/1 "In the remains of Roman Villas found in Britain the hypocaust is an invariable feature. "
hypodermic , [a.] ( [sb.] )
(1877) Huxley Anat. Inv. Anim. ix. 592 "It remained hypodermic, spreading out between the ectoderm and the endoderm of the hydroid. "
hypogean , [a.]
(1855) Mayne Expos. Lex., "Hypogeus, applied to certain cotyledons which..remain below the ground during germination: hypogean. "
hypoplastic , [a.]
(1877) tr. H. von Ziemssen's Cycl. Pract. Med. XVI. 543 "The sexual organs will remain relatively hypoplastic, or will be late in arriving at functional maturity. "
hypothecary , [a.]
(1855) Lorenz tr. Van der Keessel's Select Theses dccclxxiv, "How can the hypothecary action against the same debtor remain for a period of forty years? "
hypothecation .
(1681) Stair Instit. i. xiii. §.15 (1693) 122 "With us there remains the Tacit Hypothecation of the Fruits on the Ground..belonging to the Possessor, for the Terms or the Years Rent. "
hypothermia .
(1961) Lancet 2 Dec. 1216/2 "The complete absence of residual signs of cerebral dysfunction was particularly noteworthy in one patient who remained hypothermic and unconscious for seven days."
hypothesis .
(1843) Mill Logic iii. xiv. §.4 "It appears..to be a condition of a genuinely scientific hypothesis, that it be not destined always to remain an hypothesis, but be of such a nature as to be either proved or disproved by that comparison with observed facts which is termed Verification. "
(1788) T. Jefferson Writ. (1859) II. 431 "The blank..must remain for some happier hypothesist to fill up."
hypsi- ,
(1871) Huxley Anat. Vert. v. 263 "It remains to be seen how far the *hypsilophodont modification extended among the Ornithoscelida. "
I ,
(1947) Times 15 May 5/7 "Resettlement will still remain one of the main features of the *I.R.O. "
Ibanag , [sb.] and [a.]
(1901) Rep. Philippine Comm. III. 405 "In order to state very briefly how the remaining Philippine languages or dialects are related we select from among them some of the principal ones... These are the Ibanag and Ilocano, of North Luzon. "
Ibibio , [sb.] and [a.]
(1822) J. Adams Sk. Voy. Afr. v. 77 "Three-fourths of all the negroes sold at Bonny were Heebos, the remaining fourth was composed of..the Ibbiby. "
Ibsenism .
(1970) Daily Tel. 30 Oct. 12/2 "The play..remained Scandinavian in..its Ibsenite thesis that the truth is dangerous to man's precarious happiness. "
ice , [sb.]
(1969) Times 15 Nov. 10/8 "Only one skater now remains of that team of six brilliant ice dancers. "
iceberg .
(1830) Edin. Encycl. XVII. 12/1 "The floating iceberg remains to be considered... In many parts of the Antarctic regions, they are met with in vast numbers, and of a prodigious size. "
ice-cream
(1909) Sat. Even. Post 15 May 11/2 "The remainder is about equally divided among popcorn, ice cream cones, and candy. "
ice-house
(1857) G. F. McDougall Eventful Voy. `Resolute' 426 "The remains of two ice houses yet existed, but were rapidly thawing away, under the influence of the heat of the sun. "
Icenian , [sb.] and [a.]
(1830) Forby's Vocab. E. Anglia, Mem. p. xxxix, "With only one more extract I will close what remains to be said respecting the Icenian Glossary. "
(C. 1873) A. D. Bayne Royal Illustr. Hist. E. Eng. I. 393 "Some Icenic names are supposed to remain in several towns of Norfolk and Suffolk. "
ice-rock
(A. 1849) H. Coleridge Ess. (1851) I. 70 "Now nothing remains to be discovered but the sandy deserts of Central Africa, and the inaccessible ice-rocks of the North Pole. "
ichneumon-
(1842) Jrnl. R. Agric. Soc. III. i. 37, "I offered a conjecture, that those larv&ae. which entered the ground had been `ichneumonized', whilst those which remained encased and in the ears would be found uninjured. "
icicle .
(1579) Spenser Sheph. Cal. Jan. 36 "Whose drops in drery ysicles remaine. "
iconography .
(1809) Kendall Trav. III. lxxviii. 213 "An elaborate monument of some transaction of which no other trace remains to elucidate this imperfect iconography. "
idea , [sb.]
(1594) Spenser Amoretti xlv, "Within my hart..The fayre Idea of your celestiall hew..remaines immortally. "
idealist .
(1803) W. Taylor in Monthly Mag. XV. 321 "Nothing would remain tenable..but the system of the idealists. "
identically , [adv.]
(1884) tr. Lotze's Logic 328 "If this force is of such a kind as to allow the object exposed to its influence to remain identically the same, the same effect would take place afresh in the object every fresh time we let the same cause operate on it."
identific [a.]
(1668) H. More Div. Dial. i. xxvii. (1713) 57 "That Extension which remains to you whether you will or no, is really and identifically coincident with the Amplitude of the Essence of God. "
identity .
(1839) Murchison Silur. Syst. i. xxxv. 474 "The organic remains are of great interest in establishing the geological identity between the coal measures of the Dudley district and those of distant parts of Great Britain. "
ideological [a.]
(1971) Daily Tel. 3 Apr. 10/5 "The Soviet system remains ideologically and politically committed to the destruction of our way of life."
idiot , [sb.]
(1611) Panegyr. Verses in Coryat's Crudities, "For he would not Take orders but remaine an Idiote. "
idle , [a.] ( [sb.] ).
(1884) S. P. Thompson Dynamo-Electr. Machinery vii. 126 "The advantage originally claimed for this construction, namely, that it allows less of the total length of wire to remain `idle' on the inner side of the ring, is rather imaginary than real. "
idol , [sb.]
(C. 1585) R. Browne Answ. Cartwright 34 "What remaineth but an Idol or counterfet christ? "
iff
(1972) R. Inst. Philos. Lect. V. 34 "An integer n is prime iff the only integers which divide it without remainder are itself and one."
ill-
(1582) N. Lichefield tr. Castanheda's Conq. E. Ind. lxxix. 163 "With this spoyle the king..remained so *ill contented. "
illite .
(1937) R. E. Grim et al. in Amer. Mineralogist XXII. 816 "There remains only the alternative of giving a new name to the mica occurring in argillaceous sediments, and the term illite, taken from the State of Illinois, is here proposed. It is not proposed as a specific mineral name, but as a general term for the clay mineral constituent of argillaceous sediments belonging to the mica group. "
illusioned , [ppl. a.]
(1971) Guardian 11 Oct. 10 "We remain totally illusioned..about the general good intentions of those who practise the art of government."
Illyrian , [a.] and [sb.]
(1965) New Cambr. Mod. Hist. IX. xi. 331 "The Illyrian provinces taken from Austria in 1809 remained directly under the control of Napoleon through a governor-general."
imaginary , [a.] ( [sb.] )
(1882) Minchin Unipl. Kinemat. 215 "The remaining portion of this equipotential locus is..the (imaginary) circle which cuts the circle of poles orthogonally."
imagination .
(1639) T. Brugis tr. Camus' Mor. Relat. 320 "The very features of the faces..remained so ingraven in his imagination. "
imbalance .
(1953) Manch. Guardian Weekly 7 May 3/3 "Which will prevent their own budgets from remaining in disastrous imbalance. "
imitate , [v.]
(1727) De Foe Syst. Magic i. iii. (1840) 76 "It remains a question here, by what power..the magicians of Egypt..in short mimicked or imitated the miracles of Moses and Aaron. "
immanent , [a.]
(1898) J. R. Illingworth Divine Immanence iii. 71 "It remains then that we..conceive of God as at once transcending and immanent in nature."
immanentism .
(1945) Mind LIV. 275 "Immanence and transcendence are logical complementaries, and..few thinkers can long afford to remain mere immanentists or mere transcendentists. "
immature , [a.]
(1904) L. W. Fox Dis. Eye xii. 311 "The special difficulties..in removing a cataract before maturity are that parts of the cortex, clear at the time of operation, will remain adherent to the capsule of the lens, and later undergo the process of opacification... Some operators, however, operate on immature cataracts, washing out the tenacious material with a syringe. "
immedicable , [a.]
(1813) Coleridge Lett. (1895) 612 "There remains an immedicable But. "
immerd , [v.]
(1875) Browning Aristoph. Apol. 1660 "Make a muckheap of a man, There..he remains, Immortally immerded."
immigrant , [a.] and [sb.]
(1971) Economist 12 June 31/2 "Those [sc. children] born in England to immigrant parents cease to be classified as immigrant school-children after their parents have been here 10 years, while those born overseas remain within the category no matter how long they have been in England. "
immobilism .
(1955) Times 5 May 10/7 "The Radicals..wished to remain a party of the left; social and political immobilisme (opposition to progress) was the best ally of Communism. "
immune , [a.] ( [sb.] )
(1881) Local Govt. Board, Rep. Medical Officer 200 "Pasteur further states that the animals inoculated with the mitigated virus remain immune against further attacks of anthrax. "
(1951) Whitby &. Hynes Med. Bacteriol. (ed. 5) viii. 105 "After an epidemic the community remains free from that disease until the proportion of immunes declines and the density of susceptibles is once more raised to pre-epidemic level."
immunity .
(1896) Allbutt Syst. Med. I. 564 "The animal remains passive while the immunity-conferring substances are applied to its tissues."
immuno- ,
(1965) Jrnl. Immunol. XCV. 1019/1 "The mechanism of acriflavine-induced immunosuppression remains unknown. "
immutable , [a.]
(1710) Prideaux Orig. Tithes iv. 170 "This grant shall remain firm, and immutable. "
impact , [sb.]
(1969) Ld. Mountbatten in Times (India Suppl.) 13 Oct. p. i/1 "He [sc. Gandhi] made such an impact on me that his memory will forever remain fresh in my mind. "
impanate , [ppl. a.]
(A. 1555) Ridley Wks. (Parker Soc.) 34 "Saying: `We grant the nature of bread remaineth..and yet the corporeal substance of the bread therefore is gone, lest two bodies should be confused together, and Christ should be thought impanate'. "
imparticipable , [a.] ( [sb.] )
(1868) Cussans Her. xvi. 191 "The title being imparticipable, it must necessarily remain unattached."
impassiveness .
(1648) W. Mountague Devout Ess. i. vi. §.1. 53 "The power of remaining in a calme apathy and impassivenesse in all offencive emergencies. "
impenetrably , [adv.]
(1759) Robertson Hist. Scot. (1813) II. viii. 43 "The whole transaction remained as impenetrably dark as ever. "
imperfect , [a.] ( [sb.] )
(1832) Pinnock L. Murray's Eng. Gram. viii. §.6. 129 "The Imperfect Tense represents the action or event, either as past and finished or as remaining unfinished at a certain time past. "
imperforate , [a.]
(1877) Ll. Jewitt Half-hours among Eng. Antiq. 180 "The use of these large imperforate beads..remains a mystery. "
impermixt [a.]
(1636) Featly Clavis Myst. xix. 188 "Where divers candles..in a room concur to enlighten the place, the light of them remaineth impermixt. "
implacable , [a.]
(1875) Stubbs Const. Hist. II. xvi. 325 "The earl of Warwick remained implacable."
implantable , [a.]
(1972) Physics Bull. June 336/2 "Since there is no sign of complex implantable functioning organs at the present stage of medical engineering technology, devices which replace heart, lung, kidney or liver remain outside the body."
implicate , [v.]
(1859) Mill Liberty v. (1865) 60/2 "This question presents no difficulty, so long as the will of all the persons implicated remains unaltered. "
imponderable , [a.] and [sb.]
(1963) D. W. &. E. E. Humphries tr. Termier's Erosion &. Sedimentation x. 194 "They [sc. stratification joints] seem to result from those `imponderable' particles..which remain in suspension."
importunate , [a.] ( [sb.] )
(A. 1674) Clarendon Hist. Reb. xiv. §.136 "The Earl remain'd in London whilst the enquiry was warm and importunate. "
impracticable , [a.] ( [sb.] )
(1838) W. Irving in Life &. Lett. (1866) III. 123 "Millions of acres which might..have remained idle and impracticable wastes."
impregnation .
(1838) T. Thomson Chem. Org. Bodies 397 "The least period that this impregnation is allowed to remain."
impress [sb. 4]
(1600) E. Blount tr. Conestaggio 28 "He gave them impresse, and they remained for his service. "
imprint , [v.]
(1561) T. Norton Calvin's Inst. i. 53 "Euen in the vices themselues there remain emprinted some leauinges thereof. "
imprison , [v.]
(1610) Shaks. Temp. i. ii. 278 "She did confine thee..Into a clouen Pyne, within which rift Imprison'd, thou didst painefully remaine A dozen yeeres. "
improvement .
(1841) W. Deans Let. 25 Mar. in J. Deans Pioneers of Canterbury (1937) 33 "Mr. Molesworth let a town acre of his for &pstlg.240..for 14 years, buildings and improvements to remain at the end of the lease. "
impulse , [sb.]
(1929) T. M. Naylor Steam Turbines i. 4 "Combination turbines or disc and drum turbines, as they are often called, are a combination of impulse and reaction types of turbine. The first part of the turbine is impulse, and the remainder of the turbine is reaction, so that this type of turbine might be called impulse-reaction. "
in .
(1868) W. James Let. 5 Apr. in R. B. Perry Tht. &. Char. W. James (1935) I. xv. 269 "To the Greeks a thing was evil only transiently and accidentally... Bystanders could remain careless and untouched-no after-brooding, no disinterested hatred of it in se, and questioning of its right to darken the world. "
(1894) Nation (N.Y.) 31 May 405/1 "What actually remains in situ is the walls of the foundations."
(1860) Once a Week 21 July 95/2, "I fully admit that in later years we are all of us apt to grow sentimental about the traditions of our respective schools-I merely deny that we do so whilst we remain in statu pupillari. "
(1871) A. Meadows Manual of Midwifery (ed. 2) iii. ii. 156 "The placenta, which..still remains for awhile in utero. "
(1615) J. Chamberlain in Crt. &. Times Jas. I (1848) I. 362 "The place of Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports hath..remained in the lord chamberlain's hands as *in deposito. "
inactive , [a.]
(1818) Cruise Digest (ed. 2) III. 231 "The title to a barony, which has descended upon, and is vested in coheirs, remains in them in an inactive and dormant state. "
(1853) L. Pasteur in Chem. Gaz. 1 Sept. 323 "The latter [body]..resists isomeric transformation, and remaining without alteration in the quinicine, gives this its feeble deviation to the right. The other group, which..is very active, becomes inactive when the quinine is heated so as to become converted into quinicine; so that quinicine is nothing but quinine in which one of the active constituent groups has become inactive. "
inactivity .
(1791) Mackintosh Vind. Gallic&ae. i. (1837) 44 "The Commons, faithful to their system, remained in a wise and masterly inactivity, which tacitly reproached the arrogant assumption of the Nobles. "
inalienable , [a.]
(C. 1645) Howell Lett. (1650) II. x. 18 "Their youth shall last alwaies with their lust, and love shall be satiated with onely one, where it shall remain inalienable. "
inapprehensive , [a.]
(1651-3) Jer. Taylor Serm. for Year i. v. 63 "[They] remain stupid and inapprehensive. "
inawe enawe , [v.]
(1645-6) Sir W. Brereton Let. to Lenthall 336 "Many of the citizens [of Chester] remain still so enthralled and enawed as that they dare not oppose nor resist."
incarnate , [a.]
(1871) Tylor Prim. Cult. II. 98 "To remain incarnate in the memory of friends is something."
incendiate [v.]
(1922) Joyce Ulysses 702 "The carbonised remains of an incendiated edifice."
incentive , [a.] and [sb.]
(1603) Holland Plutarch's Mor. 1143 "Pythia the Priestresse of Apollo, being once come downe from her three footed fabricke, upon which she receiveth that incentive spirit of furie, remaineth quiet. "
inception .
(1841) Peacock Stat. Cambridge 11 "There yet remained to be performed [before creation] the exercises of inception or commencement. "
inch , [sb. 1]
(1846) J. Baxter Libr. Pract. Agric. (ed. 4) II. 353 "The smaller bone-dust is ground the more effective it is as a manure..on the other hand large or drilled or *inch-bones, as they are called, remain longer in the soil undecomposed, but produce less immediate effect. On these accounts bone-dust is the more valuable manure for turnips, and inch-bones for wheat. "
Inche .
(1834) P. J. Begbie Malayan Peninsula ii. 83 "It now only remains to mention the fate of Inchi Oowan Saban. "
incitation .
(1881) Lincoln tr. Trousseau &. Pidoux's Therapeutics (ed. 9) III. 297 "Brown was sometimes right in the pathological order, if the incitation is repeated and remains the same."
incivility .
(1663) Blair Autobiog. iii. (1848) 57 "The northern Irishes remaining obdured in their idleness and incivility. "
inclination .
(1664) Power Exp. Philos. iii. 167 "The Angles of Inclination and Elevation will remain the same. "
incoagulable , [a.]
(1672) Boyle Ess. Gems i. Wks. 1772 III. 527 "The remaining and incoagulable part of it may have been imbibed by the ambient air. "
incoctible [a.]
(1684) tr. Bonet's Merc. Compit. ix. 323 "The Flower remains crude, incoctible, and insuperable."
incognito , [a.] , [adv.] , [sb.]
(1864) Linnet's Trial I. i. iii. 72, "I only came for a couple of days..and I intended to have remained incognito."
incognoscible , [a.]
(A. 1843) Southey Doctor (1847) VI. Archch. 205 "Incognito I am and wish to be, and incognoscible it is in my power to remain."
incompacted [a.]
(1680) Boyle Scept. Chem. v. Wks. 1772 I. 546 "The other four elements might indeed be variously and loosely blended together, but would remain incompacted."
incompatible , [a.] ( [sb.] )
(1722) De Foe Plague (1884) 298 "The Quarel remain'd, the Church and the Presbyterians were incompatible."
incompliant , [a.]
(1709) Strype Ann. Ref. (1824) I. vii. 154 "If they themselves held together, and remained incompliant with the steps that were taking, the Queen must be forced to keep them in the church. "
incomposite , [a.] ( [sb.] )
(1706) Phillips s.v. Number, "Prime, Simple, or Incomposit Number..is a Number, which can only be measur'd or divided by it self, or by Unity, without leaving any Remainder. "
inconcocted [a.]
(1620) Venner Via Recta viii. 190 "They remaining crude and inconcocted in the body..doe at length settle and produce morbificall affects. "
incontrovertible , [a.]
(1646) Sir T. Browne Pseud. Ep. vii. xiii. 365 "Lastly, the thing it selfe whereon the opinion dependeth..is not incontrovertible; and for my own part, I remaine unsatisfied therein. "
inconverted [a.]
(1646) Sir T. Browne Pseud. Ep. iii. x. 128 "Wheresoever they rested remaining inconverted, and possessing one point of the Compasse, whilst the wind perhaps hath passed the two and thirty."
incorporate , [v.]
(1653) Walton Angler vi. 139 "By the wormes remaining in that box an hour..they had incorporated a kind of smel that was irresistibly attractive."
incorrigible , [a.] ( [sb.] )
(C. 1850) Arab. Nts. (Rtldg.) 527 "His father continually chastised him, yet still Aladdin remained incorrigible."
incorruptible , [a.] ( [sb.] )
(1651) J. Goodwin Redempt. Redeemed iv. §.31. 64 "Though all the individuals of a species be corruptible..yet the species it self remaines incorruptible. "
incumbent , [sb.]
(1904) W. Osler Aequanimitas v. 82 "His son..held the chair for nearly the same length of time, and the remainder of the period has been covered by the occupancy of John Goodsir, and his successor..the present incumbent. "
indefinite , [a.] ( [sb.] )
(1842) Grove Corr. Phys. Forces 86 "Thus oxygen and hydrogen..will remain unaltered for an indefinite period. "
indemnify , [v. 1]
(1665) J. Webb Stone-Heng (1725) 153 "An Asylum, to which any of them flying remain'd indemnified for whatever Delict committed. "
indent , [v. 1]
(1557) Order Hospitalls D vj b, "An Inventorie..shall be Indented, th' one part thereof to remaine in your custodie, and the other in the custodie of the persons charged. "
indented , [ppl. a. 1]
(1788) Wesley Wks. (1872) VII. 79 "Indented servants, who are legally engaged to remain with you for a term of years. "
indentor .
(1886) Daily News 24 Sept. 2/3 "All other circumstances remaining the same the indentor from India pays more or less gold according to the state of the exchange."
indenture , [sb.]
(1598) Hakluyt Voy. I. 164 "One part of which indentures remaineth in the custodie of the English ambassadors, and the other part in the hands of the commissioners of Prussia. "
independent , [a.] and [sb.]
(1902) Trans. Amer. Math. Soc. III. 142 "Hilbert states..that his body of axioms consists of independent axioms, that is, that no one of the axioms is logically deducible from the remaining axioms. "
(1941) O. Helmer tr. Tarski's Introd. Logic §.39. 131 "We strive to arrive at an axiom system which does not contain a single superfluous statement..which can be derived from the remaining axioms... An axiom system of this kind is called independent (or a system of mutually independent axioms). "
(1967) A. Battersby Network Analysis (ed. 2) App. 4. 335 "Independent float is so called because it is what remains if all proceeding jobs finish as late as possible and all succeeding jobs begin as early as possible. "
indestructible , [a.] (and [sb.] )
(1880) J. Ross Hist. Corea x. 332 "The things used in the evening sacrifice are to be removed,..but spirits and indestructibles may remain. "
indetectable [a.]
(1961) D. G. James Matthew Arnold i. 27 "There always remained in him something evasive and indetectable."
indetermination .
(1838) Blackw. Mag. XLIV. 545 "While this indetermination continues, the power of choice remains inoperative. "
Indian , [a.] and [sb.]
(1770) J. Banks Jrnl. 28 Apr. 264 "During this time, a few of the Indians [sc. Australian Aboriginals]..remained on the rocks opposite the ship, threatening and menacing with their pikes and swords. "
Indianist .
(1869) Farrar Fam. Speech i. (1873) 9 "The problems remained unsolved, because the sinologues had known no Sanskrit, and the Indianists had known no Chinese. "
india-rubber india rubber
(1890) Abney Treat. Photogr. (ed. 6) 176 "An image in pigmented gelatine remains on the india-rubbered paper. "
indiction .
(1824) T. Tegg Chron. Introd. 17 "The Cycle of Indiction..was established by Constantine a.d. 312; if therefore from any given year of the Christian era 312 be subtracted and the remainder be divided by 15, the year of this cycle will be obtained. "
(1594) Blundevil Exerc. vii. ix. (1636) 661 "Adde to the yeere of the Lord given 3, and divide the product thereof by 15, and the remainder shall be the number of the said Indiction. "
indifference (1) .
(1728) Pemberton Newton's Philos. 29 "All bodies have such an indifference to rest, or motion, that if once at rest they remain so [etc.]. "
indifferency .
(1690) Locke Hum. Und. ii. xxi. §.71 "The operative Powers..remaining equally able to operate, or to forbear operating after, as before the Decree of the Will, are in a State, which, if one pleases, may be call'd Indifferency. "
indigenous , [a.]
(1791) Newte Tour Eng. &. Scot. 188 "In different Highland glens..where the indigenous sheep are supposed to remain unmixed. "
indigested , [a.]
(1677) Hale Prim. Orig. Man. iv. ii. 295 "The remaining indigested parts of Nature. "
(1702) Aristotle's Sec. Secr. 58 "The Stomach cannot digest the Food, but it remains an indigested Nutriment. "
indigotin .
(1838) Penny Cycl. XII. 460/1 "When common indigo has been treated with dilute acids, alkalis, and alcohol, the remainder is indigo-blue, or indigotin, or indigo nearly in a state of purity. "
indiretin .
(1865-72) Watts Dict. Chem. III. 248 "The indiretin which still remains in solution is separated by ammonia. "
indispersed [a.]
(1686) Plot Staffordsh. 22 "While the Meteor remains compact and indisperst."
indissipable [a.]
(1661) G. Rust Origen's Opin. in Phenix (1721) I. 54 "The Souls of Brutes are Spirits..and remain undiminishable and indissipable in their intire Substances."
indissoluble , [a.]
(1794) G. Adams Nat. &. Exp. Philos. I. xi. 487 "The clear liquid then should be carefully poured off..from any indissoluble sediment that may remain."
indissolvable [a.] ( [sb.] )
(1650) Sir T. Browne Pseud. Ep. ii. i. (1658) 60 "The softer veins of Chrystal remain indissolvable in scorching territories. "
individed [a.]
(1579) Fulke Heskins' Parl. 147 "He remained whole in that his indiuided vnity with his father. "
individual , [a.] and [sb.]
(1700) Dryden Palamon &. A. iii. 1056 "That individuals die, his will ordains; The propagated species still remains. "
individualization .
(1817) Coleridge Biog. Lit. 217 "In a poem, the characters of which, amid the strongest individualization, must still remain representative. "
indivision .
(1875) Maine Hist. Inst. vii. 194 "The land had remained in a state of indivision during several generations."
indoctrinize [v.]
(1887) New Princeton Rev. Jan. 32 "All that remains for specific indoctrinization may easily be left to the Sabbath-schools and the churches."
indolent , [a.] ( [sb.] )
(1720) Humourist 49 "The Indolent remains in Suspense and Anguish. "
indomitable , [a.]
(1874) Green Short Hist. vii. §.1. 347 "The temper of the man remained indomitable as ever."
indubitable , [a.] ( [sb.] )
(1946) Nature 10 Aug. 185/2 "There remains a residuum of indubitability consisting of our sensations themselves and the ultimate elements of rational necessity."
induced , [ppl. a.]
(1830) Herschel Stud. Nat. Phil. 324 "The phenomena of the communication of magnetism and what is called its induced state, alone remain unaccounted for. "
inducibility .
(1953) Cohn, Monod, et al. in Nature 12 Dec. 1096/2 "Thus `constitutivity' and `inducibility' are properties of enzyme-forming systems, not of enzymes per se, and can be used as significant expressions only in a biological frame of reference, not in a chemical one. It should be stressed that the notions of constitutivity and inducibility are relative, not absolute; in any given biological system, a certain fraction of a particular enzyme-forming capacity may be constitutive, the remaining fraction inducible. For the sake of convenience, one may wish to refer to `an induced enzyme' or to `a constitutive enzyme'; but it should always be kept in mind that these are shorthand expressions for `an enzyme the formation of which is largely or entirely inducible (or constitutive) in the particular organism concerned'. "
induction .
(1655) Fuller Ch. Hist. ii. vi. §.42 "That the Doctrine remained still sound and entire..will appeare by an Induction of the dominative Controversies. "
(1957) B. I. &. B. Bleaney Electr. &. Magn. 128 "With a magnetic pole, H is the force vector, while the introduction of a uniform magnetic medium throughout the whole of space leaves the magnetic induction B due to a pole unchanged. In the case of a current, B is the force vector and introduction of a magnetic medium leaves H unchanged. If the magnetizable matter does not fill the whole of space, then it is the surface integral of B, the total normal induction, which remains unchanged in magnetostatics. "
induviae , [sb. pl.]
(1835) Lindley Introd. Bot. (1848) I. 242 "The withered remains of leaves which not being articulated with the stem cannot fall off but decay upon it have been called..induvi&ae., the part so covered is said to be induviate."
inelastic , [a.]
(1826) Henry Elem. Chem. I. 245 "Common or inelastic fluids are capable of remaining in contact with each other for a long time without admixture. "
(1973) Lancet 14 Apr. 815/1 "Russell found that the demand for cigarettes is inelastic... This means that if prices rise by 1% demand falls, but by an amount less than 1%; total revenue from taxation would then increase just as long as demand remained inelastic."
inelegant , [a.]
(1735) Somerville Chase i. 59 "What remains On living Coals they broil, inelegant Of Taste. "
inequality .
(1674) Boyle Excell. Theol. ii. iv. 177 "It remains doubtful, whether the differing sizes [of the fixed stars]..proceed from a real inequality of bulk, or onely from an inequality of distance. "
inexplicableness
(1862) H. Spencer First Princ. i. iii. §.21 "The explanation of that which is explicable, does but bring out into greater clearness the inexplicableness of that which remains behind."
inexplicit , [a.]
(1775) R. Chandler Trav. Greece (1825) II. 130 "Two structures yet remain, either omitted or mentioned inexplicitly by Pausanias. "
inextinct [a.]
(1823) J. Wilson Trials Marg. Lyndsay xxxi, "In which he had not supposed such a capacity of love had yet remained inextinct. "
inextollible [a.]
(1772) Nugent Hist. Friar Gerund II. 337 "Our inextollible Friar Gerund remained alone."
infected , [ppl. a.]
(1713) Young Last Day iii. 68 "Yet still some thin remains of fear and doubt, Th' infected brightness of their joy pollute."
inferior , [a.] and [sb.]
(1812) Sir H. Davy Chem. Philos. 97 "The heated elastic matter must remain longer in contact with the inferior than with the superior portion. "
infidel , [sb.] and [a.]
(1720) De Foe Life Duncan Campbell (1841) 44 "If many do remain infidels to my relations. "
infigure [v.]
(1621) Lady M. Wroth Urania 274 "Your dearest selfe remaines infigured in my chastest breast."
infiltrate , [v.]
(1878) Huxley Physiogr. 225 "Carbonized remains, often infiltrated with mineral matter."
inflate , [v.]
(1965) New Statesman 31 Dec. 1021/1 "Even if all countries inflated at the same rate, some problems would remain. "
inflexible , [a. 1]
(1716) Lady M. W. Montagu Let. to C'tess Mar 21 Nov., "She..remains still inflexible, either to threats or promises. "
inflexibly , [adv.]
(1856) Kane Arct. Expl. I. xxiv. 310 "As far as we could see, it [the ice] remained inflexibly solid."
infrasonic , [a.]
(1927) E. G. Richardson Sound x. 236 "The lower pitch limit is about 16 vibrations per second. Slow vibrations..remain unperceived as tones if their rate of pulsation falls below this limit... Such `infra-sonic' waves have been extensively studied by Esclangon. "
infringe , [v. 1]
(1694) Salmon Bate's Disp. (1715) 533/2 "It will yet much more infringe the corrosive Quality of the remaining Acid Spirits."
infructuous , [a.]
(1860) Farrar Orig. Lang. (1865) 62 "The intellect..would otherwise remain infructuous."
infusorigen .
(1972) Sci. Amer. Dec. 95/3 "Some of the axoblasts, instead of developing into vermiform embryos, develop into a structure that remains within the axial cell of the adult vermiform and may be thought of as a hermaphroditic gonad. The term infusorigen has been applied to this structure, which in a sense is the only organ the Mesozoa possess."
ing .
(1851) Jrnl. R. Agric. Soc. XII. ii. 314 "Others [Fens] termed `ings', belonging to various towns, yet remain (at particular seasons) in a wet condition. "
ingenit [a. 1]
(1669) Gale Crt. Gentiles i. i. iv. 25 "There remains in the Syrians an ingenite ardor of Navigation. "
Inghamite .
(1858-60) J. Gardner Faiths World s.v., "Remains of the Inghamites are still found in England, but they are a very small body. "
ingrammaticism .
(1888) Athen&ae.um 10 Mar. 304/3 "She..remains constant to her quotations and `ingrammaticisms'."
inhere , [v.]
(1665) G. Havers P. della Valle's Trav. E. India 27 "The Name Seià.h Selim, tenaciously inhering in the memory of people, remains still to him. "
(1624) Gataker Transubst. 173 "The accidents of bread and wine remaine without actuall inhering and being in their naturall subject. "
inhume , [v.]
(1691) Wood Ath. Oxon. I. 576 "Th' obscure recesses of this key-cold Tomb, Do Stokeslies ashes, and remains inhume. "
inimic [a.]
(1696) Locke Let. to Clarke 18 May in Fox Bourne Life (1876) II. xii. 307 "To get off the remainder of my cough before I venture into that inimic air."
inject , [v.]
(1945) Jrnl. Appl. Physics XVI. 583/1 "The electrons are injected with a voltage ranging from 30 to 70 kv and, if allowed to remain in the 66-inch diameter circular orbit for the entire quarter cycle, they circle the magnetic flux about 250,000 times. "
ink , [sb. 1]
(1825) J. Nicholson Operat. Mechanic 307 "It..remains for a short period in contact with the surface of the *ink-roller..thereby receiving a portion of ink upon its surface. "
-in-law
(1898) Westm. Gaz. 1 Apr. 1/3 "Everyone living is either an `in-law' himself, and therefore bound to possess corresponding `in-laws', or his `in-law' potentiality remains intact. "
inlying , [ppl. a.]
(1853) Stocqueler Milit. Encycl. 215 "Inlying Piquets, detachments told off to remain in camp, but fully accoutred, and ready to turn out instantly on alarm. "
inner , [a.] ( [sb. 2] )
(1944) Auden For Time Being (1945) 35 "The manifestations of the inner life should always remain so easy and habitual. "
innervation .
(1945) Amer. Jrnl. Physiol. CXLIV. 477 "It is tacitly assumed that if part of the innervation of a muscle is permanently destroyed, the remaining motor units..continue their normal function. "
innovation .
(1614) Selden Titles Hon. 286 "Thanes remained as a distinct name of dignitie, and vanisht not at the innouation of new honors. "
(1861) W. Bell Dict. Law Scot. 450/1 "Innovation, is a technical expression, signifying the exchange, with the creditor's consent, of one obligation for another; so as to make the second obligation come in the place of the first, and be the only subsisting obligation against the debtor, both the original obligants remaining the same."
innoxious , [a.]
(1703) J. Savage Lett. Antients xiii. 70 "The Poison Serpents produce remains innoxious to themselves. "
inobedient [a.] and [sb.]
(1805) Southey Madoc ii. vi, "Irresolute They heard, and inobedient; to obey Fearing, yet fearful to remain."
inobservant , [a.]
(1768-74) Tucker Lt. Nat. (1834) I. 523 "Nor can [God] remain ignorant or inobservant of what impulses He gives. "
inquest , [sb.]
(1623) Gouge Serm. Extent God's Provid. §.15 "The Coroner and his Inquest comming to view the bodies, found remaining but 63. "
inscription .
(1859) H. L. Smith in Arch&ae.ol. Cant. XI. 108 "Only the labels..and inscription-plate remain. "
insensate , [a.] ( [sb.] )
(1874) Green Short Hist. ix. §.7. 665 "James alone remained stubborn and insensate as of old."
insensible , [a.] ( [sb.] )
(A. 1859) Macaulay Hist. Eng. xxv. V. 287 "He fell down in a fit, and remained long insensible."
inset , [sb.]
(1587) Golding De Mornay, Pref. 8 "Those common and generall Insets haue remained barren in the most part of men."
inside , [sb.] , [a.] , [adv.] , and [prep.]
(1927) Amer. Speech II. 242/1 "Only in small country papers does one find `patent insides'. The country editor frequently buys four pages of his paper already printed, filled with `features', fiction, and advertising. He has only to fill the four remaining pages with local news and advertising."
insident [a.]
(1656) Blount Glossogr., "Insident, sitting on or in, remaining, continuing."
insincerely , [adv.]
(1855) Macaulay Hist. Eng. xii. III. 170 "The few Protestants who remained in that part of the country joined in greeting him, and perhaps not insincerely. "
insolubilize , [v.]
(1897) Daily News 4 Oct. 6/4 "The colouring matter remaining attached to the paper, and held there by the insolubilised gum. "
insolvent , [a.] ( [sb.] )
(1883) Wharton's Law Lex. (ed. 7) 419 "An insolvent as distinguished from a bankrupt, was an insolvent who was not a trader; for originally only a trader could be made bankrupt, in the sense of obtaining an absolute discharge from his debts, while the future estate of an insolvent remained liable for his debts, even after his discharge."
inspeximus .
(1547-8) Mervyn in Brooke Abridgem. (1586) tit. Patentes 97 II. 128 "Vn Constat est pledable, contrarie dun Inspeximus, car in lun case le patent remaine, &. in lauter il est parde. "
insuper in super , [adv.]
(1672) Cowell's Interpr., "In super, is a Word used by Auditors in their Accounts in the Exchequer, when they say so much remains in super to such an Accountant, that is, so much remains due upon such an Account. "
insurance .
(1651) Culpepper Astrol. Judgem. Dis. (1658) 176 "When the matter..remains still within the lungs..there's but little security of life: and I am confident never a one of the Colledge keeps an insurance office for such a businesse, nor will ensure thereupon at 50 per cent. "
intact , [a.]
(A. 1862) Buckle Civiliz. (1869) III. ii. 86 "The principles on which Church authority is based remained intact. "
integrated [ppl. a.]
(1956) N.Y. Times 1 Oct., "Approximately 2,400,000 Negro and 6,500,000 white pupils remained in segregated classes. Integrated school districts numbered 780; segregated numbered 3,000. "
intellection .
(1839) B. H. Smart Way out Metaph. 25 "An intellection having once occurred, remains with us as a notion or something known. "
intellectualism .
(1829) Sir W. Hamilton Discuss., Philos. Uncondit. (1852) 4 "Rationalism (more properly Intellectualism) has, from his [Leibnitz's] time, always remained the favorite philosophy of the Germans. "
intellectuality .
(1863) Mrs. C. Clarke Shaks. Char. x. 255 "It remained for Shakespeare to assert in behalf of his sisterhood a claim to the higher endowments of intellectuality. "
intend , [v.]
(1818) Cruise Digest (ed. 2) VI. 375 "He intended his son should have it in remainder for his life only. "
(1857) Miss S. Winkworth tr. Tauler's Serm. xxv. 386 "They..remain a prey to their besetting sin of always seeking and intending themselves. "
inter- [prefix] .
(1956) Nature 21 Jan. 142/1 "The mating type of the hybrid shows no change, that is, the hybrid males remain intersterile with O females, as in the original strain H. "
interconnector
(1962) Newnes Conc. Encycl. Electr. Engin. 598/2 "An attempt to adjust..power flow only on the tie between two generating stations will result in an undesirable change of power on the remainder of the inter&dubh.connectors. "
interdict , [sb.]
(1810) Act 50 Geo. III, c. 112 §.41 "Bills of suspension and interdict shall with respect to caution remain as at present. "
interfluve .
(1913) Bull. Geol. Soc. Amer. XXIV. 206 "In an early stage of the new cycle the fault&dubh.line scarp will be highest near the incised valleys of transverse streams, and it may remain for a time undeveloped on the interfluves. "
interhyal , [a.] ( [sb.] )
(1888) Rolleston &. Jackson Anim. Life 93 "The remaining portion of the embryonic hyoidan cartilage gives origin to the interhyal or stylohyal [etc.]."
interlayer , [sb.] and [a.]
(1962) L. S. Sasieni Princ. &. Pract. Optical Dispensing xiii. 329 "The three laminae are joined under heat and pressure, and if one or both of the layers of glass are broken by impact..the pieces of glass remain adherent to the interlayer. "
interlude , [sb.]
(1865) T. Wright Hist. Caricat. xvi. (1875) 277 "The word interlude remained long in our language as applied to such short and simple dramatic pieces as we may suppose to have formed the drolleries of the mysteries. "
intermediate , [a.] and [sb.]
(1925) A. D. Imms Gen. Textbk. Ent. iii. 365 "The latter issue from the galls and are divisible into winged gallicol&ae. migrantes (migrantes), which fly to the intermediate host, and gallicol&ae. non-migrantes which remain on the spruce and give rise to further fundatrices. "
international , [a.] ( [sb.] )
(1908) Nature 679/1 "The difference between the ohm and the international ohm remains a matter for experiment. "
interpretate [v.]
(A. 1763) Byrom Crit. Rem. Horace (R.), "When they take interpretating pains, Sometimes the difficulty still remains. "
intersow , [v.]
(1725) Bradley Fam. Dict. s.v. Planting, "The remainder of the Ground may be inter-sow'd with Ash-Keys. "
interstellar , [a.]
(1952) Lovell &. Clegg Radio Astron. ii. 34 "The current belief about the remaining mass is that it is concentrated in the dust and gas which permeates interstellar space. By terrestrial standards this interstellar material is highly attenuated. "
intimacy .
(1906) B. Webb in S. Hynes Edwardian Turn of Mind (1968) iv. 114 "Friendship between particular men and women..is practically impossible..without physical intimacy... There remains the question whether, with all the perturbation caused by such intimacies, you would have any brain left to think with? "
intonation (1) .
(1935) M. Schubiger Role of Intonation in Spoken Eng. 2 "Word-order can remain unaltered, and then the different intonation, the rising instead of the falling tune, is the sole bearer of the interrogative relation. "
intracranial , [a.]
(1971) Biol. Abstr. LII. 7922/2 "A large stick remained intracranially for a long time without clinical neurological deficit."
intricable [a.]
(1612) Shelton Quix. iii. vii. 182 "They shall remaine captiue, and intangled in the intricable amorous net. "
intrigue , [sb.]
(1673) Ray Trav. (1738) I. 419 "A famous engine to raise up water..There is so little of it remaining that it is impossible thence to find out all the contrivance and intrigue of it. "
intrinsic , [a.] ( [sb.] )
(1850) Gladstone Homer II. ii. 153 "Latona..remains all alone without any meaning or purpose intrinsic to herself. "
intrusion .
(1883) Wharton's Law Lex. (ed. 7), "Intrusion, the entry of a stranger after a particular estate of freehold is determined before him in reversion or remainder."
inutilized [a.]
(1874) W. Crookes Dyeing &. Calico-print. i. x. 80 "The application [of native ultramarine] remained inutilised for several years."
Invar .
(1929) J. A. Ratcliffe Physical Princ. Wireless iii. 50 "The oscillating system..is not an electrical circuit, but is a tuning-fork made of `invar' metal, whose frequency remains very constant under all conditions. "
invariable , [a.] ( [sb.] )
(1607) Topsell Four-f. Beasts 137 "Their common properties of nature, such as..remaine like infallible and invariable truths in euery kinde and country of the world. "
invariance .
(1941) Courant &. Robbins What is Math.? iii. 159 "A particular consequence of the invariance of angle under inversion is that two circles or lines that are orthogonal, i.e. that intersect at right angles, remain orthogonal after an inversion. "
invariant , [a.] and [sb.]
(1851) Sylvester in Philos. Mag. Nov., "The remaining coefficients are the two well-known hyperdeterminants, or, as I propose henceforth to call them, the two Invariants of the form ax4 + 4bx3y + 6cx2y2 + 4dxy3 + ey4. "
inverted , [ppl. a.]
(1766) Cavendish in Phil. Trans. LVI. 178 "The air remaining unabsorbed in the inverted bottle of sope leys. "
invest , [v.]
(1833) Ht. Martineau Loom &. Lugger i. i. 3 "There was little encouragement to invest his remaining capital. "
invination .
(1855) Pusey Doctr. Real Presence Note A. 5 "What those to whom he imputes `impanation' and `invination' really held, was that the Body and Blood of Christ was present `under the form of bread and wine', these `remaining in their natural substances'."
invincible , [a.] ( [sb.] )
(1577) tr. Bullinger's Decades (1592) 460 "The iudgement of Paule in this matter remaineth firme and inuincible. "
inviolable , [a.]
(1607) E. Grimstone tr. Goulart's Mem. Hist. 278 "He never sturd one iot, but remained firme and inviolable, as if he had beene planted there. "
inviolate , [a.]
(1646) P. Bulkeley Gospel Covt. v. 370 "Though..man failed in his duty, yet the covenant on God's part remaines inviolate. "
(1615) Crooke Body of Man 376 "The heat of the right must..be in time extinguished, the heat of the left remaining inviolate. "
(1848) Mrs. Jameson Sacr. &. Leg. Art (1850) 347 "Clement VIII ordered that the relics should remain untouched, inviolate."
inviolately , [adv.]
(A. 1716) South Serm. X. vi. (R.), "All other things..remaining inviolately the same under both covenants. "
invisible , [a.] ( [sb.] )
(1959) N. Polsky in N. Mailer Advts. for Myself (1961) 313 "Even in the world of the hipster the Negro remains essentially what Ralph Ellison called him-an invisible man. "
inwick , [sb.]
(1857) Chambers' Inform. II. 683/2 "The player..does his best to take the inwick or angle; and by a skilfully `laid on' stone..the inwick is taken; his stone glides off, angles towards the tee, knocks his adversary's stone out of shot-himself remaining in the while."
iridosmine .
(1865-72) Watts Dict. Chem. III. 314 "The black scales which remain when native platinum is dissolved in nitromuriatic acid were found by Smithson Tennant to consist of an alloy of two metals, iridium and osmium, hence called iridosmine. "
iris , [sb.]
(1911) C. N. Bennett et al. Handbk. Kinematogr. i. iv. 28 "In the form of lens attached to kinematograph cameras, alteration of diaphragm is effected by the movement of a ring or pin on the lens mount which causes the `iris' inside to open and close like the iris of a cat's eye, except that the hole in the middle always remains circular in shape. "
Iroquois , [a.] and [sb.]
(1965) Canad. Jrnl. Ling. Spring 135 "Iroquois speakers remain in New York State;..others remain in the Carolinas (Cherokee). "
irreclaimed , [a.]
(1812) Brackenridge Views Louisiana (1814) 176 "The soil of Louisiana is the most fertile in the world, the climate delightful during nine months of the year, and bad the remainder, only from being irreclaimed. "
irredeemable , [a.] ( [sb.] )
(1818) Cruise Digest (ed. 2) II. 125 "If a mortgage becomes irredeemable by this statute, it will remain so in the hands of an assignee. "
irredeemed [a.]
(1898) Daily News 22 Sept. 4/5 "Against the renunciation of `irredeemed' territory (to use the Italian term) must be set the implied guarantee of the remainder."
irreducible , [a.]
(1778) Maseres in Phil. Trans. LXVIII. 920 "The remaining case of the cubick equation..which..cannot be resolved by the rules above mentioned, has..obtained amongst algebraists the name of the irreducible case: at least it is often called by the French writers of algebra le cas irr&eacu.ductible. "
irremunerated [a.]
(1651) Raleigh's Ghost 323 "No evil shall remain unrevenged, nor good irremunerated and unrewarded."
irrepleviable , [a.]
(1543) transl. Act 13 Edw. I, c. 2 "If he that repleuied make defaut agayne, or for an other cause retourne of the dystres beyng now twyse repleuied be awarded, the distres shal remaine irrepleuiable. "
irreprehensible , [a.]
(1590) Swinburne Testaments 7 "The definition remaineth irreprehensible. "
irrepresentable , [a.]
(1856) Ferrier Inst. Metaph. xiii. vi. 315 "No model whatever of matter per se being presentable to us in knowledge, the material universe per se must for ever remain absolutely irrepresentable by us in thought."
irrevocably , [adv.]
(1810) House of Lancaster I. 103, "I remained firmly and irrevocably fixed in my first resolution. "
irrigate , [v.]
(1873) Hamerton Intell. Life x. iii. (1875) 352 "Her mind irrigated their minds, which would have remained permanently barren without that help and refreshment."
Ismaelite [sb.] ( [a.] )
(1613) Purchas Pilgrimage (1614) 338 "Benjamen Tudelensis telleth that one..had taken..the remainder of the Arke, and therewith built an Ismaeliticall Meschit. "
iso- ,
(1964) J. Challinor Dict. Geol. (ed. 2) 133/2 "A rock changing its mineral composition *iso&dubh.chemically remains a closed `system'. "
(1937) Best &. Taylor Physiol. Basis Med. Pract. lxiii. 1418 "The laminated cortex, which in man constitutes the remaining eleven-twelfths [of the cortical area] and in animals is a much smaller fraction of the whole, is called the isocortex. "
(1966) R. Joel Basic Engin. Thermodynamics i. 80 "The pressure remains constant throughout the process. It is often referred to as an isobaric or isopiestic process. "
(1932) H. Pringsheim Chem. Monosaccharides &. Polysaccharides ii. 31 "Into the hexoses and pentoses there can be introduced two isopropylidene remainders. "
isobaric , [a.] and [sb.]
(1933) D. J. Martin Introd. Thermodynamics for Chemists xiii. 315 "The isobaric heat of adsorption corresponds to the heat of a reaction in a condensed system, the amount adsorbed changes while the pressure remains practically constant. "
isochromatic , [a.] and [sb.]
(1931) Coker &. Filon Treat. Photo-Elasticity iii. 248 "The integrated tint remains the same over the whole of this locus, and it is for this reason that such lines are called lines of equal tint or isochromatic lines. "
isochronous , [a.]
(1971) Times Lit. Suppl. 1 Oct. 1179/3 "Its technique of isochronous rhythm-a metrical sequence which remains constant for a given part, though the pitch relationships change-is comparable with the Oriental tala."
isocracy .
(1652) L. S. People's Liberty vii. 12 "It remaineth doubtfull, whether people who live together, may lawfully retain an Isocracie among them. "
isolated , [ppl. a.]
(1881) Flower in Nature No. 619. 437 "When groups of animals become so far differentiated from each other as to represent separate species, they remain isolated."
isomorphous , [a.]
(1880) Cleminshaw Wurtz' Atom. The. 59 "For the form to remain unchanged in analogous compounds, the elements which replace each other must be mutually isomorphous."
isoniazid .
(1962) Lancet 29 Dec. 1364/2 "In the second phase, since the bacilli are no longer multiplying rapidly and resistant mutants are therefore unlikely to appear, a single drug only-isoniazid-need be continued to kill off those remaining. "
isoperimetrical , [a.]
(1821) Blackw. Mag. X. 557 "From Cookery up to the Law of Contingent Remainders, Isoperimetrical Problems, or the world-wide difference between Objectivity and Subjectivity. "
isoprenoid , [a.] and [sb.]
(1972) Science 9 June 1121/2 "After 2 years, isoprenoids..and alicyclic and aromatic hydrocarbons remained prominent in the polluted sediments."
isosbestic , [a.]
(1949) A. C. Candler Pract. Spectroscopy iv. 90 "As one absorption curve fades, another develops, while the absorption at an intermediate wavelength, called by Brode the isobastic point, remains unaltered. "
isotactic , [a.]
(1968) Natta &. Danusso in Jrnl. Polymer Sci. A-2. VI. 1495 "The isotacticity and the crystallizability of the original sample remain unchanged after degradation."
isoteles .
(1850) Grote Greece lxvi. VI. 17 "Lysias..passed the remainder of his life as an Isoteles, or non-freeman on the best condition. "
isothermal , [a.] and [sb.]
(1912) H. N. Dickson Climate &. Weather iii. 77 "At heights greater than about nine miles the temperature..remains nearly constant at about &min.70°.F at all levels... In this `isothermal layer'..there would seem to be..little movement. "
isotone .
(1972) Physics Bull. Mar. 148/3 "The isotone shift differs from the isotope shifts in that the former measures the energy difference of atoms when protons are added to the nucleus with the number of neutrons remaining the same, whereas for the latter the role of protons and neutrons are reversed. The study of isotope as well as isotone shifts reveal the nuclear shell structure."
Israel .
(1974) Times 14/8 "The ban remained for Israel-based reporters... The Israel government has followed a curious policy."
item , [adv.] and [sb.]
(1859) E. H. N. Patterson in L. Hafen Overland Routes to Gold Fields (1942) 68 "This..is one of those cases, probably, that will remain a mystery only to be solved when the great item book of the recording angel shall be opened to justify the final sentence. "
itinerant , [a.] and [sb.]
(1850) Blackie &Ae.schylus I. Pref. 22 "The word, transmitted from age to age, and itinerant from East to West, remains."
ivy , [sb.]
(1602) Carew Cornwall 111 b, "Onely there remaine the *Iuie-tapissed wals of the keepe. "
Jack , [sb. 1]
(1830) M. Donovan Dom. Econ. I. 175 "The liquor is pumped..into a large reservoir, called a jack-back, in which it is allowed to remain until all the yest has collected on the surface. "
(1591) Shaks. 1 Hen. VI, i. i. 175 "For me nothing remaines: But long I will not be Iack out of Office. "
Jacksonian , [a. 1]
(1929) Encycl. Brit. IV. 585/1 "Calhoun,..during the remainder of the Jackson regime, was a severe critic of Jacksonianism. "
Jai Hind , [int.]
(1969) Commerce (Bombay) 26 July 170/3 "We remain committed to the freedom and progress of the people of this great country. Jai Hind."
jam , [v. 1]
(1793) Smeaton Edystone L. §.53 "A part of a chain..was jammed in so fast..that it remained so. "
janken .
(1964) Japan (Jap. Nat. Commission for Unesco) 831/2 "Janken is the only form of the game which remains today as a means to decide the dealer in card games, the server in a match, and so on. "
jatha .
(1966) K. Singh Hist. Sikhs II. iv. xiii. 203 "Jatha&mac.s of 100 Akalis each were formed. They first took an oath..to remain non-violent."
jawan .
(1962) Listener 29 Nov. 895/2 "For the public, the cult of the Indian soldier, the Jawan, remains unshaken. "
jazz , [sb.]
(1955) L. Feather Encycl. Jazz 50 "Improvisation has always been the life blood of jazz. There are critics today who still claim that true jazz cannot be written down. This is not literally true, but it is true that orchestrated jazz, if it is to remain jazz, must retain the same rhythmic feeling, the same concept of phrasing, that is inherent in improvised jazz... Just as the three basic elements of music as a whole are melody, harmony and rhythm, the three additional elements essential to jazz may be said to be syncopation, improvisation and inspiration. "
(1964) M. McLuhan Understanding Media (1967) ii. xxxi. 348 "Baseball..will always remain a symbol of the era of the hot mommas, jazz babies..and the fast buck. "
jejunery
(1846) Landor Wks. II. 157/2 "For these forty good verses you will pardon, `After forty days' fasting had remained'... Very much like the progress of Milton himself in this jejunery."
jejuno- ,
(1971) Carey &. Albertin Ellison's Atlas Surg. Stomach &. Duodenum ix. 125 "Even though parenteral hyperalimentation has decreased the need for jejunostomy, it remains a valuable procedure. "
jelly , [sb. 1]
(1766) Pennant Zool. (1768) II. 424 "The Winter Mew..The gelatinous substance, known by the name of Star Shot, or Star Gelly, owes its origin to this bird,..being nothing but the half digested remains of earth-worms, on which these birds feed. "
Jerry , [sb. 2]
(1941) Southern Daily Echo (Southampton) 26 Mar., "Last time the enemy was generally called the Hun by the people at home, and Jerry by the soldiers. The latter is the term which remains in use in the present war. "
jest , [sb.]
(18..) Joanna Baillie (O.), "Some witlings and jest-mongers still remain For fools to laugh at. "
jetsam .
(1600) Coke Rep. v. 106 b, "Ietsam est quant le nief est in perill d'ê.tre merge et pur disburden le niefe les biens sont iects in le mere..et nul de ceux byens que sont appelles Ietsam Flotsam ou Lagan sont appeles wreck cy longe come ils remain in ou sur la mere, mais si ascun de eux sont mise al terre per le mere, donques ils seront dit wreck. "
(1765) Blackstone Comm. I. viii. 292 "If they continue at sea, the law distinguishes them by the..appellations of jetsam, flotsam, and ligan. Jetsam is where goods are cast into the sea, and there sink and remain under water. "
jet stream
(1963) tr. E. R. Reiter's Jet-Stream Meteorology iv. 271 (heading, ) "The current does not spread out..but it remains concentrated in a narrow band of high velocities-the oceanic jet stream. "
Jew , [sb.]
(1851) Illustr. Catal. Gt. Exhib. 162 "In the reign of King John, the mines [were] principally in the hands of the Jews..remains of furnaces, called *Jews' houses, have been discovered, and small blocks of tin, known as Jews' tin, have..been found in the mining localities. "
jib , [sb. 4]
(1839) C. J. Lever Confessions H. Lorrequer xiii. 99 "During all this mel&eacu.e tournament, I perceived that the worthy jib as he would be called in the parlance of Trinity, Mr. Cudmore, remained perfectly silent. "
jig-saw [sb.]
(1974) G. Markstein Cooler xl. 149 "Sylvia was turning into the little jigsaw piece that often remained the hardest one to find."
jobbing [vbl. sb. 2]
(1972) Jrnl. Printing Hist. Soc. 1971, VII. 38 "Most printers both in America and in Britain were forced to add more and more of the new letters to their stores of type in order to remain competitive in the jobbing printing business. "
John .
(1572) Plat Floures Philos. Addr. to Rdr., "The Iohn so sweete in shewe and smell, distincte by colours twaine, Aboute the borders of their beds in seemelie sighte remaine. "
joint , [a.]
(1767) Blackstone Comm. II. 183 "The remaining grand incident of joint-estates, viz. the doctrine of survivorship. "
jointless , [a.]
(1748) Richardson Clarissa (1811) VI. viii. 38 "`Let me die here', were her words, remaining jointless and immovable. "
joint-tenant
(1767) Blackstone Comm. II. xii. 184 "While it [the joint-tenancy] continues, each of two joint-tenants has a concurrent interest in the whole; and therefore, on the death of his companion, the sole interest in the whole remains to the survivor."
jointure , [sb.]
(1876) Digby Real Prop. vi. 295 "It became a common practice for a man upon his marriage to convey lands to feoffees to the joint use of himself and his wife for life or in tail, by which means a provision for the remainder of her life was secured to the wife. This was called a jointure."
Jonsonian , [a.]
(1948) F. R. Leavis Great Tradition v. 235 "Bounderby..remains Jonsonianly consistent in his last testament and death. "
jube (4) .
(1953) A. Smith Blind White Fish in Persia iii. 48 "By every pavement ran the jube, a stream of water which had doubtless been clean at the top of the town but did not remain so for long. "
jubilation .
(1634) W. Tirwhyt tr. Balzac's Lett. (vol. I) 133, "I should remaine disconsolate amidst the publique Iubilations. "
judge , [sb.]
(1842) Dickens Let. 28 Mar. (1938) I. 423, "I remained as grave as a judge. "
judge , [v.]
(1513) More in Grafton Chron. (1568) II. 766 "To remaine..till the matter were..examined..and either iudged or appeased. "
judgement judgment .
(1794) Sullivan View Nat. I. 39 "The saints and spirits of the blessed shall take possession of it, and there remain till the general judgment. "
judicious , [a.]
(1819) Scott Leg. Montrose vi, "No judicious commander allows either flags of truce or neutrals to remain in his camp longer than is prudent."
jug , [sb. 1]
(1830) Monk Bentley xv. 424 "Joanna..was his favourite child:..having received from him the fondling appellation of Jug in her infancy, she continued to be called Jug Bentley, as long as she remained unmarried."
jug , [sb. 2]
(1955) M. E. B. Banks Commando Climber iii. 38 "A final wall, almost vertical but amply provided with the largest of jug-handles, remained. "
jungle , [sb.]
(1900) Daily News 30 July 6/3 "Mr. H. C. P. Bell has done much in excavating the *jungle-clad remains of Anuradhapura. "
just , [a.]
(1684) R. Waller Nat. Exper. 10 "Our Instrument remains still unalterably just to every place where 'tis made use of."
(1721) Bailey, "Just Divisors are such Numbers or Quantities which will divide a given Number or Quantity, so as to leave no Remainder. "
K ,
(1879) Proc. R. Soc. XXVIII. 367 "The calcium line with wave-length 4226..appears more or less expanded with a dark line in the middle..; the remaining bright lines of calcium are also frequently seen in the like condition, but sometimes the dark line appears in the middle of K (the more refrangible of Fraunhofer's lines H), when there is none in the middle of H. "
kabadi kabaddi .
(1935) W. M. Ryburn School Organization 278-80 "Kabaddi... 3. Each team consists of nine players... 5. The members of each team remain in their respective semi-circles... 10. A player scores a point for his team if he succeeds in getting back to his semicircle after touching some opponent (with the hand only) or after pushing some opponent out of his semicircle provided that he holds his breath all the time. He will say that word `kabaddi' over and over to show that he is holding his breath... An attempt by a player to touch an opponent is known as a kabaddi. "
Karaite .
(1727-41) Chambers Cycl. s.v. Caraite, "The Caraites themselves pretend to be the remains of the ten tribes led captive by Salmanassar. "
Karnata , [a.] and [sb.]
(1972) P. Holroyde Indian Mus. iii. 84 "The Karnatakam remained uninfluenced... South Indian music, properly known as Carnatic, and South Indian dance, survived therefore in more-or-less pure form."
karyo- ,
(1912) Jrnl. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia XV. 525 "The most general results of increased temperature are:... (4) Formation of numerous *karyomeres from these scattered chromosomes; indeed by slight increase of temperature almost every chromosome may be caused to remain distinct from every other one, and to give rise to a separate chromosomal vesicle. "
(1934) L. W. Sharp Introd. Cytol. (ed. 3) x. 136 "Of considerable interest are those nuclei in which every chromosome of the telophase group forms an individual vesicle, or karyomere. In some cases the karyomeres may eventually fuse partially or completely, but in others they remain separate although in contact, forming what is virtually a group of small nuclei containing one chromosome each. "
(1934) L. W. Sharp Introd. Cytol. 146 "The limits of the several chromosomes remain visible through this stage [sc. between mitoses] in certain nuclei; in extreme cases the nucleus is virtually a group of separate elementary nuclei, or karyomeres. "
Kashube .
(1957) Encycl. Brit. XVIII. 152/1 "Linguistically..two local Pomeranian dialects remained until the 20th century, the Slovince (Slowinski) and the Cassubian (Kaszubski). "
kedgeree .
(1879) Mrs. James Ind. Househ. Managem. 88 "Kegeree is composed of the remains of cold fish, and is usually a breakfast dish. "
Kellgren .
(1907) Boston Med. &. Surg. Jrnl. CLVII. 493/1 "In the Kellgren method, the fingers of the gymnast remain in contact with the skin, and thus they are enabled to really manipulate the parts beneath. "
Kepler .
(1954) C. Payne-Gaposchkin Introd. Astron. (1956) xiv. 392 "Attempts to identify the remains of Tycho's and Kepler's novae with stars have failed. "
kerato- ,
(1918) J. H. Parsons Dis. Eye (ed. 3) xi. 198 "As the cicatrix becomes consolidated the bulging may disappear, or it may remain permanently as an ectatic cicatrix (keratectasia from ulcer). "
kernel , [sb. 1]
(1916) G. N. Lewis in Jrnl. Amer. Chem. Soc. XXXVIII. 768 "In every atom is an essential kernel which remains unaltered in all ordinary chemical changes. "
kgotla .
(1840) B. Shaw Memorials of S. Afr. xx. 303 "Morokos Kotla had no attractions yesterday; we went and sat down in it, but we could not bear to remain. "
khaki , [a.] and [sb.]
(1971) D. Ayerst Guardian xxx. 472 "Sir Warren Fisher..remained at the Treasury..and Ramsay Macdonald at 10 Downing St. He decided to hold a khaki election."
khansamah .
(1788) Gladwin tr. Mem. Kh. Abdulkurreem 56 "[He] asked the Khansaman, what quantity was remaining of the clothes. "
Khasi .
(1911) Encycl. Brit. VIII. 830/2 "In language 27,272,895 of the inhabitants [of Eastern Bengal and Assam] speak Bengali, 1,349,784 speak Assamese, and the remainder Hindi and various hill dialects, Manipuri, Bodo, Khasi and Garo. "
kiap .
(1969) New Guinea &. Austral., IV. iii. 9/1 "We cannot be expected to remain within the fence of racial integration whose fencing materials-the persuasiveness of the Kiap, the teaching of the church, and the legislation of a colonial administration-show distinct signs of weathering. "
kid , [sb. 1]
(1562) Bulleyn Bk. Simples (1579) 75 "They remaine Kiddes for six monethes, and afterward..be called Goates. "
kidnap , [v.]
(1769) Blackstone Comm. IV. xv. 219 "The other remaining offence, that of kid&dubh.napping, being the forcible abduction or stealing away of man, woman, or child from their own country, and selling them into another. "
kidnapper .
(1865) Livingstone Zambesi xxi. 434 "It is dangerous to remain in their villages at this time of year when kidnappers are abroad."
killed , [ppl. a.]
(1930) Syst. Bacteriol. (Med. Res. Council) VII. vii. 117 "There remains a considerable doubt whether immunity..can be produced by the use of killed virus. "
kindle , [v. 1]
(1600) Shaks. A.Y.L. i. i. 179 "Nothing remaines, but that I kindle the boy thither. "
kindred , [sb.] and [a.]
(1776) Paine Com. Sense (1791) 49 "Every day wears out the little remains of kindred between us and them. "
king , [sb.]
(1941) F. Reinfeld Keres' Best Games of Chess 86/1 "Not only winning a Pawn, but devaluating the remaining Black *King-side Pawns. "
Kipp .
(1901) F. G. Benedict Chem. Lect. Exper. 3 "The Kipp generator, or one of its various modifications, remains today the only portable gas generator for the lecture table... The simpler and less expensive the form of Kipp used, the better. "
kistvaen cistvaen .
(1715) Pennecuik Wks. (1815) 121 (E.D.D.), "In trenching the ground for a garden was discovered another tomb, kisti-vaen..of five flags, without an urn, or any remains of bones. "
Kiswa .
(1912) A. J. B. Wavell Mod. Pilgrim in Mecca viii. 152 "The `Ihram'..remains till the day of the festival, when the `Kiswah', that is the covering itself, is changed. "
kite , [sb.]
(1904) Westm. Gaz. 5 Aug. 2/2 "The new Army scheme..is to be debated on Monday, but whether as a Government proposal or the private kite of the Minister for War remains wholly obscure. "
kitsch .
(1939) Partisan Rev. VI. 40 "Kitsch is mechanical and operates by formulas. Kitsch is vicarious experience and faked sensations. Kitsch changes according to style, but remains always the same. Kitsch is the epitome of all that is spurious in the life of our times. "
klipkous .
(1930) C. L. Biden Sea-Angling Fishes of Cape xviii. 260 "The crushed remains of klipkoes or venus ear-a shellfish, Haliotis. "
knap , [sb. 1]
(1623) Bingham Xenophon 62 "There remained yet a little knop aboue them..where the enemies guards did sit."
knock [sb. 1]
(1973) A. Parrish Mech. Engineer's Ref. Bk. ii. 17 "Correct choice of mixture strength, ignition timing, fuel (octane number) and good combustion chamber design will allow smooth combustion without knock which occurs if the end gas reaches the condition where self-ignition causes an explosion of all the mixture remaining in the chamber."
know , [v.]
(1973) Observer 14 Jan. 7/3 "It remains to add that all this, and much more, was well enough known at the time. But the fellow-travellers didn't want to know. "
Komi .
(1800) W. Tooke Hist. Russia I. i. 13 "Komanes. They were neighbours of the Madshares or Ugres, and migrated in conjunction with them at the close of the eighth century to Pannonia. They dwelt upon the river Kuma, from which they also had their name. On the other side of the Terek is still a people named Kumuiks; perhaps remains of the old Kumanians. "
Kremlin .
(1970) Guardian 1 Oct. 15/4 "The question now teasing Labour Kremlinologists is how long Denis [Healey] will be satisfied to remain a mere member of the NEC. "
kreng .
(1850) W. B. Clarke Wreck of Favorite 39 "After the..blubber, whalebone, and jaw-bones are removed,..the remaining part, called `the kreng', is left to become the food of sharks and birds. "
kunzite .
(1962) R. Webster Gems I. vii. 129 "Kunzite shows a golden-pink or orange glow under long-wave ultra-violet light, and a similar but much weaker effect is seen under the short-wave ultra-violet lamp. Under an x-ray beam kunzite shows a very strong orange fluorescence with a strong and persistent afterglow. When the phosphorescence has died away the stone is found to have changed its colour to a bluish-green; this remains stable provided that the stone is kept away from a stong light. "
Kupferschiefer .
(1879) Encycl. Brit. X. 352/1 "The Kupfer-schiefer contains numerous fish..and remains of plants. "
L ,
(1925) Russell &. Saunders in Astrophysical Jrnl. LXI. 61 "Their remaining properties may be explained on the assumption that the two displaced electrons have fixed orbital momenta, L1, L2, of the amount indicated by Land&eacu., but that the inclination of their planes is quantized, so that the resultant angular momentum K may have any geometrically permissible value in the series 1/2, 3/2, [etc.]. "
lab , [sb. 2]
(1955) Times 26 July 10/5 "Everyone who did even elementary `stinks' at school remembers the name of Bunsen and his burner-even if nothing else remains in memory from those hours in the `labs'. "
label , [v.]
(1971) J. Z. Young Introd. Study Man v. 82 "These isotopes can be introduced into the body and used to `label' a particular compound and discover for how long it remains in the tissues. The isotope differs in nuclear mass from the normally occurring form..but this does not, in general, make it behave chemically in any markedly different way."
labium .
(1806) Med. Jrnl. XV. 21 "When the uterus remains within the labia. "
labour labor , [sb.]
(1927) Melody Maker Aug. 777/1 "Al Payne should have been leader, but the necessary *labour permits could not be obtained, and the band remains in America. "
lac (1) .
(1877) C. W. Thomson Voy. Challenger I. i. 15 "The different varnishes and lacs remain soft and sticky."
lace , [sb.]
(1964) Publ. Amer. Dial. Soc. xlii. 35 "The most common-place of these is the distinction between shanty- and lace-curtain Irish, i.e., those who remain in the lower-class communities near the center of the city..and those who move into lowermiddle-class communities and work hard to approximate the ideals of vulgar respectability. "
lacunar , [a.]
(1871) Huxley Anat. Inv. Anim. i. (1877) 57 "The venous system remains more or less lacunar. "
Ladin .
(1880) Encycl. Brit. XI. 205/1 "The remainder [of the inhabitants of the Grisons] use the Romansch or the Ladin dialect. "
lady , [sb.]
(1884) Peel City Guardian No. 26. 2/1 "The rest of the `Old Lady in Threadneedle-street' remained unbroken. "
(1832) J. Bree St. Herbert's Isle 19 "The burly thane..oft in *lady-bower would long remain. "
lagging , [vbl. sb. 2]
(1844) Port Phillip Patriot 22 July 2/6, "I remained with him five years after I served my `lagging'."
lagting .
(1957) Encycl. Brit. XVI. 556/1 "After the opening, parliament divides itself into two sections, the lagting consisting of 38 members and the odelsting of the remainder. "
lamented , [ppl. a.] (and [sb.] )
(1864) C. M. Yonge Trial I. ix. 172 "Depend upon it, the late lamented will remain in the ascendant till there are no breakers ahead. "
Lammas , [sb.]
(1792) Arch&ae.ol. Scot.] 198 "The name of *Lammas towers will remain..after the celebration of the festival has ceased. "
lamp , [sb. 1]
(1831) Soc. Life Eng. &. Fr. 411 "The lamp-iron yet remains at the corner of the Place de Greve, to which Foulon..was suspended in July 1790. "
lamprey .
(1831) R. Cox Adventures Columbia River I. vii. 149 "We got plenty of salmon while we remained here, and some lamprey eels, the latter of which were oily and very strong. "
lampyrine , [a.] and [sb.]
(1842) Brande Dict. Sci. etc. s.v. Lampyrin&ae., "The females of some of the Lampyrine tribe are apterous..and are luminous. All the Lampyrines, when seized, press their feet and antenn&ae. against their body, and remain as motionless as if they were dead."
land , [sb. 1]
(1841) J. F. Burke On Land-Drainage 4 "Remains have been found of some very ancient land-drains. "
(1894) H. Spencer in Westm. Gaz. 29 Aug. 8/2 "The stronger peoples have been land-thieves from the beginning, and have remained land-thieves down to the present hour. "
landmark , [sb.]
(1862) Mill Utilit. 5 "This..man, whose system of thought will long remain one of the land&dubh.marks in the history of philosophical speculation. "
land-tie .
(1715) Leoni Palladio's Archit. (1742) I. 82 "The Banks are exposed to be wash'd away by the Waters, whence the Bridge in such a case would become destitute of Land-tyes, and remain an Island. "
Langerhans .
(1965) Jrnl. Investigative Dermatol. XLV. 403/1 "The capability of Langerhans cells to synthesize melanin remains to be proven. "
language , [sb. 1]
(1956) Jrnl. Assoc. Computing Machinery III. 272 "In the development of an automatic coding system, two major problems arise. The first is to develop a coding language which permits a programmer to specify the computation he wants the machine to perform. Once this has been done, there remains the task of coding a compiler for a particular high speed calculator which will translate the language into actual machine instructions... The language described here is the one translated by the PACT I Compiling Routine into instructions for the IBM Type 701. "
languish , [sb.]
(1718) Entertainer xix. 129 "Religion is upon the Languish, and only the Ghost of Godliness remains. "
languishment .
(A. 1711) Ken Hymnotheo Poet. Wks. 1721 III. 237 "As a chast Dove..For her dead Mate a lively Love retains, And in continued Languishment remains. "
lap , [sb. 3]
(C. 1850) Rudim. Navig. (Weale) 128 "Laps, the remaining part of the ends of carlings, &.c. which are to bear a great weight or pressure, such as the capstan-step. "
lap , [v. 2]
(1727) Swift Gulliver ii. i, "I..laid myself at full length upon the handkerchief, with the remainder of which he lapped me up to the head. "
lapel .
(1940) Chambers's Techn. Dict. 486/2 "Lapel microphone, a small microphone, worn on the lapel; suitable for use when the speaker is addressing an audience, or when he cannot remain in a stable position. "
lapse , [sb.]
(1660) H. More Myst. Godl. v. xvii. 206 "Suspecting our selves not to have emerged quite out of this General Apostasy of the Church, into which the Spirit of God has foretold she would be lapsed for 1260 years; let us see if we can find out what Remainders of this Lapse are still upon us. "
lapwing .
(1633) T. Stafford Pac. Hib. ii. iii. (1810) 239 "And left the Wood with the Lapwings policie; that they being busied in pursuite of them, the other might remaine secure within that Fastnesse. "
larach .
(A. 1774) Fergusson Farmer's Ingle Poems (1845) 38 "In its auld lerroch yet the deas remains. "
lardiner .
(1469) Househ. Ord. (1790) 93 "To see the remaines hadde into the lardre, and the lardener to be charged with it. "
large , [a.] , [adv.] , and [sb.]
(1949) W. Kneale Probability &. Induction 141 "As an illustration of the importance of the law of large numbers in practical affairs it will be sufficient to mention the business of insurance... The greater the number of persons insuring with the company, the greater the probability that the company's finances will remain sound. "
(1907) Daily Chron. 9 Dec. 3/3 "Schumann is a minor poet among musicians. We remember his lesser things..and remain cold to his large-scale pieces. "
(1833) I. Taylor Fanat. vi. 169 "The tremendous doctrine of eternal perdition..will remain at large..to be drawn on this side or that as may best subserve the purposes of intimidation."
larum , [sb.]
(1588) Shaks. Tit. A. i. i. 147 "Remaineth nought but..with low'd Larums [to] welcome them to Rome. "
lascar .
(1625) Purchas Pilgrims I. v. 650, "I caused all my Laskayres to remaine aboord the Vnicorne. "
last , [a.] , [adv.] , and [sb. 6]
(1697) Dryden Virg. Georg. iv. 274 "Having spent the last Remains of Light. "
(1885) Daily News 1 Sept. 2/5 "At half-distance the positions remained unaltered, and, as they began the last lap, it appeared to be any one's race. "
late , [a. 1] ( [sb. 2] )
(1884) Times (weekly ed.) 5 Sept. 1/1 "The remains of the late Lord Ampthill."
latency .
(1910) A. A. Brill tr. Freud's Three Contrib. to Sexual Theory ii. 39 "Sexual activity remains throughout the whole duration of the latency period until the reinforced breaking through of the sexual impulse in puberty. "
latent , [a.]
(1931) Phytopathology XXI. 593 "A virus remaining latent or producing a mosaic in some varieties may cause a well-defined necrotic effect in others. "
(1885) Watson &. Burbury Math. Theory Electr. &. Magn. I. 83 "The fluid of either kind in any electrified body in excess of that of the opposite kind is called the Free Electricity of the body, and the remaining fluids of the body, consisting of equal amounts of fluids of opposite kinds, together constitute what is called the Latent, Combined or Fixed Electricity of the body."
latero- ,
(1869) T. H. Tanner Pract. Med. (ed. 6) II. 349 "Where the uterus is bent and its fundus fixed to the right or left side, the cervix remaining in the median line (latero&dubh.flexion) this deviation from the natural position will [etc.]. "
lates .
(1921) W. Radcliffe Fishing from Earliest Times xxv. 326 "A picture of a bronze mummy-case containing remains of a small Lates."
Latian , [a.]
(1849) Macaulay Hist. Eng. i. (1874) 4 "No magnificent remains of Latian porches..are to be found in Britain. "
Latinity .
(1831) Carlyle Sart. Res. (1858) 81, "I undertook to compose his Epitaph..which, however, for an alleged defect of Latinity..still remains unengraven. "
(1865) Merivale Rom. Emp. VIII. lxiv. 100 "The last remains we possess of classical Latinity are the biographies of the later emperors."
Latinize , [v.]
(1866) Cornhill Mag. May 539 "Gaul was Latinized in language, manners, and laws, and yet her people remained essentially Celtic. "
lavender , [sb. 2] and [a.]
(1959) W. S. Sharps Dict. Cinematogr. 106/1 "Lavender, the name given to an obsolescent type of master positive stock with a lavender tinted base. The name remains in use to describe a master positive. "
lavishment .
(1662) J. Chandler Van Helmont's Oriat. 273 "This..might..remain safe for a long time, without a lavishment of the health. "
lay , [v. 1]
(1861) Dickens Gt. Expect. xliii, "How long we might have remained in this ridiculous position it is impossible to say, but for the incursion of three thriving farmers-laid on by the waiter I think-who came into the coffee-room. "
layer , [sb.]
(1885) Harper's Mag. Jan. 276/1 "Hides remain in a `first layer' for six or eight days. The same process is repeated in a `second layer' in other vats for about two weeks, and in a third, or `splitting layer', for about four weeks."
lazaretto .
(1789) Mrs. Piozzi Journ. France I. 77 "The Lazaretto..remains a standing monument of his piety. "
(1615) G. Sandys Trav. 227 "To be conueyed by him vnto the Lazaretta, there to remaine for thirtie or fortie dayes before I could be admitted into the Citie. "
lazulite .
(1849) Macaulay Hist. Eng. viii. II. 268 "In that princely house where the remains of Ignatius Loyola lie enshrined in lazulite and gold. "
lead , [sb. 1]
(1973) Thomas &. Farago Industr. Chem. viii. 133 "The lead-chamber process is by no means obsolete.., and is likely to remain in operation for the production of acid not exceeding 78 per cent in concentration..and where high purity is not essential. "
leaf , [sb. 1]
(1974) A. Huxley Plant &. Planet vii. 57 "In which vein the xylem and phloem fit together, so that the sugars from the leaf cells can be passed into the remainder of the plant. "
(1954) S. Piggott Neolithic Cultures x. 295 "`Leaf bed' with no large vegetable remains, 3-4 ft. thick. "
leaf , [v.]
(1936) J. G. Cozzens Men &. Brethren II. 175 "Ernest..leafed over the remaining letters. "
leak , [sb.]
(1971) Engineering Apr. 92/2 (Advt.), "Instant..safe..leakproof joints... A pipeline which is flexible while remaining absolutely leak-proof."
lean , [v. 3]
(1887) J. T. Brown in Fish. &. Fish. Industr. U.S. V. Hist. &. Meth. 282 "The mate remains and `leans' the blubber from the carcass."
learned , [ppl. a.]
(1818) Cruise Digest (ed. 2) VI. 579 "The learned Judges having given their opinion..there is nothing remaining for the consideration of the House."
lease , [v. 4]
(1927) T. Woodhouse Artificial Silk 67 "It is quite possible that all the remaining hanks have already been leased."
leave , [v. 1]
(1709) J. Ward Introd. Math. ii. ii. §.2 (1734) 150, "a &min. b Taken from a + b Leaves + 2b for the Remainder. "
(1865) Tylor Early Hist. Man. i. 7 "They think that in sleep the soul sometimes remains in the body, and sometimes leaves it, and travels far away. "
(1604) E. G[rimstone] D'Acosta's Hist. Indies iii. xv. 169 "But now that we have left the sea, let vs come to other kinde of waters that remaine to be spoken of."
leaven , [sb.]
(1875) Stubbs Const. Hist. III. xxi. 542 "The evil leaven of these feelings remained."
lebensspur .
(1962) R. C. Moore Treat. Invertebr. Paleont. 179/2 "Many fossils..which have now been identified as Lebensspuren, were considered to be remains of marine algae. "
lecture , [sb.]
(1854) in Willis &. Clark Cambridge (1886) III. 168 "The Museum, and *Lecture-Theatre remain as at present. "
ledger , [sb.] and [a.]
(1553) S. Cabot Ordinances in Hakluyt Voy. (1589) 259 "To put the same into a common leger to remain of record for the companie. "
(A. 1656) Ussher Ann. vi. (1658) 434 "Astymedes remained Lieger at Rome, that he might know what things were transacted. "
Lee-Enfield .
(1970) F. Wilkinson Guns 135 "In 1895 the Lee-Enfield rifle was introduced and was to remain the standard arm until 1902 when a shorter version was approved. This, the Short Magazine Lee-Enfield, was to continue in service..through two world wars."
lee-way leeway
(1762) Falconer Shipwr. ii. 576 "The angle of lee-way, seven points, remain'd. "
left , [a.] , [adv.] , and [sb.]
(1845) M. Pattison Ess. (1889) I. 28 "A prison..the ruins of which long after, remained on the left bank of the Seine. "
legalized , [ppl. a.]
(1878) Dowden Stud. Lit. 332 "The Church remained in the legalised servitude to which Napoleon had reduced it."
legger (2) .
(1927) T. Woodhouse Artificial Silk 95 "In the manufacture of stockings on such frames two machines are used... One of these machines, termed the `legger', knits the upper and longer part of the stocking, whereas the other machine, termed the `footer', knits the remainder of the stocking."
legitimate , [a.]
(1804) Europ. Mag. XLV. 347/2 "The above remarks do not apply to what I shall call collections of legitimate remains. "
leitmotiv .
(1955) Times 28 May 8/4 "But the method remains, the orchestral tapestry of leitmotifs is more resplendent than ever, the drama is even more closely knit into the texture of sound. "
lemurian , [a.]
(1893) A. Newton Dict. Birds 355 "Lemurian remains have been found fossil in France."
Lengua .
(1822) S. Coleridge tr. Dobrizhoffer's Acct. Abipones I. 125 "The equestrian nations remaining in Chaco, and still formidable to the Spaniards, are the Abipones,..and Oekakakalots, Guaycurus, or Lenguas. "
Leninism .
(1959) Times Lit. Suppl. 21 Aug. 479/3 "The remainder of the book follows more familiar lines, Leninism being opposed to Stalinism. "
lepidine , [a.]
(1859) Todd Cycl. Anat. V. 481/2 "In C the scale widening..the edges of its `Lepidine' layer do not remain in contact with the ganoin layer."
leprolin .
(1934) Brit. Med. Jrnl. 21 Apr. 703/2 "The typical reaction to leprolin..when applied to healthy persons in an area free from endemic leprosy, differs from the intracutaneous tuberculin reaction in remaining for some days negative or doubtful. "
less , [a.] ( [sb.] ), [adv.] , and [conj.]
(1695) Alingham Geom. Epit. i, "a&min.b is thus read a less b, or the remainder after b is taken from a. "
let , [sb. 1]
(1549) Act 3 &. 4 Edw. VI, c. 1 §.2 "The said Offices have remained void for a long Time, to the great Let of Justice. "
let , [v. 1]
(1947) Jrnl. R. Aeronaut. Soc. LI. 391/2 "There remain the periods when so many accidents occur, just after taking off, or when the aircraft is letting down to land. "
lethal , [a.] and [sb.]
(1973) K. Mather Genetical Struct. Populations ii. 21 "Not all genes that affect viability are, however, completely lethal. Of some 3000 chromosomes tested in Drosophila willistoni..over 35% carried genes that were lethal or semi-lethal. About half of the remainder carried other genes affecting the viability of flies homozygous for them."
letter , [sb. 1]
(1894) Mark Twain in Century Mag. Apr. 822 "Tom's conduct had remained letter-perfect during two whole months. "
levantinize [v.]
(1930) Times Lit. Suppl. 4 Sept. 691/1 "The rest of the Turks remained farmers..and thereby escaped the contamination of the Levantinized Ottomanism. "
Levantisco
(1597) in St. Papers, Dom. 360 "There remain 70 ships of all sorts: six Levantiscoes."
leverage , [sb.]
(1882) Knowledge No. 19. 403/2 "The actual leverage increases as A W is increased, supposing the oar's length to remain unchanged."
levitate , [v.]
(1859) Herschel Fam. Lect. Sci. Subj. iii. §.45 (1866) 131 "The levitating portion of it being hurried off-the gravitating remaining behind. "
levy , [v.]
(1786) Burke W. Hastings Wks. 1842 II. 135 "Levying the tribute of the whole on the little that remained. "
lexically , [adv.]
(1862) Marsh Orig. Eng. Lang. 48 "The Anglo-Saxon is not grammatically or lexically identifiable with the extant remains of any continental dialect. "
liaise , [v.]
(1959) Guardian 15 Oct. 10/7 "He would expect absolute obedience from his subordinates... It remains to be seen whether he could also `liaise' successfully. "
liaison .
(1974) Country Life 5 Dec. 1814/2 "Florence..remained..a home from home for the British... It is a liaison that seems to have lasted happily down the years."
libel , [sb.]
(1694) Dryden To Sir G. Kneller 163 "Good heav'n! that sots and knaves should be so vain, To wish their vile resemblance may remain! And stand recorded, at their own request, To future days, a libel or a jest! "
liberal , [a.] and [sb.]
(1868) M. Pattison Academ. Org. v. 192 "The distinction..will always remain as fundamental between the liberal and professional. "
liberation .
(1952) Ann. Reg. 1951 "`Liberation' of the island [sc. Formosa] remained one of the primary stated objectives of the r&eacu.gime. "
liberty , [sb. 1]
(1758) J. Blake Plan Mar. Syst. 12 "They shall be allowed to complete the remainder of the aforesaid time of liberty. "
libidinal , [a.]
(1957) Essays in Crit. VII. 333 "There remains the charge of brutality and its libidinal content. "
librarier
(1667) Waterhouse Fire Lond. 70 "Mr. Spencer, the..Aboriginal Librarier, yet living, and yet faithfully attending the remains of the Books."
libratory , [a.]
(1804) C. B. Brown tr. Volney's View Soil U.S. 203 "Just as the sea experiences a libratory motion, while its interior currents remain undisturbed. "
license licence , [v.]
(1603) Florio Montaigne ii. iii. 210 "I wil now departe, and licence the remainder of my soule [F. donner cong&eacu. aux restes de mon ame]. "
lichenist .
(1862) Ansted Channel Isl. ii. viii. (ed. 2) 189 "A glance at a few of the more obscure genera,..will convince every lichenist that much yet remains to be done."
lidded , [ppl. a.]
(1820) Keats Cap &. Bells xx. Poems (1889) 527 "One minute's while his eyes remain'd Half lidded, piteous, languid, innocent. "
lie , [v. 1]
(1756-7) tr. Keysler's Trav. (1760) III. 104 "Here lie the remains of Giacomo Sanseverini. "
(1867) Smyth Sailor's Word-bk., "Lie off! an order given to a boat to remain off on her oars till permission is given for her to come alongside. "
Liebfraumilch .
(1967) A. Lichine Encycl. Wines 323/1 "Rheinhessen wines, distinctive in their own right, are so named; the remainder call themselves Liebfraumilch. "
Lied lied .
(1876) Stainer &. Barrett Dict. Mus. Terms 274/2 "The German lied, the sacred lied or chorale..was founded upon the ecclesiastical modes and remained unchanged until the days of the Minnesingers. "
lieutenant .
(1636) E. Dacres tr. Machiavel's Disc. Livy II. 639 "Fulvius remaining Lieftenant in the army..for that the Consull was gon to Rome. "
life , [sb.]
(1818) Cruise Digest (ed. 2) IV. 211 "To the use of himself for life, remainder to his wife for life. "
(1909) Daily Chron. 3 Sept. 1/1 "The weather improved, but there still remained a light *life-sapping wind which drove despair to its lowest recess. "
lift , [v.]
(1892) E. Reeves Homeward Bound 334 "She had come over to Paris to lift his remains and remove them to another place. "
light , [sb.]
(1697) Dryden Virg. Georg. iv. 274 "Then having spent the last Remains of Light, They give their Bodies due Repose at Night. "
(1900) W. H. Rivers in E. A. Schä.fer Textbk. Physiol. II. 1080 "If the eye remained in a condition of *light-adaptation, red and blue..became gradually blacker. "
(1972) Billingham &. Jenkins in A. D. Jenkins Polymer Sci. I. ii. 147 "Despite the complexity and expense of the technique, light scattering remains one of the most useful techniques for the determination of weight average molecular weights of polymers. "
light , [a. 1]
(1960) M. Golesworthy Encycl. Boxing 210/2 "Light-heavyweight-Started in America in 1903 by Lou Houseman, manager of Jack Root, who had outgrown the middleweight division. The limit was set at 12 st. 7 lbs. (175 lbs.) and it remains at that figure today. The division was first recognised in Britain in 1913. "
lightening , [ppl. a.]
(1592) Constable Poems (1859) 1 "As my heart shall aye remaine A patient object to thy lightning eyes. "
light-heeled [a.]
(1796) Mrs. M. Robinson Angelina II. 26 "Has not Mr. Amathist espoused the venerable remains of a light-heeled Calypso?"
lightning , [sb.]
(1814) W. Bentley Diary (1914) IV. 262 "The post remained, retained on the side of the steeple by the *Lightning conductors. "
lignin .
(1822) Imison Sci. &. Art II. 131 "When a piece of wood has been boiled in water and in alkohol..what remains insoluble is the woody fibre, or lignin. "
lignite .
(1872) Nicholson Pal&ae.ont. 501 "The lignites of Austria have yielded very numerous plant-remains."
lignitic , [a.]
(1884) Manch. Exam. 20 Aug. 6/3 "Large masses of peat, lignitic branches..and animal remains."
lignous , [a.]
(1831) J. Davies Man. Mat. Med. 75 "The remainder is a lignous substance. "
liking , [vbl. sb. 1]
(1832) Miss Wordsworth Loving &. Liking in Wordsw. Poet. Wks. I. 251 "Likings come, and pass away; 'Tis love that remains till our latest day. "
limb , [sb. 2]
(1528) Lyndesay Dreme 360 "That was the Lymbe, in the quhilk did remaine Our Fore-fatheris, because Adam offendit. "
limbeck , [sb.]
(1660) Jer. Taylor Duct. Dubit. ii. iii. rule xiv. §.29 (1676) 372 "The remaining part [of the books of the Fathers] have passed through the limbecks and strainers of Hereticks [etc.]. "
limber , [a.]
(1859) Wraxall tr. R. Houdin iii. 27 "The fingers remaining perfectly free and limber. "
limbic , [a.]
(1957) H. H. Jasper et al. Reticular Formation Brain 665 "There is no doubt that all the varied elementary somatomotor and vegetative mechanisms so clearly influenced by limbic stimulation remain essentially undisturbed after bilateral limbic lesions. "
lime , [sb. 1]
(1885) C. T. Davis Manuf. Leather xxxii. 525 "When sufficiently softened the skins are next placed in the `limes'... The goat-skins remain in the `limes' about 14 days. "
lime , [sb. 3]
(1797) Coleridge `This lime-tree bower' 2 "Here must I remain, This lime-tree bower my prison! "
Limerick .
(1953) M. Powys Lace &. Lace-Making iv. 35 "Limerick lace, embroidered net, Irish, 19th century... This type of lace is made in all the countries, including America and India. It is light, pretty and easy to produce. Limerick remains the finest of the kind. "
limestone .
(1813) Bakewell Introd. Geol. (1815) 86 "No organic remains are found in the crystalline lime-stone."
linaria .
(1741) Compl. Fam.-Piece ii. iii. 367 "Double Violets yet remain, Linaria's. "
linden , [sb.]
(1855) J. Hewitt Anc. Armour I. 78 "The shields placed in the graves were the ordinary `lindens', of which no part commonly remains but the metal-boss and handle."
line , [sb. 1]
(1851) Illustr. Catal. Gt. Exhib. 278 "The long fibres called line, which remains in the hand of the heckler."
line , [sb. 2]
(1968) W. Safire New Lang. Politics 190/2 "`Holding the line against inflation' remains a clich&eacu., taken from a football metaphor (`Hold-that-line!') which in turn comes from a military expression. "
(1818) Jas. Mill Brit. India II. iv. v. 188 "Carnac..remained..to lend his countenance and aid to measures, the line of which he had contributed to draw. "
(1894) A. T. Snell Electr. Motive Power iv. 126 "The *line loss remains constant when the percentage of the line drop is kept the same for variations of supply pressure. "
lineage .
(1934) R. H. Lowie Introd. Cultural Anthropol. xiv. 254 "A clan including only descendants of a single ancestor is a `lineage'. Commonly it includes members of two or more lineages, but the concept remains the same. "
liner (2) .
(1963) Reshaping of Brit. Railways (Brit. Railways Board) 142 "The description `Liner Train' is applied to a conception of transport based upon joint use of road and rail for door-to-door transport of containerised merchandise, with special purpose, through-running, scheduled trains providing the trunk haul... The Liner Train..is a train of chassis which will remain continuously coupled... The speed will be a maximum of 75 and an average of 50 miles an hour. "
linger , [v.]
(A. 1774) Goldsm. Hist. Greece II. 239 "They..left him to linger in this manner, unattended, the remains of his wretched life."
lingering [ppl. a.]
(1878) Huxley Physiogr. 203 "The lingering remains of volcanic activity."
lining , [vbl. sb. 1]
(1813) Eustace Italy I. vii. 281 "Some fragments of marble linings..remain to attest the ancient magnificence of this port. "
(1938) Burlington Mag. July 34/2 "Pasted inside [a hanging food cupboard] are the remains of a seventeenth-century lining-paper. "
link , [sb. 2]
(1816) Byron Pris. Chillon xi, "My broken chain With links unfasten'd did remain. "
(1946) J. W. Vale Aviation Mechanic's Engine Manual i. 16 "The master rod forms a bearing on the main crankpin and the remaining link rods form a bearing on the knuckle pin arrangement of the master rod assembly. "
linkage .
(1940) Chambers's Techn. Dict. 503/2 "Linkage group, a group of hereditary characteristics which remain associated with one another through a number of generations. "
linked , [ppl. a.]
(1872-6) Voyle &. Stevenson Milit. Dict. (ed. 3) 232 "These regiments are termed linked, and in the case of one of the regiments going or being on foreign service requiring men to make up its numbers, soldiers are drafted from the regiment remaining at home. "
linkman (2)
(1968) K. Bird Smash Glass Image v. 59 "One of my qualities as newsreader and linkman was that I remained cool in a crisis. "
Link Trainer .
(1952) New Biol. XIII. 51 "In some respects this apparatus resembled the Link Trainer, but for a number of reasons it was constructed so that, unlike the Link, it remained stationary. "
lint (1) .
(1877) Encycl. Brit. VI. 483/1 "When this [sc. ginning] is done there remains of the bulk, as gathered from the tree, about one-third of clean cotton fit for manufacturing purposes, and two-thirds of seed. The separation of the seed from the lint is accomplished by different methods. "
lion , [sb.]
(1662) Merrett tr. Neri's Art of Glass xlii, "In the bottom there will remain a Lion colour. "
lip , [sb.]
(1855) Stephens Bk. Farm (ed. 2) II. 575/2 "The remainder should be placed on the ditch lip on the headridge. "
lipo-
(1906) Bio-Chem. Jrnl. II. 22 "Case XV, also not *lipaemic, was allowed a fat-rich diet, but five days later the lipaemic condition was absent, and has remained so. "
lipoidosis .
(1962) Lancet 13 Jan. 64/1 "When infections, blood dyscrasias, lipoidoses, reticuloses,..and congenital fibrosis..are excluded there remain some instances in which no obvious disorder can be demonstrated."
liquefaction .
(1768-74) Tucker Lt. Nat. (1834) I. 12 "The qualities of fire remain the same, whether you throw gold or clay into it; yet upon casting in the latter no liquefaction will ensue. "
liquidate , [v.]
(1891) Daily News 15 Jan. 2/2 "A substantial surplus will remain for division among the partners of the liquidated firm. "
listen , [sb.]
(1807) tr. Three Germans II. 30 "He remained upon the silent listen. "
listless , [a.]
(1697) Dryden Virg. Georg. iv. 378 "The sick..idle in their empty Hives remain, Benum'd with Cold, and listless of their Gain. "
lithic , [a. 1] and [sb.]
(1971) Nature 6 Aug. 383/2 "Although other human remains that may be attributed provisionally to Homo erectus have been found at Olduvai,..the discoveries at [site] WK are the first occasion on which a well represented lithic industry has been directly associated. "
lithoglyph .
(1862) Burton Bk. Hunter 3 "If there be any remains of sculpture on the stone, it becomes a lythoglyph or a hieroglyph."
lithotome .
(1846) Brittan tr. Malgaigne's Man. Oper. Surg. 521 "It only remains to incise the prostate and neck of the bladder in withdrawing the lithotome."
Lithuanian , [a.] and [sb.]
(1839) Penny Cycl. XIV. 53 "The bulk of the Lithuanian nation remained faithful to their idols. "
litter , [sb.]
(1861) Delamer Fl. Garden 22 "Agapanthus..may be permitted to remain throughout the winter in the open ground, under a covering of litter or leaves."
little , [a.] , [adv.] , and [sb.]
(1789) Burns Upon seeing a wounded hare, "Go, live, poor wanderer of the wood and field, The bitter little that of life remains. "
(1847) Grote Greece (1862) III. xxix. 73 "The little of his poems which remains. "
(1604) E. G[rimstone] D'Acosta's Hist. Indies vii. x. 523 "The Mexicaines by this meanes, remained much eased and content, but it lasted little."
lituus .
(1839) Penny Cycl. XIV. 58 "Lituus, a name given to a spiral thus described:-Let a variable circular sector always have its centre at one fixed point, and one of its terminal radii in a given direction. Let the area of the sector always remain the same; then the extremity of the other terminal radius describes the lituus. The polar equation of this spiral is r2&theta. = a."
livery , [sb.]
(1829) Scott Rob Roy xix, "There was a necessity..for arresting the horse, and placing him in Baillie Trumbull's stable, therein to remain at livery, at the rate of twelve shillings (Scotch) per diem."
(1972) Times 13 Oct. 17/7 "London Transport's intention can be simply stated. It is that the livery of the bus fleet will remain red, with a very strictly limited number offered to advertisers for all-over painted designs. "
living , [ppl. a.]
(1735) Somerville Chase i. 59 "What remains On living Coals they broil. "
loading , [vbl. sb.]
(1867) C. Walford Insur. Guide 329 "There will still remain..a considerable surplus, after paying all proper expenses, out of the loading of the premiums. "
loaf , [sb. 1]
(1604) E. G[rimstone] D'Acosta's Hist. Indies iv. xii. 244 "They put all the mettall into a cloth, which they straine out,..and the rest remaines as a loafe of silver. "
loan , [v.]
(1740) Connect. Col. Rec. (1874) VIII. 320 "The remainder of the said thirty thousand pounds..shall be loaned out to particular persons. "
locating , [ppl. a.]
(1816-30) Bentham Offic. Apt. Maximized, Extract Const. Code (1830) 55 "The locating functionaries will..remain in possession of a power of choice, altogether arbitrary. "
locator .
(1902) Cyclists' Touring Club Gaz. Aug. 359/1 "A spicule of flint..pierced my tube, but kindly remained in evidence as a locater. "
lock , [v. 1]
(1879) Stainer Music of Bible 157 "Their secrets remain for ever locked up."
(1833) Ht. Martineau Briery Creek iv. 73 "The money he had locked up in land would never be productive while he remained its owner. "
(1972) Computer Jrnl. XV. 194/2 "Another circumstance in which an investigation..is called for is when a record that has been locked out preparatory to being updated remains locked out for an unreasonable time."
locked , [ppl. a.]
(1942) H. Haycraft Murder for Pleasure vi. 104 "The Mystery of the Yellow Room..remains..the most brilliant of all `locked room' novels. "
locker , [sb. 1]
(1887) Pall Mall G. 18 Oct. 4/1 "Young men may remain out until twelve on leaving their names with the locker-up. "
locking , [vbl. sb. 1]
(1884) F. J. Britten Watch &. Clockm. 144 "In this form of the lever escapement the pallets have not less than 10°. of motion. Of this amount 2°. are used for locking, and the remainder for impulse. The amount of locking is to some extent dependent on the size of the escapement... The lighter the locking the better. "
lock-on .
(1971) Time 15 Feb. 8 "As Antares swooped below that altitude, its radar remained inactive. `C'mon, radar,' Mitchell implored. `Get the lock-on.'"
locomotor , [sb.] and [a.]
(1881) Nature XXIII. 280 "The peculiar metamorphosis enables the larva to remain..adapted to a locomotor life."
locumtenent
(1544) Extracts Aberd. Reg. 193 "For furnesing of ane thowsand horse to remain with the locumtenant on the bordouris, for resisting of our auld ennimeis of Ingland. "
locus , [sb. 1]
(1922) F. Klaeber Beowulf 214 "This passage remains..a `*locus desperatus'. "
locust , [sb.]
(1855) Cornwall 25 "Locust-like, they had devoured the edibles, and left us remains which were neither tender nor tempting. "
lodge , [sb.]
(1830) Bp. Monk Life Bentley 115 "The dean..allowed the &pstlg.170 to remain in Bentley's hands..to be expended in purchasing furniture for the master's lodge. "
loft , [v.]
(1785) Washington Notes Writings 1891 XII. 229 "The remainder of the Crop which was measured and lofted must be accted. for by the Overseer."
log , [sb. 1]
(1808) Ashe Travels I. 302 "The town..has in its centre, the remains of an old *Log Guard. "
log , [v. 1]
(1699) Dampier Voy. II. ii. 80 "A Tree..so thick that after it is log'd it remains still too great a Burthen for one Man. "
(1891) R. Wallace Rural Econ. Austral. &. N.Z. xv. 232 "When the burning is badly done the seed cannot be properly sown; the rubbish lies thick over the ground and the whole has to be gone over again and `logged-up', else the land is thrown temporarily out of use..while the owner waits for the remaining rubbish to decay. "
logical , [a.] (and [sb.] )
(1943) Mind LII. 272 "An exhaustive formulation of logical truth remains a worthy undertaking. "
loin , [sb.]
(1859) R. F. Burton Centr. Afr. in Jrnl. Geogr. Soc. XXIX. 324 "The remainder of the dress is a *loin-cloth of white domestics or of indigo dyed cotton. "
Lombard , [sb. 1] and [a.]
(1901) Westm. Gaz. 26 Mar. 4/2 "Sodoma remained to the end a Lombardesque artist."
London pride
(1882) Garden 11 Feb. 92/2 "The London Pride remains fresh and bright all through the winter."
lone , [a.]
(1843) W. B. Dewees Lett. from Early Settler Texas (1852) 246 "The lone star of Texas shall continue to wave proudly in the air as long as one brave Texan remains to defend it. "
(1712-14) Pope Rape Lock iv. 154 "Oh had I rather un&dubh.admir'd remain'd In some lone isle, or distant Northern land. "
long , [a. 1]
(1974) Times 10 Jan. 10/1 "With long grain rice, when correctly cooked, the grains remain separate. "
(1862) Cavendish Whist (1870) 29 "*Long cards are cards of a suit remaining in one hand after the remainder of the suit is played. "
long , [adv.]
(1796) Mrs. E. Parsons Myst. Warning IV. 242 "You shall..remain..till I have discovered the whole of your vile plot, which will not be long first. "
(1845) M. Pattison Ess. (1889) I. 28 "A prison..the ruins of which long after remained on the left bank of the Seine. "
longing , [vbl. sb. 1]
(1644) Digby Nat. Bodies xxxviii. 335 "The longing markes which are often times seene in children, and do remaine with them all their life."
long-line long line
(1929) W. E. Leonard in Malone &. Ruud Studies Eng. Philol. in Honor of F. Klaeber 7 "The law of the meter remains, an eight-beat long-line. "
longueur .
(1974) Times 6 Mar. 14/8 "A perfect committee man, he would remain wholly silent-and even asleep-during the longueurs not unknown in university meetings."
loop , [sb. 1]
(1924) R. Beaumont Carpets &. Rugs vii. 262 "The *loop pile may wear flat or bare, but it remains part of the carpet structure. "
loop , [sb. 2]
(1797) Mrs. Radcliffe Italian i. (1826) 12 "Some remains of massy walls, still exhibited loops for archers. "
looped , [ppl. a. 1]
(1888) J. Paton in Encycl. Brit. XXIV. 467/1 "Looped pile is any fabric in which the woven loops remain uncut, as in Brussels and tapestry carpets, and terry velvets."
lop , [v. 1]
(1813) Sir H. Davy Agric. Chem. (1814) 259 "By lopping trees, more nourishment is supplied to the remaining parts."
lophiodon .
(1833) Lyell Princ. Geol. III. 221 "Cuvier also mentions the remains of a species of lophiodon as occurring among the bones in the Upper Val d'Arno. "
loppered , [ppl. a.]
(1597) Lowe Chirurg. (1634) 381 "There remaineth lappered bloud. "
loss , [sb. 1]
(1925) New Yorker 22 Aug. 9/1 "When the fighting was over she remained... Our loss was their gain. "
lost , [ppl. a.]
(1830) Lyell Princ. Geol. I. 4 "The imperfect remains of lost species of animals and plants. "
lot , [sb.]
(1884) tr. Lotze's Logic 400 "The only remaining possibility is either the lot, or the decision of some external will."
(1850) Bohn's Handbk. Games 327 (Lottery), "One of them [dealers] deals a card to each player; all these cards are to remain turned, and are called the lots. "
lot , [v.]
(1891) E. Chase Dartmouth Coll. I. 611 "The remainder of the grant..was lotted, and some of it rented on long leases about 1821."
loud-hail [v.]
(1943) Combined Operations, 1940-42 (Ministry of Information) xvii. 130 "We `closed' the `Calpe', struggling with our loud-hailing equipment which remained resolutely silent. "
lounge , [v.]
(1879) Froude C&ae.sar 104 "He then returned to Rome to lounge away the remainder of his days in voluptuous magnificence."
lour lower , [v.]
(1746) Wesley Wks. (1872) II. 21 "The other part [of the crowd] remained a little way off, and loured defiance."
love-knot
(C. 1600) F. Davison Ps. cxxxii. in Farr S.P. Eliz. (1845) II. 328 "Where this love-knot remaines vnbroken, God heapes of blisse doth send."
loverless , [a.]
(1824) Miss Mitford Village Ser. i. 64 "She paid her faithless suitor the compliment of remaining loverless for three weary months. "
low , [a.] and [sb.]
(1964) V. J. Chapman Coastal Vegetation vi. 156 "After flooding by the tide, water may remain in the low for some time. "
low , [adv.]
(1832) Ld. Houghton in T. W. Reid Life I. 122 "The doctor here tells me that I..must live very low while I remain in Rome. "
(1774) Warton Hist. Eng. Poetry (1840) II. 108 "This alliterative measure..remained in use so low as the sixteenth century. "
lowbrow low-brow , [sb.] and [a.]
(1974) Country Life 9 May 1126/2 "Another enormous price was the &pstlg.22,000 paid..for a mid-18th-century print of an actor by Toyonobu;..but, as all the subjects of such prints..seem to me to represent deplorably ham actors, I remain wholly unimpressed. Now I come to think of it, what a low-brow criticism."
loyal , [a.] and [sb.]
(1611) Shaks. Cymb. iii. ii. 47 "So he wishes you all happinesse, that remaines loyall to his Vow, and your encreasing in Loue. "
lubricator .
(183.) E. J. Woolsey in Ure Dict. Arts (1839) 782 "When you wish to see the quantity of oil remaining in the lubricator. "
(1871) C. H. Owen Mod. Artillery 133 "The solid residue (from the powder) left within the bore after firing, would..foul the bore if allowed to remain in it; but this residue is got rid of by the lubricator. The lubricator consists of three parts. "
lucent , [a.]
(1865) Merivale Rom. Emp. VIII. lxiv. 126 "Remains have been detected, at the bottom of the lucent Nemi, of a wooden ship or raft."
luck , [sb.]
(1576) Fleming Panopl. Epist. 83 "One refuge yet remaineth, that is patiently to suffer what so euer lucke allotteth. "
lucubrator .
(1775) S. J. Pratt Liberal Opin. cxxiii. (1783) IV. 137, "I remained in his lucubratory, which, in point of exterior, surpassed everything but the lucubrator. "
Lullian , [a.]
(1933) Times Lit. Suppl. 29 June 433/2 "No records remain to us of the early Centenaries, but their nature can be safely deduced from that of the Lullian cult, which was practised for hundreds of years both in Majorca and on the mainland. "
Lumiere .
(1966) LaCour &. Lathrop Photo Technol. xv. 194/2 "To produce the Lumiere Autochrome plate, starch grains were pulverized and one third dyed blue, one third dyed green and the remaining grains dyed red. The colored grains were remixed and spread in a very thin layer on a glass plate."
lumination .
(1858) Motley Dutch Rep. Hist. Introd. vii. 39 "The liberty of the Netherlands, notwithstanding several brilliant but brief luminations,..seemed to remain in almost perpetual eclipse."
lumpers , [sb. pl.]
(1960) Economist 23 July 352/2 "They all give the impression that they remain happiest when a colonial official takes his `lumpers' (lump sum compensation) and retires for good. "
lumpy , [a.]
(1845) G. E. Day tr. Simon's Anim. Chem. I. 293 "The blood remained perfectly fluid and slightly lumpy. "
(1885) Times 30 July 9/6 "The soaked rice when subjected to steam-heat is liable to form a lumpy porridge instead of a mess in which the grains remain separate."
luncheon .
(1945) R. Crompton William &. Brains Trust ix. 166 "Although it meant opening her last remaining tin of Luncheon Meat. "
lunge , [sb. 3]
(1894) Outing 453/2, "I led him alongside, where-as a played-out 'longe always will-he remained motionless..for a few seconds."
lure , [sb. 2]
(1747) Smollett Regicide i. i. (1777) 6 "Remained unshaken by the enchanting lure Which vain ambition spread before his eye. "
lustfully [adv.]
(1665) Manley Grotius' Low C. Warres 331 "The men that remained in the Town were slain, so also were some women after they had been lustfully abused. "
lustre , [sb. 1]
(1836-7) Dickens Sk. Boz, Scenes xxi, "The remains of a lustre, without any drops. "
lycanthropist .
(1831) A. Herbert in Sir F. Madden Will. &. Werwolf (1832) 36 "A wolf who..prowls..in quest of human flesh, for which he alone, like the lycanthropist, has any taste remaining. "
lycee .
(1900) Speaker 19 May 190/2 "The population of the lyc&eacu.es and colleges has remained stationary."
lymphocyte .
(1970) Courier-Mail (Brisbane) 28 Jan. 30 "Unfortunately this desensitisation technique seems to affect only a proportion of the recipient's lymphocytes: the remainder attack the transplant."
lyse , [v.]
(1971) Nature 26 Nov. 231/2 "When leaves of these two species were slowly dried.., chloroplast lamellae and mitochondrial cristae often disintegrated or lysed while tonoplasts..usually remained intact."
Lysenkoism .
(1948) Discovery Nov. 325/1 "The opponents of Lysenkoism did not remain silent. "
lysogenic , [a.]
(1929) J. H. Dible Recent Adv. Bacteriol. iv. 73 "Of greater interest are certain strains which, whilst themselves resistant, have incorporated with them the lytic principle, which remains present through future subcultures. These are the `lysogenic' strains of Bordet. "
M ,
(1948) P. Samuelson Economics xiii. 291 "If the total amount of all..kinds of money is M and the price level is P, then according to the simplified quantity theory M = kP or P =
1k
M where k is a factor of proportionality which remains constant if `other things are equal'. "
macerate , [v.]
(1829) Landor Imag. Conv. Wks. 1846 II. 211 "A good writer will not..macerate things into such particles that nothing shall be remaining of their natural contexture."
maceration .
(1868) Rep. to Govt. U.S. Munitions War 120 "It [the ore] is then allowed to remain exposed to the air for a time long enough to permit the small traces of sulphur to be dissipated, [etc.]... This process is termed maceration."
machine , [sb.]
(1959) Gloss. Packaging Terms (B.S.I.) 66 "Machine glazed (M.G.) paper or board, paper or board which has had one side made smooth and glossy by drying on a heated, polished metal cylinder, forming part of the drying section of the machine. The other side remains relatively rough. "
machine , [v.]
(1896) Living Topics Cycl. (N.Y.) II. 260, "5 [rifled guns] were well advanced, and the parts for the remainder were nearly all forged and some of them machined. "
macho , [sb. 2] and [a.]
(1964) S. Bellow Herzog 157 "Provided that he remain macho she would listen with glistening eyes. "
macromere .
(1877) Huxley Anat. Inv. Anim. viii. 483 "Those [blastomeres] which proceed from the macromere long remain larger and more granular than those which proceed from the micromere. "
macron .
(1891) H. Bradley Stratmann's M.-E. Dict. Pref. viii, "In my notation the macron is placed over an original long vowel which remained long in Middle-English."
macrosmatic [a.]
(1899) Allbutt's Syst. Med. VI. 753 "All that remains in man of the great rhinencephalon of macrosmatic mammals is the olfactory bulb and tract."
macrosporange .
(1875) Bennett &. Dyer Sachs' Bot. 396 "If a microsporangium is about to be formed, each of the mother-cells is broken up into four tetrahedral spores, which all develope into microspores; in the macrosporangium, on the contrary, the mother-cells remain, with one exception, undivided. "
macula .
(1899) Allbutt's Syst. Med. VIII. 640 "In all cases a deeply pigmented macula remains."
maculature
(1914) Brit. Mus. Guide Processes of Engraving 52 "A maculature is another form of weak impression. A copper plate needs to be inked between each impression. Sometimes a second impression is taken from the plate before re-inking, as a means of extracting the remainder of the ink from the lines. This is called a maculature."
made , [ppl. a.]
(1607) Shaks. Timon v. i. 101 "Know his grosse patchery..Yet remaine assur'd That he's a made-vp Villaine. "
maduro .
(1939) C. Graves Cigars &. Man 16 "The two remaining darker shades, Colorado-Maduro and Maduro are seldom met with in England. "
mageship .
(1875) E. Dowden Shakspere: his Mind &. Art i. 37 "Prospero must forever have remained somewhat apart and distinguished from other Dukes..by virtue of the enchanted island and the marvellous years of mageship."
magic eye
(1939) Proc. IRE XXVII. 631/2 "The ground wave alone was introduced into a receiver which had a `magic eye'. With this wave, the `eye' remained exactly fixed in deflection. "
magnetism .
(C. 1865) J. Wylde in Circ. Sci. I. 249/2 "The magnetic effect remains for some time; and this is called residuary magnetism. "
magnetron .
(1945) Times 15 Aug. 2/1 "In July 1940, Professor J. T. Randall, of Birmingham, produced a magnetron which was the first high-power generator of centimetric waves in the world. The magnetron remains the heart of every modern Radar equipment. "
magnific , [a.]
(1667) Milton P.L. v. 770 "Thrones, Dominations, Princedomes, Vertues, Powers, If these magnific Titles yet remain Not meerly titular."
Magyar , [sb.] and [a.]
(1828) Foreign Q. Rev. 39 "Scarcely a fragment remains of old Magyar minstrelsy. "
mail , [sb. 1]
(1750) Blanckley Nav. Expositor, "Mails, are made of Iron, and interwoven, not unlike a Chain; they are for rubbing off the loose Hemp which remains on Lines or white Cordage after it is made. "
(1794) Rigging &. Seamanship 55 "Mail, to rub off the loose hemp that remains on white cordage, is a kind of steel chain-work, flat, and fastened upon leather, about nine-inches long and seven-inches broad. "
maimer .
(1769) Blackstone Comm. IV. 13 "If a man maliciously should put out the remaining eye of him who had lost one before, it is too slight a punishment for the maimer to lose only one of his. "
mainour manner
(? 1472) Plumpton Corr. (Camden) 26 "One Richard of the Burgh, that had take and led away feloniously certaine ky and other cattell..was take and arested with the said manor att Spofford, whearat they yett remaine. "
mainprize , [sb.]
(1744) Act 17 Geo. II, c. 40 §.10 "There to remain without Bail or Mainprize, until Payment be made. "
majestic , [a.]
(1856) Froude Hist. Eng. (1858) I. ii. 173 "Amidst the easy freedom of his address, his manner remained majestic. "
major-domo .
(1876) N. Amer. Rev. CXXIII. 45 "A king, averse to marriage, commanded his maggiordomo to remain single."
make-weight makeweight .
(1764) Oxf. Sausage 56 "Dire Want of..chearful Candle (save the Make-Weight's Gleam Haply remaining). "
Malaysian , [a.] and [sb.]
(1962) Times 9 Jan. 9/3 "English is to remain as an `international language' in the proposed Malaysian Federation. "
maldescent
(1948) L. Martin Clin. Endocrinol. viii. 159 "In cryptorchidism the testes remain in the abdomen, in maldescent they lie in the inguinal canals or unduly high in the scrotum. "
maleficence .
(1865) Carlyle Fredk. Gt. xix. viii. (1872) VIII. 249 "Who the perpetrator of this Parisian maleficence was, remained dark."
malfunction , [sb.]
(1941) Johnson &. Haven Automatic Arms 128 "The slide on an automatic pistol may fail to remain open after the last shot, due to a malfunction of the catch... The use of the term `malfunction' conveys nothing unless we know what malfunctioned. "
malignantly , [adv.]
(1607) Shaks. Cor. ii. iii. 191 "If he should still malignantly remaine Fast Foe toth' Plebeij. "
malleolus .
(1758) J. S. tr. Le Dran's Observ. Surg. (1771) 355 "The external Malleol remained very large. "
malt , [sb. 1]
(1900) R. Hutchison Food 263 "The remaining sugars of this group are malt-sugar, or maltose, and milk-sugar, or lactose. "
Mameluke .
(1833) Coleridge Table-t. 18 Apr., "So long as the Bishop of Rome remains Pope, and has an army of Mamelukes all over the world, we shall do very little. "
Mammalia , [pl.]
(1832) De la Beche Geol. Man. (ed. 2) 297 "The remains of mammalia have not yet been detected in the cretaceous group. "
mammalian , [a.] and [sb.]
(1851) D. Wilson Arch&ae.ol. &. Preh. Ann. Scotl. i. i. 22 "Extensive discoveries of mammalian remains. "
mammaliferous , [a.]
(1873) J. Geikie Gt. Ice Age xi. 150 "The strata containing mammaliferous remains."
mammiferous , [a.]
(1833) Lyell Princ. Geol. III. 59 "None of the associated mammiferous remains belong to species which now exist. "
(1859) Darwin Orig. Spec. x. (1878) 271 "Mammiferous remains."
mammoth , [sb.] and [a.]
(1834) McMurtrie Cuvier's Anim. Kingd. 98 "The Mammoth has been completely destroyed... Its remains are found..throughout all parts of North America. "
(1850) Lyell 2nd Visit U.S. II. 197 "The fossil remains of the mammoth (a name commonly applied in the United States to the mastodon)."
(1822) J. Flint Lett. Amer. 309 note, "The great cave in Kentucky is called the Mammoth Cave, although none of the remains of that animal have been found in it. "
mammotrophic , [a.]
(1970) Sci. Jrnl. June 47/1 "All males normally produce small quantities of mammotrophic hormone, but to what end remains a mystery. "
man , [sb. 1]
(1885) H. James Little Tour in France xxiii. 151 "A man of the people,..extremely intelligent,..yet remaining essentially of the people. "
(1945) Times 19 Jan. 2/4 "About 1,300,000 man&dubh.weeks remained to be consumed by March 31 if the labour force remained the same. "
manacle , [v.]
(1563-87) Foxe A. &. M. (1596) 936/2 "He remained so long manicled that his haire was folded togither. "
managerial , [a.]
(1966) Harper's Mag. June 67 "Many remained caught in the irrelevancies of such questions as whether the Soviet Union was a `degenerate workers' state' or a `managerialist bureaucracy'. "
manavilins manavlins , [sb. pl.]
(1865) Hotten's Slang Dict., "Manablins, broken victuals. Menavelings, odd money remaining after the daily accounts are made up at a railway booking-office,-usually divided among the clerks. "
-mania
(1837) Blackw. Mag. XLI. 848 "During all the late fury of land-jobbing schemes in the west, of building extravagances in the east, of banco&dubh.mania everywhere,..the cotton manufacture alone remains unscathed. "
manipulative , [a.]
(1947) M. M. Lewis Lang. in Society i. 24 "The manipulative and the declarative are the twin incentives by which the development of language is fostered in the child, and remain the essential functions of language in society. "
manly , [a.]
(1579) W. Wilkinson Confut. Familye of Loue, Heret. Affirm. b j b, "Not that they should alwayes remaine as subject thereunder [the ordinance of the Lord], but vntill the appoynted tyme, vntill the manly old age in the godly vnderstanding of the holy word. "
manque , [a.]
(1940) W. Stevens Let. 9 Aug. (1967) 362 "Thus, one's chords remain manqu&eacu.; still there they are."
mansion , [sb.]
(1641) Termes de la Ley 199 "Mansion (Mansio) is in our law most commonly taken for the chief messuage..of the Lord of a Mannor, the Mannor house where he doth most remain. "
man-tiger
(1871) Tylor Prim. Cult. (1873) I. 102 "The Lavas of Birma, supposed to be the broken-down remains of a cultured race, and dreaded as man-tigers."
manuable [a.]
(1638) Sir R. Cotton Abstr. Rec. Tower 26 "If wee marke but of the great quantities from the penny downward since H. 8. time stamped, how few remain. Whereas of all the Coynes from three pence upwards which are manuable (or manuall) plenty passe still in daily payment."
manurable , [a.]
(1628) Coke On Litt. 142 "A Rent seruice cannot be reserued out of any inheritance but such as is manurable, whereinto the Lord may enter and take a distresse, as in Lands and Tenements, Reuersions, Remainders, and as some haue said, out of the herbage of lands. "
Maoritanga .
(1968) B. Biggs in E. Schwimmer Maori People in Nineteen-Sixties 76 "Maori are remaining distinctively Maori without their language, often regarded as the sine qua non of Maoritanga. "
map , [sb. 1]
(1948) W. S. Churchill Second World War I. ii. xxii. 365 "A few feet behind me, as I sat in my old chair, was the wooden map-case I had had fixed in 1911, and inside it still remained the chart of the North Sea. "
marae .
(1949) P. H. Buck Coming of Maori (1950) iv. iii. 480 "Turning to New Zealand, it is a curious fact that the two fundamental features of the central Polynesian temples were not combined but remained as distinct entities. Thus the open court, distinguished by the term marae, is retained as a secular feature in front of the tribal or family meeting houses. "
marathon .
(1971) Britannica Bk. of Year 1970 779/2 "Marathon, specif., a group session in which members remain together for an extended period (as 24 hours) and interact openly and responsively so as to increase self-understanding. "
marc .
(1707) Sloane Jamaica I. p. xlv, "The Marc or remainder of the Sugar Canes after the juice is squeezed out. "
marcescent , [a.] ( [sb.] )
(1904) J. C. Willis Man. Flowering Plants (ed. 2) 77 "If it [sc. the perianth] remains unwithered round the fruit, persistent, withered, marcescent, enlarged as in Physalis, accrescent. "
marginal , [a.] and [sb.]
(1957) Times 21 Dec. 5/2 "The weather at Idlewild international airport was reported to be `marginal', and the captain had to ensure that sufficient fuel remained to divert to an alternative base. "
(1969) Listener 16 Jan. 92/3 "The lack of a character with which we can identify-..the soldiers..remain uncharacterised and marginal-soon stills our wish to be emotionally involved."
marine , [a.] and [sb.]
(1939) Raistrich &. Marshall Nature &. Orig. Coal Seams ii. 33 "The remains of fresh-water or marine shells are less common, forming when they occur in quantity `mussel bands' and `marine bands'. "
mark , [v.]
(1880) Carnegie Pract. Trap., 16 "The dog still remained marking, so I went back. "
(1867) A. J. Evans St. Elmo xvii. 232 "It remains to be seen whether a grand success is not destined to crown it. Mark you! The grapple is not quite over. "
marked , [ppl. a.]
(1963) Canad. Jrnl. Ling. VIII. 92 "Whenever a demonstrative system is reduced to a binary one, the first member which can be correlated with the first person always remains and thus becomes the marked member. "
marker .
(1973) Archivum Linguisticum IV. 32 "The remaining forms are sufficiently distinguished for person, i.e. in the absence of specific person markers, by differing marks of gender-cum-number."
marlin , [sb. 2]
(1940) Nature 6 Apr. 555/2 "The black marlin differs from the striped and the blue marlin in the fact that the pectoral fin, when adducted, remains in the horizontal position, whilst in the others it can be brought up flat against the side of the body. "
Marrucinian , [sb.] and [a.]
(1888) J. Wright tr. Brugmann's Elem. Compar. Gram. Indo-Germanic Lang. I. 9 "Of the Volscian, Picentine, Sabine, Aequiculan, Vestinian, Marsian, Pelignian and Marrucinian dialects we have only very scanty remains. "
marry , [v.]
(1602) Stillingfl. Orig. Sacr&ae. ii. ii. §.9 "Especially when he..married into that branch of the family that was remaining there. "
marshalment .
(1818) Cruise Digest (ed. 2) I. 214 "That the whole annuity, by an equitable marshalment, shall be thrown upon the two remaining thirds."
Marsian , [sb.] and [a.]
(1882) Encycl. Brit. XIV. 327/1 "Oscan or Samnite..the language of the Sabines, the Marsians, and the Volscians, of which but scanty traces remain. "
(1939) L. H. Gray Foundations of Lang. 334 "The third group, conventionally termed Sabellian, occupies a position midway between Oscan and Umbrian, but its remains are lamentably scanty. Here belong Paelignian, Marrucinian, Vestinian, Volscian, Marsian, Aequian, and Sabine. "
martial , [a.] and [sb.]
(1760) Johnson Idler No. 96 &page.1 "His martial achievements remain engraved on a pillar of flint. "
Martini (1) .
(1870) Colburn's United Service Mag. 367 "The only thing then remaining to be done was to fit the Martini breech to the Henry barrel, and thus we have the Martini-Henry rifle complete. "
Martiniquan , [a.] and [sb.]
(1972) F. Ward Golden Islands Caribbean ii. 47 (caption) "The Creole costume remained in vogue with Martinican women. "
martyrion .
(1884) Addis &. Arnold Cath. Dict. 553/1 "The name `martyrium' (martu&acu.rion)..at first meant the church built over a martyr's remains. "
mase , [v.]
(1966) Smith &. Sorokin Laser vii. 369 "At this point the stage was nearly set for the actual achievement of an injection maser. The main remaining question was: in what sort of a structure could masing action be achieved? "
mashed , [ppl. a.] (and [sb.] )
(1693) Dryden Juvenal iii. (1697) 65 "Nor Limbs, nor Bones, nor Carcass wou'd remain: But a mash'd heap, a Hotchpotch of the Slain. "
masked , [ppl. a. 2]
(1899) Allbutt's Syst. Med. VIII. 558 "The psoriasis may remain masked."
mass , [sb. 2]
(1666) Boyle Orig. Formes &. Qual. 329 "The remaining Masse would be..of an Alkalizate nature. "
(1902) Hillebrand &. Penfield in Amer. Jrnl. Sci. CLXIV. 217 "The alkalies and lead play so small a rô.le, and the remaining constituents so prominent a part in the complex chemical molecules, that the latter control or dominate the crystallization by virtue of what may be called their mass-effect. "
mass-house
(1809) Kendall Trav. III. lxvii. 54 "On the farm are small remains of the missionary church, called by the protestant colonists the mass-house. "
massula .
(1938) G. M. Smith Cryptogamic Bot. 360 "A microspore remains embedded within a massula during the entire course of its development into a gametophyte. "
(1959) Wirth &. Withner in C. L. Withner Orchids v. 157 "In some genera, such as Peristylus, there is a variation on the normal mode of development. All the cells resulting from the divisions of an archesporial cell remain attached to each other, eventually forming a small cluster of tetrads known as a massula. "
massy , [a.]
(1855) Macaulay Hist. Eng. xiv. III. 422 "The massy remains of the old Norman castle. "
master , [sb. 1]
(1876) Firth Munic. Lond. 50 "The name of `Livery Company' has remained... The control by Master or Wardens of the dress of members has ceased."
(1894) J. Mason Princ. Chess 186 "In the case of master players, a slight initial error..will permeate the remainder of the game. "
(1922) Encycl. Brit. XXX. 36/2 "Connecting-rods of rotary and radial engines consist usually of one *master rod, ball or roller-bearinged, with the big-end enlarged to form circular lugs to secure wrist pins carrying the plain or auxiliary type of rod of the remaining cylinders. "
(1774) Med. Ess. V. ii. 793 "Sometimes after..the Salivation is over, there remains one large Yaw, high knobbed, red and moist; this is commonly called the *Master yaw. "
mat , [v. 1]
(1577) B. Googe Heresbach's Husb. ii. (1586) 80 "The ground is matted, and as it were netted with the remaines of the olde Rootes. "
mat , [v. 2]
(1727-51) Chambers Cycl. s.v. Gilding, "The work being thus far gilt, when dry, remains either to be burnished, or matted... To mat, is to give it a light lick in the places not burnished, with a pencil dipt in size. "
(1900) Cassell's Cycl. Mech. (1902) I. 153/2 "Now pour on white acid, and let it remain until the glass is matted."
material , [a.] and [sb.]
(1850) Whately Elem. Logic (ed. 9) iii. §.3 "The remaining class (viz. where the Conclusion does follow from the Premises) may be called the Material, or Non-logical Fallacies. "
mathematical , [a.] and [sb.]
(1897) M. Dziewicki Wyclif's De Logica (1899) III. Introd. 26 "Christ's Body..is present without either position or shape. The bread is not annihilated; what remains is a purely mathematical body, but not nothing."
(1956) J. Whatmough Lang. xi. 220 "The development of mathematical linguistics is opening a new field of inquiry, and may rightly be expected to bring greater order into a subject, which..has been and still remains chaotic. "
maticin .
(1844) Hodges in Lond. etc. Philos. Mag. XXV. 206 "A yellowish-brown extractive matter, maticine, remained. "
matrice .
(1868) Seyd Bullion (1880) 278 "A well made Matrice will remain in use for about 15 years."
matrilocal , [a.]
(1938) Jrnl. R. Anthrop. Inst., LXVIII. 301 "Matrilocality here means, fundamentally, the succession of female descendants each one of whom remains her whole life in one spot. "
matrix , [sb.]
(1952) RCA Rev. June 185 "The selected core will be magnetized in the desired direction while all other cores in the matrix will remain unaffected. The read-out is obtained by applying read-in current pulses. "
matroclinous , [a.]
(1939) Nature 14 Jan. 81/2 "To account for the purely matroclinous inheritance, the following explanation is suggested. The eggs of M. formosa are fertilized by the other two species, but the paternal chromosomes remain inactive. "
matted , [ppl. a. 2]
(1899) Allbutt's Syst. Med. VI. 10 "The matted valves may remain rigidly fixed."
matter , [sb. 1]
(1930) Ruark &. Urey Atoms, Molecules &. Quanta xxi. 722 "When electrons impinge on polycrystalline metal surfaces the fraction scattered at an angle &theta. with the normal to the surface does not decrease uniformly as &theta. increases... The results seemed likely to remain unexplained, until Einstein discussed de Broglie's matter waves, in 1924 and 1925. "
maturation .
(1753) Shuckford Creation &. Fall 133 "Little Particles..which have..in the Maturation of Ages, remained sandy and sabulous..or become Rocks or Minerals."
mauma maumer maumie
(1895) Century Mag. May 155/2 "Only a few, a very few, of the faithful old `maumers' and loyal house- and body-servants remain. "
maund , [sb. 2]
(1969) Commerce (Bombay) 26 July 188/1 "Raw jute arrivals in the last week remained static at the previous level of 30,000 maunds a day. "
maverick , [sb.]
(1963) Listener 17 Jan. 115/1 "Neither the novelists of the central tradition of English writing, nor the great Mavericks of the nineteenth century, whose strong apprehension of evil forced them to break through the domestic web in which they wished to remain, had any clear theological pattern in which to embody their sense of evil. "
maximize , [v.]
(1974) Globe &. Mail (Toronto) 21 Oct. 4/3 "If emissions were curtailed now, the resultant ozone destruction would maximize around 1990 and would remain significant for several decades."
may , [v. 1]
(1800) Wordsw. Michael 481 "The remains Of the unfinished Sheep-fold may be seen Beside the boisterous brook of Greenhead Ghyll."
(1949) F. Maclean Eastern Approaches I. viii. 133 "If the authorities..had received no instructions regarding my journey it could only be due to a most regrettable omission... To this he answered that this was as it might be; but without explicit instructions..he could not allow me to remain on Chinese territory. "
mayoral , [a.]
(1885) Standard 14 Apr. 5/2 "Mr. Alderman Fowler, M.P., has consented to serve for the remainder of the Mayoral year."
meal , [sb. 2]
(1939) Ade Let. 7 July (1973) 214 "The play remained at the Garden until the following summer and next year it was being played by three companies. It turned out to be my meal ticket. "
meant , [ppl. a.]
(1729) Savage Wanderer ii. 284 "Wrath yet remains, tho' strength his fabric leaves, And the meant hiss, the gasping mouth deceives."
mean while meanwhile [sb.] and [adv.]
(1628) E. Blount in Earle Microcosm. To Rdr. (Arb.) 18 "In the meanwhile, I remaine Thine. Ed. Blovnt. "
measly , [a.]
(1891) Anthony's Photogr. Bull. IV. 254 "The remainder, after even an hour's soaking were only a very measley brown. "
measuring [ppl. a.]
(1903) W. J. Holland Moth Bk. 323 "The larv&ae., which are commonly known as `measuring-worms', `span-worms', or `loopers', have the power in many cases of attaching themselves by the posterior claspers to the stems and branches of plants, and extending the remainder of the body outwardly at an angle. "
meat , [sb.]
(1921) Daily Colonist (Victoria, B.C.) 7 Apr. 8/1 "The strike situation between the meat packers and their employees remained unchanged this morning. "
mechanically , [adv.]
(1937) B. H. L. Hart Europe in Arms xvii. 231 "Some doubt must remain..as to the ability of horse-minded soldiers to become mechanically minded. "
Meckelian , [a.]
(1864) Quain's Anat. (ed. 7) i. 66 "The remaining part..is named Meckel's cartilage after its first describer. "
medical , [a.] and [sb.]
(1760-72) H. Brooke Fool of Qual. (1809) II. 99, "I summoned the chief medical artists, and got the precious remains..embalmed. "
medicining , [vbl. sb.]
(1633) T. Adams Exp. 2 Peter ii. 22. 1089 "The medicining of the one, and cleansing of the other, did not take away their nature; still the one remained a Dogge, the other a Hogge. "
meditate , [v.]
(1837-9) Hallam Hist. Lit. I. i. iii. §.111. 222 "Alberti had deeply meditated the remains of Roman antiquity. "
medullary , [a.]
(1878) Bell tr. Gegenbaur's Comp. Anat. 512 "The primitive medullary cavity..remains open in the lumbar swelling of Birds. "
meet , [v.]
(1607) Shaks. Cor. ii. iii. 149 "Remaines, that, in th' Officiall Markes inuested, You anon doe meet the Senate. "
megalosaurus .
(1844) Ansted Geol., Introd. etc. I. 410 "When first the Megalosaurian remains were described by Dr. Buckland. "
megatherium .
(1832) Clift in Trans. Geol. Soc. (1835) III. 437 "The Remains of the Megatherium described in this paper. "
melianthus .
(1741) Compl. Fam.-Piece ii. iii. 401 "Myrtles,..Meleanthus,..and such tender Greens as remain yet abroad. "
melituria .
(1863) Aitken Sci. &. Pract. Med. (ed. 2) II. 335 "Any agents or conditions which cause a suspension of the functions of animal life, while the purely nutritive or organic functions remain intact, may bring about melituria. "
membrance
(1650) Gentilis Considerations 6 "The renoune which remained of Alcibiades, the membrance of his Country, Parents, Nurse and Tutors."
memento .
(1826) Kirby &. Sp. Entomol. III. xxx. 211 "It will not suffer this memento of its former state [a cast-off skin] to remain near it. "
memory , [sb.]
(1964) J. M. Blatt Theory Superconductivity ix. 332 "Since the supercurrent acts in such a direction as to make the total flux approach more closely to an integral number of flux quanta, this initial value of m0 remains unchanged..and preserves a `memory' for the initial, external flux. "
(1547) Injunc. Edw. VI, xxviii. c ij b, "That they shall take awaie..all shrines [etc.],..so that there remain no memory of the same, in walles, glasses, windowes, or els where. "
(1575) in W. H. Turner Select. Rec. Oxford (1880) 367 "To remaine as a perpetuall memory and record of such orders. "
menace , [sb.]
(1874) Green Short Hist. vii. §.3. 362 "The old social discontent..remained a perpetual menace to public order."
mention , [sb.]
(1601) Holland Pliny I. 110 "The rest that Homer so much speaks of..there is no mention or token remaining of them. "
(1613) Purchas Pilgrimage 814 "Scarce any mention of the houses remained. "
menus plaisirs , [sb. pl.]
(1779) H. Walpole Let. 14 Jan. (1904) X. 363 "My menus plaisirs, a few sprinkled visits of charity from a few friends that remained in town. "
mere , [sb. 6]
(1957) N.Z. Listener 22 Nov. 4/2 "We know what a `mere'..or a `hangi' is, but they remain essentially Maori in idea. "
Meredithian , [a.] and [sb.]
(1968) Listener 18 July 91/3 "Inevitably, little of the Meredithian style remains."
merge , [v.]
(1766) Blackstone Comm. II. xii. 186 "If an estate is originally limited to two for life, and after to the heirs of one of them, the freehold shall remain in jointure, without merging in the inheritance. "
(1858) Ld. St. Leonards Handy-Bk. Prop. Law ix. 62 "The tax has merged, and does not remain as a charge of which you can avail yourself. "
meristem .
(1974) Nature 2 Aug. 382/2 "All divisions within the apical meristems of the shoots give rise to daughter cells with different fates: some remain meristematic."
merit , [sb.]
(1832) Ht. Martineau Homes Abr. vii. 104 "He had made a merit of remaining at his work. "
merle , [a.]
(1905) C. H. Wheeler in J. Watson Dog Bk. v. 351 "The remainder of the litter [of collies] were blue merles. "
Mersenne .
(1892) Messenger of Math. XXI. 40 "The riddle as to how Mersenne's numbers were discovered remains unsolved. "
Mertonian , [sb.] and [a.]
(1974) A. J. Pomerans tr. Clavelin's Nat. Philos. Galileo ii. 80 "This proof..remained indirect, as did all the Mertonian attempts to prove the mean-speed theorem."
mesosperm .
(1849) Balfour Man. Bot. §.578 "Sometimes the secundine remains distinct in the seed, forming what has been called a mesosperm. "
mesothelium .
(1886) C. S. Minot in Buck's Handbk. Med. Sci. III. 176/1 "The whole of the mesoderm..does not go through this metamorphosis, but..a part remains closely compacted; but ultimately it is only the single layer of cells immediately bounding the c&oe.lom, and the cells constituting the myotomes.., which remain thus close together. These cells, therefore, have all the characteristics of an epithelium, so that the c&oe.lom is limited by an epithelium of cuboidal cells, for which I have proposed the name mesothelium. "
messenger .
(1959) H. Barnes Oceanogr. &. Marine Biol. iii. 113 "When the required depth has been reached, the bottle is allowed to remain there for 3 to 5 minutes, so that the thermometer may reach equilibrium and a `messenger' is then sent down the wire. The hook is released and the springs contract closing the bottle. "
(1711) Shaftesb. Charac. (1737) III. 337 "There are further miracles remaining for 'em to perform, e'er they can in modesty plead the apostolick or messenger-authority. "
metabasis .
(1657) J. Smith Myst. Rhet. 137 "Metabasis... A figure whereby the parts of an oration or speech are knit together: and is, When we are briefly put in mind of what hath been said, and what remains further to be spoken. "
metabolon .
(1903) Rutherford &. Soddy in Phil Mag. V. 586 "At each stage [of disintegration] one or more &alpha. `rays' are projected, until the last stages are reached, when the &beta. `ray' or electron is expelled. It seems advisable to possess a special name for these now numerous atom-fragments, or new atoms, which result from the original atom after the ray has been expelled, and which remain in existence only a limited time... We would..suggest the term metabolon for this purpose. "
metachromasia .
(1956) Nature 3 Mar. 428/1 "Anaphylactic shock brought out..degranulation and decrease of the metachromasia of the remaining granules in most of the cells. "
metacommunication
(1967) J. A. Meerloo in L. Thayer Communication 54 "We cannot, of course, recover man's contemplations about himself from fossil remains, and data from living nonliterate men are lamentably deficient in metacommunicational material. "
metagnomy .
(1960) New Scientist 28 July 306/2 "Prosopopesis, metagnomy, telergy and teleplasty: if these are accepted, what remains of the `laws' of physics, chemistry, biology and psychology? "
metal , [sb.] (and [a.] )
(1964) T. L. Kinsey Audio-Typing &. Electr. Typewriters vii. 77 "A large proportion of the remainder are at work in the engineering and other metal-using industries. "
metaldehyde
(1949) New Biol. VI. 29 "The most usual and one of the most successful methods of killing large numbers is to put out heaps of bran mixed with metaldehyde-the bran attracts the slugs which feed on the mixture, while the metaldehyde causes them to slime so profusely that they remain on the surface of the soil in close proximity to the bait. Here they die partly as the result of the metaldehyde acting as a stomach poison and partly owing to desiccation. "
metalloid , [a.] and [sb.]
(1837) Phillips Geol. 27 "The remaining substances are metallic or metalloidal. Seven of them are earthy metals or metalloids."
metamorphic , [a.]
(1861) Max Mü.ller Sci. Lang. 42 "In Sanskrit..what remains is a kind of metamorphic agglomerate which cannot be understood without a most minute microscopic analysis."
metaphysic , [sb. 1]
(1972) D. Bell in Cox &. Dyson 20th-Cent. Mind I. vi. 211 "On this central point Bosanquet's metaphysic remains impenetrably obscure, sustained by a combination of piety and metaphor."
metastable , [a.]
(1954) Electronic Engin. XXVI. 60/1 "The 11 points a, c, e,...t, u are the stable positions corresponding to the digits 0, 1, 2,...9 and the reset point [of the counting tube], whereas the 10 points b, d, f,...are metastable. Suppose the anode current is at the point corresponding to b and a small disturbance shifts the beam to the left... The beam will then move farther away..and soon reach the point corresponding to c at which it will remain despite any small disturbances. "
metazoan , [a.] and [sb.]
(1940) L. H. Hyman Invertebrates 252 "The three lowest metazoan phyla, the Porifera, the Cnidaria, and the Ctenophora, are commonly stated to have remained at the gastrular level of construction. "
metenteron .
(1877) Ray Lankester in Q. Jrnl. Microsc. Sci. 428 "When once the c&ae.lom is accomplished as a cavity definitely shut off from the `metenteron'-the name we now give to what remains of the archenteron."
meteor .
(1869) Huxley Lay Serm. xi. (1870) 273 "Sir W. Thomson..shows that *meteor-dust..would account for the remainder of retardation. "
methinks , [impers. v.]
(1659) Gentl. Calling v. x, "So dismal a consequent, as, methink, should like Lot's wife, remain a perpetual monument to deter others."
methylol .
(1962) J. T. Marsh Self-Smoothing Fabrics i. 3 "The fundamental basis of the process remains unchanged and depends on the application of methylol compounds within the fibre of the fabric followed by their further condensation."
metis .
(1883) Encycl. Brit. XV. 491/2 "Of the latter [Indian half-breeds] one half are of English-speaking parentage..the remainder are known as Metis or Bois-brû.l&eacu.s. "
metrology .
(1878) Nature 23 May 110/2 "Mr. W. M. Flinders Petrie read a paper on inductive metrology, the purpose of which..is to deduce the units of measure employed by ancient peoples from the dimensions of existing remains."
Metusiast
(1607) T. Rogers 39 Art. xxviii. (1633) 176 "The Metusiastes and Papists..beleeue the substance of Bread and Wine is so changed into the substance of Christ his Body, as nothing remaineth but the reall Body of Christ, besides the accidents of Bread and Wine."
mew , [v. 2]
(1581) Pettie tr. Guazzo's Civ. Conv. i. (1586) 8 "You cannot goe to visite the sicke..if you remaine alwaies mewed vp. "
Mezzofanti .
(1904) A. Vamb&eacu.ry Story my Struggles I. i. 88 "The high-flown announcements of my mezzofantic perfections remained without the slightest result. "
miasmal , [a.]
(1919) T. S. Eliot Hippopotamus in Poems, "The True Church remains below Wrapt in the old miasmal mist."
Mick (1) .
(1971) Guardian 27 May 13/7 "Curiously, in the circumstances of the Australian fondness for the `o' suffix, a Roman Catholic is apparently never a Catho, but remains, in lower-level Protto usage, a Mick. "
micro- ,
(1973) Nature 57/2 "A micropinocytotic origin of synaptic vesicles remains uncertain. "
microcosmically [adv.]
(1881) Max Mü.ller tr. Kant's Critique Pure Reason I. ii. 363, "I might call the two former [ideas], in a narrower sense, cosmical concepts (macrocosmically or microcosmically) and the remaining two transcendent concepts of nature. "
microfauna .
(1972) Times 11 Dec. 1/8 "The microfaunal remains have shown that fishes, birds and crabs played almost as important a part in the diet of the population as that of cattle. "
microfelsite .
(1879) Rutley Stud. Rocks x. 171 "It yet remains to be shown whether micro-felsitic matter is inert upon polarised light. "
Micronesian , [a.] and [sb.]
(1945) Language XXI. 214 "In the vocabularies of the Micronesian languages..evidence of earlier use of English has remained in the form of loan-words. "
microscopical , [a.]
(1871) Hartwig Subterr. W. ii. 10 "The aggregated remains of microscopical animals. "
microseism .
(1965) A. Holmes Princ. Physical Geol. (rev. ed.) xxv. 916 "As a background to the P, S and L waves and their many associates there are small irregular earth tremors and quiverings going on all the time... These microseisms..set a limit to the degree of magnification that can usefully be employed, since they only confuse the earthquake record if they are made too big. Some of the more conspicuous microseisms are caused by distant traffic, others by the pounding of breakers on rocky coasts, while others have been traced to changes of atmospheric pressure and especially to hurricanes and typhoons. But after all such regional increases of microseismic activity have been accounted for, there still remains a world-wide background of chaotic seismic `noise'. Don and Florence Leet have suggested that these microseisms are caused by the strained condition of the crust, which `hums' or `sings' like a highly strained piece of steel. "
middle-ageing [ppl. a.]
(1882) Howells in Longm. Mag. I. 53 "Only a score of middle-aging veterans remained."
mid-ocean
(1961) Ewing &. Landisman in M. Sears Oceanogr. i. 5 "The remaining 18% [of the earth's surface]..contains parts of the mid-ocean ridge system. "
midships , [sb.] and [adv.]
(1705) Lond. Gaz. No. 4116/3 "Only her Hull from the Taffrill to the Midships remained above Water. "
mighty , [a.] and [adv.]
(1737) Pope Hor. Epist. ii. i. 137 "Or what remain'd so worthy to be read By learned Critics, of the mighty dead. "
militia .
(1876) Voyle &. Stevenson Milit. Dict., "*Militia Reserve, a force created by the act of 1867; its numbers not to exceed one-fourth of militia quota; the men to be enlisted for five years, during which time they remain on the strength of militia regiments, but are liable to be drafted into the army in time of war. "
milk , [sb. 1]
(1565) Jewel Repl. Harding (1611) 391 "There be certaine men, that..fearing, that if they attaine to any knowledge, they shall be proud: and so they remaine still only in Milke [tr. Augustine: et remanent in solo lacte]. "
(1955) Times 6 July 11/3 "Broadcasting..probably remains the most effective way, within the compass of an election campaign, of distributing the pure milk of party doctrine. "
mill , [sb. 1]
(1948) Mencken Amer. Lang. Suppl. II. 724 "There are others [sc. new terms] that remain the private property of the men working in automobile plants and of those who sell or repair cars. A few specimens; Bald-head. A worn tire... Mill. An engine [etc.]. "
(1839) Ure Dict. Arts 706 "Passing through the remaining grooves till it comes to the square ones, where it becomes a *mill-bar. "
(1875) W. McIlwraith Guide Wigtownshire 136 "A workman, in making an excavation near the mill-ring, came on a large, flat stone, aneath which were the remains of a clay urn. "
(1842) J. Aiton Domest. Econ. (1857) 194 "As some of the shells still remain among the meal, they are separated from it by hand-sieves; these shells, thus separated, and having the finer particles of meal adhering to them, called *mill-seeds, are preserved for sowins. "
(1925) T. Dreiser Amer. Trag. (1926) I. ii. vi. 195 "He decided to remain- later sitting down to dinner with a small group of milltown store and factory employees. "
mill-wheel
(1610) Shaks. Temp. i. ii. 281 "Imprison'd, thou didst painefully remaine A dozen yeeres:..where thou didst vent thy groanes As fast as Mill-wheeles strike. "
Milton .
(1933) J. Buchan Prince of Captivity i. iv. 125 "We've got to see that our Miltons don't remain mute and inglorious, but above all that our Hampdens are not left to rot on a village green. "
mince , [v.]
(1693) J. Dryden in Dryden's Juvenal xiv. (1697) 353 "The least Remains of which they mince, and dress It o'er again to make another Mess. "
(1689) T. R. View Govt. Europe 62 "The Jesuits there have..minc'd away all the old remains of Morality and Conscience. "
Mindel .
(1972) Sci. Amer. Mar. 60/1 "Deposits laid down in the subsequent interglacial period, the Mindel-Riss, contain a few fossil remains of a true cave bear. A bear skull preserved in Mindel-Riss sediments at Swanscombe in England shows the domed forehead that is characteristic of the species."
mineral , [sb.]
(1858) Ld. St. Leonards Handy Bk. Prop. Law xvi. 105 "With special provisions as to minerals and the interests therein of remainder-men. "
mineral , [a.]
(1876) Encycl. Brit. V. 520/2 "The study of the remaining elements and of their compounds constituting inorganic, or, as it is also termed, mineral chemistry."
mineralizing , [ppl. a.]
(1796) Hatchett in Phil. Trans. LXXXVI. 286 "Although the substance was indisputably proved to be an ore of lead, yet the mineralizing principle of it remained unknown. "
minimal , [a.]
(1971) Rolling Stone 24 June 36/5 "It remained only for minimal sculpture to come along, with its emphasis on the self-contained object (sometimes just a log, rock, or mound of dirt). "
ministering , [ppl. a.]
(1956) F. F. Darling Pelican in Wilderness i. 10 "Such detached thought as I could muster was of feeling sorry for the air hostess. She remained throughout the gentle ministering angel, imperturbable as she picked her way through the shambles. "
minor , [a.] and [sb.]
(1612) Colson Gen. Treas., Art Arithm. B bb 2 b, "Of Substraction... The first number is to be called the Maior, grosse sum, sum total, or superior number... The second is named the Minor... The third is called the Remainer."
minorand
(1709-29) V. Mandey Syst. Math., Arith. 13 "The Remainer added to the Subducend, if the Sum makes the Minorand, 'tis right."
minority .
(1971) R. Bendix in A. Bullock 20th Cent. 357/1 "The citizenship of racial minorities remains an unresolved problem. Members of minority groups are denied rights which are formally theirs. "
(1959) 20th Cent. 333 "A place remains for it [sc. sound radio]..in the evenings for special minority interests and for music. "
mintage .
(1645) Virginia Stat. (1823) I. 308 "To allow for the mintage 12d. per pound soe there will remaine &pstlg.9500 sterl. The mintage allowed and deducted. "
minus , quasi- [prep.] , [adv.] , [a.] , and [sb.]
(1901) Chambers's Jrnl. 4 May 366/2 "The prefix `minus' attached to a primary colour..[implies] that this particular colour is cut out of the spectrum of white light, and that the negatively-named compound is a blend of the hues remaining. `White minus red', `white minus green', and `white minus blue' would be the complete expressions; they are ordinarily termed complementary colours. "
miraculous , [a.]
(1671) Milton Samson 587 "Why else this strength Miraculous yet remaining in those locks? "
mirrnyong .
(1888) R. M. Johnston Syst. Acct. Geol. Tasmania 337 (Morris), "With the exception of their rude inconspicuous flints, and the accumulated remains of their feasts in the `mirnyongs', or native shell-mounds, along our coasts,..we have no other visible evidence of their former existence. "
misalliance
(1768) Woman of Honor II. 159 "No remains of her former notions of mis-alliance, interfere to lessen her present vexation. "
mischievousness .
(1829) Bentham Justice &. Cod. Petit., Abr. Petit. Justice 3 "The system..would remain as it does in all its mischievousness. "
misconceive [v.]
(1828) Scott F.M. Perth vi, "I cannot suffer my feelings..to remain unexplained, without the possibility of my being greatly misconceived. "
miscopy [v.]
(1877) Ruskin Fors Clav. lxxxi. 250 "However..miscopied, the message..remains clear. "
miscreation
(1852) Gilfillan Martyrs Sc. Covenant vii. 132 "One of the vast creatures of the bygone chaos-the magnificent miscreations of Geology, interesting..as a fossil remain. "
misdirect [v.]
(1868) Miss Yonge Cameos I. iii. 21 "He himself remained to misdirect the pursuers. "
misesteem [sb.]
(1898) Bodley France II. iii. v. 258 "The office of minister must remain in misesteem."
mislabelling [vbl. sb.]
(1960) Times 20 Sept. (Pure Food Suppl.) p. i/5 "There still remains..the possibility of..mislabelling in retail shops. "
mission , [sb.]
(1813) Edin. Rev. XXI. 155 "The French mission was still suffered to remain in Stockholm, until the Moniteur mentioned the behaviour of Gustavus disrespectfully. "
(1805) Amer. State Papers (1832) II. 669 "As nothing was said in my communication respecting the ordinary mission, it remains of course in force. "
mita .
(1777) Robertson Hist. Amer. viii. (1851) II. 102 "In Peru, each mita, or division, destined for the mines, remains there six months. "
Mitchell .
(1965) Austral. Encycl. IV. 365/1 "Four species of Astrebla (Mitchell grasses) are known. Because the dry leaves remain attached to the plant and support stock in times of drought, they have become famous as fodder plants."
mitosome .
(1920) L. Doncaster Introd. Study Cytol. vii. 95 "In the spermatocyte, as the cell enlarges, the mitochondrial bodies increase in size... In the young spermatid they unite to form a fairly compact mass near the nucleus at the side of the cell at which the tail will grow out. [Note] This mitochondrial mass (`mitosome') constitutes the `Nebenkern' of some authors, but as the word has been used to designate the remains of the division-spindle.., the `idiozome'..and other cell-structures, it is now dropping out of use. "
mob , [sb. 1]
(1940) Geogr. Jrnl. XCV. 242 "There is now only one firm remaining which has a mob of mules. "
mobile , [sb. 2]
(1676) Shadwell Libertine v. 81 "D. Lop. D' hear that noise? the remaining Rogues have rais'd the Mobile, and are coming upon us... Enter two Shepherds, with a great Rabble. "
mobile , [sb. 3]
(1967) Listener 2 Feb. 176/3 "The crystallization of these new formal principles was the `mobile'. It connotes a dynamic arrangement of musical thoughts in which several patterns are possible, depending on the decision of the interpreter... A `mobile' is made up of finite (musical) thoughts of fairly conventional dimensions... As units they remain constant; but the arrangement of their sequence varies, subject to certain pre-compositional order. "
Mobius .
(1941) Courant &. Robbins What is Math.? v. 260 "If the Moebius strip is cut along this [center] line..we find that it remains in one piece. "
mock , [v.]
(1840) Gentl. Mag. Oct. 338 "Both places..bear the name of Mock-Beggar's Hall. The one is an insulated rock near Bakewell..presenting from the road the semblance of a house... The other is a Tudor..mansion in the parish of Claydon..which..remained so long unoccupied as to be the cause of numerous disappointments to those travellers who had never been taken in before. "
mode , [sb.]
(1825) Waterton Wand. S. Amer. i. i. 88 "The only mode then that remains is to proceed by water. "
modelled , [ppl. a.]
(1679) in Wodrow Hist. Suff. Ch. Scot. (1722) II. 60 "The Lord Macdonald, a professed Papist, with a modelled Army..hath remained in Armes. "
moderate , [a.] and [sb.]
(1924) J. T. Gwynn Indian Politics iii. 18 "The Moderate or Co-operating party is to-day so unpopular that it takes some strength of mind to remain a Co-operator. "
moderated , [ppl. a.]
(1950) F. Gaynor Encycl. Atomic Energy 114 "In a moderated reactor there remain more free neutrons to sustain and propagate the fission chain reaction of U235. "
modern , [a.] and [sb.]
(1830) Lyell Princ. Geol. I. 114 "If such species be termed modern, in comparison to races which preceded them, their remains, nevertheless, enter into submarine deposits many hundred miles in length. "
modernness .
(1874) Mahaffy Soc. Life Greece ix. 278 "The fact remains a very curious monument of the modernness of Attic life. "
modification .
(1845) J. M. Kemble in Proc. Philol. Soc., II. 136 "These modifications remain, even though the vowel that caused them should have perished by lapse of time. "
modificational , [a.]
(1924) J. A. Thompson in Glasgow Herald 19 July 4 "When we put aside these parasitic diseases and modificational diseases, there remain those that may be called constitutional."
modulate , [v.]
(1721) A Malcolm Treat. Mus. 446 "It now remains to shew, how to modulate from one Key to another, so that the Transitions may be easy and natural. "
modulus .
(1888) C. Smith Treat. Algebra xxviii. 487 "If two numbers a and b leave the same remainder when divided by a third number c, they are said to be congruent with respect to the modulus c. "
Mohican Mohegan , [a.] and [sb.]
(1960) Guardian 27 Sept. 2/4 "A Lowestoft boy..had a `Mohican' haircut on Saturday and then went back to the barber to have the remaining strip of hair cut. "
Moine .
(1961) Science Progress 716 "The Moine Series is the last great formation of sedimentary origin in the British Isles whose stratigraphical relations remain to be established. "
molasse .
(1827) R. Jameson tr. Cuvier's Theory Earth 97 "Certain lignites and molasses do in fact contain them [i.e. fossil remains of terrestrial mammifera]. "
moler (2) .
(1948) Archit. Rev. CIV. 57 "The remaining blocks will be finished in a 412 in. external concrete-brick cladding with an internal 4 in. skin of molar [sic] blocks with a 2 in. cavity. "
moly (2) ,
(1970) Financial Times 13 Apr. 27/8 "Not that Amax is remaining dormant on the moly front. The bringing in of the Henderson mine..will nigh on double production capacity."
momentally [adv.]
(1646) Sir T. Browne Pseud. Ep. iii. xxi. 160 "Ayre but momentally remaining in our bodies, it hath no proportionable space for its conversion."
momentous , [a.]
(1656) Jeanes Mixt. Schol. Div. 15 "There remaineth a second objection, which is the more momentous. "
momentum .
(1699) Keill Exam. Refl. Th. Earth 10 "According to the Laws of motion, the momentum or quantity of motion of both bodies taken together would remain the same. "
monarchical , [a.]
(1833) Alison Hist. Europe (1849) I. iv. §.38. 474 "The remains of monarchical attachment yet lingered. "
mongrel , [sb.] and [a.]
(1576) Fleming tr. Caius' Dogs 33 "It remaineth that we deliuer vnto you the Dogges of a mungrell or currishe kind. "
mono- ,
(1878) tr. Gegenbaur's Comp. Anat. 597 "If the rete remains broken up, then it is known as a diffuse, unipolar, or *monocentric rete mirabile. "
monochronic , [a.]
(1882) Ogilvie, "Monochronic, in geol. applied to organic remains which seem to have been deposited at the same period. [Similarly in later Dicts.]"
monodelph .
(1870) Flower Osteol. Mamm. i. (1876) 3 "The remaining Monodelphian Mammals are:-i. Primates. "
monodromy .
(1897) B. Russell Essay on Foundations of Geometry i. 24 "As regards independence of rotation in rigid bodies (Monodromy). If (n&min.1) points of a body remain fixed, so that every other point can only describe a certain curve, then that curve is closed. "
monogamous , [a.]
(1946) Koestler Thieves in Night ii. iv. 170 "There remains the tyranny of monogamousness."
monomolecular , [a.]
(1935) J. N. Friend Text-bk. Physical Chem. 81 "As the solvent and catalyst molecules remain virtually constant in amount, many reactions that really are polymolecular are found to conform to the requirements of the monomolecular law. "
monomyary , [a.] and [sb.]
(1872) Nicholson Pal&ae.ont. 218 "In the Monomyary Bivalves it is the posterior adductor which remains, and the anterior adductor is absent."
monopolar , [a.]
(1906) Practitioner Dec. 772 "The patient, if the monopolar bath had to be administered, grasped a metal bar, suspended from the ceiling, and in connection with the battery swung over the bath, the other electrode remaining in the water. "
monostichous , [a.]
(1888) Rolleston &. Jackson Anim. Life 492 (Arthropoda) "The hypodermic cells beneath the thickened cuticle constitute the ommateum, and remain either in a single or form a double layer; hence mono- or diplo-stichous. The monostichous ommateum is said to be apostatic when cup-shaped. "
monotonicity .
(1971) Nature 23 Apr. 524/2 "Speech remained unaffected except for slight slowing and slurring of words and the presence of some monotonicity."
monovalent , [a.]
(1972) McGraw-Hill Yearbk. Sci. &. Technol. 142/2 "The agglutinin used in this experiment was a monovalent rather than a divalent agglutinin, that is, a molecule which binds to the cell surface with its one remaining active site but which cannot cause agglutination because it lacks a second active site."
monovular , [a.]
(1962) Biol. Abstr. XL. 1726/1 "While neonatal polycythemia in monovular twins is obviously due to intrauterine transfer of blood.., the postnatal polycythemia in single newborn infants remains unexplained. "
monstruosity
(1601) Holland Pliny I. 359 "Ouer and aboue those monstruosities which Italy hath deuised of it selfe, we haue remaining..those also of strange..nations abroad. "
monument , [sb.]
(1611) Bible Isa. lxv. 4 "A people..Which remaine among the graues, and lodge in the monuments. "
(1837) J. Phillips Geol. 5 "It is not certain that monuments remain of all the changes which have occured. "
monumentary , [a.]
(1810) Sporting Mag. XXXVI. 153 "The remains of this once celebrated character are permitted to remain without any monumentary token of respect."
moon , [sb. 1]
(1959) J. Fleming Miss Bones xii. 136 "Her large moon-face remained quite expressionless. "
mooring , [vbl. sb.]
(1803) Chron. in Ann. Reg. 468/2 "The *mooring-stones remained perfectly steady as did all the ships that were properly moored. "
moorlog
(1939) G. Clark Arch&ae.ol. &. Society ii. 20 "Over many parts of the North Sea bed..fishermen have found the remains of a great freshwater fen in the form of lumps of `moor log'."
moot , [a.]
(1876) A. D. Murray Charnwood 110 "It remains a moot problem to be guessed at. "
mop , [v. 2]
(1781) P. Beckford Hunting (1803) 36 "If water should remain,..it should be carefully mopped up. "
mope , [v.]
(1881) Lady Herbert Edith 16 "Gordon could not compel her to remain at home and `mope herself to death' as she expressed it. "
mopping , [vbl. sb. 2]
(1925) Fraser &. Gibbons Soldier &. Sailor Words 158 "Mopping-up, the term for the work allotted to special parties of men appointed to follow close in the track of advancing `waves' of troops, in order to explore and clear the enemy lines and dug-outs of men remaining behind... The Mopping-up method was first adopted at the Battle of Arras in February, 1917. "
moral , [a.]
(1946) Mind LV. 189 "His interest in moral psychology and the empirical facts of the moral life remained. "
morality .
(1656) in Burton's Diary (1828) I. 25 "By the Mosaic law, blasphemers were to be stoned to death. The morality of this remains. "
morass .
(1657) R. Ligon Barbadoes (1673) 25 "There remains, making a great part of that flat, a kinde of Bog or Morost. "
Mordvin .
(1942) K. W. Deutsch in J. A. Fishman Readings Sociol. of Lang. (1968) 601 "Of the 13 remaining nationalities, nine have formed administrative units on a national, linguistic basis with various degrees of political self-government within the European part of the U.S.S.R.: the Bashkirs, Chuvashs, Cheremiss, Mordvins, [etc.]. "
more , [a.] ( [sb.] ) and [adv.]
(1886) Harper's Mag. July 323/2 "But he (mor'n you and I with all of our might) Could not here always remain. "
mores . Normally const. as [sb. pl.]
(1911) V. E. Shelford in Biol. Bull. 147 "It is of course recognized that within rather uncertain limits the mores of a morphological species remain, in a general way, the same throughout its geographic range. "
Morian [a.] and [sb.]
(1597) J. King On Jonas (1618) 493 "What remaineth, but to repent? to change our Morian skinnes, to put off our stained coats, and to wash our feet from their filthinesse."
morning , [sb.] (and [a.] )
(1947) Sat. Rev. (U.S.) 12 Apr. 20/1 "The nation relaxes, and only the morning-after headaches and the morning-after quarterbacks remain. "
morning-watch
(1840) R. H. Dana Bef. Mast iii, "The larboard watch..go below until four in the morning, when they come on deck again and remain till eight, having what is called the morning watch. "
morphosyntax .
(1969) tr. Akhmanova &. Mikael'an's Theory Syntax Mod. Linguistics ii. 26 "He [sc. Br&obar.ndal] not only remained faithful to his conception of `morphology' and syntax, but also developed it by introducing the notion of `morphosyntax' to cover such phenomena as the functioning of words in sentences, the semantic modification of words in context, [etc.]. "
morsel , [sb.]
(1597) Hooker Eccl. Pol. v. lxxix. 5 "He simply deliuered vp a large morsell whereby the value of that which remained was betrayed. "
morsel , [v.]
(1855) Mrs. Gore Mammon I. 7 "Their estates have been morselled out; while ours remain intact. "
mortal , [a.]
(1836) C. Forster Life Jebb (1851) 325 "His mortal remains were laid in St. Paul's Churchyard, Clapham. "
mortar , [sb. 1]
(1530) in Arch&ae.ologia III. 156 "Returning to the chaundry all the remains of mortars, torches, quarries, prickets and sizes. "
mortarless , [a.]
(1886) Athen&ae.um 31 July 152 "The remains of mortarless stone churches. "
mortgager .
(1883) Encycl. Brit. XVI. 848/1 "In equity the mortgager remains the real owner, and the mortgagee is merely an encumbrancer."
Mortlake .
(1902) Ld. Avebury Scenery Eng. ix. 303 "The loop often remains as a dead river-channel or `Mortlake'. Such loop-lakes are known in America by the special name of `Ox&dubh.bows'. "
(1962) Read &. Watson Introd. Geol. iv. 172 "When the loop of the meander becomes large it is liable to be cut-off across its neck, leaving an abandoned separated portion which may remain as an oxbow-lake or mort-lake. "
mosaic , [a. 1] and [sb.]
(1902) W. Bateson et al. Rep. Evolution Comm. R. Soc. I. 23 "Among the large number of capsules examined, there were some of the mosaic type, in which part of the capsule was prickly and the remainder smooth. "
mosaicked , [a.]
(1849) Rock Ch. of Fathers II. 138 note, "The mosaiced apse belonging to one of those large halls built in the Lateran palace, at Rome, by Leo III..still remains. "
mote , [sb. 1]
(1842) J. Aiton Domest. Econ. (1857) 221 "A corn sickle is then drawn through the butter several cross ways, in order to take out any hairs that may remain in it; and if any other motes appear, they are also taken out."
mothball [sb.]
(1967) Boston Sunday Herald 30 Apr. 1. 7/1 "A..port improvement paid for by the MPA has remained in mothballs.., because no container ships have been scheduled to or from Boston. "
mother , [sb. 1]
(1674) Ray Collection 136 "(Manner of making Vitriol) The liquor that remains after the vitriol is crystallized, they call the mother. "
(1839) Penny Cycl. XV. 448/1 "Mother&dubh.water. When any saline solution has been evaporated so as to deposit crystals on cooling, the remaining solution is termed the mother-water, or sometimes merely the mothers."
(1968) Jazz Monthly Feb. 4/1 "John Steiner..owns the rights to what remains of the Paramount company, including numerous masters and mothers, so it is likely that the actual recording quality will be a great deal better than that on most past Paramount-derived reissues."
motionless , [a.]
(1883) J. Gilmour Mongols 362 "Etiquette requiring them to remain motionless at the board."
motivation .
(1948) M. H. Nicolson Voyages to Moon v. 195 "Swift's flying chariot remains unique in the history of literature..both for its vast size..and for the plausibility of its principle of motivation."
motive , [sb.]
(A. 1834) Coleridge Notes &. Lect. (1849) I. 233 "O what a lesson concerning..the folly of all *motive-mongering, while the individual self remains! "
motto .
(1716) M. Davies Athen. Brit. II. 53 "His Motto-Pamphlet still remaineth in each Window, Misericordias Domini in &ae.ternum Cantabo. "
mould , [sb. 1]
(1796) Kirwan Elem. Min. (ed. 2) I. 373 "Moulds are loams mixed with animal and vegetable remains, particularly from putrefaction. "
mould , [sb. 3]
(1854) Woodward Mollusca 286 "Specimens frequently occur in which the outer shell layer is preserved, whilst the inner is wanting, and the mould (`birostrites') remains loose in the centre. "
moulding [vbl. sb. 2]
(1964) W. L. Goodman Hist. Woodworking Tools 52 "The remainder include moulding plane irons,..rebate- and shoulder-plane irons, and plough irons. "
mound , [sb. 3]
(1861) Bateman 19 Years' Diggings 271 "Remains of two individuals from the destroyed Mound at Crake Low. "
mount , [sb. 1]
(1710) J. Harris Lex. Techn. II. s.v., "After Tin from the burnt Ore is melted down and remelted, there will sometimes remain a different Slugg in the bottom of the Float, this they call Mount-Egg."
mouse , [sb.]
(1946) R. Graves Poems 1938-45 13 "And we remain *mouse-quiet when they begin Suddenly in their unpredictable way To weave an allegory of their lives. "
mouser .
(1802) C. James Milit. Dict., "Mouser, an ironical term, which is sometimes used in the British militia to distinguish battalion men from the flank companies. It is indeed generally applied to them by the grenadiers and light bobs, meaning, that while the latter are detached, the former remain in quarters, like cats, to watch the mice, &.c. "
mousy , [a.]
(1812) Sporting Mag. XXXIX. 210 "A man ought not to remain mousy [note, idle]. "
moveless , [a.]
(1836-7) Sir W. Hamilton Metaph. xviii. (1870) 353 "The intermediate balls which remain moveless, but communicate the impulse. "
mover (1) .
(1878) J. H. Beadle Western Wilds xx. 327 "Reluctantly the `movers' consented to his remaining for the night. "
mozo .
(1836) C. J. Latrobe Rambler in Mexico 49 "The remainder were sent in advance under his domestics or mozos. "
muck , [sb. 1]
(1928) Bull. Amer. Soil Survey Assoc. IX. 44 "*Muck soil, soil composed of thoroughly decomposed organic material, with a considerable amount of mineral soil material, finely divided and with few fibrous remains. "
mud , [sb. 1]
(1971) Sunday Nation (Nairobi) 11 Apr. 5/1 "The remaining cars in the Safari braced themselves for a possible mud bath. "
(1914) Pollard &. Heggem Mud-laden Fluid Applied to Well Drilling (U.S. Bur. of Mines Techn. Paper No. 66) 7 "In this paper the term `*mud-laden fluid' is applied to a mixture of water with any clay which will remain suspended in water for a considerable time. "
(1946) G. Millar Horned Pigeon xxii. 375 "The first guide, a kind of mud-pilot, remained on his bicycle. "
mud-bank
(1908) Westm. Gaz. 30 Dec. 8/2 "In spite of the employment of many thousands..on..clearing away the muddy remains of the recent snowstorm, the principal roadways..presented an extraordinary spectacle of mud-heaps, mud-rivers, and mud-banks. "
muishond .
(1970) News/Check (S. Afr.) 12 June 11 "An assumption has grown up over the past year or more that South Africa was well and truly isolated, that it remained the muishond of the world with whom nobody wanted anything to do. "
mujtahid .
(1961) Ann. Reg. 1960 299 "The leading mujtahid of the day having declared this law to be contrary to the shari'a and the Constitution, it seemed likely to remain a dead letter."
mull , [v. 8]
(1963) Times 7 Mar. 20/1 "In previous shoemaking methods the uppers of the shoes had to remain on `lasts' for five or six days in order to get their shape. The new process does the job in half an hour by means of pumping moisture into the leather in a special mulling machine. "
multi- ,
(1972) P. Laslett Household &. Family in Past Time 7 "A high proportion of multigenerational extended families among the remaining Dutch peasantry in the 1950s. "
multiplee
(1706) Phillips (ed. Kersey), "Multiplee, is a greater Number that contains a less, a certain Number of Times without any Remainder."
mumchance , [sb.] and [a.]
(1892) Spectator 13 Feb. 229/2 "Why are the pulpits alone to remain mumchance under penalties? "
(1957) L. Durrell Justine ii. 133 "For my part I remained always stupefied and mumchance at all the avenues opened up by these thoughts. "
mummify , [v.]
(1646) J. Hall Poems 58 "Thou..shalt more long remaine Still mummifi'd within the hearts of men. "
mummy , [sb. 1]
(1952) E. Ramsden tr. Gram &. Weber's Plant Diseases ii. 153/2 "Similar mummies that have fallen and remained on or near the surface of the soil may very rarely produce clusters of small brown-stalked cup-shaped apothecia."
(1922) L. Mumford City Devel. (1946) i. 9 "What remained of the provincial town in New England was a mummy-case. "
(1796) H. Walpole Let. to Miss Berry 24 Aug., "I..shall remain, I believe, in my mummyhood. "
Munda , [sb.] and [a.]
(1912) S. C. Roy Mundas &. their Country i. 16 "The site of the original home of the Mundas will perhaps ever remain hidden from view in the mist of ages. "
muni .
(1875) Monier-Williams Indian Wisdom x. 260 "Let him remain without fire, without habitation, feeding on roots and fruits, practising the vow of a Muni. "
municipal , [a.] and [sb.]
(1806) Vesey Reports VI. 699 "Notwithstanding the Union, for all the municipal jurisdiction of the Great Seal,..the countries remain as distinct, as formerly. "
muse , [sb. 2]
(A. 1586) Sidney Arcadia ii. (1622) 113 "In this depth of muzes, and diuers sorts of discourses, would shee rauingly haue remained, but that [etc.]. "
musicalness .
(1678) Cudworth Intell. Syst. i. v. 759 "Matter..perpetually remains, and all other things whatsoever are but..passions and affections and dispositions thereof, as musicalness and unmusicalness, in respect of Socrates. "
Muslim , [sb.] and [a.]
(1955) Times 7 July 9/2 "The Muslim League did not win a majority, but remains the largest single party. "
musrol
(1551) T. Wilson Logike 76 "There remaineth a wicked inclination, the same must alwaies be brideled and kept in, even with the terror of the law, as though it were a mouse-roll. "
musty [a. 1]
(1802) Beddoes Hygë.ia viii. 32 "New musty liquors remain at least equally strong for a time."
mutation .
(1907) Athen&ae.um 31 Aug. 242/1 "The theory of mutation..assumes that a species has its birth, its lifetime, and its death, even as an individual, and that throughout its life it remains one and the same. By a mutation it does not change itself, but simply produces a new type. The mutation `is allied to its ancestor as a branch is to a tree'. "
mute , [a.] and [sb. 1]
(1639) S. Du Verger tr. Camus' Admir. Events 311 "Mute-strucken with this lustre..he remained quite astonished. "
mutessarif .
(1921) Blackw. Mag. June 705/2 "A few of the political officers remain in the new capacity of Adviser to an Arab Mutassarif. "
mutton .
(1795) Wolcot (P. Pindar) Pindariana Wks. 1812 IV. 180 "Nay while a *mutton-light remains A sun with us no credit gains But yields to every Farthing Candle. "
mutual , [a.] and [sb.]
(1895) W. H. Hudson Spencer's Philos. 172 "Thus remaining unintegrated into the great organization of mutual-dependent parts which constitutes society."
myall (1) .
(1839) T. L. Mitchell in T. L. Mitchell Exped. East. Australia I. 20 "The natives who remain in a savage state..are named `myalls' by their half civilized brethren. "
myelocele .
(1922) Brain XLV. 44 "Myelocele... Here.. segments of the medullary folds have remained open and the neural ectoderm lies exposed on the surface of the body as a ribbon of delicate tissue down the mid-dorsal line. "
myoelectric , [a.]
(1965) D. Francis Odds Against xx. 246 "The myo-electric arm..worked entirely by harnessing the tiny electric currents generated in one's own remaining muscles. "
myotomic , [a.]
(1897) Nature 7 Oct. 555/2 "The myotomic sacs remain monodermic on their outer face."
myricin .
(1821) Ure Dict. Chem., "Myricin. The ingredient of wax which remains after digestion with alcohol. "
myth , [sb.]
(1950) Scot. Jrnl. Theol. III. 37 "To this inner fellowship of disciples the `mystery' of the Kingdom of God is disclosed, whereas to outsiders this same Kingdom remains veiled in parables, remains, that is, a figure of speech, a colourful vision, an imaginative dream, or, as we might say, a myth. "
N ,
(1914) Railway Mag. Nov. 401/1 "It was..agreed that all existing contracts and conditions of service shall remain in operation,..(signed) for General Managers' Committee:-..for *N.U.R.:-..for A.S.L.E.&.F.:-. "
(1889) Schoolmaster 4 May 634/1 "In place of the familiar initials, N.U.E.T. we have the shorter, and let us hope the improved, form of *N.U.T... The objects of the N.U.E.T. remain the objects of the N.U.T. "
Nabataean , [sb.] and [a.]
(1601) Holland tr. Pliny's Nat. Hist. I. xii. xx. 374 "The Troglodyte Nabath&ae.ans: who onely of the ancient Nabath&ae.ans, there setled and remained. "
Na-Dene .
(1965) Canad. Jrnl. Linguistics 97 "Na-Dene..also remains essentially as organized by Sapir. "
Nahuatl , [sb.] and [a.]
(1877) L. H. Morgan Ancient Society ii. vi. 181 "The question of the organization of these, and the remaining Nahuatlac tribes of Mexico, in gentes will be considered in the next ensuing chapter. "
nail , [sb.]
(1774) Goldsm. Nat. Hist. (1776) II. 285 "The nails still continued perfect; and all the marks of the joints..remained perfectly visible. "
nailed , [ppl. a.]
(1683) Moxon Mech. Exerc., Printing xxiv. &page.19 "He..doubles the loose half of the Leather over the remaining Nail'd-on half. "
naked , [a.] and [sb. 1]
(1697) Dryden Virg. Georg. iii. 716 "We see the naked Alps, and thin Remains Of scatter'd Cotts. "
(1875) Bennett &. Dyer tr. Sachs' Bot. 433 "The cases are, however, not rare in which the seeds remain quite naked from first to last."
(1818) Cruise Digest (ed. 2) II. 455 "Suppose a naked right, or a contingent remainder had descended. "
nakodo .
(1890) B. H. Chamberlain Things Japanese 221 "The conduct of the affair must be entrusted to a middleman (nako&mac.do)-some discreet married friend, who not only negotiates the marriage, but remains through life a sort of godfather to the young couple. "
namby-pamby , [a.] and [sb.]
(1823) Edin. Rev. XXXIX. 73 "Too many of these namby-pamby lyrics have still been allowed to remain. "
name , [sb.]
(1714) Cunn Treat. Fractions 51 "The Quote is that part of the Answer that is of that Name; then reduce the Remainder to the next inferior Name."
nap , [sb. 5]
(1820) Moore Mem. (1853) III. 99 "Got forty pounds at the banker's and gave Mr. Lake his remaining three Naps. "
Napoleon . Also with lower-case initial.
(1968) A. Binkley What shall I Cry? 139 "`You got more of those cakes?'.. Lenni handed him a box in which one napoleon remained. "
(1970) Guardian Weekly 6 June 2 "Without our nation standing up against Russia's modern day mad dog Napoleonism Europe itself would not remain independent through the 1970s. "
nappishness
(1851) H. Melville Whale II. 59 "What little nappishness remained in us altogether departed."
nark , [v.]
(1945) Daily Sketch 20 Apr. 2/2 "Like you, I am all for personal liberty-and so no doubt are the inmates of Wormwood Scrubs-but the fact remains that so long as there is not economic freedom for everybody, what is the point of constantly narking about State-planning? "
Narodnik .
(1950) E. H. Carr Bolshevik Revolution iii. 52 "The peasantry remained for the Mensheviks an essentially anti-revolutionary force; any revolutionary policy which counted on its support was a reversion to the narodnik heresy of a peasant revolution. "
narrow , [a.] and [sb.]
(1935) Economist 12 Oct. 712/2 "Technically, markets remain `narrow', and day-to-day price movements are correspondingly exaggerated. "
naso- ,
(1669) Holder Elem. Speech 59 "Thus out of..36, casting out as useless..9 Naso-Spiritals, 6 Naso-Vocals, and 2 Spiritals, there remain 19 Consonants. "
Nasrani .
(1615) G. Sandys Relation III. 153 "On the twentieth of March with the rising Sunne we departed. A small remainder of that great Caruan; the Nostraines (so name they the Christians of the East) that rid vpon Mules and Asses being gone before. "
nastic , [a.]
(1929) J. C. Bose Growth &. Tropic Movements Plants xx. 216 "If the movement be nastic, then the closure or the opening movement will remain the same, whether the organ be held in normal position or upside down. "
nastiness .
(1897) Allbutt's Syst. Med. III. 627 "Such sense of taste as remains is only capable of perceiving a bitter nastiness."
natation .
(1793) Charac. in Ann. Reg. 252/1 "Had I remained in England and opened a school of natation. "
native , [a.]
(1821) Shelley Epipsych. 426 "This land would have remained a solitude But for some pastoral people native there. "
natural , [sb.]
(1579) J. Stubbes Gaping Gulf D iv, "Yf they..remained but in theyr pure naturalles, they would neuer so speake for a faultor prince of Rome. "
(1630) R. Johnson's Kingd. &. Commw. 188 "The same naturall of lightnesse and inconstancie still remaines in the French. "
natural , [a.]
(1836-7) Dickens Sk. Boz, Our Parish iv, "For the remainder of the old woman's natural life."
naturalist , [sb.] and [a.]
(1752) Hume Ess. &. Treat. (1777) I. 330 "All water..remains always at a level. Ask naturalists the reason. "
naturalistic , [a.]
(1934) C. D. Broad Five Types Ethical Theory vii. 257 "Those theories which hold that ethical characteristics can be analysed without remainder into non-ethical ones may be called..Naturalistic Theories. "
naturalize , [v.]
(1861) Wilson &. Geikie in Wilson &. Geikie Life 250 "Forbes returned to the Isle of Man, where he remained two months, naturalizing, as was his wont."
nature , [sb.]
(1864) Pusey Lect. Daniel ix. 561 "It is man's own fault, if..he remain in, or apostatise into, a state of nature."
naumachia .
(1774) Wraxall Tour North. Europe (1775) 3 "The venerable remains of amphitheatres, temples and naumachiae. "
nautic , [a.] and [sb.]
(1813) Southey Nelson II. 85 "Part of them were drafted into the different regiments, and the remainder formed into a corps, called the nautic legion. "
Navajo , [sb.] and [a.]
(1957) P. Worsley Trumpet shall Sound 243 "The Navaho..were one of the few Indian tribes who remained unaffected by the Ghost Dance of 1890. "
naval , [a.] (and [sb.] )
(1678) Marvell Growth Popery Wks. (Grosart) IV. 294 "So that the two great naval powers of Europe being crushed together, he might remain sole arbitrator of the ocean. "
navy (1) .
(1972) Arable Farmer Feb. 55/2 "The navy bean crop must remain a matter for research and speculation for at least a year or two. "
Neanderthal .
(1923) A. L. Kroeber Anthropol. xv. 472 "Whenever the origin of a people remains obscure, be they Neandertals, Alpines, Sumerians,..or what not, some one propounds the convenient hypothesis of deriving them from this vast interior land [sc. central Asia]. "
neat's tongue
(1820) Scott Abbot xix, "The remains of a cold capon and a neat's tongue. "
neb , [sb.]
(1828) Moir Mansie Wauch ii. 25 "Imagining that nothing remained for them, but to dight their nebs and flee up. "
nebular , [a.]
(1877) Lockyer in Nature XVI. 414/1 "The nebular hypothesis..remains untouched by these observations."
nebule (2) .
(1823) P. Nicholson Pract. Build. 589 "Nebule; a zigzag ornament, but without angles, frequently found in the remains of Saxon architecture. "
nebulous , [a.]
(1860) Motley Netherl. (1868) I. 24 "The new-risen republic remained for a season nebulous. "
necking , [sb.]
(1831) T. Hope Ess. Origin Man II. 110 "These neckings remain so flexible that..the pressure from the air above weighs them down."
necktie
(1932) S. Wood Shades Prison House xxii. 340 "An investigation brought to light the remains of the woman and her children, and Mr. Burrows was now booked to play lead at a neck-tie party, shortly to be convened. He walked to and fro with the death guards. "
necropolis .
(1850) Grote Greece ii. lix. (1862) V. 213 "Extensive catacombs yet remain to mark the length of time during which this ancient Nekropolis served its purpose. "
needle , [sb.]
(1803) Med. Jrnl. X. 566 "If the anterior part of the capsula remain,..the needle is retracted from the lens. "
negative , [a.]
(1817) Keats Let. c 21 Dec. (1958) I. 193, "I had not a dispute but a disquisition, with Dilke, on various subjects; several things dovetailed in my mind, &. at once it struck me, what quality went to form a Man of Achievement especially in Literature &. which Shakespeare possessed so enormously-I mean Negative Capability, that is when man is capable of being in uncertainties, Mysteries, doubts without any irritable reaching after fact &. reason-Coleridge, for instance, would let go by a fine isolated verisimilitude caught from the Penetralium of mystery, from being incapable of remaining content with half knowledge. "
neglect , [sb.]
(1711) Prior Henry &. Emma 616 "Rescue my poor remains from vile neglect. "
negligee
(1927) Amer. Mercury May 33/1 "The corpse is not a corpse nor does it wear a shroud. It is the body, or the remains;..and the garment in which it is wrapped, when there is one aside from ordinary clothing, is a neglig&eacu.e. "
negotiable , [a.]
(1880) Daily Tel. 25 Oct., "The riders remain behind, for the wall from the road is hardly negotiable. "
Negress .
(1786) tr. Beckford's Vathek (1868) 31 "The Princess remained in the company of her negresses. "
Negro .
(1965) S. S. Smith Ess. Causes of Variety of Complexion &. Figure p. lvii, "It remains hazardous..to offer summary findings as to skeletal differences between whites and negroes. "
neighbourhood .
(1809-10) Coleridge Friend (1865) 126 "Men remain in the domestic state and form neighbour&dubh.hoods, but not governments. "
nekton .
(1975) Nature 17 Apr. 591/2 "The stomachs of the fish contained the remains of nektonic, planktonic and benthic organisms."
neo-classic [a.]
(1965) Times Lit. Suppl. 25 Nov. 1063/2 "The `lower order' was one which allowed Gay his particularly delicate critical assimilation of the vulgar writers and the `trivial' moderns, while himself remaining, in theory at least, in the camp of the neo-classicists. "
neologism .
(1905) A. J. Rosanoff tr. Rogues de Fursac's Man. Psychiatry ii. 46 "Neologisms the meaning of which may remain absolutely enigmatical to the patient himself. "
neo-Malthusian [a.] and [sb.]
(1934) A. Huxley Beyond Mexique Bay 255 "You cannot teach primitive Indians to practise the Neo-Malthusian techniques and expect them to remain primitive Indians. "
neon .
(1958) Spectator 14 Feb. 197/1 "The actress, the best-selling author, or the famous film star who..remain tragically single, trapped in their own accursed, neon-lit achievement. "
Nepalese , [a.] and [sb.]
(1927) Chambers's Jrnl. June 370/1 "The bungalow..remained in charge of a Nepali. "
nephro- ,
(1902) Vaughan &. Novy Cellular Toxins (ed. 4) vii. 144 "The blood of animals in which one ureter has remained tied for some time becomes laden with a *nephrotoxic substance. "
neritic , [a.]
(1974) Lucas &. Critch Life in Oceans i. 24 "The pelagic division is divided into the region inshore of the continental edge, known as the `neritic province', and the remainder, called the `oceanic province'."
nesting [vbl. sb.]
(1924) J. A. Thomson Sci. Old &. New xxi. 116 "The selection is marked by the bird's remaining near the chosen spot and giving the *nesting-call to the mate. "
net , [sb. 1]
(1919) J. Buchan Mr. Standfast iii. 63 "By the middle of 1915 most [enemy spies]..had been gathered in. But there remained loose ends, and..somebody was very busy combining these ends into a net. "
net , [a.]
(1588) J. Mellis Briefe Instr. B ij b, "The remaine is the net rest, substance or capitall of the owner. "
net , [v. 1]
(1883) in N. Okoshi Fisheries Japan 33 (Fish. Exhib. Publ.), "There will remain 384 meshes, which, being netted again [etc.]."
neurilemma .
(1889) Allbutt's Syst. Med. VI. 626 "If the nucleus of the segmental neurilemma cell remain perfectly healthy. "
neuro- ,
(1970) A. Peters et al. Fine Struct. Nervous Syst. iv. 62/2 "The precise correlation between the classical neurofibrils of silver preparations and the structures seen in electron micrographs remains uncertain. "
neuroepithelial , [a.]
(1948) R. A. Willis Path. Tumours lii. 818 "While it is possible that the tumours containing undoubted embryonic neuro-epithelial tissue..were indeed pure embryonic neuro-epithelial growths, this remains uncertain. "
neuroleptic , [a.] ( [sb.] )
(1971) Nature 26 Nov. 224/2 "All patients remained on their previous neuroleptic medication throughout the study. "
Neuroptera , [sb. pl.]
(1870) H. A. Nicholson Man. Zool. (1875) 302 "The earliest known insects..consist of the remains of Neuroptera."
neuter , [a.] and [sb.]
(1859) Jephson Brittany xiv. 225 "In the wars of Blois and Montfort the citizens flattered themselves that they could remain neuter."
neutral , [a.] and [sb.]
(1600) Edmonds Observ. C&ae.sar's Comm. 101 "Such other Commonweales, as before that time had remained newtrall. "
(1952) Amateur Boxing (`Know the Game' Series) 29 "When a boxer is `down', his opponent must immediately retire to the farther neutral corner where he shall remain until ordered to resume boxing by the Referee. "
neutralism .
(1963) M. Brecher New States of Asia iv. 112 "Neutralism has in common with non&dubh.alignment an expressed desire to remain aloof from bloc conflict. But neutralism goes much further, for it involves a positive attitude towards bloc conflicts. A neutralist state assumes an obligation to help reduce tensions between blocs with a view to maintaining peace or bringing about peace, and more particularly to prevent the outbreak of war."
neutralize , [v.]
(1766) Cavendish in Phil. Trans. LVII. 100 "There is still a good deal of earth remaining in it in a neutralized state. "
neutron .
(1972) Physics Bull. June 349/1 "Although it is comforting and often convenient to consider the proton and neutron as elementary particles with no internal substructure, they are in fact particles in a state of continual change... The neutron divides its time between being a neutron and a composite proton-negative pion system, while remaining electrically neutral. "
new , [a.] and [sb. 2]
(1774) Goldsm. Nat. Hist. (1776) VII. 272 "The remainder of the old aliment will be seen mixing with the new. "
(1874) C. M. Yonge Life J. C. Patteson I. viii. 214 "The little New Caledonian remained at Taurarua. "
Newcastle (2)
(1959) Chambers's Encycl. V. 422/1 "The classical tradition in Eton education, strengthened by the institution of the Newcastle scholarship in 1829, remains strong to-day. "
news , [sb.] ( [pl.] )
(1974) Publishers Weekly 18 Feb. 44/2 "Newsprint remains a headache for most paperback publishers [in Britain] and one was shocked recently to find himself quoted a price almost twice what he usually pays. "
New Thought new thought
(1899) H. W. Dresser Voices of Freedom ii. 22 "The term `New Thought', now the accepted appellation of a doctrine which has differentiated itself from..mental science..and become the representative teaching of those who..are not worshippers of personality, are not bound to certain books, but remain independent. "
nice , [a.]
(1901) W. D. Howells Heroines of Fiction I. 12 "They imagined the heroine who was after all a Nice Girl; who still remains the ideal of our fiction. "
nicely , [adv.]
(1854) H. Miller Sch. &. Schm. i. (1857) 9 "For a man who had often looked death in the face, he had remained nicely tender of human life."
niche , [sb.]
(1756-7) tr. Keysler's Trav. (1760) II. 310 "The niches still remaining shew, that this temple formerly contained the statues of the gods. "
nickel , [sb.]
(1901) Daily Colonist (Victoria, B.C.) 20 Oct. 10/3 "So long as..there is no means of obtaining..official reports,..so long will mining stock investment remain on the level of `nickel-in-the-slot' gambling. "
nidicolous , [a.]
(1962) J. C. Welty Life of Birds xvii. 319/1 "The altricial bird, is born naked, or nearly so, is usually blind, and is too weak to support itself on its legs... Such birds remain confined to the nest for some days or weeks. They are therefore called nidicoles or nest-dwellers. "
nigh , [adv.] , [a.] , and [sb.]
(1711) Fingall MSS. in 10th Rep. Hist. MSS. Comm. App. V. 131 "They had orders to remain at the nigher end of the four mile pass. "
night , [sb.]
(1921) A. Christie Mysterious Affair at Styles viii. 170 "She had kindly offered to remain on night duty. "
(1809) Sporting Mag. XXXIV. 56 "Suffering his name to remain upon the debtor side of a *night book for years. "
night-bird
(1870) D. J. Kirwan Palace &. Hovel xxxii. 481 "When the dancing places..close, this door remains open to catch all stray night birds who can find no other resting place. "
night letter
(1938) E. T. Crutchley G.P.O. vii. 146 "There are various by-products of the telegraph system about which the ordinary man-in-the-street remains strangely ignorant. For instance there is the Night Telegraph Letter which provides a means of communication after the usual posting hour, and at a cheaper rate than by the ordinary telegraph service. "
nightness
(1839-52) Bailey Festus 37/1 "He strained His eyes to work the nightness which remained."
night-rail
(1793) Regal Rambler 24 "The ragged remains of a nightrail. "
night-walker
(1671) F. Philipps Reg. Necess. 580 "To lodge the remainder of the night among the debauched or unruly sort of people, calld Rats or Night-walkers. "
nil (2) .
(1936) A. W. Clapham Romanesque Archit. i. 5 "Of all the various structures referred to or described by Isidore of Seville..the surviving remains are almost nil. "
nine , [a.] and [sb.]
(1798) Hutton Course Math. I. 10 "Add the figures..and find how many nines are contained in their sum.-Reject those nines, and set down the remainder. "
ninefold , [a.] , [sb.] , and [adv.]
(A. 1845) Hood The United Family xxii, "A ninefold woe remains behind. "
niobic , [a.]
(1845) H. Rose in Chem. Gaz., III. 36, "The niobic acid remains colourless. "
nip [sb. 1]
(1857) W. Brookes in Pat. Abridgm., Spinning (1866) 1249 "When by no nip thereof taking place the fibre will remain stationary. "
nisi .
(1872) Will Wharton's Law Lex., "Decree Nisi..remains imperfect for at least six months. "
nitrogen .
(1794) Pearson in Phil. Trans. LXXXIV. 391 "The remainder of the gaz extinguished flame, and was concluded to be nitrogen or azotic gaz. "
(1946) Jrnl. Amer. Med. Assoc. 21 Sept. 132/1 "Although indications and contraindications for the use of the *nitrogen mustards remain to be established definitively, it is felt that these agents are deserving of further clinical trial. "
no , [a.]
(1671) Milton Samson 650 "This one prayer yet remains,..No long petition. "
(1650) Bounds Publ. Obed. (ed. 2) 47 "The remaining Members make no House. "
(1959) C. C. Chang Practice of Zen ii. 59 "The so-called No-mind (Chinese: Wu hsin) is not like day, wood, or stone, that is, utterly devoid of consciousness; nor does the term imply that the mind stands still without any reaction when it contacts objects or circumstances in the world. It..is natural and spontaneous at all times... There is nothing impure within it; neither does it remain in a state of impurity. When one observes his body and mind, he sees them as magic shadows or as a dream... When he reaches this point, then he can be considered as having arrived at the true state of No-mind. "
no ball no-ball [sb.]
(1974) Sunday Tel. 3 Mar. 33/7 "Hayes, his middle stump removed by a Holder no-ball.., remained to fight another day. "
noble , [a.] and [sb. 1]
(1842) Parnell Chem. Anal. (1845) 96 "Silver and palladium are the only noble metals which dissolve in melted bisulphate of potash. Note. Noble metals are those which do not become converted into oxides, but remain bright when heated in the air. "
nodosity .
(1808) Knox &. Jebb Corresp. (1834) I. 461 "There does not seem to remain in him a single doctrine nodosity. "
nodular , [a.]
(1872) Cohen Dis. Throat 205 "The surface of implantation at the basilary apophysis remained unequal and nodular. "
nog , [sb. 2]
(1881) A. W. Tourg&eacu.e Zouri's Christmas in Royal Gentleman viii. 527 "Then he tried to drain the glass, but a part of the foamy nogg remained in it despite his efforts."
no-go
(1946) Ann. Computation Lab. Harvard Univ. I. 26 "If..the calculator finds that all multiples of the divisor are greater than the dividend or the remainder under consideration, a zero or `no-go' is entered in the quotient counter and a new comparison made one column to the right. "
noil .
(1835) Ure Philos. Manuf. 150 "The noyls, or short refuse wool, which remains entangled among the teeth, being removed. "
noise , [sb.]
(A. 1774) Goldsm. Nat. Hist. (1776) I. 160 "This motion continued the remaining part of the day..; nor did the noise cease during the whole time. "
(1949) F. Maclean Eastern Approaches iii. v. 359 "After some time had elapsed, there were `noises off' from which those of us who remained concluded that the attention of the enemy was fully engaged elsewhere. "
no man
(1892) Month July 445 "The objectionable no-man's-land of Haeckel is likely..to remain for some time. "
nomen .
(1957) N. &. Q. Feb. 83/2 "Since, however, no such variety has been described or bred, Chub-eel (×. Aminguilla) remains a nomen nudum. "
nominate , [v.]
(1582) N. Lichefield tr. Castanheda's Conq. E. Ind. i. lxiii. 128 b, "First he would nominate him that should remaine in the Indias for Captaine generall. "
nomo-
(1895) 19th Cent. July 152 "English law still remains..conspicuous for its defects of form,..and no one would pretend that the art of `nomography' is not capable of further material development. "
nomothetical [a.]
(1854) P. Fairbairn Typol. Script. (1857) II. iii. vii. 189 "The nomothetical authority of the Mosiac law is abolished, but its didactical authority remains. "
non- , [prefix]
(1970) Gainesville (Florida) Sun 24 Sept. A6 "Jordan was and remains a non-country, created out of sandscape by Britain to pay off a dynastic debt. "
(1946) Nature 14 Sept. 361/2 "Another means of attaining greater efficiency in flight..is to design the wing section so that the flow in the very thin `boundary-layer' of air near the wing surface remains *non-turbulent over as much of the surface as possible. "
(1962) Times 5 May 9/4 "A non-dazzle protective covering for our remaining pictures. "
non-combatant
(1881) E. Robertson in Encycl. Brit. XIII. 194/1 "That the non-combatant portions of the two communities should remain as though they were in a state of peace."
non-conjunction
(1956) A. Church Introd. Math. Logic 135 "Taking non-conjunction as the only primitive connective, give definitions of the singulary and remaining binary connectives. "
nondescript , [a.] and [sb.]
(1806-7) J. Beresford Miseries Hum. Life (1826) ix. i, "The dry rank remains of some non-descript cheese. "
non-European [a.] and [sb.]
(1907) W. James Pragmatism v. 182 "At this stage of philosophy all non-European men without exception have remained. "
non-juror nonjuror .
(1852) Thackeray Esmond xi, "So my Lord Castlewood remained a nonjuror all his life nearly. "
non-union
(1968) Economist 20 July 19/2 "If no union can attain 50 per cent of the votes, the plant remains non-unionised. "
Norland (2) .
(1972) J. Gathorne-Hardy Rise &. Fall of Brit. Nanny vi. 178 "From the first a Norland Nurse was forbidden to hit a child... This enlightened view..has remained a key feature of the Norland training. "
normal , [a.] and [sb.]
(1894) K. Pearson in Phil. Trans. R. Soc. A. CLXXXV. 72 "A frequency-curve, which, for practical purposes, can be represented by the error curve, will for the remainder of this paper be termed a normal curve. "
Norman , [sb. 1] and [a.]
(1640) Baker Chron. (1653) 38 "Footsteps remaining of the Norman language in the English tongue. "
(1815) J. Smith Panorama Sci. &. Art I. 134 "In many small churches..the Norman door has been suffered to remain. "
northwardly [adv.] and [a.]
(1807) Vancouver Agric. Devon (1813) 38 "Proceeding northwardly through the remainder of East Allington. "
nose , [sb.]
(1853) Kane Grinnell Exp. xxxii. (1856) 277 "The brig remains as she was-her nose burrowing in the snow. "
(1894) K. Hedges Amer. Electr. Street Railways vii. 75 "In the case of the G.E. 800 type when the side suspension is used, the whole of the weight is taken off the axle, whereas by the older method half the weight only was on the cross bar, resting on springs, and the remainder on the axle. One method is known as the End or *Nose Suspension, the other as the Side Bar Suspension. "
nose , [v.]
(1879) Mark Twain Let. 21 Jan. (1920) I. 187 "The detectives were nosing around after Stewart's loud remains. "
note , [sb. 2]
(1798) W. Hutton Life 33, "I..paid one hundred guineas down, and gave my note six months after date, for the remainder. "
(1947) Penguin Music Mag. Dec. 20 "`Twelve-tone technique', in which the twelve notes of the chromatic scale are used in an order known as a `*note-series', which remains the same throughout the work. "
notice , [v.]
(1775) Trumbull in Sparks Corr. Amer. Rev. (1853) I. 31 "Whether these are the same ships your Excellency noticed us of, remains uncertain."
not-self
(1901) J. McTaggart Stud. Hegelian Cosmol. ix. 277 "But I mean that the characteristic which experience possesses of being not-self-its `not-selfness', if the barbarism is permissible,-will always remain as an external and alien element. "
nought , [sb.] , [a.] , and [adv.]
(1860) Tyndall Glac. ii. viii. 267 "Nought remains to mark the huge moraine, but a strip of dirt. "
novel , [sb.]
(1719) J. T. Phillipps tr. Thirty-four Confer. p. xvi, "That..no ancient Indian Apostolical Monuments might remain in those Parts to reflect Reproach upon Romish Novels."
novelty .
(1876) Freeman Norm. Conq. V. xxiv. 385 "The days of King Eadward remained the standard, every departure from which was noticed as a novelty."
nucament
(1633) Johnson Gerarde's Herbal iii. xl. 1353 "Of this sort [of pitch-tree] there is found another that..remaineth dwarfish, and it carries certaine little nugaments or catkins of the bignesse of a small nut. "
nuclear , [a.] and [sb.]
(1957) Jane's Fighting Ships 1957-58 7 "Advances in nuclear propulsion enable submarines to remain submerged indefinitely. "
nucleon (1) .
(1905) W. H. Howell Text-bk. Physiol. ii. 60 "The discoverer of nucleon has attributed to it a very great physiological importance, as a source of energy to the muscle, and as an efficient means of transportation of iron, calcium, [etc.]... It must be stated, however, that there still remains some doubt as to the chemical individuality of the nucleon or the nucleons. "
nucleus , [sb.]
(1886) E. F. Smith tr. V. von Richter's Chem. Carbon Compounds 465 "The azo-group, N&b2.N, decomposes, each nitrogen atom remaining attached as NH2 to a benzene nucleus. "
nude , [a.] and [sb.]
(1897) Allbutt's Syst. Med. II. 1124 "The bladders may..remain entirely nude and free in the peritoneal cavity."
number , [v.]
(1665) Brathwait Comment. Two Tales (1901) 97 "The Remainder of his Hours henceforth was to number his Daies. "
numerator .
(1797) Encycl. Brit. (ed. 3) II. 297/2 "The division is completed by a vulgar fraction, whose numerator is the remainder. "
numinous , [a.]
(1969) E. C. Whitmont Symbolic Quest vii. 126 "The energy which is withdrawn from the external world remains focussed exclusively upon the unconscious primitive image with its archaic numinosity."
numismatic , [a.] and [sb.]
(1868) Stephens Runic Mon. II. 879 "A meaning in harmony with a whole class of numismatic remains."
nunciature .
(1662) J. Bargrave Pope Alex. VII (1867) 106 "Some [churches] remaining without pastors all the time of his nuntiature. "
nuragh .
(1828) Capt. Smyth Pres. St. Sardinia 4 "The very singular remains strewed over Sardinia..called Nuraggis... They are strong buildings, in the form of a truncated cone, composed of masses of stone..arranged in layers. "
nurse , [sb. 1]
(1800) Mrs. Hervey Mourtray Fam. III. 134 "His estate of 1200l. a year went to nurse; and a small allowance from his creditors..remained for the maintenance of his family. "
(1833) Ht. Martineau Brooke Farm v. 62 "Half the larches are to remain for timber trees; the other half are nurses, and will be thinned out."
nut , [sb. 1]
(1973) J. Patrick Glasgow Gang Observed x. 88 "Asked why so few boys over twenty remained in the Fleet [gang], Tim replied: `They used tae be in it but they've screwed the nut.' "
nut-cracker
(1972) S. Cupitt tr. Wendt's From Ape to Adam iv. 228 "He [sc. Robert Broom] found the remains of an australopithecine equipped with a particularly powerful jaw and truly nutcracker-like teeth... These `Nutcracker men' even had a small sagittal crest on their skulls. "
nutrient , [a.] and [sb.]
(1844) Proc. Berw. Nat. Club II. No. 12. 108 "The old tree [is] thus bereft of its few remaining drops of nutrient aliment. "
nyctalops .
(1828-32) Webster, "Nyctalops, one who loses his sight as night comes on, and remains blind until morning."
O ,
(1969) J. H. Green Basic Clin. Physiol. vi. 34/2 "The remainder of the population (46 per cent.) have neither A nor B on their red cells, and they are said to be Group O."
O , [int.] ( [sb. 1] , [v.] )
(1859) Sala Gas-light &. D. xvi. 177 "The shows at Saville House remained alive O!"
obambulate , [v.]
(1614-15) Boys Wks. (1622) 597 "Soules departed..doe not obambulate and wander vp and downe, but remaine in places of happinesse or vnhappinesse. "
obedient , [a.] ( [sb.] )
(1948) F. Perry Herbaceous Border v. 103 "P[hysostegia] virginiana, sometimes known as the Obedient Plant because the individual sage-like blossoms on the flower spikes may be moved from side to side and remain as placed. "
object , [sb.]
(1826) in Hone Every-day Bk. II. 620 "That their apprentices..were..rendered objects for the remainder of their lives. "
obligation .
(1896) A. J. Hipkins Pianoforte 44 "Setting the military bands aside as forming a province ruled by its own law, the French pitch yet remains as appertaining to preference and not obligation."
obliged , [ppl. a.]
(1853) Tennyson in Mem. J. Nichol (1896) 121 "Renewing my thanks to all,-I remain, my dear Sir, yours obligedly, A. Tennyson."
obligingness
(1648) Ld. Fairfax, etc. Remonstr. 34 "These Declarations..will remaine..perpetuall witnesses against the validity there-of, or any obligingnesse to them. "
oblique , [a.] ( [sb.] )
(1875) Ouseley Harmony i. 11 "Oblique motion is when one part remains without moving while another ascends or descends."
obscurity .
(1873) Hamerton Intell. Life x. iii. (1875) 349 "The greater number have to remain in positions of obscurity."
observational [a.]
(1930) A. S. Eddington Rotation of Galaxy 13 "The effect on the apparent angular motion..remains always on the verge of what is detectable observationally. "
obsidional , [a.]
(1826) Scott Jrnl. 3 Apr., "My dear Chief, whom I love very much, though a little obsidional or so, remains till three. "
obsolete , [a.] ( [sb.] )
(1598) Barckley Felic. Man (1631) 635 "A faithfull friend is hard to be found; the bare name onely remaineth; the thing is obsolet and growne out of use. "
obstruent , [a.] and [sb.]
(1963) Ervin &. Miller in J. A. Fishman Readings Sociol. of Lang. (1968) 71 "Vowel distinctions are learned first. The order of acquisition for the remaining features is: (a) vowels vs. consonants; (b) sonorants vs. articulated obstruants [etc.]. "
obstupescence
(1857) Mayne Expos. Lex., "Obstupescentia, old term for..that state when the patient remains still, with open eyes, as if astonished, and neither moves or speaks: obstupescence. "
obversion .
(1896) J. Welton Man. Logic (ed. 2) I. iii. iii. 251 "Obversion is a change in the quality of a predication made of any given subject, whilst the import of the judgment remains unchanged. The original proposition is called the Obvertend, and that which is inferred from it is termed the Obverse."
occlude , [v.]
(1922) Bjerknes &. Solberg in Geofysiske Publikationer III. i. 4 "The remaining part of the warm sector near the centre also disappears fairly soon, so that the cyclone on the ground only consists of cold air... For this type we have chosen the name `occluded cyclones'. "
occlusion .
(1962) Blake &. Trott Periodontology xv. 156 "In the European it is usual to find that during lateral movements to either side molar and pre-molar teeth of one side remain in occlusion, while contact is completely lost on the other side. "
occult , [a.] ( [sb.] )
(1841) D'Israeli Amen. Lit. (1867) 203 "Printing remained..a secret and occult art. "
occupation .
(1918) E. S. Farrow Dict. Mil. Terms 414 "Occupation Army, an army that remains in possession of a newly conquered country, retaining it as a kind of hostage, until peace is signed and the war indemnity paid. "
ocean , [sb.] ( [a.] )
(1967) Economist 23 Sept. 1109/1 "Ironically, the airlines which once had only speed to offer against the one-time ocean greyhounds, can now anticipate the lounges, cinemas, etc., which until the jumbo jets get going remain one of the few prerogatives of the ocean liners. "
oceanic , [a.]
(1974) Lucas &. Critch Life in Oceans i. 24 "The pelagic division is divided into the region inshore of the continental edge, known as the `neritic province', and the remainder, called the `oceanic province'. In the oceanic province some aspects of the environment may change with level."
ochreo-
(1802) Playfair Illustr. Hutton. Th. 459 "These remains are found in..what the Abb&eacu. Fortis calls an ocreo-stalactitical earth. "
octet octette .
(1965) D. Abbott Inorg. Chem. ii. 70 "Some atoms can remain stable when surrounded by more than an octet of electrons (they expand their octets)."
ocular , [a.] and [sb.]
(1615) Chapman Odyss. xxiii. 349 "The scar That still remaines a marke too ocular To leaue your heart yet blinded. "
odd , [a.] ( [sb.] ) and [adv.]
(1742) Richardson Pamela III. 93 "Pay the Thirty-five Pounds odd Money..; and the remaining Four Pounds odd will be a little Fund..towards the Childrens Schooling."
odoriferous , [a.]
(1749) Lavington Enthus. Meth. &. Papists 11 (1754) 67 "Her dead Body was surprizingly beautiful and odoriferous..and it remains odorous and uncorrupt to this Day. "
odorous , [a.]
(1749) Lavington Enthus. Meth. &. Papists ii. (1754) 8 "Most of the Popish Saints dead bodies always remain odorous and uncorrupted. "
oesophago- ,
(1884) Mackenzie Dis. Throat &. Nose II. 135 "The remaining operations, internal oesophagotomy, *oesophagostomy, and gastrostomy. "
oestrogen .
(1974) Nature 12 Apr. 616/2 "The role of oestrogens in male reproduction remains an enigma."
offerer .
(1972) Mod. Law Rev. XXXV. 74 "The offer was to remain open until May 14, 1970, with the usual right being reserved to the offeror to extend the time during which the offeree shareholders could tender their acceptances."
office , [sb.]
(1957) V. W. Turner Schism &. Continuity in Afr. Society iv. 93 "Social Drama I illustrates the conflict that may arise..when only a few men remain in the senior, office holding generation in a village. "
official , [a.]
(1607) Shaks. Cor. ii. iii. 148 "The Tribunes endue you with the Peoples Voyce, Remaines, that in th'Officiall Markes inuested, You anon doe meet the Senate. "
(1898) T. Mackay State &. Charity vi. 92 "The above cited preamble..still remains the official definition of a charity."
off shore off-shore [adv.] [phr.] ( [adj.] )
(1921) Daily Colonist (Victoria, B.C.) 5 Apr. 7/2 "The seas were breaking so high over the bar here yesterday and today that some off-shore shipping was compelled to remain outside. "
offtake .
(1960) Farmer &. Stockbreeder 19 Jan. 5/1 "Only a moderate offtake is reported for English barley but offers remain generally small. "
oficina .
(1897) Westm. Gaz. 4 Nov. 8/1 "The directors had the oficina closed down entirely..and the works will remain closed until there is a reasonable advance in the price of nitrate."
often , [adv.] and [a.]
(1807-26) S. Cooper First Lines Surg. xv. (ed. 5) 354 "The disease will often remain stationary during life. "
oil , [sb. 1]
(1641) French Distill. iii. (1651) 73 "There will remain..the true Oil or Essence of Antimony. "
(1945) Archit. Rev. XCVII. 42 "Apart from the roof the remainder of the external steel finish is *oil-bound paint. "
oil-nut
(1877) J. A. B. Horton in Moloney Forestry W. Afr. (1887) 40 "The longer the oil-nuts remain underground the thicker the oil will be when made. "
Oireachtas .
(1922) Daily Mail 4 Dec. 9 "The Provisional Government will be out of office by Wednesday, and the Oireachtas, as the Free State Parliament will be known, will come into being, consisting of Seanad Eireann (Upper House), comprised of 60 senators, 30 of whom will be nominated by the Government, and the remainder by the elected deputies of the people, who will sit as a Lower House, under the name of Dail Eireann. "
old , [a.] ( [adv.] , [sb. 1] )
(1965) New Society 26 Aug. 18/1 "The `old' Commonwealth consists of Canada, Australia and New Zealand; the `new' Commonwealth includes all remaining Commonwealth countries. "
(1894) Westm. Gaz. 19 Apr. 6/2 "One of the few remaining *old-service gaolers. "
(1972) P. Dennison in N. Tiptaft Religion in Birmingham 140 "Wherever a local squire remained Catholic there was a good chance for the survival of a small pocket of the old religion in his territory. "
olde , [a.]
(1927) C. Connolly Let. 7 Mar. in Romantic Friendship (1975) 281 "There remain consolations, such as finding places that aren't spoilt and not being surprised by their destruction into the..oldie worldie type. "
oleo , [sb. 1] and [a.]
(1893) Thorpe Dict. Appl. Chem. III. 59 "Pressure is gradually applied, and the expressed oil constitutes the `oleo oil',..a soft, granular, tasteless, and nearly colourless fat. The hard fat remaining in the filter bags forms the `beef' or oleo-stearin..sold to the soap and candle makers. "
olfactometer .
(1889) H. Zwaardemaker in Lancet 29 June 1301/1, "I have lately constructed a small instrument which, I think, deserves the name of `olfactometer'. Its component parts consist of two tubes fitting into each other. The outer one is lined with scented material, and made to glide up and down over the inner one, of which one end remains free and is bent to fit the nostril. "
oligarchize , [v.]
(1850) Grote Greece ii. lxii. VIII. 36 "The remaining five to oligarchise the dependent allies. "
oligo- ,
(1876) tr. Wagner's Gen. Pathol. (ed. 6) 524 "*Oligocyth&ae.mia, diminished amount of red corpuscles, is the last to remain. "
oligotrophic , [a.]
(1943) G. K. Fraser Peat Deposits of Scotland I. 3 "The remains of plants nourished on rich soils (technically termed eutrophic soils)..will be able to support a greater bacterial population than those of plants grown on poor or impoverished soils (oligotrophic soils). "
olivil .
(1810-26) Henry Elem. Chem. II. 332 "Olivile is a name given by M. Pelletier to the substance which remains after gently evaporating the alcoholic solution of the gum which exudes from the olive tree. "
ominous , [a.]
(1871) L. Stephen Playgr. Eur. (1894) iv. 100 "An ominous shake of the head supplied the remainder of the sentence."
omission .
(1841) Miss Mitford in L'Estrange Life (1870) III. viii. 121 "If..he be sent to jail for my omissions, I should certainly not long remain to grieve over my sin, for such it is."
omniscient , [a.]
(1932) R. A. Knox Broadcast Minds ii. 20 (heading 21 )"We are all omniscientists now, at least in ambition... It only remains that we should pride ourselves on knowing something about everything. "
omphalo- ,
(1897) Trans. Amer. Pediatric Soc. IX. 208 "Of the remaining cases..one..was due to py&ae.mia following omphalitis in the newly-born. "
on , [prep.]
(1934) Down Beat Aug. 4/2 "Oscar Eiler remains on cello... Hunter Kahler replaced George Frewit on piano... Milt. Chalifoux is still on drums, as is Ralph Mazza on guitar and violin. "
(1977) Irish Press 29 Sept. 2/1 (Advt.), "Removal of remains to St. Bridget's Church, Kilcurry on today (Thursday) at 6.30 o'clock."
once , [adv.] ( [conj.] , [a.] , [sb.] )
(1880) Miss Broughton Sec. Th. ii. x. (1885) 237 "Nothing remains but for the once enemies to say farewell."
oncosphere .
(1973) T. C. Cheng Gen. Parasitol. xiv. 485 "The oncosphere..remains passive in the eggshell..until the embryo is ingested by a vertebrate or invertebrate intermediate host."
one , [numeral a.] , [pron.] , etc.
(1972) J. Blackburn For Fear of Little Men xi. 119 "`What about giving me one for the road, my dear.' He gulped down the remains of the sherry. "
(1744) Berkeley Siris §.344 "God remains for ever one and the same. "
oner , [sb.]
(1969) I. &. P. Opie Children's Games vii. 229 "When one conker breaks another into pieces so that nothing remains on the string, the winning conker becomes a `one-er'. "
onlay , [sb.]
(1973) L. Baum Advanced Restorative Dentistry xi. 169 "Onlays are generally more acceptable than inlays in middle-aged and older patients because the design of onlay preparations provides for a casting which will bond together the remaining tooth structure."
oocyte .
(1968) Passmore &. Robson Compan. Med. Stud. I. xxxvii. 10/2 "All the primary oocytes so formed begin their first meiotic division before birth, but the completion of prophase is arrested until after puberty... Meiosis restarts in individual oocytes when their follicles undergo maturation in subsequent ovarian cycles... The remainder of the first meiotic division is completed by the time of ovulation, at which time a secondary oocyte is released into the tube. The second meiotic division follows immediately and..is not normally completed until the oocyte is penetrated by a spermatozoon. "
oom .
(1974) State (Columbia, S. Carolina) 28 Mar. 15-B/5 "Why is it that man has to remain constantly at war with himself, oom Paul?"
ooplasm .
(1939) P. Weiss Princ. Devel. i. 78 "Only that part of the egg which consists of true oö.plasm is broken up into cells, while those portions which consist mainly of yolk remain either unsegmented or cleave with considerable delay. "
Oort .
(1976) Nature 29 Jan. 290/1 "Some theories go even further and predict that, in addition to these comets in the Oort cloud, the remains of a primaeval comet belt may still exist at a distance of &217.50 AU. "
ooze , [v. 2]
(1729) Savage Wanderer iv. 137 "The trout, that deep, in winter, ooz'd remains, Up-springs."
opaque , [a.] ( [sb.] )
(1937) I. C. C. Tchaperoff Man. Radiol. Diagnosis iv. 167 "The emphysematous area remains transparent in the radiograph of full expiration, whereas the normal areas become more opaque on expiration. "
open , [sb.]
(1898) Daily News 9 May 2/3 "In the open, bar gold remained in strong demand for America at about 77s. 934d. per ounce."
open , [a.] ( [adv.] )
(1681) Lond. Gaz. No. 1587/2 "The Empress and her Court will remain till the River be open, so that she may go by Water. "
(1927) Melody Maker June 609/3 "The cymbal must be `open' when it is struck and must remain `open' for practically the full length of the beat being played, only being choked out just before the next beat. "
(1904) Electrician 13 May 139/2 "If the field winding on one of the limbs of a Manchester-type dynamo is open-circuited, this limb will magnetically short-circuit the remaining limb. "
(1957) Practical Wireless XXXIII. 539/1 "The input resistance with open-circuited output, and output resistance with short-circuited input, remain the same. "
(1922) Beaver Jan. 33/1 "We remained at Mountain House until *open water in the spring. "
open-mouthed , [a.]
(1786) tr. Beckford's Vathek (1883) 118 "The poor peasants..remained open-mouthed with surprise. "
operationalize , [v.]
(1954) Jrnl. Abnormal Psychol. XLIX. 460 "Once the codability variable..had been operationalized, it remained to relate this variable to some nonlinguistic behavior. "
operationally , [adv.]
(1948) Jrnl. Abnormal Psychol. XLIII. 143/1 "There remains the evanescent residual category of `personality', at once too broad to be operationally useful..and too ubiquitous to be neglected. "
operative , [a.] and [sb.]
(1809-10) Coleridge Friend (1863) II. 130 "The remaining mass of useful labourers and operatives in science, literature, and the learned professions. "
ophelimity .
(1935) Bongiorno &. Livingston tr. Pareto's Mind &. Society I. i. 29 "In pure economics my hypothesis of `ophelimity'..remains experimental so long as inferences from it are held subject to verification on the facts. "
Ophidia , [sb. pl.]
(1892) Chambers's Encycl. IX. 531 "The fossil remains of Ophidia are scarce."
ophiolater .
(1862) St. James's Mag. Oct. 279 "On the plains of Wiltshire still remain the traces of ophiolatry. "
opiate , [v.]
(1800) Southey in C. Southey Life II. 72 "One who can let his feelings remain awake, and opiate his reason."
opinion , [sb.]
(1976) Times 27 Feb. 14/4 "It is clear from opinion polls that the very large majority of people in Scotland wish to remain part of Britain. "
opisthion .
(1933) Jrnl. R. Anthrop. Inst. LXIII. 403 "The remainder, which includes the opisthion, is missing. "
oppilate , [v.]
(1577) Frampton Joyful Newes ii. 50 "They did remaine opilated, and with euill colour of the face. "
opt , [v.]
(1968) Listener 20 June 790/3 "But the problem is compounded if one section of the affluent majority now decides to avert its eyes from the whole sordid business of material betterment. The opters-out may not realise it, but they will make it harder to remove the remaining pockets of real poverty. "
optimum , [sb.] ( [a.] )
(1950) G. B. Shaw Farfetched Fables Pref. 98 "While the time lag lasts the future remains threatening. The problem of optimum wealth distribution..will not yield to the well-intentioned Utopian amateurs. "
option , [sb.]
(1881) Spectator No. 2761. 695 "Millions a year are lost on the Stock Exchange in buying and selling Options alone, just because the keenest of mankind think everything will remain as it was for one more fortnight. "
optionality
(1975) Amer. Speech 1973 XLVIII. 39 "Even so, the number of implicational relationships remains huge, suggesting..that at least some optionalities are `not learned by the child, but [are] predictable from exactly the kinds of substantive constraints..[and] general functional considerations..as those discussed' in Kiparsky's article and suggested to him on quite independent grounds. "
Orange , [sb. 2]
(1975) Irish Times 10 May 9/3 "Mr. Thomas Passmore, grand master of the Orange Order in Belfast, said yesterday that while Britain would be simply a small member in an exclusive club if she remained in Europe, outside it she could once again earn the title of Great Britain. "
oratory , [sb. 1]
(1885) Catholic Dict., (ed. 3) s.v., "The Oratory at Birmingham has remained under the direction..of its illustrious founder."
orb , [v.]
(1847) Tennyson Princess vi. 153 "Remain Orb'd in your isolation."
order , [v.]
(1842) Tennyson Day-Dream 74 "Here all things in their place remain, As all were order'd, ages since. "
order-book
(1971) Daily Tel. 4 Aug. 13/3 "Much of the industry remains pessimistic, with many companies still facing stagnant or declining order books. "
ordinary , [a.] ( [adv.] )
(1974) Terminol. Managem. &. Financial Accountancy (Inst. Cost &. Managem. Accountants) 60 "Ordinary shares, shares which entitle the holders to the remaining divisible profits (and, in a liquidation, the assets) remaining after prior interests (e.g. preference shareholders) have been satisfied. "
Ordovician , [a.]
(1967) D. H. Rayner Stratigr. Brit. Isles iv. 80 "In the British Isles the first fragmental remains of vertebrates are known from the Silurian beds, although bony plates have been found in the Ordovician of the United States."
ore (2) .
(1877) Raymond Statist. Mines &. Mining 177 "Within a foot of the surface, and covered only by the remains of the disintegrated *ore-shoot. "
organelle .
(1975) Nature 13 Mar. 160/2 "If this were the case in my wild carrot protoplasts, about 20% (the approximate proportion of organellar DNA in these cells) of the dimers would have remained after maximum excision."
organic , [a.] and [sb.]
(A. 1711) Ken Hymnotheo Poet. Wks. 1721 III. 212 "Hymnotheo's Soul, which while he slept remain'd From its Organick Drudgery unchain'd. "
(1813) Bakewell Introd. Geol. Pref. (1815) 5 "These rocks contain no organic remains. "
Emerson Yng. Amer. ibid. II. 306 "There still remains an organic simplicity and liberty, which..redresses itself. "
orientation .
(1953) H. Haber Man in Space 155 "If all three components of the orientation triad are intact, the human body is fully equipped to reckon with the force of gravity, to keep its balance and to remain properly aligned relative to the vertical. "
ornithopod , [a.] and [sb.]
(1975) Nature 23 Oct. 668/1 "We describe here ornithopod dinosaur remains from the Lower Cretaceous of western North America. "
orogen .
(1923) Bull. Geol. Soc. Amer. XXXIV. 167 "Geanticlines and orogens may remain as dry lands or may sink into the depths of the oceans. "
orphan , [sb.] and [a.]
(1954) J. L. Melnick in Amer. Jrnl. Publ. Health XLIV. 572/1 "The remainder of this report is concerned with...3. The detection of new viruses, provisionally called `orphan viruses' (as we know so little to what diseases they belong) from patients suspected of having nonparalytic poliomyelitis. "
ort .
(1607) Shaks. Timon iv. iii. 400 "It is some poore Fragment, some slender Ort of his remainder. "
orthochromatic , [a.]
(1889) Anthony's Photogr. Bull. II. 315 "In order to obtain true orthochromatism it is always necessary..to interpose a transparent yellow screen somewhere between the object and the plate in order to cut off a certain proportion of the blue and violet rays, to which the plates still remain relatively too sensitive. "
orthodontic , [a.] and [sb.]
(1940) M. G. Swenson Complete Dentures xxvi. 436 "Orthodontically any movement of a tooth or teeth..will cause a change in the relationship of the inclines of the moved teeth to the remainder of the teeth. "
orthodox , [a.] and [sb.]
(1904) Jewish Encycl. VII. 368/1 "The stability and the immutability of the Law remained from the Orthodox standpoint one of the cardinal principles of Judaism. "
orthogonal , [a.]
(1859) G. Salmon Lessons Introd. Mod. Higher Algebra xv. 125 "What we may call the orthogonal transformation is to transform simultaneously a given quadratic function, and x2 + y2 + z2 + w2 + &.., so that the latter remaining of the same form, the former may become Ax2 + By2 + Cz2 + Dw2 + &.. "
orthogonalization
(1939) C. H. Goulden Methods Statistical Analysis xii. 192 "If the number of varieties is 21, the numbers would be written out as below..and we would have to use a completely orthogonalized 4 ×. 4 square..to which the remaining numbers would be added as described above. "
orthopantomography .
(1967) L. M. Ennis et al. Dental Roentgenol. (ed. 6) x. 283 "In operation of the Orthopantomograph, the patient remains stationary while the x-ray tubehead circulates from his right side around behind his neck to the left side, while the film rotates about an axis and at the same time, revolves from the left side of the patient's face, around the front and to the right side of the face. "
orthostat .
(1950) H. L. Lorimer Homer &. Monuments 419 "The actual remains of Geometric temples would lead us to expect a few courses of undressed stones (possibly with an outer facing of orthostats) supporting a wall of crude brick. "
oryctologist
(1799) De Serra in Phil. Trans. LXXXIX. 151 "Impressions or remains of plants..by more ancient and less enlightened oryctologists, supposed to belong to plants actually growing in temperate and cold climates. "
os (2) .
(1754-64) Smellie Midwif. I. 193 "If the os uteri remains close shut. "
Osmanli , [a.] and [sb.]
(1874) Anderson Missions Amer. Bd. IV. xxxi. 174 "Less firmly wedded to the Moslem faith than the remaining million of Osmanly Turks. "
osmiridium
(1880) Libr. Univ. Knowl. (U.S.) XII. 845 "A native alloy of iridium, osmium, and ruthenium. This is called scaly osmiridium [`a gray, scaly, metallic substance', remaining `when crude platinum is dissolved in nitro-muriatic acid']."
ostatki ,
(1913) V. B. Lewes Oil Fuel 71 "The oil remaining in the retort, called `Ostatki' in the Russian distilleries and `Residuum' in America, is used for fuel."
osteology .
(1833) Lyell Princ. Geol. III. 4 "By a comparison of the osteology of the existing vertebrated animals with the remains found entombed in ancient strata. "
ostracod , [a.] and [sb.]
(1974) Smithsonian Contrib. Earth Sci. No. 13. 22/1 "Constituents were counted and grouped in the following classes: terrigenous (mica and other, including quartz), bioclastic remains (pelagic forams, benthonic forams, pteropods, and other), plant fragments, and other (including ostracode valves, sponge spicules, unidentifiable fragments, etc.)."
Otaheitean , [a.] and [sb.]
(1773) W. Wales Jrnl. 31 Aug. in Cook Jrnls. (1961) II. 796 "With regard to the Personal Beauties of the Otahitean Ladies, I believe it would be most prudent to remain entirely silent. "
Ottoman , [a.] and [sb. 1]
(1585) T. Washington tr. Nicholay's Voy. ii. xiii. 49 b, "The title of great..to this day remaineth vnto the house of the Othomannes. "
ould ,
(C. 1874) D. Boucicault in M. R. Booth Eng. Plays of 19th Cent. (1969) II. 174 "This cabin where the remains of the `ould family', two lonely girls, live. "
our , [pron.]
(1780) Beckford Biog. Mem. 148 "Here our artist remained six weeks. "
out , [adv.]
(1679) Hist. Jetzer 12 "Putting out a Candle which remain'd..lighted. "
outflourish [v.]
(1872) Howells Wedd. Journ. (1892) 172 "The wrecks of slavery..may yet out&dubh.flourish the remains of the feudal system in the kind of poetry they produce."
outlier
(1881) G. Allen Vignettes fr. Natures, Fall of the Year, "Australia remains an isolated outlier of Asia to the present day."
(1973) Computers &. Humanities VII. 136 "What..differentiates `La Comtesse d'Escarbagnas', at the top of the diagram, from the remaining plays? What is special about an outlier such as `Dom Garcie'? "
outline , [v.]
(1896) Daily News 23 Oct. 2/2 "Only fragmentary pillars and remnants of outlining walls..remain."
out of , [prep.] [phr.]
(1594) Blundevil Exerc. i. iii. (1636) 7 "Take 7 out of 14 and there remaineth 7. "
(1766) Goldsm. Vic. W. iii, "Out of fourteen thousand pounds we had but four hundred remaining. "
outpost , [sb.]
(1776) Battle of Brooklyn ii. i. 19 "We are the remains of the out post guard. "
output , [sb.]
(1877) Raymond Statist. Mines &. Mining 285 "The copper out-put remains substantially as it was last year. "
outrider .
(1961) Atkinson &. Freeman All the Way!, iv. 50 "One outrider stands just to the outside in front of the gate, one takes a position outside the gap, three-sixteenths down the track, and the third remains behind the gate. "
(1955) W. G. Hardy Alberta Golden Jubilee Anthol. 169 "There are four outriders to each of the four outfits in every heat. When the starting-horn blows, one outrider holds back the team of horses fighting to be on its way. Another throws the stove in the rear of the chuckwagon. The remaining two pitch the flies and poles into the covered wagon. "
out-shining [vbl. sb. 2]
(1863) J. G. Murphy Comm. Gen. i. 14-19 "Whatever remained of hinderance to the outshining of the sun, moon, and stars on the land. "
outside , [sb.] , [adv.] , and [prep.]
(1789) J. Woodforde Diary 13 June (1927) III. 114 "For the remaining part of our fare paid..for 1 outside 12/0. "
out-station
(1882) De Windt Equator 34 "The remainder are quartered at the various forts or out-stations along the coast, and in the interior of the country."
out-turn
(1932) Times 29 Sept. 15/3 "The Budget had been balanced on paper, but it remained to be seen what the actual result would be at the end of the financial year. The outturn proved the soundness of the balancing. "
outwood
(1883) Stevenson Black Arrow (1888) 52 "The two lads..hurried through the remainder of the outwood."
over , [adv.]
(1940) Gun Buster Return via Dunkirk ii. iv. 117 "X calling Robert Eddy... I can hear you...remain on receive...over to you over. "
(1848) Craig, "To lie over, to remain unpaid, after the time when payment is due. "
over , [prep.]
Mod. "I remained the whole day over near the spot. Some persons bathe in the Serpentine daily all the year over."
over-
(1972) Korea Times 17 Nov. 2/3, "I am no longer willing to remain patient with the parade of overranked non-entities whose actions reflect their own ignorance. "
(1971) New Scientist 25 Feb. 407/1 "Enormous problems of malnutrition and overnutrition remain unsolved and untackled. "
over-allwhere [adv.]
(1570) St. Andrews Kirk-Sess. Reg. (1889) 345 "Content to remain wytht hym oure-alquhair."
overcut [sb.]
(1940) Trans. Inst. Mining Engin. XCIX. 55 "When the undercut is in coal, the importance of effective shovelling may be less, but it must always remain to give freedom of working to the machine, and it is only when an intermediate or overcut is taken that it is unnecessary. "
overdeepen [v.]
(1968) R. W. Fairbridge Encycl. Geomorphol. 743/2 "The rock floors of overdeepened troughs remain bare in parts. "
over-egg [v.]
(1976) Times 2 Nov. 4/5 "Mr Page, though remaining confident, wonders whether some of the recent [election] forecasts may have over-egged his pudding."
overfit , [a.]
(1954) W. D. Thornbury Princ. Geomorphol. vi. 156 "It is difficult to cite examples of overfit rivers, or streams with floodplains too small for the size of the stream. Hence there may well be a question whether overfit streams exist. The reason..may be that a stream cannot long remain overfit, for an increase in volume will be accompanied by increased erosive power and rapid adjustment of valley size. "
overlay , [v.]
(1769) Ann. Reg. 21 "The shattered remains of Prosorowski's army..were continually overlaid and oppressed by the Turkish cavalry."
overpainting [vbl. sb.]
(1958) tr. K. Herberts's Artists' Techniques 140 "Overpainting must be done with great care, since the lower layers of paint remain effaceable. "
over-react , [v.]
(1974) M. C. Gerald Pharmacol. i. 12 "Whether this was an over-reaction to questionable laboratory results or a sound scientific decision destined to rescue mankind remains to be seen at a future, less emotionally charged time. "
overrooted [ppl. a.]
(1855) Browning Love among Ruins iv, "The single little turret that remains On the plains, By the caper overrooted, by the gourd Overscored."
overrun , [sb.]
(1978) Daily Tel. 13 Apr. 21 "This sum..is just under half what remains in the contingency reserve for overruns on public expenditure."
overstock , [sb.]
(1976) Author Summer 51 "The remainder merchants, who prefer to be called overstock dealers. "
(1976) Author, Summer 51 "A firm called B.S.C. Remainders-founded 12 years ago as an overstock wholesaler. "
overview [v.]
(1632) Sir S. D'Ewes Autobiog. (1845) II. 71, "I spent the remainder of this month in overviewing and sorting them [coins]. "
overvulcanization
(1900) W. T. Brannt India Rubber, Gutta-Percha &. Balata iii. 111 "If the articles are allowed to remain too long in the solution, over-vulcanization may take place, that is, the surface of the article becomes hard and brittle. "
ovo-testis
(1877) Huxley Anat. Inv. Anim. viii. 496 "The duct of the ovo&dubh.testis may remain single to its termination. "
owing , [ppl. a.]
(1815) Scott Guy M. xl, "Owing to these circumstances, Brown remained several days in Allonby without any answers whatever. "
owl , [sb.]
(1951) Colyer &. Hammond Flies Brit. Isles 84 "The *Owl Midges or Hairy Moth-flies are easily recognisable; they may often be seen on windows, where they either run actively with a curious, jerky gait or remain perfectly still. "
owlism
(1843) Carlyle Past &. Pr. ii. xvii, "Lawyers too were poets, were heroes..Their Owlisms, Vulturisms..will disappear by and by, their Heroisms only remaining."
Oxbridge .
(1958) New Statesman 30 Aug. 244/1 "Whatever its merits or demerits, Oxbridge remains first choice for a majority of university applicants. "
oxy- ,
(1886) Lendenfeld (as above) 562 "*Oxydiact. Four rays rudimentary, only two rays lying in one straight line remain. "
(1966) A. B. Cameron in P. Hepple Petroleum Supply &. Demand 38 "The use of *oxyhelium equipment now enables them [sc. divers] to remain as deep as 525 ft for periods up to 30 minutes. "
oxygen .
(1942) Electronic Engin. XIV. 724 "The ratio of their output currents will remain constant for any given degree of oxygen saturation. "
oyster , [sb.]
(1839) Thackeray Major Gahagan ii, "The oyster remained with the British Government."
(1805) Naval Chron. XV. 35, "I remained in an oyster state, between asleep and awake. "
(1833) Lyell Princ. Geol. III. 354 "The strata of sand which immediately repose on the oyster-bed are quite destitute of organic remains. "
P
(1976) Time 27 Dec. 14/1 "Although badly battered from its losing role in the Lebanese civil war, the P.L.O. remains an important force. "
(1944) A. Jacob Traveller's War 200 "The remains of the P.R. unit set off down the desert road. "
pacifism .
(1957) A. J. P. Taylor Trouble Makers ii. 51 "Even Bright, who was sometimes nearer to pacifism, did not plead `that this country should remain without adequate and scientific means of defence'. "
pacing , [vbl. sb.]
(1895) G. L. Hillier Cycling (ed. 5) 342 "Appended are the Rules for `Herne Hill Pacing', which, if strictly enforced, insure fair pacing all round... No pacer is to remain on the path, unless actually pacing. "
pack , [sb. 1]
(1923) A. W. Ward in Jrnl. Amer. Dental Assoc. X. 478/2 "In order to avoid infection, pain, sensitiveness of the roots..I have devised a quick setting pack. This pack is mixed like cement and flowed between the teeth and all over the exposed surface. The tissues regenerate under the pack, which is allowed to remain four to six days after the operation. "
pack , [v. 1]
(1940) R. Maingot Abdominal Operations I. i. ii. 46 "The little sinus that remains may be lightly curetted out and packed with gauze which has been soaked in..penicillin. "
pad , [sb. 2]
(1851) Mayhew Lond. Labour III. 24 "Beggars..who `stand pad with a fakement' [remain stationary, holding a written placard]."
pad , [sb. 3]
(1964) G. L. Cohen What's Wrong with Hospitals? vii. 147 "The side-rooms are in fact `pads' remaining from the pre-tranquillizer regime. "
paddle , [sb. 1]
(1938) M. K. Rawlings Yearling xx. 261 "The remaining bears were scrambling across the swamp like paddle boats, churning the water behind them. "
paddy , [sb. 1]
(1818) Jas. Mill Brit. India II. v. v. 490 "His only remaining resource was in the paddy in the fields. "
paedomorphism .
(1891) Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 208 "Dr. Harrison Allen spoke of the disposition occasionally exhibited in adult mammals, for the proportions of different parts of the body to remain as they were in the immature individuals... Dr. Allen proposed for this peculiarity the term pedomorphism. "
pair , [sb. 1]
(1974) Country Life 7 Mar. 491/1 "In few mammals is the pair bond so strong;..a [beaver] couple may remain paired for up to 18 years. "
palace [sb. 3]
(1883) W. Blake in Walsh Irish Fisheries 27 (Fish. Exhib. Publ.), "Even now in certain parts of the county of Cork there were remains of what were called fish palaces, where the Dutch used to cure the fish. "
Palaeo-Indian [sb.] and [a.]
(1940) F. H. H. Roberts in Smithsonian Misc. Coll. C. 51 (heading 77 )"The morphological significance of the skeletons is considered..in conjunction with the other human remains attributed to the Paleo&dubh.Indian inhabitants. "
(1959) J. J. Honigmann World of Man xliii. 791 "In Union County, New Mexico, a site containing remains of 32 bison, 19 projectile points, and other artifacts indicates a mass kill by Paleoindians. "
palaeontography .
(1847) Pal&ae.ontographical Society, Laws, 1. "That the Society formed be called the Pal&ae.ontographical Society, and that it shall have for its objects the illustration and description of British fossil organic remains. "
palaeontology .
(1838) Lyell Elem. Geol. ii. xiii. 281 note, "Pal&ae.ontology is the science which treats of fossil remains, both animal and vegetable. "
palaeopathology
(1893) R. W. Shufeldt in Pop. Sci. Monthly XLII. 679 "Pal&ae.opathology..is a term here proposed under which may be described all diseased or pathological conditions found fossilized in the remains of extinct or fossil animals. "
(1967) Amer. Jrnl. Roentgenology XCIX. 712 "The Mochica-Chin&uacu. civilizations developed in the coastal deserts of northern Per&uacu. and the dry desiccating sands of these areas have preserved large quantities of their skeletal remains in a remarkably good state for paleopathologic study. "
palatalize , [v.]
(1943) E. A. Nida Handbk. Descriptive Linguistics ii. v. 83 "This may be the result of an original e which did palatalize but later this e changed to a and the palatalization remained. "
palatine , [a. 1] and [sb. 1]
(1827) Hallam Const. Hist. (1876) I. i. 7 "In a few counties there still remained a palatine jurisdiction, exclusive of the king's courts. "
paling , [vbl. sb. 1]
(1812) J. Smyth Pract. of Customs (1821) 282 "A paling Board is the outside or sappy part of a tree, sawed off from the four sides, in order to make the remaining part square. "
pall , [v. 1]
(1625) Massinger New Way i. i, "The remainder of a single can Left by a drunken porter, all night pall'd too. "
palladium (1) .
(1769) Blackstone Comm. IV. xxvii. 343 "The liberties of England cannot but subsist, so long as this palladium [trial by jury] remains sacred and inviolate. "
palliatory , [a.]
(1665) M. Needham Med. Medicin&ae. 401 "There remains no more room for the like palliatory proceeding. "
pallium .
(1934) L. B. Arey Developmental Anat. (ed. 3) xv. 414 "The telencephalon consists of three regional parts. One is the corpus striatum... The second division is the rhinencephalon, or archipallium, while the remainder of the hemisphere makes up the neopallium. The last two portions comprise all of the externally visible hemispheres, and together may be called the pallium. "
palm , [sb. 2]
(1769-76) Falconer Dict. Mar., "Palm, paumet,..is formed of a piece of leather or canvas, on the middle of which is fixed a round plate of iron, of an inch in diameter, whose surface is pierced with a number of small holes, to catch the head of the sail-needle. The leather is formed so as to encircle the hand, and button on the back thereof, while the iron remains in the palm. "
palus (2) .
(1872) Nicholson Pal&ae.ont. 92 "The chief remaining structures..are what are called `pali', `dissepiments', and `tabul&ae.'. "
pan , [v. 3]
(1956) Railway Mag. Nov. 779/1 "Taking up a stance broadside to his target, he `panned' his camera-that is, swung the camera round with the train-so that the engine remained in the same portion of the viewfinder throughout. "
(1960) N. Kneale Quatermass &. Pit i. 11 "The camera pans, to take in all that remains of a little working-class street. "
pancake [v.]
(1977) S. Wales Echo 18 Jan. 1/4 "Police reported 21 confirmed deaths but said it was likely 60 to 70 more bodies remained in a pancaked carriage crushed to a quarter of its bulk by a giant slab of concrete weighing hundreds of tons."
panchen .
(1978) Guardian 25 Feb. 6/8 "The Panchen Lama..remained behind in Tibet when the Dalai Lama and other religious leaders fled to India in 1959."
paneity .
(1782) Priestley Corrupt. Chr. II. vi. 42 "Innocent..acknowledged that..there did remain a certain paneity and vineity."
pan-European [a.]
(1942) L. B. Namier Conflicts 2 "The two great nations of Central Europe..burdened with Pan-European past..remained in a condition of political disunion and dynastic subdivision. "
Pangaea .
(1924) J. G. A. Skerl tr. Wegener's Orig. Continents &. Oceans xiii. 192 "Thus the Pang&ae.a of the Carboniferous era had already an anterior margin (America), which became folded (Precordilleras)..; and a posterior margin (Asia), from which littoral ranges and fragments became detached, and remained fast in the sima of the Pacific as groups of islands. "
pantaloon .
(1857) Chambers Inform. People I. 798/1 "Pantaloons, which fitted close to the leg, remained in very common use by those persons who had adopted them till about the year 1814, when the wearing of trousers, already introduced into the army, became fashionable. "
pantheon .
(1890) Whitaker's Almanack 346/2 "The French Chamber..decided to transfer the remains of Carnot, Marceau, and Baudin to the Pantheon."
pantograph , [sb.]
(1766) B. Martin Surv. by Goniometer 18 "There remains therefore only the Pantagraph to be described. "
papabile , [a.]
(1963) Times 4 June 10/1 "Cardinals Montini of Milan, Lecaro of Bologna, and Siri of Genoa remain, however, among the papabile. "
paper , [sb.]
(1670) W. Clarke Nat. Hist. Nitre 60 "The paper-Bills on the walls..remain'd like the Gold unburn'd. "
(1854) H. Miller Sch. &. Schm. iii. (1857) 50, "I remained simply a fictitious or paper cock-fighter. "
(1904) Chesterton Nap. Notting Hill iii. ii. 151 "One of those queer little shops..which must be called toy-shops only because toys..predominate; for the remainder of goods seem to consist of almost everything else in the world-tobacco, exercise-books,..halfpenny paper clips. "
(1966) Wall St. Jrnl. 1 Dec. 5/2 "World monetary reform negotiators removed some of the major stumbling blocks in their path to creating `*paper gold', although many more still remain. "
(1959) J. T. Story Mix me a Person iv. 42 "The fossilised remains of juke boxes and female frolic skeletons in *paper-nylon slips. "
papering , [vbl. sb.]
(1883) Harper's Mag. Feb. 365/1 "This room remains in its original state, with the exception of the papering."
paperless [a.]
(1986) Sci. Amer. June 31/1 "The 'paperless office' remains a scheme of the future."
papilloedema .
(1922) R. F. Moore Med. Ophthalm. i. 23 "In a few cases papill&oe. dema runs its course to complete subsidence in one eye, the other remaining normal throughout. "
papula .
(1875) B. Meadows Clin. Observ. 22 "The papul&ae. remain, a hair plainly seen in the centre of each. "
para (5) , [a.] ( [adv.] )
(1903) A. J. Walker tr. Holleman's Text-bk. Org. Chem. II. 446 "There remains no possibility, except the para-structure, for the third hydroxybenzoic acid melting at 210°.. "
para- (1) ,
(1956) L. V. De Sitter Struct. Geol. xxiv. 346 "The blocks or nuclei sometimes became partly nuclear (*para&dubh.geosynclinal) basins, and partly remained continuously above sea level. "
(1959) Jenness &. Patton Princ. Dairy Chem. x. 314 "In view of the close similarity between the casein and paracasein, it is not surprising that the mechanism of the primary action of rennin has long remained obscure. "
paracrostic .
(1842) Brande Dict. Sci. etc., "Paracrostic, a poetical composition in which the first verse contains, in order, all the letters which commence the remaining verses of the poem or division. According to Cicero (De Divinatione, ii. 54), the original Sibylline verses were paracrostics."
paradigm .
(1599) Minsheu Span. Gram. 20 "Now it remaineth to giue a Paradigma or example of euery Coniugation of their Moodes. "
(1970) Eng. Stud. LI. 18 "Although Ohmann determines objective criteria to state the similarity (and at the same time the dissimilarity), there still remains a whole paradigm of related structures out of which the author has to choose the particular alternative(s) to match the marked term with. "
parakite .
(1962) Aeroplane CII. 233/2 "Para kite.-First trials of the Lemoigne parachute kite have taken place in England... Mr. Walter Neumark remained at about 150 ft. for over 5 minutes while moored to the towing car. "
paralic , [a.]
(1914) H. Ries Econ. Geol. (ed. 4) i. 13 "A distinction is, however, sometimes made between (1) limnetic coals..; and (2) paralic coals, or those derived from plant remains which collected in marshes near the sea border. "
parallel , [a.] and [sb.]
(1978) N. &. Q. Feb. 75/2 "Mrs. Bawcutt's own admirable parallel&dubh.text edition..will doubtless remain standard."
(1674) S. Jeake Arith. (1696) 164 "If the remain be added to the Number substracted, the Total will be parallel to the Number from which Substraction is made."
parallelist .
(1946) Brit. Jrnl. Psychol. Jan. 52 "It was precisely because in the Manual Stout endeavoured to exclude philosophical discussion that his parallelistic conclusion remained, as mere parallelism must..remain, an exasperating mystery."
paramagnetic , [a.] and [sb.]
(1966) C. R. Tottle Sci. Engin. Materials vi. 134 "The group of elements iron, cobalt, nickel demonstrates this. Below a certain critical temperature these elements remain permanently magnetized after removal of the external field... Above it, the materials behave as normal paramagnetics."
parameter .
(1852) B. Price Infinites. Calc. I. xiii. 409 "If an equation to a curve be given, involving one or more constants, as well as the current coordinates, the position and dimensions of the curve will be changed by a change in the constants, and yet the class may remain the same... A constant that enters into an equation, and varies in the way above explained, is called a variable parameter. "
(1954) Computers &. Automation Dec. 18/1 "Parameter, in a subroutine, a quantity which may be given different values when the subroutine is used in different parts of one main routine, but which usually remains unchanged throughout any one such use. "
(1965) Listener 9 Dec. 943/2 "There remains the bulk of those for whom politics is a parameter of life rather like the weather. "
paramount , [a.] ( [sb.] )
(1647) Digges Unlawf. Taking Arms xiv. 116 "He..made all..feudaries to him, so that he remained..Lord Paramount, or overlord in the whole Land. "
paranoid , [a.] and [sb.]
(1919) R. M. Barclay tr. Kraepelin's Dementia Praecox &. Paraphrenia 253 "Delusions and hallucinations of quite the same kind, as we see them in paranoid cases, occur also in most of the remaining forms of dementia pr&ae.cox. "
Paranthropus .
(1959) J. D. Clark Prehist. S. Afr. iii. 62 "Now, however, anatomists are agreed that only one generic form is represented in the Man-ape remains but that two specific forms exist-Australopithecus and a later, more specialized form, Paranthropus. "
parastatic [a. 2]
(1696) Phillips (ed. 5), "Parastates, two little Purses full of winding Nooks..where the Seed remains in Reserve."
paratonic , [a.]
(1875) Bennett &. Dyer tr. Sachs' Bot. 678 "Both the periodic and paratonic movement..is lost when they [the plants] have remained in the dark for a considerable time, such as a whole day; in other words, they become rigid by long exposure to darkness. "
paratype .
(1964) Internat. Code Zool. Nomencl. xvi. 79 "After the holotype has been labelled, each remaining specimen (if any) of the type-series should be conspicuously labelled `paratype', in order clearly to identify the components of the original type-series. "
parcel , [sb.]
(1974) Guardian 25 Jan. 24/5 "Police scientific experts are examining the remains of a parcel bomb which exploded in an Israeli bank in the City of London yesterday. "
(1971) T. C. Collocott Dict. Sci. &. Technol. 855/2 "Parcel plating, the electrodeposition of a metal over a selected area of an article, the remainder being covered with a nonconductor in order to prevent deposition."
parclose perclose [v.]
(1667) Ormonde MSS. in 10th Rep. Hist. MSS. Comm. App. v. 52 "Orders to satisfy..your petitioner the remaining &pstlg.120, after perclosing their worke."
pareiasaur .
(1975) Nature 3 Apr. 415/1 "The first..is an exposure of the Madumabisa Mud&dubh.stones yielding abundant therapsid and some pareiasaur remains. "
parenchyma .
(1839-47) Todd Cycl. Anat. III. 485/2 "The bloodvessels..remain on the..*parenchymal aspect of the mucous tissue. "
parent , [sb.]
(1978) Jrnl. R. Soc. Arts CXXVI. 686/1 "In many cases the mechanical properties of EB welds remain unchanged from those of the parent metal."
parish clerk
(1885) C. I. Elton in Encycl. Brit. XVIII. 296/1 "It is said that the only civil function of the parish-clerk now remaining is to undertake the custody of maps and documents..deposited under the provisions of the Railway Clauses Act, 1845."
parity (1) .
(1939) Physical Rev. LVI. 526/2 "Only the selection rules for J and parity would remain valid (&Delta.J = &pm.1 or 0, no change in parity allowed). "
park , [sb.]
(1957) Encycl. Brit. XXIII. 603/1 "The Serengeti National park..preserves the finest remaining assembly of the plains game of Africa. "
(1799) Stuart in Owen Mrq. Wellesley's Desp. (1877) 113 "The main body of the army, with the park and provisions, remained at Seedapore. "
parlour parlor .
(1938) G. T. Garratt Shadow of Swastika 201 "Mr. Neville Chamberlain remained..invincible because of his backing amongst the very wealthy and influential parlour fascists outside. "
parseme , [a.]
(1814) M. Birkbeck Notes Journey through France App. 14 "The numerous longitudinal ridges..with which this charming country is, `parsem&eacu.', appear to be the venerable remains of the ancient surface. "
part , [sb.] ( [adv.] )
(1592) West 1st Pt. Symbol. (1647) 100 "[To] suffer the same and every part and parcell thereof to descend come and remaine according to the true meaning of this Indenture. "
part , [v.]
(1945) W. C. Durney Capstan &. Turret Lathes iii. 78 "Mount a parting off tool in one of the remaining stations of the rear square turret and locate a longitudinal stop to part off the bar 14 in. from the collet face. "
participator .
(1876) E. Mellor Priesth. vi. 281 "The sacrament will remain a witness and a warning, even if its participators should eat and drink unworthily. "
participle , [sb.] ( [a.] )
(1751) Harris Hermes i. x. (1786) 184 "If we take away the assertion, and thus destroy the Verb, there will remain the Attribute and the Time, which make the Essence of a Participle. "
particle , [sb.]
(1968) Jacobs &. Rosenbaum Eng. Transformational Gram. 103 "When question sentences containing verb particles are generated, the particle must remain in its original position. "
particular , [a.] and [sb.] ( [adv.] )
(1642) Perkin's Prof. Bk. viii. §.495. 217 "Upon which particular estate the remainder is expectant. "
(1766) Blackstone Comm. II. xviii. 274 "Alienations by particular tenants, when they are greater than the law entitles them to make, and devest the remainder or reversion, are also forfeitures to him whose right is attacked thereby. "
(1790) Paley Hor&ae. Paul. Rom. i. 10 "Turn..to the second epistle..and you will discover the particular which remains to be sought for. "
(1844) Ld. Brougham A. Lunel I. iii. 67 "Every particular of it remains deeply engraven on my memory."
particularist , [sb.] ( [a.] )
(1939) E. Muir Present Age 160 "But he remained an inveterate particularist; his philosophy is not an organic whole, but is made up of a number of peculiar ideas. "
partition , [sb.]
(1751) Affect. Narr. of Wager 102 "A final Partition was this Day made of the remaining Flour. "
pascible , [a.]
(1795) J. Billingsley Agric. Somerset (1798) 52 "Land..when pascible for the remaining months, of little value from being overstocked."
pass , [sb. 2]
(1968) Amer. Documentation Jan. 78/1 "During one pass all elements which have already been classed in a particular category are retrieved. A second retrieval pass is then made to retrieve all remaining elements which have headwords or definitions which match those of items retrieved on the first pass. "
(1887) Times 28 Sept. 7/3 "Passes to remain out after hours for well-conducted soldiers."
(1975) Oxf. Compan. Sports &. Games 825/1 "The remainder of the winning area is the `pass court' and, if the ball falls there, `pass' is called and a let played. "
(1856) Dickens Lett. (1880) I. 431 "The wall dividing the front from the stage still remained, and the iron *pass-doors stood ajar. "
pass , [v.]
(1588) Parke tr. Mendoza's Hist. China 252 "The Spaniardes..remained a good while, and passed great heate. "
(1855) Macaulay Hist. Eng. xiii. III. 329 "Half the sum was raised,..and Dundee is said to have passed his word for the remainder. "
(1804-1820) W. Blake Jerusalem iii, in Compl. Writings (1972) 714 "So Men pass on: but States remain permanent for ever. "
(1875) Bennett &. Dyer tr. Sachs' Bot. 802 " The contents of one of the conjugating cells pass over into the other which remains stationary. "
passing , [vbl. sb.]
(1960) Times 20 Sept. (Pure Food Suppl.) p. i/5 "There still remains..the possibility of verbal passing-off at the time of sale. "
past , [ppl. a.] and [sb.]
(1732) Pope Ess. Man ii. 52 "Then see how little the remaining sum, Which serv'd the past, and must the times to come. "
paste , [v.]
(1883) H. W. V. Stuart Egypt 425 "A perfect tempest of wind, which..drove the Era against the western bank, where she remained hopelessly pasted."
pasteboard , [sb.] ( [a.] )
(1796) Withering Brit. Plants (ed. 3) I. 32 "Put it upon a dry fresh pasteboard, and, covering it with fresh blossom paper, let it remain in the press [etc.]."
pasteurize , [v.]
(1881) Pharmaceut. Jrnl. 29 Oct. 358 "Beer..previously `pasteurized'-and exposed to direct sunlight... At the end of three weeks the non-pasteurized beer..commenced to lose its clearness; but the pasteurized sample remained quite bright. "
pastor , [sb.]
(A. 1711) Ken Hymnotheo Poet. Wks. 1721 III. 30 "*Pastorless the Flock remain'd. "
patch test
(1963) Lancet 5 Jan. 61/2 "The patient was patch-tested with the sample that he had provided, and whereas the control patch remained unaffected, the test patch became reddened in three days, and redder and scaly in a week. "
patelline , [a.]
(1828) Webster, "Patellite, fossil remains of the patella, a shell. "
patentability .
(1972) N.Y. Law Jrnl. 10 Oct. 5/2 "The general level of innovation necessary to sustain patentability remains the same. "
pathic , [sb.] and [a.]
(1857) Mayne, "Pathicus, remaining passive: pathic."
Patjitanian , [a.]
(1949) K. P. Oakley Man the Tool-Maker viii. 70 "No implements were found with the remains of the Java Man, Pithecanthropus erectus, but beds of slightly later age in Java have yielded the Patjitanian industry.., which recalls some of the artifacts of the related Pekin Man. "
patrial , [a.] ( [sb.] )
(1976) Equals Dec. 7/5 "Foreign nations and people from the old Commonwealth (excluding `patrials' and those on working holidays) made up the remainder."
patrioteer .
(1956) C. W. Mills Power Elite xii. 271 "The American elite have not remained as patrioteer essayists have described them to us."
patron , [sb.]
(1652) Needham tr. Selden's Mare Cl. 25 "The Dominion for all that remaining to another Patron. "
(1628) Digby Voy. Medit. (1868) 19 "[They] gaue me leaue to carrie away all the English captiues that remained here (which were near 50), paying onely the money they cost vnto their patrones. "
patronage , [sb.]
(1976) National Observer (U.S.) 24 Apr. 16/4 "The patronage system in the nation's fourth-largest city remains intact, and it is expected that the power it wields will be utilized with considerable impact."
patroon .
(1775) Romans Florida 186 "The vessel draws one third, the patroon or master, two shares of the remaining two thirds. "
pavement , [sb.]
(1965) C. E. Pocknee Parson's Handbk. ix. 98 "He remains standing on the pavement swinging the censer until the hymn or psalm is finished. "
(1978) Church Times 20 Jan. 3/4 "An application was made for a faculty to remove the sanctuary pavement and transfer from a columbarium underneath 177 caskets containing..cremated remains."
pave-stone
(1894) H. Speight Nidderdale 380 "Remains of this old thoroughfare..in the shape of large pave-stones."
pawn , [sb. 1]
(1950) R. N. Coles Chess-Player's Week-End Bk. 11 "If the pawn skeleton remained sound, the game could be continued from one phase to another. "
pawpaw .
(1966) B. Kimenye Kalasanda Revisited 23 "Anna remained as alien to Kalasanda as an orange in a pawpaw tree."
peace , [sb.]
(1652) Milton Sonn. Cromwell, "Yet much remaines To conquer still; peace hath her victories No less renownd then warr. "
peaceable , [a.] ( [sb.] , [adv.] )
(1600) E. Blount tr. Conestaggio 4 "Remaining peaceable Lord of the Realme. "
pea-jacket
(1976) Time 20 Dec. 17/1 "In his Navy pea jacket and worn brown boots,..Jordan loped down the Senate halls, looking like the country boy he tries hard to remain."
pearl-diver
(1822-34) Good's Study Med. (ed. 4) I. 392 "Diemerbroeck relates the case of a pearl-diver, who, under his own eye remained half-an-hour at a time under water, while pursuing his hunt for pearl muscles."
pearlite .
(1900) Engineering Mag. XIX. 752/1 "This substance, which has received the name of pearlite, is an intimate mixture of thin lamell&ae. of ferrite and yet thinner lamell&ae. of a chemical combination of iron and carbon, Fe3 C, which bears the name of cementite. Low-carbon irons and steels are composed of a conglomeration of ferrite and pearlite, but when the carbon reaches about 0&rdot.8 per cent. the ferrite granules disappear, and only the pearlite remains."
peasant , [sb.]
(1966) E. Wolf Peasants 3 "Peasants..are rural cultivators whose surpluses are transferred to a dominant group of rulers that uses the surpluses both to underwrite its own standard of living and to distribute the remainder to groups in society that do not farm but must be fed for their specific goods and services in turn. "
(1974) Encycl. Brit. Macrop&ae.dia VI. 256/1 "In agriculture, peasant proprietorship or large private estates-particularly for export products-remained the general rule [in developing non-Communist countries]. "
peasantism .
(1969) A. Walicki in in Ionescu &. Gellner Populism 104 "Denmark was and remained the model..for most East European peasantists. "
peasantry .
(1933) E. &. C. Paul tr. Stalin's Leninism II. 206 "Why is the peasantry described [by Lenin] as the last capitalist class? Because of the two main classes of which our society is composed, the peasantry is a class whose economy is based on private property and small commodity production. Because the peasantry, as long as it remains a peasantry, living by small commodity production, will throw up capitalists from its ranks. "
peat-moss
(1765) Douglas in Phil. Trans. LVIII. 187 "In almost every peat-moss, there are the remains of oak trees. "
peculiar , [a.] and [sb.]
(1936) E. Hubble Realm of Nebul&ae. ii. 47 "The remaining irregulars might be arbitrarily placed in the regular sequence as highly peculiar objects. "
(1739) Connect. Col. Rec. 230 "Being informed that a certain piece of land in the county of Windham..is not in any town but still remains a peculiar,..Be it enacted..That the said tract of land be annexed to the town of Voluntown. "
pedal , [sb.]
(1856) Mrs. C. Clarke tr. Berlioz' Instrument. 5 "The bass string can cross an upper open string..while the open string remains as a pedal. "
pedology .
(1924) Geol. Mag. 454 "The remaining class in Glinka's scheme is only of limited interest for western European pedologists. "
peel , [v. 3]
(1914) Ld. Tollemache Croquet xviii. 110 "The attempt is sometimes made in the second break to `Peel' your first ball through its remaining Hoops during the course of your second break. "
peeled , [ppl. a. 1]
(1892) Daily News 7 Mar. 3/5 "The utter rout of the Reactionaries has made the peeled and wasted remnant that remain utterly incapable of hindering the work."
peg , [sb. 1]
(1796) Pegge Anonym. (1809) 183 "*Peg-Tankards, of which I have seen a few still remaining in Derbyshire,..hold two quarts, so that there is a gill of ale, i.e. half a pint Winchester measure, between each pin. "
peg , [v.]
(1828) Boy's Own Bk. 12 "The moment it [a peg-top] rolls out, he may take it up, and peg at those which still remain inside. "
Peguan , [sb.] and [a.]
(1932) J. G. Scott Burma &. Beyond i. 16 "The Khmê.r went, or were pushed, farther east,..but the Mo&mac.n remained behind, and came to be known to the early merchant adventurers as Peguans. "
Peking Pekin .
(1970) W. Apel Harvard Dict. Music (ed. 2) 153/1 "The Peking opera has a short history (c. 100 years). Although the highly stylized singing and acting demands a cultivated taste, the Peking opera remains the most popular musical art form. "
pelagic , [a.]
(1891) Murray &. Renard Rep. Deep-Sea Deposits iii. 185 "From the point of view of their composition, as well as of their geographical and bathymetrical position, Marine Deposits may be separated into two great divisions, viz. (I.) Pelagic Deposits-those formed towards the centres of the great oceans, and made up chiefly of the remains of pelagic organisms along with the ultimate products arising from the decomposition of rocks and minerals; and (II.) Terrigenous Deposits. "
Pelean , [a.]
(1935) Publ. Carnegie Inst. Washington No. 458. 97 "The general morphological features of the Pel&eacu.an summit are those of an ancient crater wall, remaining in place on all sides but one. "
pelf , [sb.]
(1678) Phillips (ed. 4), "Pelf..in Faulconry, is the refuse and broken remains left after the Hawk is relieved. "
pelican , [sb.]
(1683) Salmon Doron Med. i. 307 "Being permixt together in a Pellican let them remain in digestion. "
pellet , [sb. 1]
(1607) Topsell Four-f. Beasts (1658) 329 "To cure a wound made with harquebush-shot... First seek with an instrument whether the pellet remain within or not. "
(1905) Daily News 5 Jan. 4/3 "The brown owl's pellet very rarely contains the remains of shrews. "
pell-mell , [adv.] ( [a.] , [sb.] , [v.] )
(1849) Grote Greece ii. xxxviii. V. 34 "After whom, with an interval of two furlongs, the remaining host followed pell&dubh.mell. "
pen , [sb. 2]
(1899) N. &. Q. 9th Ser. III. 365/2 "Quills as pens remained in use in some houses as the only writing tool up to a dozen to twenty years ago... Nowadays..the word `pen' has almost dropped out of usage, except to express the pen and holder."
penal , [a. 1]
(1963) T. &. P. Morris Pentonville xi. 225 "Their reference group remains very firmly their `own' prison, which some of the older men still refer to as their `penal station'."
penalty .
(1959) Listener 30 Apr. 765/3 "Declarer can, in fact, treat the remaining cards of either defender as penalty cards. "
(1960) G. Green in Fabian &. Green Assoc. Football III. viii. 55 "Goalkeepers now have to remain stationary on their line until the ball is actually struck from the penalty spot. "
pencilled , [ppl. a.]
(1890) Century Mag. 51/2 "The remainder of the plumage being penciled, or marked transversely, with narrow black lines at right angles to the shaft of the feather."
pendent , [a.] ( [prep.] )
(1880) Muirhead Ulpian ii. §.2 "So long as the condition is pendent he remains a slave of the heir's."
peneplain , [sb.]
(1954) W. D. Thornbury Princ. Geomorphol. viii. 178 "Although the peneplain still remains an important concept with most geomorphologists, it is now recognised that many topographic surfaces have been erroneously called peneplains. "
penetralium .
(1817) Keats Lett. (1958) I. 194 "Coleridge..would let go by a fine isolated verisimilitude caught from the Penetralium of mystery, from being incapable of remaining content with half knowledge. "
penetrate , [v.]
(1813) Bakewell Introd. Geol. (1815) 227 "Organic remains..of large vegetables, completely penetrated with silex. "
penicillin .
(1974) M. C. Gerald Pharmacol. xxvii. 465 "The penicillins were the first antibiotics discovered and remain today the second most widely used class of drugs for the treatment of bacterial infections. "
Penobscot , [sb.] and [a.]
(1910) F. W. Hodge Handbk. Amer. Indians II. 226/2 "The Penobscot took an active part in all the wars on the New England frontier up to 1749, when they made a treaty of peace, and have remained quiet ever since. "
pension , [sb.]
(1892) C. Booth Pauperism ii. iv. 60 "The father of the movement in favour of old-age pensions is Canon Blackley. With him must always remain the credit of whatever good may finally come out of any of these proposals. "
pensioner .
(1557) Order of Hospitalls C j, "The Number of children remaining and Pencioners relieved at the Cities charge."
pentastomid , [sb.] and [a.]
(1978) Nature 2 Mar. 93/1 "The remaining 23 chapters deal with metazoan parasites (ten on the platyhelminthes,..and a chapter each on the..pentastomids and parasitic crustacea)."
pentatonic , [a.] ( [sb.] )
(1936) E. Blom et al. tr. Einstein's Short Hist. Mus. 5 "In China the development from the non-semitonal to the seven-note scale is certainly traceable, even though the old pentatonic always remained the foundation of its music. "
pentecostal , [sb.] and [a.]
(1970) P. Oliver Savannah Syncopators 56 "The hand-clapping..remained a familiar characteristic of the services of the `Sanctified' and `Pentecostal' churches. "
penthouse , [sb.]
(1656) W. Webb W. Smith's Vale-Roy. Eng. 39 "S. Peters [Chester]..underneath the church in the street is the Pendice, a place builded of purpose, where the Major useth to remain. "
people , [sb.]
(1579-80) North Plutarch (1657) 31 "He..remaineth now no more a King or a Prince, but becometh a *People-pleaser, or a cruell tyrant. "
pepper , [sb.]
(1669) Stubbe Let. 17 Dec. in Boyle's Wks. (1772) I. Life 91 "It creates in the throat such a sense, as remains, after drinking *pepper-posset. "
pepper-tree
(1971) Southerly XXXI. 5 "The impressions that will remain, transfigured, in his memory: the pepper tree breaking into light in the Duffield's yard. "
peptidolysis .
(1972) Biochim. &. Biophys. Acta CCLXV. 70 "Cleavage, for example, of a 50 000-dalton peptide into fragments of 44 000 and 6000 daltons, respectively, can clearly be detected... Such peptidolysis can be observed only after dissolution of the protein by the detergent, since separated peptide fragments otherwise tend to remain associated through hydrophobic interactions."
peptize , [v.]
(1925) tr. J. M. van Bemmelen in E. Hatschek Foundations Colloid Chem. 129 "The peptizing agent may be removed from the solution and the colloid remains dissolved. "
Pequot , [sb.] and [a.]
(1903) Prince &. Speck in Amer. Anthropologist V. 195 "Their language, of course, remained Pequot, a dialect which shows a..striking kinship..with the present speech of the Canadian Abenakis. "
per , [prep.]
(1965) New Statesman 30 Apr. 672/3 "For the bulk of humanity per capita consumption remains the same. "
peractor
(1674) Leybourn Compl. Surveyor 237 "An Instrument which he calleth a Peractor, which is no other than a Theodelite, only the Box and Needle is so fitted to the Center of the Instrument, that..the Index may be turned about, and yet the Box and Needle remain immoveable. "
perception .
(1951) Licklider &. Miller in S. S. Stevens Handbk. Exper. Psychol. 1040/1 "Although the perception of speech is a psychological problem, it remained for telephone engineers..to develop procedures for the quantitative investigation of speech perception. "
percolation .
(1660) Jer. Taylor Duct. Dubit. ii. ii. rule ii, "If we list to observe that..Pythagoras..and Socrates had great names amongst the leading Christians, it is no wonder if in the percolation something of the relish should remain. "
perdu perdue , [a.] and [sb.]
(1758) Misc. in Ann. Reg. 373/2 "The ingenious author tells us..the general's intention remains perdu. "
perdure , [v.]
(A. 1600) Flodden F. vii. (1664) 68 "And in perduring peace remain. "
peremptory , [a.] ( [adv.] , [sb.] )
(1880) Muirhead Gaius iv. §.120 "Exceptions..are peremptory that remain available always, and cannot be excluded; such are the exceptions of constraint or dole."
perfume , [sb.]
(1756-7) tr. Keysler's Trav. (1760) III. 383 "St. Antony's remains is said continually to emit a most fragrant perfume, which is chiefly smelt at a crevice behind the altar. "
pergelisol .
(1968) R. W. Fairbridge Encycl. Geomorphol. 1185/1 "The south- to west-facing slopes thaw earlier and more deeply than the opposite ones, where the pergelisol remains near the surface. "
peripheral , [a.] and [sb.]
(1976) Vancouver Province 18 June 21/2 "Canadian cultural expression will remain peripheral to Canadians-unless we tackle the economics."
periplast .
(1861) J. R. Greene Man. Anim. Kingd., C&ae.lent. 35 "Its homogeneous periplast [is] traversed in all directions by a complex mesh&dubh.work of threads, which remain quite distinct from the endoplasts about which they diverge. "
peritectic , [a.] and [sb.]
(1924) Jeffries &. Archer Sci. of Metals ix. 323 "There are different solid phases in equilibrium with the melt above and below the peritectic temperature. During the peritectic reaction there are three phases (two solid and one liquid) in equilibrium, so that the temperature must remain constant until at least one of the phases disappears. "
perkin (2) .
(C. 1791) Encycl. Brit. (ed. 3) s.v. Husbandry §.238 "The liquor, called cyderkin, purre, or perkin, is made of the murk or gross matter remaining after the cyder is pressed out. "
permafrost .
(1958) New Biol. XXVI. 90 "In the sub-arctic the peat has a permafrost layer, that is a layer, usually a foot or two below the surface, which remains frozen for the whole year round, and acts as an impermeable layer. "
permanent , [a.] ( [sb.] )
(1881) Syd. Soc. Lex. s.v. Cartilage, "Cartilage is..permanent when it remains such during life. "
(1888) Encycl. Brit. XXIV. 409/1 "The remaining or permanent hardness consists of sulphate of lime and other soluble salts. "
(1969) H. T. Evans tr. Hä.gg's Gen. &. Inorg. Chem. xxvi. 666 "Carbonate precipitation on boiling causes the water to lose its carbonate hardness or temporary hardness while a permanent hardness remains. "
permanently , [adv.]
(1880) Geikie Phys. Geog. iv. 196 "In volcanic districts the water is often even at the boiling&dubh.point, and remains so permanently."
permineralization .
(1893) C. A. White in Rep. U.S. Nat. Museum 1892 264 "There are seven different natural conditions in which fossil remains are recognizable, three of which relate to substance, three to form, and one to both. To those relating to substance I have applied the terms permineralization, histometabasis, and carbonization... The term permineralization applies to that condition of fossil remains of animals which differ least from their original condition as parts of living animals. "
permissivist .
(1966) Times 16 Feb. 13 "Theatrical permissivists should ask themselves whether, if there must be censorship, it is not better from their point of view that it should remain with a rationally indefensible institution, which is in no position to enforce for long unpopular or unjustifiable standards. "
peroxide .
(1881) Chem. News 20 May 233/1 "The peroxide of ethyl remains as a dense syrupy liquid, miscible with water. "
Perp perp ,
(1937) A. Christie Dumb Witness vii. 68 "Though an attractive specimen of what the guidebook calls Early Perp. it [sc. a church] had been so conscientiously restored in Victorian vandal days that little of interest remained. "
perpetually , [adv.]
(A. 1688) Villiers (Dk. Buckhm.) Restoration Wks. (1775) 106 "Can shame remain perpetually in me, And not in others?"
perpetuate [ppl. a.]
(1801) Southey Thalaba i. xxiii, "The trees and flowers remain, By Nature's care perpetuate and self-sown."
perradial , [a.]
(1888) Rolleston &. Jackson Anim. Life 781 (Hydrozoa Acraspeda) "Four of them, the perradial tentacles,..correspond to the four angles of the mouth; four others, the interradial tentacles, second in development, to the centres of the square sides of the mouth, and the remaining eight adradial tentacles occupy the intervals between the per- and interradial."
persistence .
(1869) Tyndall Notes Lect. Light 27 "An electric spark is sensibly instantaneous; but the impression it makes upon the eye remains for some time after the spark has passed away... Wheatstone's Photometer is based on this persistence. "
persistent , [a.]
(1880) Gray Struct. Bot. iii. (ed. 6) 86 "Leaves..may be..persistent, when they remain through the cold season..during which vegetation is interrupted. "
(1865) Geikie Scen. &. Geol. Scot. vi. 138 "Even with such doubtful forms, the two main systems remain tolerably persistent."
personalism .
(1937) Times 4 Sept. 11/6 "The Radicals who remained faithful to the `Chief' were known as Personalist or Irigoyenist Radicals. "
persuasion .
(1860) W. Collins Wom. White i. viii, "It will always remain my private persuasion that [etc.]."
perturbative , [a.]
(1971) Ann. Physics LXIV. 383 "The change in the initial set of site amplitudes is sufficiently small so that a perturbative solution of the set of equation[s] remains valid. "
perveance .
(1962) C. Susskind Encycl. Electronics 229/2 "It is convenient to classify electron guns in terms of their perveance, a parameter that remains invariant when the gun is geometrically scaled. "
Peter Pan
(1914) I. Hay Knight on Wheels (ed. 2) xiv. 143 "Mr. Mablethorpe remained as incorrigibly Peter Pannish as ever. Although his hair was whitening..he declined to grow up. "
Peter-penny Peter's penny
(1902) Encycl. Brit. XXV. 483/2 "He [Antonelli, 1870] obtained from the Italians payment of the Peter's pence (5,000,000 lire) remaining in the papal exchequer."
petit bourgeois .
(A. 1974) R. Crossman Diaries (1976) II. 160 "His [sc. Harold Wilson's] natural modesty has remained unchanged. So have his modest tastes, his simple liking of high tea, his completely unaffected petit-bourgeois habits. "
petition , [sb.]
(1671) Milton Samson 650 "This one prayer yet remains, might I be heard, No long petition, speedy death. "
petition , [v.]
(1765) Blackstone Comm. I. i. 143 "There still remains a fourth subordinate right, appertaining to every individual, namely, the right of petitioning the king, or either house of parliament, for the redress of grievances. "
petrified , [ppl. a.]
(1841-71) T. R. Jones Anim. Kingd. (ed. 4) 649 "The countless petrified remains known by the names of Hamites, Lituites, Orthoceratites, Cyrtoceratites."
(1873) S. W. Cozzens Marvellous Country 76 "We came upon the remains of a petrified forest,..converted by some chemical process into specimens of variegated jasper. "
petroglyph .
(1974) Environmental Conservation I. 8/2 "The desert is dotted with..fossil remains..of domestic animals whose present range lies well outside the areas of the petroglyphs."
petto .
(1712) S. Sewall Diary 29 Feb., "I ask'd the Govr. to take a Copy of it: He said No, It should remain yet in Petto..and put it in his Pocket. "
(1712) Lond. Gaz. No. 5015/1 "There are Seven Cardinals still remaining in Petto, whose Names the Pope keeps Secret. "
pew , [sb. 1]
(1631) Weever Anc. Fun. Mon. 573 "Dead bodies of the Nobilitie whose funerall trophies are wasted with deuouring time and..seates or Pewes for the Townesmen, made ouer their honorable remaines. "
phagolysosome .
(1973) R. G. Krueger et al. Introd. Microbiol. xxiii. 584/1 "The phagolysosome, containing the remains of the foreign object is then either eliminated from the cell or is left in the cytoplasm. "
phallic , [a.]
(1789) Twining Aristotle's Treat. Poetry 72 "Those Phallic songs, which, in many cities, remain still in use. "
Pharaoh .
(1877) A. B. Edwards Up Nile xiv. 385 "Rameses the Second..remains to this day the representative Pharaoh of a line of monarchs whose history covers a space of fifty centuries."
Phariseeism .
(1585) Fetherstone tr. Calvin on Acts xv. 7. 355 "There remained no phariseisme in Paul. "
phase , [sb.]
(1904) M. B. Field in M. Maclean Mod. Electr. Pract. II. i. vi. 28 "If one of the phases of a &232.-connected system is disconnected, the remaining two can still supply a three-phase current, but with a diminished efficiency. "
phasing , [vbl. sb.]
(1938) A. E. Greenlees Amplification &. Distribution of Sound x. 154 "Each loud&dubh.speaker should have one terminal marked..so that when all these are connected to one line wire and the remaining terminals connected to the other, correct phasing is assured. "
phenylalanine .
(1934) Times Lit. Suppl. 1 Nov. 758/3 "Whether this represents a real ability to synthesize the amino-acid for all purposes, or simply a power to use dietary phenylalanine, remains an open question. "
pheromone .
(1975) Sci. Amer. May 59/1 "The physiological causes, possibly pheromonal ones, for the synchrony of births remain to be determined, and it will not be easy to determine them with lions in the wild."
philately .
(1930) 19th Cent. Dec. 785 "The small-bourgeois quality of English philately remained untarnished with sham elegance."
philosophical , [a.] ( [sb.] )
(1903) B. Russell Princ. Math. ii. 32 "It remains a question for *philosophical logic whether there is not a quite different notion of the disjunction of individuals. "
phlegmon .
(1666) G. Harvey Morb. Angl. xi. (1672) 31 "It's..generated..out of the dregs and remainder of a *Phlegmonous or Oedematick tumour. "
phocid .
(1880) J. A. Allen Hist. N. Amer. Pinnipeds 470 "Some supposed Phocine remains were described. "
phoneme .
(1894) G. Dunn in Classical Rev. Mar. 95/1 "The problem remains to determine whether there are any Phonemes which may be regarded as the representatives of these hypothetical and analogically deduced long sonants."
phoney phony , [a.] and [sb.]
(1971) F. Forsyth Day of Jackal ii. xv. 262 "`Leave the others to continue checking the remainder, just in case there is another phoney among the bunch,' instructed Thomas. "
phos-
(1799) Sir H. Davy in Beddoes Contrib. Phys. &. Med. Knowl. 71 "The phosoxydable base remains pure. "
phosphate , [sb.]
(1923) A. B. Searle Sands &. Crushed Rocks I. iv. 199 "Coprolite and Phosphorite are natural phosphate rocks which are produced by the accumulation of organic remains. "
phosphatized , [ppl. a.]
(1875) Q. Jrnl. Geol. Soc. XXXI. 361 "The shales..are rich in organic remains. These..are all more or less phosphatized. "
phospho- ,
(1967) Information Bull. Internat. Union Pure &. Applied Chem. XXX. 22 "The term `phosphoglyceride' signifies any derivative of glycerophosphoric acid that contains at least one O-acyl, or O-alkyl, or O-alk-1&p.-en-1&p.-yl group attached to the glycerol residue... The term `phosphatidic acid' signifies a derivative of glycerophosphoric acid in which both remaining hydroxyl groups of glycerol are esterified with fatty acids. "
phosphorite .
(1882) Academy 27 May 382/1 "Mammalian remains found in the phosphorite deposits of Quercy."
phosphorus .
(1897) Allbutt's Syst. Med. II. 930 "So long as profound *phosphorus cachexia remains. "
photo- ,
(1976) Nature 9 Sept. 100/1 "Better and cheaper means of storing electricity..remain desirable, and hence the practical importance of photo&dubh.electrochemical decomposition of water into hydrogen and oxygen. "
(1973) Sci. Amer. Feb. 21/2 "The cost of hardware and manpower for photo&dubh.interpretation..will remain high. "
photograph , [sb.]
(1861) Musgrave By-roads 238 "As evanescent as a photograph, which grows faint and fainter in tint the longer it remains exposed to the sun and air. "
photometer [v.]
(1900) Jrnl. Franklin Inst. CXLIX. 291 "The leading makers now photometer each and every lamp, and the practice of photometering a few and picking out the remainder by the eye is past. "
photoreactivate [v.]
(1961) J. A. Schiff et al. in Christensen &. Buchmann Progress in Photobiol. vi. 290 "Photoreactivability of the cells falls off rapidly when the cells are permitted to divide. Under non-dividing conditions, the cells remain completely photoreactivable indefinitely. "
phototonus .
(1875) Bennett &. Dyer tr. Sachs' Bot. 678 "The power of movement in plants is lost when they have remained in the dark for a considerable time..; in other words, they become rigid by long exposure to darkness..; the exposure to light must continue for a considerable time..before the motile condition which I have termed `Phototonus' is restored. "
phragmoplast .
(1912) W. H. Lang tr. Strasburger's Text-bk. Bot. (ed. 4) 89 "A barrel-shaped figure, the phragmoplast, is formed, which either separates entirely from the developing daughter nuclei, or remains in connection with them by means of a peripheral sheath. "
phrenologize , [v.]
(1860) O. W. Holmes Prof. Breakf.-t. viii, "It only remained to be phrenologized. "
Phurnacite .
(1952) Economist 1 Nov. 332/2 "The favourite small coals of the domestic consumer-anthracite and the best briquettes-remain scarce. The board [sc. the National Coal Board] still has only one-now considerably enlarged-plant making `phurnacite', which is an excellent but expensive carbonised briquette. "
phylic , [a. 2]
(1949) T. Burrow Neurosis of Man vii. 169 "As an outgrowth of this phylic principle of integration, the individual remains always an integral element within the organism of man as a unit. "
phyllocarid .
(1911) Geol. Mag. VIII. 64 "In the black shales we succeeded in finding organic remains, including..a bivalve phyllocarid crustacean. "
phylogeny .
(1870) Rolleston Anim. Life p. xxv, "`Phylogenies', or hypothetical genealogical pedigrees, reaching far out of modern periods, are likely to remain in the very highest degree arbitrary and problematical. "
phylum .
(1927) T. Burrow in Brit. Jrnl. Med. Psychol. 202 "In a comprehensive view of our human phylum there remains no other conclusion than that the social mind..comprises a systematization of social images. "
physicist .
(1859) R. F. Burton Centr. Afr. in Jrnl. Geog. Soc. XXIX. 23 "There remained then for the English physicist the honour of depicting by an admirable generalization the true features of the African interior."
phyto- ,
(1890) Athen&ae.um 1 Mar. 278/3 "There remains a large collection of memoirs on general botany and *phyto-biology. "
(1883) Science 6 Apr. 252 "The nature of some impressions described by *phytopaleontologists as remains of fossil Alg&ae.. "
phytogeography
(1933) Geogr. Jrnl. LXXXI. 462 "A further problem remains, far more serious in the case of zoogeography than with phytogeography. Can the essentials be put..without assuming a knowledge of taxonomy beyond the reach of the average geographer? "
pi ).
(1972) J. C. Schug Introd. Quantum Chem. xi. 263 "The remaining six valence electrons [in the benzene molecule] occupy the unhybridized p orbitals of the carbon atoms, which are perpendicular to the plane of the molecule... Each of these so-called pi electrons can be paired with a pi electron on a neighboring atom to form three additional pi-type bonds, as in ethylene. "
piceous , [a.]
(1646) J. Hall Hor&ae. Vac. 100 "Comets, which blaze as long as their piceous substance remaines, and then vanish. "
pick , [v. 1]
(A. 1625) Sir H. Finch Law (1636) 135 "A Mill-stone, though it be lifted vp to be picked and beaten..remaineth parcell of the Mill. "
pickable [a.]
(1966) C. Sweeney Scurrying Bush x. 142 "This little bird is supposed to enter the mouths of crocodiles to pick their teeth, but..the teeth of a crocodile..are widely spaced so that they are not really pickable-no particles of food being likely to remain. "
pick-up [sb.] ( [a.] )
(1961) Times 14 Nov. 12/7 "From the moment that he leaves the chute, the cowboy must remain in the saddle for 10 seconds. Then, on a whistle signal, two mounted `pick-up' men converge on the buckhorse and the cowboy dismounts as best he can. The `pick-up' men gallop after the riderless horse. One of them grabs the rein or head collar, and forces him out of the arena through a gate into a collecting ring. This in itself is often a thrilling spectacle, as it is a point of honour for the `pick-up' men to take out the bucking animal at full gallop. "
(1860) Bartlett Dict. Amer. (ed. 3), "A pick-up dinner, called also simply a pick-up, is a dinner made up of such fragments of cold meats as remain from former meals. "
picornavirus .
(1974) L. Levintow in Fraenkel-Conrat &. Wagner Comprehensive Virology II. iii. 154 "Picornaviruses are the agents of a number of other important diseases of man and animals which remain to be controlled, including the common cold. "
picture , [sb.]
(1959) H. Read Conc. Hist. Mod. Painting v. 156 "The arrangement of the elements within the picture-space remains intuitive. "
picturize , [v.]
(1920) N.Y. Times 24 May 20 "The photoplay, however, remains simply a picturized reproduction of the stage play. "
piece , [sb.]
(1555) W. Watreman Fardle Facions ii. xii. 294 "How she from thre yeres of age..remained ther [in the temple] seruing God stil a peace."
(1931) E. Midgley Technical Terms Textile Trade I. 10 "The cloth is woven in a white or undyed condition and *piece-dyed black for wool, so that the cotton fibres remain their natural colour. "
piece .
(1954) W. K. Hancock Country &. Calling viii. 227 "The historian, although he may employ analysis and its technical language in his preliminary studies or his piè.ces justificatives, remains just as deeply committed as Herodotus and Thucydides were to narrative and the language of narrative. "
piecemeal , [adv.] ( [sb.] , [a.] )
(1579) Tomson Calvin's Serm. Tim. 125/1 "Now it remaineth that we looke peecemeale vnto these wordes. "
pie-eyed , [a.]
(1924) Wodehouse Ukridge x. 256 "What they put in that stuff..I don't know, but the fact remains that the bird almost instantly became perfectly pie-eyed. "
pier , [sb. 2]
(1879) Sir G. G. Scott Lect. Archit. II. 76 "An arch-order may be moulded or otherwise decorated, while the corresponding *pier-order may remain square. "
pierless , [a.]
(1893) Daily News 23 May 2/3 "Dover..the chief of the Cinque Ports has hitherto remained in the ordinary sense pierless... The something wanting was a promenade pier with pavilion and band."
pigeon , [sb.]
(1976) R. Rosenblum Sweetheart Deal i. 11 "For years guarding witnesses remained a..shoestring operation. Rent a hotel room and keep the pigeon under wraps."
pigeon-breast
(1842) Dickens Let. 3 Apr. (1974) III. 180 "That valiant general..is an old, old man with..the remains of a pigeon-breast in his military surtout."
pike , [sb. 2]
(1886) Pall Mall G. 8 Nov. 3/1 "The habit of allowing hay to remain in the fields in `pikes', as they are called in the north,..is one of the customs of the country."
pike [sb. 6]
(1837) Dickens Pickw. xxii. lvi, "I dewote the remainder of my days to a pike. "
pike [v. 3]
(1900) Ade More Fables (1902) 106 "When all the Smart Set get ready to pike away for the Heated Term..she would remain at Home. "
piked , [a. 2]
(1951) Swimming (Eng. Schools Swimming Assoc.) v. 71 "There are three recognized positions in which the body may be held during the execution of a dive... Piked. The body is bent forward at the hips, but the legs must remain straight at the knees with toes pointed. "
pile , [sb. 3]
(1879) Froude C&ae.sar xviii. 305 "Made a pile of chairs and benches and tables, and burnt all that remained of Clodius."
pilgrim , [sb.]
(1943) J. K. Howard Montana 139 "They were for the most part `pilgrims' who remained and were `made into hands'."
pill , [sb. 1]
(1615) Latham Falconry (1633) Words Art expl., "Pill, and pelfe of a fowle, is that refuse and broken remains which are left after the Hawke hath been relieued. "
pillar , [sb.]
(1708) J. C. Compl. Collier (1845) 43 "The Remainder of four Yards is left for a Pillar to support the Roof and Weight of the Earth above. "
(1950) B. Palmer Bk. Amer. Clocks 10 "The Pillar and Scroll Clock remained the most popular Shelf Clock until about 1825 and survived well into the 1830's. "
pillion [sb. 3]
(1778) Pryce Min. Cornub. Gloss. 325 "Pillion, the Tin which remains in the scoria or slags after it is first smelted, which must be separated and remelted. "
pilotless , [a.]
(1806) Scott Let. 20 Sept. (1932) I. 317 "The pilot-less state in which the political vessel has remained since his [sc. Pitt's] death. "
pina .
(1604) E. G[rimstone] D'Acosta's Hist. Indies iv. xii. 245 "They put all the mettall into a cloth, which they straine out very forcibly, so as all the quicke-silver passeth out..and the rest remaines as a loafe of silver, like to a marke of almonds pressed to draw oyle. And being thus pressed, the remainder containes but the sixt part in silver, and five in mercurie... Of these markes they makes pinnes, (as they call them,) like pine apples, or sugar loaves, hollow within, the which they commonly make of a hundred pound weight. "
pinafore [v.]
(1893) Daily News 11 Jan. 2/2 "There were hundreds..feeding as one, and pinaforing the fragments that remained."
pinched , [ppl. a.]
(1611) Shaks. Wint. T. ii. i. 51 "He ha's discouer'd my Designe, and I Remaine a pinch'd Thing; yea, a very Trick For them to play at will. "
pine , [v.]
(1848) Buckley Iliad 17 "But he pined away his great heart, remaining there. "
pin-prick [sb.]
(1961) M. Conway in Conc. Encycl. Antiques, V. 231/2 "Extremely attractive pin-pricking effects were achieved by outlining from the front with a fine pin-actually needles were used-the remainder being thickly pierced from the back. "
piob mhor .
(1920) Glasgow Herald 1 May 6 "The clan is no more..; but the piobmohr [sic] remains.., and in its music there may be heard..the romance, and the tragedy, and the beauty of the story of the Scottish Highlands. "
pip [v. 3]
(1950) Partridge Here, There &. Everywhere 70 "The remaining Tommy synonyms [for `wounded'] are pipped, especially by a bullet whether of rifle, revolver, or machine-gun; to stop one [etc.]."
pipe , [sb. 1]
(1964) N. G. Clark Mod. Org. Chem. v. 80 "The highly viscous bitumen which forms the remainder of the distillation residue is used for..corrosion-proof *pipe-coatings. "
piri-piri (2) .
(1964) H. Holthausen Chicken goes around World 72 "Preheat the grill and put the piri-piri chicken in the immediate vicinity of the heat... Baste the chicken well..with the remaining piri-piri. "
piscine , [a.]
(1799) Kirwan Geol. Ess. 240 "Covered by bituminous marlite, and with piscine remains. "
pistillody .
(1877) Jrnl. Linn. Soc. (Bot.) XV. 87 "The calyx and corolla remain entirely unchanged in all cases exhibiting pistillody. "
pistolero .
(1939) G. Greene Lawless Roads 19 "Mexico remained Catholic: it was the governing class-the politicians and pistoleros only who were anti-Catholic. "
piston , [sb.]
(1943) G. G. Smith Gas Turbines &. Jet Propulsion (ed. 2) vii. 54 "Even if free-flying piston engine and compressor units were employed these handicaps would remain. "
(1979) Daily Tel. 1 Dec. 10/6 "Their departure..coincides with the paying off of the Navy's only remaining steam reciprocating, or piston-engined, ship. "
Pitcairner .
(1857) V. Lush Jrnl. 18 Nov. (1971) 195 "As Norfolk Island is the nearest to New Zealand they touched there on their outward voyage and landed Mrs. Selwyn, who remained with the Pitcairners till the Southern Cross called for her on their way home. "
pith , [v.]
(1806) Home in Phil. Trans. XCVI. 359 "In the common mode of pithing cattle the medulla spinalis only is cut through, and the head remains alive. "
pithecanthropus .
(1925) Bull. Geol. Soc. China IV. 177 "Sooner or later pithecanthropine remains will be recovered from the Siwaliks. "
pithecoid , [a.] ( [sb.] )
(1863) Huxley Man's Place Nat. 159 "The fossil remains of man..do not..take us appreciably nearer to that lower pithecoid form. "
pitso .
(1824) W. J. Burchell Trav. S. Afr. II. 408 "The piicho or assembly remained sitting in easy conversation for nearly an hour longer. "
Pittite (1) .
(1812) L. Hunt in Examiner 25 May 321/1 "The remains of the Pittite Cabinet. "
pivot , [sb.]
(1867) Smyth Sailor's Word-bk., "*Pivot-ship, in certain fleet evolutions, the sternmost ship remains stationary, as a pivot on which the other vessels are to form the line anew. "
pivotal , [a.]
(1973) A. M. Cohen et al. Numerical Anal. viii. 136 "We add suitable multiples of equation (8.17&alpha.) to equations (&beta.), (&gamma.), and (&delta.) to reduce the coefficients of x1 in them to zero... Equation (&alpha.), which remains unaltered, is called the pivotal equation."
pivoting [vbl. sb.]
(1961) Jrnl. Assoc. Computing Machinery VIII. 282 "We derive first an upper bound for R when a general matrix is reduced to triangular form by Gaussian elimination, selecting as pivotal element at each stage the element of maximum modulus in the whole of the remaining square matrix. We refer to this as `complete' pivoting for size, in contrast to the selection of the maximum element in the leading column at each stage, which we call `partial' pivoting for size. "
placer (3) .
(1921) H. Guthrie-Smith Tutira xxxviii. 383 "`Placer' is a term used to denote a gold digger who remains year after year on the one spot, on the one place. "
placing , [vbl. sb.]
(1894) Daily News 26 July 3/3 "He won the race so easily that little notice need be taken of the placings of the remainder of the field. "
plain , [sb. 1]
(1934) Bulletin (Sydney) 16 May 20/2 "The plain turkey, or lesser bustard, one of Australia's finest gamebirds, is reported to be fading out in one of its few remaining strongholds-the great plains of Western Queensland. "
(1963) Maclean's Mag. 23 Feb. 42/3 "Must the barren lands be swept clear of people, leaving the few remaining caribou to become a curiosity like the plains buffalo? "
(1930) L. G. D. Acland Early Canterbury Runs (ser. 1) v. 109 "Valetta was the last of the old *plains stations to remain anything like its original size. "
plain , [a. 1] and [adv.]
(1590) Spenser F.Q. i. i. 16 "Ay wont in desert darknes to remaine, Where plain none might her see, nor she see any plaine. "
plain [a. 2]
(1677) Cary Chronol. i. i. i. vii. 18 "There remains for the number of plene Months 125."
planar , [a.]
(1956) Nature 7 Jan. 37/2 "The dimensions of the amide group accord closely with those given by Corey and Pauling, and it is in the trans configuration. It shows, however, a significant departure from planarity, since the carbonyl oxygen is 0&rdot.5 A. out of the plane containing the remaining atoms of the amide group. "
planation .
(1970) R. J. Small Study of Landforms iv. 131 "The interfluves of Dartmoor, besides preserving remains of planation surfaces, show in detail features of interest. "
plancher , [sb.]
(1964) Financial Times 31 Jan. 5/6 "Only those bills which the banks wish to buy above their compulsory holdings or `plancher' are subject to tender. The so-called `maximum'..rates for `plancher' holdings..remain the same."
planetal [a.]
(1624) Darcie Birth of Heresies xxii. 104 "The body it self of the planetall Sunne remaines and continues in his sphericall Orbe."
planktonic , [a.] and [sb.]
(1963) Times 19 Feb. 10/4 "Sediments of past ages..contain a boundary clearly defined by changes in their content of fossilized planktonic remains. "
planont .
(1961) R. D. Manwell Introd. Protozool. xxiii. 478 "At first they [sc. Nosema spores] remain in the gut, but they soon begin to wander and are now called `planonts'."
plant , [sb. 1]
(1880) A. R. Wallace Isl. Life 195 "Proofs of a mild Arctic climate, in the abundant *plant-remains of East Siberia and Amurland. "
plant , [v.]
(1699) Bentley Phal. 152 "The Zancl&ae.ans invited the remainder of the Milesians to come and plant themselves in Sicily. "
plantlet
(1935) A. F. Hort Garden Variety iv. 226 "Here [sc. in a box] the plantlets..will remain for weeks or months. "
plantsman
(1952) Archit. Rev. CXII. 343/1 "None of these plants remain in that environment for long as they are serviced and maintained by fully competent plantsmen. "
plasm .
(1877) Blackmore Cripps II. viii. 125 "His outward faculties..rendered to his inward and endiathetic organs a picture, a schema, a plasm-the proper word may be left to him-such as would remain inside, at least while the mind abode there."
plasmocyte .
(1900) E. B. Wilson Cell (ed. 2) i. 52 "Eisen ('97) asserts that in the blood of a salamander..the attraction-sphere..containing the centrosomes may separate from the remainder of the cell (nucleated red corpuscles) to form an independent form of blood&dubh.corpuscle or `plasmocyte', which leads an active life in the blood."
plasmogamy .
(1958) L. A. Borradaile et al. Invertebrata (ed. 3) ii. 40 "Here may be mentioned the union of individuals by fusion of their cytoplasm, the nuclei remaining distinct, which is practised by the Mycetozoa..and in some other cases. This process, which is not syngamy, is known as plasmogamy, and its product as a plasmodium. "
plastic , [a.] and [sb. 3]
(1888) W. C. Unwin Testing of Materials of Construction i. 18 "When a body is subjected to the action of external forces, it undergoes a deformation which is either a deformation which disappears if the load is removed (elastic deformation), or a deformation which remains after the load is removed (plastic deformation). "
(1955) G. G. Woodford tr. M. Gignoux's Stratigr. Geol. ix. 477 "Mammalian remains are present..at the base of the plastic clay. "
plasticizer .
(1925) Paint, Oil &. Chem. Rev. 29 Jan. 10/3 "In order that the film may remain flexible..plasticizers-inert liquids of low vapor tension-are incorporated in the lacquer. "
plastify , [v.]
(1919) H. Dreyfus Brit. Pat. 160,225, "The solvent action on the cellulose acetate increases so that this is more and more dissolved and plastified until..only very little volatile diluent remains. "
plastogamy .
(1891) Hartog in Nature 17 Sept. 483/2 "Plastogamy: the fusion of cytoplasta into plasmodium, the nuclei remaining free. "
plate , [sb.]
(1906) Athen&ae.um 20 Jan. 70/3 "The Wire-workers, who were closely associated, if not indeed identical, with the Plate-workers, appear to have remained..a branch of the Girdlers' Company at least as late as..1685."
plateau , [sb. 1]
(1976) Nature 8 July 83/2 "The world total of annual military expenditure..has remained on a plateau of 210,000 million US dollars (at 1970 prices) for seven years now. "
plated , [a.]
(1760-72) H. Brooke Fool of Qual. (1807) IV. 117 "They laid his remains in a plated coffin. "
platform , [sb.] ( [a.] )
(1774) Johnson Journ. N. Wales 17 Aug., "All the walls remain, so that a complete platform, and elevations, not very imperfect, may be taken."
plating , [vbl. sb.]
(1839) Ure Dict. Arts 998 "Were it to remain a very little longer, the silver would become alloyed with the copper, and the plating be thus completely spoiled. "
platoon , [sb.]
(1796) Instr. &. Reg. Cavalry (1813) 251 "After the manual and platoon, the battalion remains formed at close order, and the major returns to his post in the rear. "
platy- ,
(1874) Dawkins Cave Hunt. v. 155 "These remains..present the peculiar character of *platycnemism. "
platyrrhine platyrhine , [sb.] and [a.]
(1857) Whewell Hist. Induct. Sc. (ed. 3) III. 565 "Remains of an extinct platyrhine monkey. "
play , [v.]
(1905) Beerbohm Around Theatres (1924) II. 144 "He played all the other people off the stage, figuratively. Literally, they remained there, I regret to say. "
(1909) J. Swire Anglo-French Horsemanship 25 "The secret of remaining on a horse when he `plays up' is to drop the hands, press the heels down, [etc.]. "
played , [ppl. a.]
(1863) Holland Lett. Joneses xvi. 239 "One remains, here and there, a played-out man. "
pleasure , [sb.]
(1912) Amer. Jrnl. Psychol. XXIII. 134 "The sex impulses find no outlet before puberty. Until that time they remain under the control of the subconscious (pleasure principle). "
(1669) Marvell Corr. Wks. (Grosart) II. 275 "So expecting your pleasure, I remaine, Gentlemen, [etc.]. "
plebiscitarian , [a.] and [sb.]
(1888) Times 5 Sept. 5/1 "All the remaining C&ae.sarians and Plebiscitarians had enrolled themselves under a new leader."
plebiscite .
(1884) H. Spencer Man versus State 14 "If people by a pl&eacu.biscite elect a man despot over them, do they remain free because the despotism was of their own making?"
pledge , [sb.]
(1800) Act 39 &. 40 Geo. III, c. 99 §.2 "Any time during which the said pledge shall remain in pawn. "
plentifulness .
(1905) Edin. Rev. July 197 "Evident from the very plentifulness of these remains."
plesiosaurus .
(1833) Sir C. Bell Hand (1834) 113 "The ichthyosaurus and plesiosaurus..inhabited the sea; their remains are found low in the lias deposit. "
pleuric , [a.]
(1903) Daily Chron. 16 July 5/3 "To prevent the pleuric liquid..from remaining in the thorax."
pleuro- ,
(1892) Thomson Outl. Zool. xiii. 240 "There remain three *pleurobranchs, one on the epimeron of the fifth large limb, and two quite rudimentary on the two preceding segments. "
plexiform , [a.]
(1911) Ophthalmoscope IX. 437 "The external plexiform layer remains very narrow. "
plight , [sb. 2]
(1652-62) Heylin Cosmogr. i. (1682) 269 "The Town remaining in as good plight..for Trade and Buildings, as most Towns do which want a navigable River. "
(1540) Act 32 Hen. VIII, c. 16 §.11 "The same proclamacion shal abide, be, and remain in the same plight and strength that it is, and as if this acte had neuer bene made. "
(1570-6) Lambarde Peramb. Kent (1826) 243 "As touching this privilege.., although it continue not altogither in the same plight, yet some shadowe thereof remaineth even to this day. "
Pliolophus .
(1859) Page Handbk. Geol. Terms, "Pliolophus, a small lophiodont mammal, whose remains have been found in eocene and miocene tertiaries."
ploshchadka .
(1913) E. H. Minns Scythians &. Greeks vii. 134 "The first finds were made about the village of Tripolje on the Dnê.pr forty miles below Kiev, whence this is called the Tripolje culture. The remains consist of so-called `areas' (ploshch&aacu.dka). "
(1940) C. F. C. Hawkes Prehist. Foundations of Europe vi. 236 "The Kiev region, where the peasants..made also..rectangular structures (`ploshchadki') whose remains are always found burnt, without as yet any agreed explanation. "
pluck , [v.]
(1779) J. Duch&eacu. Disc. (1790) I. xv. 293 "He plucks and eats but still remains unsatisfied. "
plug , [sb.]
(1970) R. K. Kent Lang. Journalism 104 "Plug. 1. (a) a book sold at a reduced price by a publisher after sales have fallen off: in plural, also remainders."
(1974) D. K. Smith in P. L. Moore et al. Drilling Practices Manual xvi. 437 "This readily converts to a maximum pump rate in order to remain in plug flow. "
plume , [sb.]
(1766) Compl. Farmer s.v. Malt, "Malt which has not had a sufficient time to shoot, so that its plume, or acrospire as the adepts in malting call it, may have reached to the inward skin of the barley, remains charged with too large a quantity of it's unattenuated oils. "
plummer-block .
(1875) J. W. Benson Time &. Time-Tellers (1902) 126 "By means of a contrivance, known to engineers as plumber blocks, any part of the mechanism may be removed without disturbing the remainder. "
plummet [v.]
(1958) B. Nichols Sweet &. Twenties x. 132 "Even worse, waists plummeted nine inches, to remain suspended somewhere below the navel. "
plumpness (1) .
(1660) Boyle New Exp. Phys. Mech. Exp. iv, "This plumpness of the bladder proceeded from..the stronger spring of the air remaining in the bladder. "
plum pudding plum-pudding .
(1934) F. R. Dulles Lowered Boats iv. 45 "Only the little `plum-pud'ners' of Rhode Island remained wholly true to the Greenland whale."
plunder , [sb.]
(1805) M. Lewis in Lewis &. Clark Exped. (1904) II. 220, "I dispatched Sergt. Ordway with 4 Canoes and 8 men to take up a load of baggage as far as Capt. Clark's camp and return for the remainder of our plunder. "
plurally , [adv.]
(1860) Ruskin Mod. Paint. V. vii. iv. §.27. 152 "`The heavens' when used plurally..remained expressive of the starry space beyond. "
pluri-valued , [a.]
(1969) N. Rescher Many-Valued Logic ii. 83 "The prospect remains that two-valued logic is somehow fundamental to the construction of all systems of pluri&dubh.valued logic in general."
plus .
(1891) Labour Commission Gloss., "Plus System, also called `bonus' system, is one by which a certain proportion of wages, called `subsistence money', is paid every day, and the remainder on the completion of the job or contract. This remainder is called the plus, or `contingent money'. "
Plutonism .
(1910) Encycl. Brit. XI. 644/2 "Wernerianism..rapidly declined in influence, while Plutonism came steadily to the front, where it has ever since remained. "
Plymouthism .
(1885) Encycl. Brit. XIX. 238/2 "French Switzerland has always remained the stronghold of Plymouthism on the Continent. "
pock , [sb.]
(1731) Medley tr. Kolben's Cape G. Hope II. 198 "Several hairs would remain in the *pock-frets. "
pock-mark , [sb.]
(1976) M. Green Children of Sun iv. 135 "Orwell, while..at Eton, had no powerful defences against the stimulus to dandyism, and..a few pock-marks remained all his life in testimony of his inoculation. "
pod , [sb. 2]
(1979) High Times, Mar. 19/1 "Pod suggests seeds, buds, pollen, odors, all the multi&dubh.dimensional sensual life of the fine plant, while pot ought to remain a word for a thing you plant pod in."
podded , [a.]
(1960) New Scientist 5 May 1115/3 "Unlike the United States, which has remained faithful to podded engines slung beneath the wing, Russia has resorted to both podded and buried engines in placing the power units of the Bounder."
podere .
(1961) W. Vaughan-Thomas Anzio vii. 137 "The peasant farmers had remained in the poderi of the countryside. "
poinder
(1609) Skene Reg. Maj. ii. 12 "The poynds..salbe reteined..in sic ane place pertaining to the poynder..quhere sic poynds or distresse may remaine and be keeped. "
point , [sb. 1]
(1607) Shaks. Cor. ii. ii. 43 "It remaines, As the maine Point of this our after-meeting. "
(1952) Oxf. Jun. Encycl. X. 194/1 "If a member wishes to raise a `point of order', that is, to suggest that a rule of debate is being broken, he must remain seated and put on a hat to call the attention of the Speaker. "
(1960) J. Lehmann I am my Brother vii. 314, "I finally decided that Leonard and I had reached a point of no return: if our partnership remained the same..not only would the Hogarth Press come to a standstill, but my own career would finally be frustrated. "
(1933) O. Jespersen Essentials Eng. Gram. iv. 39 "Sometimes the *point-element [of r] remains though without any trill. "
(1959) T. Reese Bridge Player's Dict. 149 "The Milton Work *point-count remains the most popular..because of its simplicity and convenience. "
point , [sb. 3]
(1881) C. C. Harrison Woman's Handiwork 89 "Modern point coup&eacu...is made on a shut linen foundation, of which some of the threads are cut away and the remainder worked over with buttonhole stitch, making regular square spaces. "
pointless , [a.]
(1891) Daily News 6 Nov. 2/6 "The latter did not long remain pointless, and after a long run by Hubbard, Fegan registered a try. "
poise , [sb. 1]
(1713) Pope Let. to Addison 14 Dec., "'Tis enough to make one remain stupify'd in a poize of inaction. "
Poisson .
(1971) J. B. Carroll et al. Word Freq. Bk. p. xxxvi, "The remaining entries show that..9,436 [words] would be expected not to appear at all in the AHI Corpus, but that 3,826 would appear once, 776 would appear twice, 105 would appear 3 times, 10 would appear 4 times, and 1 would appear 5 times. (These numbers are predicted by the Poisson distribution.) "
polar , [a.] ( [sb.] )
(1974) Sci. Amer. Sept. 54/3 "The remaining 23 [human chromosomes] replicate once more, and it is only after a sperm makes contact with the surface of the egg that a second polar body is expelled."
polarizer .
(1854) Pereira Polarized Light 132 "On rotating the film (the analyzer and polarizer remaining still), a brilliant colour is perceived at every quadrant of a circle, but in intermediate positions it vanishes altogether..so that when the film alone is revolved one colour only is seen, but when the analyzer alone is revolved, two colours are seen. "
polemoscope .
(1842) Brande Dict. Sc., etc., s.v., "Hevelius chose the name of polemoscope, because he thought the instrument might be applied, in time of war, to discover what was going on in the camp of the enemy, while the spectator remained concealed behind a wall or other defence."
police , [sb.]
(C. 1730) Burt Lett. N. Scotl. (1818) I. 140 "By the way, this police is still a great office in Scotland,..it is grown into disuetude, though the salaries remain. "
(1827) U.S. Supreme Court Rep. XXV. 442 "The power to direct the removal of gun-powder is a branch of the *police power which unquestionably remains..with the states. "
polishing , [vbl. sb.]
(1971) R. L. &. G. L. Culp Adv. Wastewater Treatment iii. 49 "Effluent chlorination can provide more efficient disinfection of the effluent, which negates the only remaining virtue of the polishing pond for larger plants."
politico-
(1950) M. Crosland tr. Rovan's Germany 99 "The D.G.B...remains the richest and most powerful union confederation in Europe, constituting a genuine politico-social power. "
polity (1) .
(1876) Grant Burgh Sch. Scotl. i. i. 3 note, "The polity of Scotland remained as yet Celtic, though it very soon afterwards became feudal."
pollution .
(1605) Bacon Adv. Learn. ii. fol. 9 "The Sunne..passeth through pollutions, and it selfe remaines as pure as before."
poly- ,
(1959) New Scientist 2 July 34/2 "The remaining lectures were divided into two groups with the general titles `Physics and Physical Chemistry of Macromolecules' and `Polyreactions'. "
polyandrium ,
(1820) T. S. Hughes Trav. Sicily I. xi. 335 "That polyandrium which covered the remains of those brave Thebans who fell in defence of Grecian liberty. "
polyatomic , [a.]
(1866) Roscoe Elem. Chem. 242 "Amongst the carbon compounds some radicals exist in which more than one combining power remains unsaturated, and which therefore act as polyatomic radicals. "
polychromasia .
(1973) Woodliff &. Herrmann Conc. Haematol. i. 18 "In many cells polychromasia of the cytoplasm remains after loss of the nucleus. "
polycystic , [a.]
(1872) Peaslee Ovar. Tumors 30 "The tendency to become monocystic or to remain polycystic. "
polygon , [sb.] and [a.]
(1921) Geogr. Jrnl. LVIII. 308 "The snow falls, and when it melts, the spare gravel that remains on the clay substratum has taken upon itself the same system of polygons..which we see in Polar lands. "
polymetre .
(1966) C. Keil in T. Kochman Rappin' &. Stylin' Out (1972) 90 "It is a subjective pulse that Richard Waterman is speaking of when he uses the concept `metronome sense' as the ordering principle in the polymetered rhythms of West African ensembles. In jazz groups polymeter or even a sense of polymeter may or may not exist, but the subjective pulse or metronomic sense remains. "
polyphagia .
(1965) B. E. Freeman tr. Vandel's Biospeleol. xix. 337 "The categories which have been recognised must remain fluid because of the marked tendency of cavernicoles towards polyphagia. "
polyphiloprogenitive [a.]
(1963) Punch 4 Sept. 358/3 "There remains his polyphiloprogenitive invention, which occasionally pushes a story across the starting line if you can bear the writing. "
polypus .
(1865) Pusey in Liddon, etc. Life (1897) IV. iii. 80 "We cannot divide Holy Scripture or Christianity, polypus-like, so that one part might be cut off, and the rest remain in the same life as before. "
polysomic , [sb.] and [a.]
(1966) J. A. Serra Mod. Genetics II. xii. 35 "Cases in which one chromosome of the set becomes polysomic (above the normal number) are known in which the chromosome remains euchromatic and other cases in which it is heterochromatinized. Genetic imbalance and diminished viability or more or less marked lethality accompany, as a rule, the cases of polysomy when the chromosome remains euchromatic, while heterochromatic supernumeraries do not, in general, produce such effects and, probably, are of use to the cell."
polysystemic , [a.]
(1957) Year's Work Eng. Stud. 1955 28/2 "It remains a matter for regret that Firth's polysystemic approach to language has not yet been fully and explicitly formulated, for it is clear..that it has much to offer us. "
polytechnic , [a.] and [sb.]
(1965) Economist 11 Sept. 1000/1 "In the eyes of authority, naval history has remained a soft option in a polytechnic world."
pomace .
(1693) Evelyn De la Quint. Compl. Gard. Dict., "Pomace, is the mash which remains of pressed Apples, after the Sider is made, used for producing of Seedling Stocks in Nursery-Gardens. "
Pompeian , [sb. 2] and [a. 2]
(1845) J. H. Newman in Encycl. Metrop. 282/1 "The remains of the Pompeian party. "
Pondo .
(1884) K. Johnston Africa (ed. 3) xxiv. 399 "The remaining portions of Kafraria, including..that of the Amapondo extending across the St. John's River between the Umtata and the Umtamfuna, the boundary river of Natal. "
pongal .
(1913) Encycl. Relig. &. Ethics VI. 44/1 "The central rite of the great Pongol festival of S. India consists in cooking new rice, some of which is offered to Ganes&acu.a, the remainder being eaten by the family. "
pontifical , [a.] and [sb.]
(1865) Tylor Early Hist. Man. vi. 124 "This practice, Pliny adds, still remains in the pontifical discipline. "
pooh-pooh , [v.]
(1957) Observer 29 Sept. 13/4 "It is one thing to pooh-pooh the final scene as melodrama..and quite another thing to remain detached as Salome lies, on your own fireside, intoxicated with passion. "
Poona .
(1939) G. Treast in Best One-Act Plays 1938 63 "Major Manners is discovered playing patience... He is an elderly, heavily jovial man, who, in spite of twenty years' Isolation, remains essentially pukka and Poona. "
poop , [sb. 1]
(1839) Marryat Phant. Ship x, "Philip remained on deck by the *poop-ladder. "
poor , [a.] ( [sb.] )
(1863) E. V. Neale Anal. Th. &. Nat. 157 "Stratified masses, rich in organic remains, though poor in mineral substances."
(1977) P. Laslett Family Life Earlier Generations iv. 171 "During the next 2 years of life, ages 4 and 5, infants remain very dependent, and even amongst the very poor in pre-industrial society were extremely unlikely to be sent out of the home. "
poor-law .
(1835) Marryat Olla Podr. xi. "How the new Poor Law Bill will work remains to be proved. "
pop , [a.] ( [sb. 8] )
(1958) Spectator 14 Feb. 197/2 "The promoters of `pop' fiction must ruthlessly wipe out any tragedy that remains unique and personal. "
popery .
(1550) Cranmer Wks. (Parker Soc.) I. 6 "But what availeth it to take away beads, pardons, pilgrimages, and such other like popery, so long as two chief roots remain unpulled up? "
popping-crease
(1833) Nyren Yng. Cricketer's Tutor 28 "In reaching in too, be especially careful that the right foot remain firmly in its place behind the popping-crease. "
popple , [sb. 1]
(1910) S. E. White Rules of Game xii. 66 "The remains of the forest, overgrown with scrub oak and popple thickets, pushed down to the right-of-way."
poppy , [sb.]
(A. 1683) Sidney Disc. Govt. ii. xxiv. (1704) 159 "He..would certainly strike off the heads of the most eminent remaining Poppys. [Cf. poppy-head 1, 1650.]"
poppy-head
(1904) T. H. Longfield in Athen&ae.um 9 Apr. 473/3 "Many remains..of poppyhead bench-ends and benches."
pop-up , [sb.] and [a.]
(1978) Time 3 July 60/1 "One of their catchers, Frank Mancuso, was a former lieutenant who had injured his back during parachute training; he could neither remain in the Army nor look skyward for a pop-up."
porch .
(1901) J. Flynt World of Graft 27 "The remaining third of Chicago's professional thieves are good, bad, and indifferent `sneaks', `porch-climbers', [etc.]. "
Poro .
(1925) T. N. Goddard Handbk. Sierra Leone iii. 57 "Initiation into the Porro society takes place in youth. While boys remain in the Porro bush they are taught the arts and crafts of their tribe. "
porphyr- porphyro-
(1975) Compar. Biochem. &. Physiol. A. LII. 720/2 "While terrestriality appears to act as a selective force for the predominance of rhodopsin, the function of the porphyropsin and mixed porphyropsin-rhodopsin systems remains obscure."
porphyrine (2)
(1872) Watts Dict. Chem. VI. 955 "On evaporating the ether, the porphyrine remains in the form of a varnish soluble in water and in alcohol. "
Porpita .
(1878) Bell Gegenbaur's Comp. Anat. 98 "In Porpita, the disc remains flat and circular. "
port , [sb. 1]
(1758) J. Blake Plan Mar. Syst. 11 "He will have eight months wages remaining due to him, besides his *port-pay."
port , [sb. 3]
(1839) R. S. Robinson Naut. Steam Eng. 101 "To shut the steam port before the eduction port, leaving the expansive power of the steam, already in the cylinder, to finish the remainder of the stroke. "
portee .
(1910) L. Hooper Hand-Loom Weaving i. ii. 37 "It only remains to take the group of eight threads below and over peg A in order to finish the first portee, as such a collection of threads warped in one round is called. "
(1942) Times 22 Apr. 4/6 "Finally, only two guns remained in action... Immediately afterwards one of these was destroyed and the portee of another was set on fire. "
porticus
(1977) R. Morris in Binney &. Burman Change &. Decay 135/2 "The digging of a trench around the base of a church to combat rising damp may destroy the remains of an Anglo-Saxon porticus."
portolan .
(1978) Nature 1 June 409/1 "For many the intriguing question remains: whether the keenly observant craftsmen-sailors of Northern Europe did not have a recorded lore of their own-effective but, like the portolan charts, tardily acknowledged by the churchmen?"
portray , [v.]
(1796) Morse Amer. Geog. I. 315 note, "It remains for future ages to pourtray the virtues and exploits of this truly great man. "
position , [sb.]
(1880) W. S. Rockstro in Grove Dict. Mus. II. 17 "In whatever position they may be taken, Consonant Intervals remain always consonant; Dissonant Intervals, dissonant."
positional , [a.]
(1976) F. Hirsch Social Limits to Growth iii. 27 "The positional economy..relates to all aspects of goods, services, work positions, and other social relationships that are either (1) scarce in some absolute or socially imposed sense or (2) subject to congestion or crowding through more extensive use... If..positional goods remain in fixed supply while material goods become more plentiful, the price of positional goods will rise, as consumers' relative intensity of demand for them increases in terms of material goods. "
positive , [a.] and [sb.]
(1900) Ld. Kelvin in Phil. Mag. L. 306 "For atoms of electricity, which, following Larmor, I at present call electrons, it inevitably occurs to suggest a special class of atoms... A positive electron would be an atom which by attraction condenses ether into the space occupied by its volume; and a negative electron would be an atom which, by repulsion, rarefies the ether remaining in the space occupied by its volume. "
positivist , [sb.] and [a.]
(1977) New Yorker 9 May 145/1, "I suspect that we remain, in our hearts, medieval people: our assumptions are Aristotelian, not positivist or existentialist."
possession , [sb.]
(1897) Daily News 10 Dec. 3/2 (heading, ) "Defendant's man during the nine days only visited the house once a day and did not remain in possession. "
(1898) J. M. Lightwood in Encycl. Laws Eng. X. 237 "In possession: as applied to an estate or interest, these words usually mean that the right is immediate, and not in reversion, remainder, or expectancy."
possessor .
(1800) Addison Amer. Law Rep. 129 "The possessor remains liable to the true owner. "
possible , [a.] ( [sb.] , [adv.] )
(1582) N. Lichefield tr. Castanheda's Conq. E. Ind. i. lxv. 132 b, "That you shoulde understand, wherefore and for what cause I remained in the Indias, for that it is possible that all you do not know. "
post , [sb. 3]
(1855) Macaulay Hist. Eng. xii. III. 228 "The line of posts which surrounded Londonderry by land remained unbroken. "
(1973) H. Gruppe Truxton Cipher iii. 25 "He added that he intended to remain in the Naval Reserve so as to retain his..post-exchange privileges."
post , [v. 2]
(1949) Richmond (Virginia) Times-Dispatch 10 Oct. 13/5 "William and Mary, which Saturday posted a 54-6 decision over the Keydets to tie North Carolina for the conference lead (each has a 2-0 record), has one remaining State battle. "
post- , [prefix] ,
(1938) S. Beckett Murphy ix. 176 "In the morning nothing remained of the dream but a *post&dubh.monition of calamity. "
(1862) Phil. Trans. R. Soc. CLI. 312 "These numbers will remain unchanged, when the given matrix is premultiplied by any unit-matrix, and *post-multiplied by any matrix whatsoever. "
(1976) Offshore Engineer Mar. 26/3 "The Kishorn structure departs from its smaller brothers by having a two-stage wall poststressing. The first stage will be stressed at the 15m high level, the remainder when the walls reach full height. "
(1958) J. Press Chequer'd Shade viii. 183 "Whether the systematic employment of post-symbolist technique has weakened or strengthened poetry is likely to remain a matter of dispute. "
post-Bloomfieldian [a.] and [sb.]
(1965) Foundations of Lang. I. 92 "It remains quite clear that post-Bloomfieldian linguistics was preoccupied with accounting for the corpus of speech-utterances. "
post crown
(1974) L. J. Leggett in Harty &. Roberts Restorative Procedures for Practising Dentist xvi. 216 "A post crown is indicated, in a root-filled tooth, where there is insufficient bulk or strength in the remaining crown to support a jacket crown."
post factum
(1927) Mod. Philol. Nov. 227 "New locutions..constantly replace old ones, which viewed post factum, would have been unintelligible, had they remained in use. "
postjudice
(1905) G. K. Chesterton R. Browning v. 115 "Prejudice is not so much the great intellectual sin as a thing which, we may call, to coin a word, `postjudice', not the bias before the fair trial, but the bias that remains after."
postmastership (1)
(1804) G. Rose Diaries (1860) II. 134 "Lord Charles Spencer should be allowed to remain in the other joint Postmastership. "
post office post-office .
(1893) H. Joyce Hist. Post Office vi. 44 "Out of London, the Post Office servants remained [in 1690] much as they had been ten years before, at about 239 in number, of whom all but twelve were postmasters. "
postoperative [a.] ( [sb.] )
(1951) Science 19 Oct. 416/1 "Prothrombin levels remained normal throughout the postoperative period in each animal. "
post-Pliocene , [a.] ( [sb.] )
(1865) Tylor Early Hist. Man. xi. 306 "In the post-pliocene of Brazil, remains have been preserved of an extinct ape. "
post rem
(1941) E. C. Thomas Hist. Schoolmen vi. 123 "There remains a third aspect of Universals, generally described as Nominalist, which posits the Universal `post rem'. "
postscript , [sb.]
(1965) Listener 23 Sept. 463/3 "Would he have expanded during his sixty-odd extra years, or remained as much a postscript from the 'nineties as Max?"
pot , [sb. 1]
(1942) E. Paul Narrow St. iv. 37 "The Com&eacu.die Fran&ccdil.aise..went to pot artistically and remained a travesty of its former self until reorganized about 1938. "
pot , [v. 1]
(1740) Hist. Jamaica 321 "From the Boiler the Liquor is emptied into a Cooler, where it remains till it is fit to be potted. "
potato , [sb.]
(1664) Evelyn Kal. Hort. Nov. 78 "Take up your Potatos for winter spending, there will enough remain for stock, though never so exactly gather'd. "
potent , [a. 1] and [sb. 2]
(1975) L. B. Hobson Examination of Patient ix. 360 "Sexual arousal, erection, and even ejaculation..are emotional as well as hormonal, and a man castrated in later life is still able to have sexual intercourse; that is, he remains potent. He is, however, sterile, since he produces no sperm."
potential , [a.] and [sb.]
(1872) Nicholson Biol. 15 "Life may remain in a dormant or `potential' condition for an apparently indefinite length of time. "
(1853) Sir W. Thomson in Philos. Mag. Ser. iv. V. 288 note, "The potential at any point in the neighbourhood of or within a charged body is the quantity of work that would be required to bring a unit of positive electricity from an infinite distance to that point if the given distribution of electricity remained unaltered. "
(1878) J. W. Gibbs in Trans. Connecticut Acad. Arts &. Sci. 149 "If to any homogeneous mass we suppose an infinitesimal quantity of any substance to be added, the mass remaining homogeneous and its entropy and volume remaining unchanged, the increase of the energy of the mass divided by the quantity of the substance added is the potential of that substance in the mass considered... In the above definition we may evidently substitute for entropy, volume, and energy, respectively, either temperature, volume, and the function &psi.; or entropy, pressure, and the function &chi.; or temperature, pressure, and the function &zeta.. "
potentiometer .
(1922) Glazebrook Dict. Appl. Physics II. 615/2 "The total resistance of the potentiometer circuit remains unchanged whatever the setting of the dials. "
pot-holer
(1900) Jrnl. Yorkshire Ramblers' Club I. 134 "The temptation to remain above ground certainly was very strong, and some of the pot-holers gazed rather wistfully after the men who, at the parting of the ways, left them for Ingleborough. "
potoroo .
(1923) F. W. Jones Mammals S. Austral. 218 "The remaining potoroos should be carefully protected. "
pottingar .
(A. 1585) Polwart Flyting w. Montgomerie 254 "Passe to the pothingars againe; Some recipies does yet remaine. "
poultice , [sb.]
(1856) Emerson Eng. Traits, Ability Wks. (Bohn) II. 35 "When they have pounded each other to a poultice, they will shake hands and be friends for the remainder of their lives. "
pound , [sb. 1]
(1596) Spenser F.Q. v. ii. 36 "But if thou now shouldst weigh them new in pound, We are not sure they would so long remaine."
pound-cake
(1977) Time 24 Jan. 5/2 "Pound cake will remain just that, no matter how many grams the ingredients weigh."
pour , [v.]
(1666) Boyle Orig. Formes &. Qual. Wks. 1772 III. 62 "The remaining matter..with the least heat may be poured out like a liquor. "
(1818-20) E. Thompson Cullen's Nosol. Method. (ed. 3) 206 "Vesicles..remain for several days and then pour out a thin ichor. "
pourable , [a.]
(1970) Sci. Jrnl. May 19/1 "Even with temperatures of &min.40°.C the Astrolites did not freeze, remained pourable and were easily and safely handled."
pourparler , [sb.]
(1831) Scott Jrnl. (1890) II. 435 "After some pour&dubh.parlers Mr. L--..must remain on board. "
Powellism .
(1973) C. Mullard Black Brit. ii. vi. 66 "It [sc. the Institute of Race Relations] has remained on safe, non-controversial ground, arousing as much black scorn as Powellism. "
power-boat
(1971) E. Fenwick Impeccable People xxi. 115 "The powerboat owners suddenly became invisible... The local powerboaters..remained the most unpopular minority conceivable. "
power plant
(1973) Nature 16 Mar. 210/1 "The remaining papers..covered gas turbine, steam and Stirling-cycle powerplants for vehicles."
practical , [a.] ( [sb.] )
(1844) Stanley Arnold I. iv. 187 "He remained eminently practical to the end of his life. "
(1963) T. Bottomore tr. Marx's Early Writings 52 "The criticism of the speculative philosophy of right does not remain within its own sphere, but leads on to tasks which can only be solved by means of practical activity. "
(1961) Times 10 Jan. 8 "The impression remains that the Liberal leader is still the diplomatist, more at home in the chancery, or the corridors of the United Nations, not the father figure, so necessary in Canadian leadership, or the practical politician, able to talk about sewage problems. "
practice .
(C. 1898) C. S. Peirce Coll. Papers (1934) V. 412 "Science, when it comes to understand itself, regards facts as merely the vehicle of eternal truth, while for Practice they remain the obstacles which it has to turn, the enemy of which it is determined to get the better. "
practico-
(1975) B. Cooper tr. Aron's Hist. &. Dialectic of Violence ii. 41 "Alienation presupposes the moment of original freedom and translucid praxis. Otherwise, it would but remain the experience of the practico-inert, the activity-passivity that we live out each day, and could not be recognized as the experience of bondage. "
practise , [v.]
(1771) Goldsm. Hist. Eng. I. 81 "Those [laws] which remain..under his name seem to be only the laws already practised in the country by his Saxon ancestors."
praetorian pretorian , [a.] and [sb.]
(1856) Merivale Rom. Emp. (1865) IV. xxxii. 13 "The provinces which remained under the control of the senate continued to be assigned by lot to consulars and praetorians."
prasad prasada .
(1828) H. H. Wilson in Asiatic Researches 96 "At noon, he halted and bathed the god, and prepared his food, and presented it, and then took the Pras&aacu.d and put it in a vessel, and fed upon what remained. "
(1979) D. Quinn Fear of God i. 52 "The Indian said, `Prasada, the remains are food offered to the Lord... The food is Krishna himself. You should eat it all.'"
prattle , [v.]
(1560) Becon New Catech. Wks. I. 465 b, "Whatsoeuer the Papistes..pratle in this behalf, I am sure, reason sayeth, that there remaineth bothe bread &. wyne. "
pray , [v.]
(1818) Cruise Digest (ed. 2) VI. 359 "If a conveyance had been prayed, there must have been a limitation to trustees to preserve contingent remainders. "
prayer (1) .
(1727-41) Chambers Cycl., "Passive prayer, in the language of mystick divines, is a total suspension, or ligature of the intellectual faculties, in virtue whereof the soul remains, of itself and as to its own power, impotent with regard to the producing of any effects. "
(1937) Hansard Commons 4 June 1307, "I undertake, if the House will allow the remaining Regulations to be passed now, to amend No 95 immediately, and the notification of the Amendment will, of course, be subject to a Prayer, just as the Regulations themselves are. "
pre- [prefix] ,
(1971) Arch. Biochem. &. Biophysics CXLII. 327/2 "For most of the enzymic activities the restoration or stimulation of activity by pressure was closely related to the amount of activity remaining during the *prepressurization. "
(1927) Jrnl. Philos. XXIV. 9 "The given is for science a continual challenge, always remaining `*pre-analytical', in the sense of never condemning as bootless the task of more searching analysis. "
(1965) A. C. Danto Analytical Philos. Hist. x. 207 "From the Deduction Assumption, together with our pre-analytical notion of explanatory inadequacy, we may..elicit the remainder of Hempel's Analysis. "
(1907) H. M. Chadwick Origin Eng. Nation iv. 74 "It is held that the remains..date from *pre-Saxon times. "
(1973) Word 1970 XXVI. 396 "Yet perhaps all we have to do is to rephrase Cohen's distinction between langue b&eacu.b&eacu. and langue adulte by calling the former `pre&dubh.transformational language'. Then, there would still remain the necessity of explaining how..a child suddenly employs transformations. "
(1974) Encycl. Brit. Macrop&ae.dia XIV. 133/1 "The dryness of the central and southern coasts has preserved the remains of a long succession of pre-Inca peoples. "
Preboreal [a.]
(1956) A. L. Armstrong in D. L. Linton Sheffield vi. 101 "The known [Mesolithic] moorland sites are usually upon patches of old land surface.., or in the eroded banks of streams and cloughs, where their pre-Boreal age is testified by remains of the Pennine forest lying in the peat above them. "
precool [v.]
(1958) A. Laurie et al. Commercial Flower Forcing (ed. 6) xii. 328 "The cases containing the bulbs are placed in storage in early October at 32 to 34°.F, where they remain until shipping, which is usually in late November. Lily bulbs handled this way are referred to as precooled bulbs in contrast to bulbs sent direct to the florist immediately after digging and grading. "
precure [v.]
(1935) C. Ellis Chem. Synthetic Resins I. xxviii. 612 "Avoidance of precuring during drying is essential if the molding properties of the resin are to remain unimpaired. "
predicant , [a.] and [sb.]
(1627) Hakewill Apol. iii. ix. (1630) 261 "That little life of it [Rhetoric] which remained being reserved only in the predicancie of Postillars. "
predicate , [sb.]
(1903) B. Russell Princ. of Math. I. iv. 45 "We shall say that `Socrates is human' is a proposition having only one term; of the remaining components of the proposition, one is the verb, the other is a predicate... Predicates..are concepts, other than verbs, which occur in propositions having only one term or subject. "
(1950) tr. Hilbert &. Ackermann's Princ. Math. Logic iii. 67 "We will now proceed, just as we did for the sentential calculus, to set up for the predicate calculus a system of axioms from which the remaining true sentences of the predicate calculus may be obtained by means of certain rules. "
preformative , [a.] ( [sb.] )
(1901) J. E. H. Thomson Recent Comm. Daniel 12 "There are remains of eastern forms..for instance, the use of the lamed as preformative for the yod in the Substantive Verb-a Mandaean i.e. eastern usage."
pregnancy (1) .
(1818) Cruise Digest (ed. 2) II. 401 "The estate that was in them, was, by the statute, wholly transferred to serve the uses which were in esse, with a pregnancy and prospect to the contingent remainders, if they should arise in due time. "
prehominid [sb.] and [a.]
(1968) A. S. Romer Procession of Life xviii. 290 "Even if a pre-hominid wished to remain a tree-dweller, his living area would be much restricted unless he were able to venture out into the open. "
prejacent , [a.] ( [sb.] )
(C. 1840) Sir W. Hamilton Logic App. (1860) II. 276 "According to the doctrine of the logicians, conversion applies only to the naked terms themselves:-the subject and predicate of the prejacent interchange places, but the quantity by which each was therein affected is excluded from the movement; remaining to affect its correlative in the subjacent proposition."
prelacteal , [a.]
(1897) Q. Jrnl. Microsc. Sc. Jan. 440 "He viewed the calcified structures as the sole remains of an entire `prelacteal' dentition which had otherwise become suppressed. "
premise premiss , [sb.]
(1818) Cruise Digest (ed. 2) VI. 526 "Alice Higgins devised the premises, being a term for 999 years, to trustees, in trust for herself for life, remainder to H. Higgins her son and Mary his wife. "
premix , [sb.] and [a.]
(1960) O. Skilbeck ABC of Film &. TV 98 "Premix, when dubbing is likely to prove especially difficult, or when insufficient heads are available for the number of tracks involved, some tracks may be combined at a first premix stage and added to the remainder later. "
(1972) Quick &. LaBau Handbk. Film Production xviii. 201 "In the event of an extremely complex mix, pre-mixes may be desirable. This is where a few of the tracks are mixed to a desired level and then that master track mixed with the remaining channels of information. The director makes decisions concerning whether or not to pre-mix his film. "
prepuberty
(1922) R. T. Franks Gynecol. &. Obstetr. Path. 75 "In some instances..in which the menstruation is delayed or remains in abeyance, although ovulation occurs, the prepuberty and the puberty stage cannot be differentiated clinically. "
prerogatival , [a.]
(1619) Sir J. Sempill Sacrilege Handl. 73 "So must it not remaine still e&lenis.n au&lenis.tw&frown., but returne e&lenis.pi xriston. All these prerogatiual Prepositions end euer in Christ."
prescription (1) .
(1700) Rycaut Hist. Turks III. 131 "The Elector of Bavaria..remained at Brin to take the Air by the prescription of his Physitians. "
preselection [sb.] and [a.]
(1957) Railway Mag. Nov. 758/2 "Route-setting is used, with pre-selection facility.., the controls remaining stored until conditions allow of their becoming effective. "
present , [sb. 1]
(1600) J. Pory tr. Leo's Africa viii. 304 "Inscriptions engrauen in marble, and remaining til this present. "
pre-set [a.]
(1966) D. G. Brandon Mod. Techniques Metallogr. 102 "The specimen stage..will remain in a preset position sufficiently long to permit any area to be photographed with the full resolution of the instrument. "
presidency .
(C. 1796) T. Twining Trav. Amer. (1894) 136 "General Washington..remained there till 1789, when the general voice of his country called him from his pastoral pursuits to the Presidency of the Government. "
press , [sb. 1]
(1975) Oxf. Compan. Decorative Arts 651 "Press cupboard, a large cupboard, sometimes confused with a court cupboard, which came into use in the latter half of the 16th c. and remained in fashion until the 18th c. It had the upper part recessed with contained cupboards and a shelf running in front of them."
press , [v. 1]
(1899) Allbutt's Syst. Med. VII. 591 "Nothing now remained but to press the use of anti-pneumococcic serum."
pressing [vbl. sb. 1]
(1674) Essex Papers (Camden) I. 265 "Without ye extraordinary pressing of friends I cannot remaine in it. "
prestigious , [a.]
(1974) Times Lit. Suppl. 11 Jan. 32/3 "For the period of nearly five years during which he remained as Prime Minister after the war he was..engaged in promoting policies which were actively disliked, or accepted reluctantly, by a majority of his supporters. This was the essential nature of the prestigious balancing act which he was constantly obliged to perform."
pre-stretch [v.]
(1946) Concrete &. Constructional Engin. XLI. 147 "With pre-stretching the member has to remain in the mould until the stretching force, produced by tensioning of the reinforcement.., can safely be transmitted to the concrete. "
pretenture .
(1658) W. Burton Itin. Anton. 102 "There remain yet two doubts: First, whether this Pr&ae.tenture, or Wall, was made of Stone, or of Turfs. "
preventative , [a.] and [sb.]
(1901) J. A. Godfrey Science of Sex 256 "So long as the sheath remains whole, it is an absolute preventative. "
price , [sb.]
(1952) T. W. Hutchinson tr. Schneider's Pricing &. Equilibrium i. 23 "We can measure the reaction of the quantity demanded to changes in price, when all other prices and income remain constant, by the *price elasticity. "
(1949) Sun (Baltimore) 10 Sept. 11/4 "Corn from this year's crop is expected to move into Government hands under *price-support programs to join more than 400,000,000 bushels remaining there from the 1948 crop. "
price , [v.]
(1561) tr. Calvin's Foure Godlye Serm. iii. G iij b, "It is..suche a special prerogatyue as can not for ye great dignitie therof sufficiently be pryced to remaine and lyue in the churche. "
prick , [sb.]
(1888) Clark Russell Death Ship II. 88, "I had the remains of what sailors term a prick of tobacco in my pocket."
pride , [sb. 1]
(1611) Sir W. Mure Misc. Poems i. 54 "Lyk to a blooming meadou Quhose pryd doth schort remaine. "
priest , [sb.]
(1928) A. Evans Palace of Minos II. ii. 774 "The remains of the remarkable painted relief of the personage wearing a plumed lily crown and collar, in whom we may with good reason recognize one of the actual Priest-Kings of Knossos. "
priestess .
(1841) C. E. Lester Glory Eng. II. 139 "When one of the six..happens to die, the remaining five fill up the void; and thus the priesthood, or, rather, priestesshood, lives on in a sort of corporate immortality. "
primary , [a.] and [sb.]
(1956) Spaceflight Oct. 27/1 "The charged cosmic ray primaries..consist of approximately 80 per cent. protons, 18 or 19 per cent. alpha particles, and the remainder heavier nuclei. "
primateship
(1799) Chron. in Ann. Reg. 67/1 "The primateship will remain vacant for two years."
prime , [sb. 1]
(1752) Bk. Com. Prayer, To find Easter for ever, "Table to find Easter-Day, To find the Golden Number, or Prime, add one to the Year of our Lord, and then divide by 19; the remainder, if any, is the Golden Number."
prime , [sb. 2]
(1594) Blundevil Exerc. i. vii. (1636) 25 "But such [numbers] as cannot bee divided but that there will remaine some odde unite, those are called Primes. "
(1839) Ure Dict. Arts 627 "The nitre contains five primes of oxygen, of which three, combining with the three of charcoal, will furnish three of carbonic oxide gas, while the remaining two will convert the one prime of sulphur into sulphurous acid gas. The single prime of nitrogen is, there&dubh.fore, in this view, disengaged alone."
prime , [a.] ( [adv.] )
(1669) Sturmy Mariner's Mag. i. ii. 9 "In what year you would know what is the *Prime Number, add 1 to the date thereof, and then divide it by 19, and that which remaineth upon the Division..is the Number required. "
primitive , [a.] and [sb.]
(1916) G. A. Miller et al. Theory &. Applic. Finite Groups xv. 308 "For any prime p, it is shown in the theory of numbers that there exists a primitive root g of p such that 1, g, g2, .., gp&min.2, when divided by p, give in some order the remainders 1, 2, 3, .., p &min. 1. "
primordial , [a.] ( [sb.] )
(1687) T. K. Veritas Evang. 98 "There would have remained illustrious Memory thereof, at least in some of the primordial Churches. "
principal , [a.] and [sb.] ( [adv.] )
(1778) Phil. Surv. S. Irel. 146 "The remainder they lay parallel to the principals. "
principiant , [a.] and [sb.]
(1887) Sylvester in Amer. Jrnl. Math. IX. 20 "Instead of the cumbrous terms Projective Reciprocants or Differential Invariants, it is better to use the single word Principiants to denominate that crowning class or order of Reciprocants which remain to a factor prè.s, unaltered for any homographic substitutions impressed on the variables."
principle , [sb.]
(1858) Lardner Handbk. Nat. Phil. 255 "This thermometer is sometimes varied in its form and arrangement, but the principle remains the same."
(1658) Sir T. Browne Hydriot. iii. 44 "When the heavy Principle of Salt is fired out, and the Earth almost only remaineth [in burnt bones]. "
print , [sb.]
(1546) Phaer Bk. Childr. (1553) Q viij, "The swellyng or puffyng vp..pressed wyth the finger, there remaineth a print. "
(1601) Holland Pliny II. 141 "A faire medicine to cure..the black prints remaining after strokes. "
(A. 1548) Hall Chron., Edw. IV 223 b, "That no print or shadowe should remain of the adverse faccion, in his realme. "
(A. 1715) Burnet Own Time (1766) I. 247 "Scarce any prints of what he had been remained."
(1932) A. J. Fairbank Handwriting Man. Introd., "Of the problems arising in the schools today.., one..is how to adapt the handwriting which has been named `print-script'..so that there may remain in the revised model nothing to hinder the tempo at which an adult writes. "
print , [v.]
(1558) Warde tr. Alexis' Secr. (1568) 110 b, "Thinges that remain in the fire without melting, wherein men print very well all maner of metall. "
(1855) Hardwich Man. Photogr. Chem. 173 "It is always necessary to print the picture some shades darker than it is intended to remain. "
(1974) C. Swedlund Photogr. ix. 221/2 "Contact printing was the original method of printing negatives, and it remains the process most typically used for negatives of such size..that their images do not require enlargement."
(1956) Focal Encycl. Photogr. 910/2 "To print in large areas, such as a sky, a plain card is used to shade the remainder of the image. "
printer .
(1898) N. &. Q. 9th Ser. II. 33/1 "Type..occupying exactly three-sevenths of the open page, the remaining four-sevenths being `*printer's-fat'. "
prior , [sb.]
(1604) Merch. New-Royall Exchange B ij b, "The Merchants [at Rouen]..shall chuse out of the said number three officers, viz. A Prior and two Consulls, to remaine in their authoritie for one yeare. "
prison , [sb.]
(1621) Execution at Prague in Harl. Misc. (Malh.) III. 411 "Remain in perpetual prison. "
(1977) Time 12 Dec. 47/3 "With only good time remaining as a route to early release, the potential for abuse by prison guards would be heightened as well. "
prisoner (2) .
(1867) Latham Black &. White 115 "Here we remain, still prisoners at Fortress Monro..the steamboat never came to take passengers to Norfolk. "
(1896) Daily News 21 Nov. 8/2 "His medical attendant..remained with the prisoner-patient throughout a considerable part of the night. "
pritchel , [sb.]
(1820) Bracy Clark Descr. New Horse Shoe 14 "Nor was there so much trouble in reducing them [the pritchel bumps on the outside of the shoe]..with the pritchel remaining in the hole to prevent its closing. "
private , [a.] ( [sb.] )
(1979) Guardian 12 Nov. 7/1 "Most trading skills, shops and trucks remain in the hands of private traders. Private trading is not illegal."
(1863) H. Cox Instit. i. ix. 173 "In order to the first reading of a private bill in the House of Commons, a petition for leave to bring it in is first presented, by being deposited at the Private Bill Office. A certain interval of time is required to elapse between the first and second readings, during which the bill remains in the custody of the Private Bill Office."
privateering [vbl. sb.]
(1863) H. Cox Instit. iii. ii. 598 "At the conference at Paris, in 1856,..it was declared that, as to those Powers..`privateering is and remains abolished'."
privatize , [v.]
(1976) Spare Rib Dec. 4/3 "As long as most people live in nuclear family-type set-ups..baby-sitting will remain a `privatised', individual act. "
probation , [sb.]
(1899) Westm. Gaz. 31 Oct. 8/3 "All prisoners..remain there three months, but if they show docile spirit at the end of that time they are transferred into the *probation class. "
problem .
(1854) Milman Lat. Chr. (1864) II. 173 "Mohammed remains..an historic problem: his character, his motives, his designs, are all equally obscure. "
processable , [a.]
(1956) Industr. &. Engin. Chem. 932/1 "They become progressively tougher and more viscous while remaining `processable' even in an advanced state of scorch. "
proconsul .
(1954) New Biol. XVII. 12 "The remains of fossil apes are especially abundant [on Rusinga Island in Lake Victoria],..of which the most famous has been Proconsul. "
procuticle .
(1951) A. G. Richards Integument of Arthropods 149 "The procuticle may remain seemingly unchanged in soft transparent cuticle and soft areas.., in which case the fully formed cuticle is said to consist of epicuticle and endocuticle... Or the outer portion of the procuticle may become hardened and darkened by sclerotization, giving an outer dark exocuticle and an inner transparent endocuticle. "
producible , [a.]
(1888) Burgon Lives 12 Gd. Men I. iv. 407 "No producible recollections remain of that early period."
productive , [a.] ( [sb.] )
(1965) Brit. Jrnl. Industr. Med. XXII. 194/1 "Those who smoked, and more particularly those who had a productive cough, had lower ventilatory capacities and lower forced expiratory ratios than the remainder."
productivity .
(1809-10) Coleridge Friend (1818) III. 202 "Its own productivity would have remained for ever hidden from itself. "
proembryo .
(1888) Henslow Orig. Floral Str. 281 "Even after fertilization the embryo cannot grow to maturity, but remains in the arrested proembryonic condition."
profane , [a.] ( [sb.] )
(1875) Scrivener Lect. Text N. Test. 4 "Not of the Bible only, but of those precious remains of profane literature."
profitability .
(1893) A. A. Martin in Idler Mar. 195 "If the heavenly profitability was cut off..the habit of pleasurable moving remained."
programming , [vbl. sb.]
(1947) Electronic Engin. XIX. 107/1 "It remains to show how the automatic sequencing of operations-or programming-is achieved. "
progressional , [a.]
(1674) Jeake Arith. (1696) 543 "To find Numbers whose Remains shall be Arithmetically Progressional. "
prohibit [ppl. a.]
(1714) Fr. Bk. of Rates 400 "Arrest of the King's Council, for levying of 30 Sols per 100 upon all Cheese from Foreign Parts, except from England and Holland, which remains prohibit."
project , [sb.]
(1601) Holland Pliny II. 535 "Many other plots and projects there doe remaine of his [Parasius'] drawing. "
projection , [sb.]
(1896) R. W. Paul Brit. Pat. 4686, "I prefer to employ the following mechanism,..causing the film to be propelled instantaneously a small amount, after which it remains still for projection of the picture. "
(1923) Brit. Jrnl. Photogr. LXX. 350 "The remaining factor in contact printing is the distance between the light and the negative... The question of printing distance operates equally in projection printing. "
prolify [v.]
(1659) Sanderson Wks. (1854) V. 338 "There remained in the heart of such some piece of ill-temper unreformed, which in time prolified, and sent out great and wasting sins."
promazine .
(1956) Jrnl. Amer. Med. Assoc. 5 May 45/1 "Treatment with promazine satisfactorily relieved the withdrawal symptoms of acute alcoholic intoxication in all patients who remained in the hospital for the complete course of therapy. "
promisingly [adv.]
(A. 1691) Boyle Hist. Air (1692) 49, "I speak the less promisingly of what I am to say in the remaining part of this paper. "
propaganda , [sb.]
(1945) New Yorker 31 Mar. 52/1 "A propaganda poster pasted on the remaining walls. "
propagation .
(1603) Shaks. Meas. for M. i. ii. 154 "This we came not to, Onely for propogation of a Dowre Remaining in the Coffer of her friends. "
(1973) K. J. Saunders Org. Polymer Chem. i. 10 "This new radical then adds further monomer molecules in rapid succession to form a polymer chain. In this propagation the active centre remains, being continuously relocated at the end of the chain."
propellant , [a.] and [sb.]
(1931) L. H. Morrison Amer. Diesel Engines v. 129 "The explosion of these lighter parts of the fuel provides the propellant whereby the remainder of the fuel is injected into the engine cylinder in a finely atomized condition. "
property , [sb.]
(1899) Amer. Anthropologist Oct. 601 "*Property marks are used very frequently by the Eskimo tribes of Alaska. They occur almost exclusively on weapons used in hunting, which, after being dispatched, remain in the bodies of large game. "
(1923) Spectator 19 May 837/2 "It remains to state as clearly as may be what means lie ready to develop a *property-owning democracy. "
prophylactic , [a.] and [sb.]
(1897) Allbutt's Syst. Med. II. 657 "Vaccination, which has now stood the test of practice for a century, remains to-day one of the greatest medical prophylactics the world has ever known."
proportion , [v.]
(1798) Craig in Owen Wellesley's Desp. (1877) 599 "It will then remain to proportion its several parts into the different branches."
proportional , [a.] and [sb.]
(1873) Mill Autobiogr. vii. 302 "The two greatest improvements which remain to be made in Representative Government... One of them was Personal, or, as it is called with equal propriety, Proportional Representation. "
propositionize [v.]
(1955) R. Jakobson in H. Werner On Expressive Lang. 77 "The patient fails to operate with contiguity, while operations based on similarity remain intact. Thus he [sc. an aphasic] loses the ability to propositionize. "
propriation .
(1819) Coleridge in Lit. Rem. (1838) III. 65 "This propriation of a metaphor, namely, forgiveness of sin and abolition of guilt through the redemptive power of Christ's love and of his perfect obedience during his voluntary assumption of humanity,..by transferring the sameness from the consequents to the antecedents is the one point of orthodoxy (so called, I mean) in which I still remain at issue."
proprietorial , [a.]
(1904) Spectator 3 Sept. 314/1 "Directed, not towards the removal of the old proprietorial class,..but towards facilitating their remaining in the country."
propterygium .
(1878) Bell Gegenbaur's Comp. Anat. 478 "The propterygium and the mesopterygium are evidently derived from rays which still remain attached to the shoulder-girdle. "
prosaist .
(1853) Clough Poems, etc. (1869) I. 396 "How that first of English prosaists was inspired with them [poetic lines], remains a problem."
proscenium .
(1869) Tozer Highl. Turkey II. 201 "Of..the proscenium there are no remains."
proselyte , [v.]
(1657-83) Evelyn Hist. Relig. (1850) II. 244 "Though many proselyted, yet remains there a part, who would never be recovered to that Church. "
prosodus .
(1887) Sollas in Encycl. Brit. XXII. 415/1 (Sponges) "The prosopyles..may remain unchanged..or at the most be prolonged into very short tubes, each a prosodus or aditus."
prospect , [sb.]
(1665) Manley Grotius' Low C. Warres 281 "For the future, nothing remained, but a prospect of Tyranny and slavery. "
prospective , [a.] and [sb.]
(1620-55) I. Jones Stone-Heng, (1725) 42 "The Ruin yet remaining drawn in Prospective. "
prostrator .
(1843) Hammond Def. Faith &Oe.cum. Councils 31 "The third order of penitents, called..kneelers or prostrators, because they were allowed to remain and join in certain prayers particularly made for them, whilst they were kneeling, or prostrate on the ground."
protect , [v.]
(1651) Hobbes Leviath. ii. xviii. 91 "To every man remaineth..the right of protecting himselfe. "
protected [ppl. a.]
(1836) Wheaton Elem. Internat. Law I. ii. 63 "The sovereignty of the inferior ally or protected state remains, though limited and qualified by the stipulations of the treaties of alliance and protection. "
protectionism .
(1858) Sat. Rev. 20 Nov. 496/1 "Up to the moment when Free-trade triumphed there remained a stolid mass of Protectionism against which argument was hopeless. "
protectionist , [sb.] ( [a.] )
(1880) Disraeli Endym. III. xv. 153 "The protectionist ministry were to remain in office, and to repeal the corn laws."
protective , [a.] ( [sb.] )
(1941) A. Christie Evil under Sun x. 183 "Protective colouring is your line. Remain rigidly nonactive and fade into the background! "
protector [v.]
(1670) Penn Truth Rescued fr. Impost. 25 "The then English Army was the remainder of those Souldiers, that not only subverted the Kings Forces, but Protector'd Oliver Crumwell."
protectorate , [sb.]
(1836) Wheaton Elem. Internat. Law 64 "The city of Cracow in Poland, with its territory, was declared by the congress of Vienna to be a free, independent, and neutral state, under the protection of Russia, Austria, and Prussia... Its sovereignty still remains, except so far as it is affected by the protectorate which may be lawfully asserted over it in pursuance of the treaties of Vienna. "
proteinuria .
(1977) Lancet 21 May 1108/2 "Groups divided up according to whether they remained normotensive or developed mild pre-eclampsia or proteinuric pre-eclampsia as defined by Nelson."
protero- ,
(1872) Nicholson Pal&ae.ont. 356 "In the Permian Rocks the first undoubted Reptilian remains occur, the *Proterosaurus of this period being probably a Lacertilian. "
protested [ppl. a.]
(1641) Milton Animadv. iv. Wks. 1851 III. 219 "In this age..God hath renewed our protestation against all those yet remaining dregs of superstition. Let us all goe, every true protested Brittaine throughout the 3 Kingdoms, and render thanks to God the Father of light."
proto- ,
(1977) A. Hallam Planet Earth 236/1 "The stromatolites are universally regarded as the remains of true life: the earlier microscopic fossils may well also represent the remains of blue-green algae, but it is perfectly probable that they represent some form of primitive protolife. "
(1911) Encycl. Brit. XX. 468/1 "A `Proto-Renaissance', the characteristic of which was a fresh interest in surviving remains of classical antiquity. "
protopectin
(1962) S. M. Siegel Plant Cell Wall i. 16 "The constitutional differences between protopectin and the other pectic substances remain unclear. Empirically, the protopectins are distinguished by their insolubility, and, in general, by a higher molecular weight. "
protoplasm .
(1846) Von Mohl Saftbewegungen im Inneren der Zellen in Botan. Zeitung 73 tr. Henfrey (1852) 37 "The remainder of the cell is more or less densely filled with an opake, viscid fluid, of a white colour, having granules intermingled in it, which fluid I call protoplasm. "
protozoic , [a.]
(1838) Sedgwick in Proc. Geol. Soc. II. 684 "Class 1. Primary stratified Groups... Should organic remains appear unequivocally in any parts of this class, they may be described as the Protozoic System. "
protracheata , [sb. pl.]
(1878) Bell Gegenbaur's Comp. Anat. 255 "In the Protracheata the nervous system remains in a lower condition. "
prover .
(1850) Browning Christmas-Eve iv, "Truth remains true, the fault's in the prover."
proverb , [sb.]
(1867) Aunt Carrie Popular Pastimes for Field &. Fireside 188 "Proverbs. The company select some one to leave the room; those remaining agree upon a proverb [etc.]. "
provided , [ppl. a.] and quasi- [conj.]
(1871) B. Stewart Heat §.60 "Provided the temperature remain the same the volume which a gas occupies is inversely proportional [etc.]."
provincial , [a.] and [sb.]
(1760) Hist. in Ann. Reg. 59/2 "The whole regular, and no small part of the provincial force, which remained in Canada. "
provisionment
(1827) Southey Hist. Penins. War II. xxiii. 363 "His last remaining anxiety was for the provisionment of Barcelona. "
provisory , [a.]
(1788) Jefferson Writ. (1859) II. 540 "There remains an expression in the Arret, that it is provisory only. "
proximate , [a.]
(1951) Campbell &. Gibb Methods of Analysis of Fuels &. Oils i. 1 "The proximate analysis of coal, which is carried out on coal ground to pass a 72 B.S. sieve and air-dried, involves the direct determination of (a) moisture, (b) volatile matter, and (c) ash, the remainder, the so-called `fixed carbon', being obtained by difference. "
proximateness
(1881) Westcott &. Hort Grk. N.T. II. 217 "The question of its remoteness or proximateness to the two extant MSS. remains undecided."
prudent , [a.]
(1790) Bystander 247 "Then touching upon the prudent, he entreated it might remain some little time a secret. "
Prussian , [a.] and [sb.]
(1807) T. Thomson Chem. (ed. 3) II. 329 "This powder was called Prussian blue; and the method of procuring it remained concealed, because it had become a lucrative article of commerce, till Dr. Woodward published a process in the Philosophical Transactions for 1724. "
psephology .
(1973) Guardian 25 May 12/2 "Even with the aid of psephology, it remains difficult to detect what precisely turns votes."
pseudish , [a.]
(1945) Archit. Rev. XCVII. 165/1 "The Georgian Movement slid into Pseudish, but the ideal-of chaste simplicity-remained. "
pseudo- ,
(1927) Ann. Rep. Progr. Chem. XXIV. 115 "In the same way that in mobile cation tautomerism the hydrogen ion forms a more or less stable covalent link with (negative) carbon, whereas the sodium ion tends to remain in the electro&dubh.valent state (thus giving rise to the phenomena of pseudo&dubh.acidity), so..the hydroxide ion tends to co-ordinate with positive carbon, whereas very stable anions like chloride..tend to retain their ionic condition..: thus arises the phenomenon of *pseudo-basicity. "
(1905) Jrnl. Physiol. XXXII. 329 "A portion of the globulin solution was dialysed... The euglobulin which fell out was removed... The fluid remaining after dialysis contained the *pseudo&dubh.globulin. "
(1977) Compar. Biochem. &. Physiol. B. LVI. 272/2 "The nature and origin of the pseudo-reaction of the marine molluscan tissues remains obscure. "
psychedelic , [a.] and [sb.]
(1959) Times Lit. Suppl. 13 Nov. 665/3 "He is so far from condemning the use of psychedelic drugs as to believe that, if wisely directed, they may help to open closed minds to dimensions of experience which would otherwise remain closed to them. "
psychobiology
(1902) Encycl. Brit. XXXII. 65/2 "This connection of vegetal and animal functions remains one of the obscurest in all psycho-biology. "
psychology .
(1895) Amer. Jrnl. Psychol. VII. 78 "Experimental Psychology was in its origin, and has remained for a considerable extent in its development, a German science. "
psychoneurosis
(1924) J. Riviere et al. tr. Freud's Coll. Papers II. xxi. 253 "There always remains as a common feature in the &ae.tiology both of the psychoneuroses and the psychoses the factor of frustration. "
psychopathy .
(1863) Denton Nature's Secrets 95 "All fossil remains of animals are imbued with the feelings of the animals of which they formed a part, and, under their influence, the Psychometer..feels all that was felt by them... This branch of Psychometry may be termed Psychopathy."
pteraspis .
(1872) W. S. Symonds Rec. Rocks vii. 257 "Remains of Pteraspidean fishes. "
ptero- ,
(1885) Standard Nat. Hist. IV. 3 "A few birds remain so long within the egg that the feathers are developed when the shell bursts,..these might be called *Pterop&ae.des. "
puckish , [a.]
(1972) Daily Tel. 20 Nov. 13/5 "His feet could not reach the pedals... But when his fingers remained under control..he puckishly turned grace-notes and, in the Gigue, made the music swell imposingly. "
pudgily , [adv.]
(1978) R. Barnard Unruly Son iii. 34 "He remained pudgily sunk in the easy chair."
puff , [v.]
(1887) H. E. F. Garnsey tr. A. de Bary's Compar. Morphol. &. Biol. Fungi iii. 89 "As long as the Fungus remains shut up in the damp atmosphere no amount of shaking will cause it to puff. "
pull , [v.]
(1881) Times 4 Jan. 3/6 "The remainder of the bitumen film is removed and impressions are pulled from it like any other etched plate. "
(1931) Times 27 Feb. 16/5 "Referring to people in the administrative grade who did not `pull their weight', Sir Alfred Woodgate said that assistant principals who had been twice passed over for promotion to principals were a menace to the office and should not be allowed to remain. "
pullulate , [v.]
(1621) T. Granger Exp. Eccles. vii. 12. 175 "The swellings and diseases of the body, whose root remaineth still within, and pullulateth againe after the same, or some other manner. "
pulpectomy .
(1923) Dental Items of Interest XLV. 5 "The remaining portion of a vital pulp following excision, or partial pulpectomy, will be destroyed. "
pulsation .
(1878) Huxley Physiogr. xi. 171 "In the open sea, the wave or pulsation is propagated, but the mass of the water..remains stationary."
pump , [sb. 1]
(1883) E. Thring Theory &. Pract. Teaching v. 53 "It is useless pumping on a kettle with the lid on. Pump, pump, pump. The pump-handle goes vigorously..but the kettle remains empty."
Punch , [sb. 5]
(1818) Scott Br. Lamm. i, "Remaining behind the curtain unseen, like the ingenious manager of Punch and his wife Joan. "
punctal , [a.] ( [sb.] )
(1897) M. Dziewicki Wyclif's De Logica iii. (1899) p. xviii, "If every punctal atom is and remains eternally the same, then the elements would remain in their compounds. "
punctual , [a.] ( [sb.] )
(1609) J. Douland Ornith. Microl. 54 "If you finde two Semibreefe Rests after a perfect Breefe, it shall remaine perfect, vnlesse punctuall Diuision come betweene. "
pundit , [sb.]
(1976) Times 30 Sept. 8/7 "Though frowned upon by some pundits as out-of-date and middle-class, Swallows and Amazons and its many sequels remain immensely popular with children. "
punt [sb. 3]
(1979) Arizona Daily Star 5 Aug. 9/1 "The Packers overtook the Chiefs with 12:57 remaining in the third quarter after Kansas City's Jimmy Edwards fumbled a Green Bay punt."
puntsman .
(1904) Ld. Rosebery Sp. at Glasgow 5 Dec., "In the history of every puntsman there comes a critical moment..when he has to make a decisive choice whether he will go overboard with the pole, or whether he will remain in the punt without the pole."
pupa .
(1898) A. S. Packard Textbk. Entomol. iii. 621 "In some cases the obtected pupa remains within the loose envelope formed by the old larval skin. "
(1862) All Year Round 13 Sept. 8 "It assumes the pupa form, and is enclosed in a hard case, remaining motionless and to all appearance inanimate."
pupa-case
(1826) Kirby &. Sp. Entomol. III. xxxi. 241 "The wings..remain attached to the puparium or pupa-case. "
pupal , [a.]
(1907) Athen&ae.um 22 June 764/2 "For seventeen years the pup&ae. of this species [of locust] remain underneath the ground... This long subterranean vigil is not necessarily one of usual pupal inaction."
pupil , [sb. 1]
(1854) E. Forbes Opening Disc. in Nat. H. Chair in Wilson &. Geikie Life xv. (1861) 554 "None who remained constant to the beautiful studies of his *pupilhood. "
Pupin .
(1934) A. L. Albert Electr. Communication xi. 282 "It remained for Pupin successfully to solve the difficult problem of loading... His method is known as the series or Pupin system of loading. "
puppet , [sb.]
(1867) Freeman Norm. Conq. I. iv. §.3. 206 "Charles remained for some while a puppet in the hands of Herbert."
(1801) Ld. Campbell Let. Apr. in Life &. Corr. (1881) I. 69 "The intimacy between him [Addington] and Pitt continues as great as ever, and no doubt of his *puppetism any longer remains. "
pure , [a.] ( [sb.] , [adv.] )
(1954) C. S. Lewis Eng. Lit. in Sixteenth Cent. i. i. 92 "This minuet of conventions..enables the poem to remain recognizably occasional and yet at the same time to become almost `pure' poetry. We celebrate the royal wedding..; yet equally, we wander in a world of beautiful forms and colours. "
(1588) A. King tr. Canisius' Catech. in Cath. Tractates (S.T.S.) 209 "That blissit Marie remaines still puir virgine. "
pureness .
(1695) Ld. Preston Boeth. v. 240 "His knowledg..remaineth in the Pureness &. Simplicity of its Presence."
purge , [v. 1]
(1973) Daily Tel. 25 Oct. 1/5 "The tank had been `purged' 18 months ago with nitrogen to force out the remains of any gaseous contents."
purification .
(1880) F. Meyrick in Dict. Chr. Antiq. II. 1140/2 "The Purification... As first instituted, this was not a Festival of St. Mary, but of our Lord; and so it has always remained in the Eastern church."
(1756-7) tr. Keysler's Trav. II. 131 "A person who, for the purification of his soul, ought to remain in Purgatory a hundred thousand years. "
purlieu-man obspurley-man .
(A. 1634) Coke Inst. iv. lxxiii. Courts Forest (1648) 304 "Seeing the wilde Beasts doe belong to the purlieu man ratione soli, so long as they remain in his grounds, he may kill them, for the property ratione soli is in him. "
purport , [sb.]
(1793) Smeaton Edystone L. §.127 "The whole purport of the present remaining season, was nothing more than cutting the rock to a shape..for the reception of any structure whatever. "
purse , [sb.]
(1640) 3rd Rep. Hist. MSS. Comm. 81/2 "To remain in France upon your own purse. "
purseful .
(1693) J. Dryden jun. in Dryden Juvenal's Sat. (1697) 364 "Thy Teeth..a Purseful of dear Gold, The last Remains of all thy Treasure, hold. "
purslane .
(1794) T. Taylor Pausanias's Descr. Greece III. 48 "In the temple of Promachos the remains of a purslain&dubh.tree are dedicated."
pursuance .
(1648) (Sept. 20) Cromwell in Carlyle Lett. &. Sp. (1871) II. 55 "In pursuance of the remaining part of the enemy. "
pursuit .
(1961) J. S. Salak Dict. Amer. Sports 346 "A pursuit race may have two or more contestants, who are started at equal distances behind and ahead of the nearest contestant or contestants so that the circuit of the track is divided equally by the starting points. A pursuit race may be run to a finish or for a specified distance. In either case the winner is he who has caught and passed all contestants or remaining contestants. "
Purum .
(1945) T. Das Purums 2 "Terms of address used by male and female members of one sib in respect of the members of the remaining sibs also helped to form a correct idea about the ancient laws of Purum marriage. "
push-up [sb.] and [a.]
(1973) Black Panther 24 Mar. 6/2 "Sometimes they make you remain in a push-up position on your knuckles until your knuckles begin to bleed. "
pusillanimous , [a.]
(1840) Carlyle Heroes iii, "Nature..remains to the bad, to the selfish and the pusillanimous forever a sealed book."
put , [v. 1]
(1779) Sylph I. 241 "How long will they remain satisfied with being repeatedly put by with empty promises? "
(1635) Cromwell Let. 11 Jan., in Carlyle (1873) I. 77 "It only remains now that He who first moved you to this, put you forward in the continuance thereof. "
(1639) S. Du Verger tr. Camus' Admir. Events 308 "The middlemost called Callinice, which was likeliest to be put off, remained in the world to expect when her beauty..would purchase her a husband. "
(1748) Anson's Voy. ii. iii. 153 "The six, who..remained in the barge, put off with her to sea. "
(1892) Harper's Mag. May 870/1 "Prussia, together with the remaining states, puts up sixteen army corps. "
putrefaction .
(1833) Marryat P. Simple xxx, "The body is never allowed to remain many hours unburied in the tropical climates, where putrefaction is so rapid. "
putrescible , [a.]
(1878) Tyndall in 19th Century Mar. 505 "The substances after having been super-heated remain putrescible, though they do not putrefy."
pyinkado .
(1940) Archit. Rev. LXXXVII. 47 "For the remainder of the building sound-proofing floors are used finished with 3 in. pyinkado strips. "
pyocyanase .
(1908) Lancet 21 Mar. 899/1 "If pyocyanase came in contact with leucocytes, their plasma was dissolved so that the granules and the nuclei only remained and these were..immobilised. "
pyramid , [sb.]
(1881) Behnke Mechanism Hum. Voice (ed. 2) 36 "The remaining two cartilages [of the larynx]..are the Pyramids, so called because of their shape. "
(1977) Undercurrents June-July 19/3 "The Book of Revelation has remained a happy hunting ground for Jehovah's Witnesses, UFO and *Pyramid freaks, and amateur apocalyptics of all denominations. "
pyro- ,
(1866-8) Watts Dict. Chem. IV. 369 "When pectin..is heated to 200°., water and carbonic anhydride are evolved, and *pyropectic acid remains in the form of a black substance, insoluble in water, but soluble in alkaline liquids... Fr&eacu.my deduces the formula C14H18O9. "
(1869) Roscoe Elem. Chem. 159 "If common sodium phosphate be heated to redness, water is driven off, sodium pyrophosphate remains. "
pyrroline .
(1881) Watts Dict. Chem. 1729 "Pyrroline..is a perfectly colourless, highly dispersive liquid, which, when quite pure, remains colourless for several days. "
pythonomorph .
(1887) Heilprin Distrib. Anim. 327 "Whether or not they are..descendants of the lacertilian pythonomorphs..still remains to be determined. "
pyx , [sb.]
(1833) R. Mushet in Encycl. Brit. (ed. 7) VII. 53/1 "The other piece is ensealed in a packet, and put into a box, called a *pix box,..there to remain until the final trial of the pix by jury before the king. "
quacksalving , [ppl. a.]
(1620) Melton Astrolog. 18 "If you should kill three hundred, you would still remain but a Quack-salving Physician. "
quadrate , [a.]
(1608) J. King Serm. St. Mary's 7 "There yet remaineth a fourth point to make vp a quadrate and perfitt honor of the King. "
quadri- ,
(1956) Jrnl. Neurol., Neurosurg. &. Psychiatry XIX. 163/1 "The patients remained *quadriparetic and almost totally unresponsive from the time of the accident. "
quadrilateral , [a.] and [sb.]
(1866) Sat. Rev. 21 July 66/1 "The Quadrilateral and Venice still remain in the hands of the Austrians. "
(1954) Rouse &. Neill Hist. Ecumenical Movement v. 250 "When Huntington had boiled Anglicanism down to its irreducible minimum, there remained his basis for a united Church-a platform later to be known as the `Chicago-Lambeth Quadrilateral'... The House of Bishops at the General Convention of 1886 [at Chicago] finally adopted his `Quadrilateral' and it was reaffirmed in slightly modified form by the Lambeth Conference of 1888. "
quaint [v. 1]
(1586) W. Webbe Eng. Poetrie (Arb.) 75 "Heere by the quainted floodes and springs most holie remaining."
quality , [sb.]
(1818) Cruise Digest (ed. 2) II. 354 "The alteration in the particular estate, which would destroy a contingent remainder, must amount to an alteration in its quantity, and not in its quality. "
quandong .
(1977) J. Ramsay Cop it Sweet 75 "Quandong, female who makes a practice of remaining virtuous after being wined and dined."
quant , [sb. 2]
(1932) Stiles &. Walsh tr. Castelfranchi's Rec. Adv. Atomic Physics II. v. 167 "The light energy..always remains concentrated in the form of `light quants', or grains, the magnitude of which depends solely on the colour."
quantitative , [a.] and [sb.]
(1930) W. T. Hall Textbk. Quantitative Analysis xi. 140 "For practical purposes, a reaction is complete or quantitative, as we often say, when less than 0&rdot.1 mg. remains in solution. "
(1964) N. G. Clark Mod. Org. Chem. xi. 204 "On careful combustion there remains a quantitative residue of metallic silver."
quantophrenia .
(1975) Times Lit. Suppl. 14 Feb. 162/5 "Lundberg remains a sociologist honest and reflective enough to have tried to give `quantophrenia' and testability..a firm intellectual base."
quantum .
(1932) Physical Rev. XL. 406 "In solving the wave mechanical perturbation problem the distance between the interacting structures has been treated as a fixed parameter. Then *quantum dynamical reasoning has been abandoned, and the remainder of the problem has been solved by the method of classical statistics. "
(1972) Physics Bull. Dec. 709/1 "It is our great good fortune that the only two substances that remain liquid down to the absolute zero obey different statistics (3He: Fermi-Dirac, 4He: Bose-Einstein) and thus allow us to study the differing effects of quantum statistics on condensed matter. "
quarry , [sb. 2]
(1871) Freeman Norm. Conq. (1876) IV. xviii. 220 "The ruins of the Roman town still remained as a quarry; where all who would might seek materials for their own buildings."
quarry , [sb. 3]
(1709) Steele Tatler No. 179 &page.8 "What Ground remains..is flagged with large Quarries of white Marble. "
quarry [sb. 4]
(1526) Househ. Ord. (1790) 157 "One of the groomes..to carry to the chaundrie all the remaine of morters, torches, quarries, pricketts."
quarry , [v. 2]
(1976) J. E. Sanders et al. Physical. Geogr. x. 346 "Typically, the remaining mountain rim towers high above the bottom of a cirque because centuries of frost wedging enables the glacier to quarry deeply into the rock."
quarter , [sb.]
(1833) Regul. Instr. Cavalry i. 33 "Remain *quarter-faced to the right. "
(1978) A. W. Johnson Thames &. Hudson Man. Bookbinding 216 "Quarter binding, an economical covering method in which the spine and part of the sides are covered in one material and a cheaper one is used on the remainder. "
(1929) Sun (Baltimore) 23 Oct. 1/3 "The President and his immediate party left Cincinnati..aboard the Greenbrier..and three other light craft-*quarter boats, they are called-for the remaining members of the party. "
(1929) A. J. Vaughan Mod. Bookbinding ii. 121 (caption iv. 217 )"Quarter Bound, where the back and some portion of the sides only of the binding consist of one material, and the remainder of the sides of another. "
(1826) T. L. McKenney Sk. Tour to Lakes (1827) 387 "Three were full blood, the remainder half breeds, and *quarter breeds. "
quarter , [v.]
(1748) Anson's Voy. iii. viii. 378 "He had not hands enough remaining to quarter a sufficient number to each great gun. "
quasi , [adv.] and [pref.]
(1964) Amer. Jrnl. Sci. CCLXII. 793 "As the landscape slowly degrades..rivers have a tendency to remain in quasi-equilibrium. "
(1962) W. B. Thompson Introd. Plasma Physics iv. 45 "Also, from the extremely small value..it is clear that a conductor resembles a plasma in remaining quasi-neutral. "
quasifission
(1976) McGraw-Hill Yearbk. Sci. &. Technol. 297/1 "It is now believed that for these quasifission heavy-ion projectile reactions, nuclear encounters which achieve an initial distance of approach or sufficient overlap..lead to the situation where the projectile's kinetic energy is essentially dissipated, and the nuclei remain in contact for a brief period of time, exchanging large numbers of nucleons, and then begin to separate."
queen , [sb.]
(1622) Bacon Hen. VII, Mor. &. Hist. Wks. (Bohn, 1860) 311 "To remain with the queen dowager her mother. "
(1976) Country Life 18 Mar. 680/2 "The remaining nine fritillaries include three occasional migrants, the Queen of Spain fritillary, the cardinal and the weaver's fritillary."
Queen Anne
(1926) W. de la Mare Connoisseur 318 "Only the rotting sleepers remained, matted with weeds and bordered with Queen Ann's [sic] lace, golden rod and Michaelmas daisy. "
query , [sb. 1]
(1768) in Extracts Minutes Yearly Meeting Friends, London (1783) 269 "This meeting directs, that the 11th query remain as it now stands. "
quesited , [a.] and [sb.]
(1674) Jeake Arith. (1696) 20 "The remains are the Numbers quesited."
questionless , [a.] and [adv.]
(1870) Lowell Among my Bks. Ser. i. (1873) 226 "He..remained always its born and questionless master."
quick , [a.] , [sb. 1] , and [adv.]
(1649) Drumm. of Hawth. Poems Wks. (1711) 1/2 "My wasted heart, Made quick by death, more lively still remains."
(1802) W. Forsyth Fruit Trees (1824) 214 "If any of the old dead snags remain they should be cut off close to the quick wood."
quickie .
(1934) Evening News 21 June 1/1 "Whatever chance England may or may not have, it will be a better one if there are two or three `quickeys' in the side in any of the remaining Tests. "
quicklime
(1873) B. Stewart Conserv. Force iii. 58 "Limestone..is decomposed when subjected to the heat of a lime-kiln, carbonic acid being given off, while quick-lime remains behind."
Quicunque vult .
(1921) G. Sampson English for the English ii. 32 "Let Quicunque vult and threatened excommunications of all kinds remain in the realm of theology and outside the realm of education. "
quiescent , [a.] and [sb.]
(1975) D. G. Fink Electronics Engineer's Handbk. ix. 56 "In the absence of an rf input signal, these amplifiers remain quiescent even with full operational voltage applied."
quiet , [sb.]
(1830) Scott Demonol. viii. 266 "The country remained at quiet. "
quietistic , [a.]
(1978) Gramophone July 231/1 "He does not overpoint the ostinato of No. 4, which remains essentially quietistic."
quinate , [sb.]
(1836) J. M. Gully Magendie's Formul. 56 "The quinia and cinchonia of the quinates are precipitated and collected; the quinate of lime remains in solution. "
quinidine .
(1836) J. Gully Mag.'s Formul. 68 "There remains another alkaloid substance, found in 1833, in the yellow cinchona, by MM. Henry and Delondre... This is quinodine. "
quintus
(1954) Grove Dict. Mus. (ed. 5) VI. 570/1 "When a quintus is needed half of it is written on the left-hand page below the tenor and the remainder (reliquium) below the bassus, on the right-hand page. "
quire , [sb. 1]
(1646) J. Hall Poems 1 "How better were it for you to remain (Poore Quires) in ancient raggs. "
quiring , [vbl. sb.]
(1922) J. &. J. Leighton's Catal. Old &. Interesting Bks. N.S. iii. 209 "Without printed quiring, &.c., but original MS. signatures remain. "
quoin , [sb.]
(1868) Kinglake Crimea (1877) IV. ix. 230 "It is only by an isthmus..of high land that the triangular quoin remains joined to the bulk of the Chersonese. "
quomodo .
(1749) Fielding Tom Jones vii. xv, "Northerton was desirous of departing and nothing remained for him but to contrive the quomodo. "
quote [sb. 1]
(1676) Collins in Rigaud Corr. Sci. Men (1841) II. 9 "By the second remainder divide the second divisor, reserve the quotes. "
rabbinical , [a.]
(1817) Coleridge Biog. Lit. 55 "Of the Hebrew..the remainder seemed to be in the Rabbinical dialect."
race , [sb. 1]
(1840) Whyte Hist. Turf I. 200 "The shareholders will receive five per cent...the remainder to go to the *race fund. "
race , [sb. 2]
(1907) W. James Pragmatism v. 169 "The most primitive ways of thinking..may remain as indelible tokens of events in our race-history. "
racemation
(1650) Fuller Pisgah i. ix. 31 "He suffered a small racemation to remain, still preserving..the solemn Jury of the twelve Tribes. "
(1655) Fuller Hist. Camb. 5 "Yet a racemation at least of Scholars..remained in Cambridge. "
racialist , [sb.] and [a.]
(1939) A. Toynbee Study Hist. IV. 19 "We can even drive the racialists out of their one remaining Italian stronghold by finding an alternative explanation for the rise of the Roman Republic. "
(1958) Times Lit. Suppl. 28 Mar. 164/3 "It is easy today for Britain to see Hertzog as a bitter, anti-British racialist, who deprived the remaining Cape Africans of their vote. "
Racinian , [a.] and [sb.]
(1927) Sunday Times 13 Mar. 8/3 "He [sc. Otway] still remains the most Racinian of all our poets. "
rack , [sb. 1]
(1930) Amer. Speech. V. 164 "The Dutch navigators divided the Hudson into racks or reaches. The former word remains in Claverack."
rack , [v. 5]
(1703) Art &. Myst. Vintners 65 "Rack your Cask very clean, and let it remain full of water all night."
racket , [sb. 3]
(1972) H. Howard Nice Day for Funeral iv. 58 "Until the motive is established beyond doubt this case remains part of the DA's racket&dubh.busting programme. "
radar .
(1976) A. York Dark Passage xiii. 164 "Her radio aerial and the radar scanner on her wheelhouse roof remained visible. "
radiation .
(1976) Nature 2 Sept. 15/2 "Theoreticians..remained frustrated in their attempts to explain motions in the great straight tails [of comets] by means of solar radiation pressure alone. "
radiative , [a.]
(1926) A. S. Eddington Internal Constitution of Stars v. 99 "Radiative equilibrium has a natural precedence over convective equilibrium, since in radiative equilibrium convection ceases, whereas in convective equilibrium radiation remains and tends to destroy it. "
radical , [a.] and [sb.]
(1948) R. A. D. Forrest Chinese Lang. ii. 38 "After we have deducted the `sheep' device from each of the three examples, the part remaining in each case is known as the `radical', or better, as the `signific'. "
radicality .
(1841) J. WilsonBlackw. Mag. XLIX. 549 "John remained a year or so opposed to Radicality."
radio-carbon
(1973) Nation Rev. (Melbourne) 31 Aug. (Suppl.) 2/3 "Until 1972 only two radio&dubh.carbon-dated remains of Chinese origin were known. "
radiolarian , [a.] and [sb.]
(1944) A. Holmes Princ. Physical Geol. xv. 317 "The siliceous remains persist to greater depths, some of them down to 5,000 fathoms, the average for radiolarian ooze being about 3,000. "
radio-telephone
(1966) McGraw-Hill Encycl. Sci. &. Technol. I. 364/1 "Since radio is the only way to communicate with ships and aircraft, hf AM radiotelephony has remained essential to these operations. "
radium .
(1926) R. W. Lawson tr. Hevesy &. Paneth's Man. Radioactivity xxv. 211 "Radium burns are especially troublesome, because..even if they mend there remains a supersensitiveness of the skin. "
rafter , [v.]
(1846) Clarke in Jrnl. R. Agric. Soc. VII. ii. 511 "To rafter or plough-rafter the land..is to plough only one-half of the land, turning the furrow ploughed upon the same breadth of land remaining unploughed throughout the field."
rail , [sb. 2]
(1977) Modern Railways Dec. 485/3 "An early example was the German MAN railbus built in 1932, which remained in service for 30 years. "
(1958) Times Rev. Industry Feb. 74/1 "*Railtankers standing in readiness then loaded up and took the crude oil the remaining 250 miles to the sea at Philippeville for storage. "
rain forest
(1978) Vole Dec. 25/1 "Tropical rain forests are one of the world's main remaining wild places."
raise , [sb. 2]
(1794-8) Hutchinson Hist. Cumbld. (Halliwell), "There are yet some considerable remains of stones which still go by the name of raises. "
raise , [v. 1]
(1970) K. Millett Sexual Politics (1971) i. ii. 38 "The hope of seeking liberating radical solutions of their own seems too remote for the majority to dare contemplate and remains so until consciousness on the subject is raised. "
rajpramukh .
(1949) Britannica Bk. of Year 339/1 "The remainder [of the Indian states] were grouped under the aegis of a Rajpramukh or presiding prince into 30 homogeneous groups, the rulers retaining their titles, dignities, and personal estates [in 1948]. "
rake , [v. 1]
(1627) May Lucan vii. 846 "There gold rak'd in Spaine, There th' Easterne Nations treasuryes remaine. "
raking , [vbl. sb. 3]
(1894) C. F. Mitchell Building Construction iii. 132 "Racking is the term applied to the method of arranging the edge of a brick wall, part of which is unavoidably delayed while the remainder is carried up. "
Ralli-car
(1890) Coach Builders' Jrnl. XI. 181 "The remaining exhibit..by this firm was a specimen of their famous Ralli Car with basket body. "
ramin .
(1977) Timber Trades Jrnl. 17 Dec. 30/1 "The slight improvement in demand has helped prices in the Far East. Ramin remains rather weak, but kerning has started to firm up."
ramp , [v. 1]
(1974) R. Adams Shardik xv. 100 "Kelderek..remained constantly near the bear, observing all that it did, attentive to its moods and ways-its frightening habit of ramping from side to side in excitement or anger; [etc.]."
randanite .
(1862) Dana Elem. Geol. 67 "Randanite, a kind of opal made of infusorial remains. "
rank , [sb. 1]
(1888) Bryce Amer. Commw. I. xv. 212 "For other committees there remains only the rank and file of the House. "
rap , [sb. 1]
(1976) G. V. Higgins Judgement D. Hunter xvi. 179 "He was convicted... Two charges..were dismissed, but remained on his rap sheet as having been brought."
rapable , [a.]
(1977) J. I. M. Stewart Madonna of Astrolabe xi. 155 "The virgin bloom remained, Duncan. You were very rapable still."
rape , [sb. 6]
(1704) Ray Creation (ed. 4) 31 "The Juice of Grapes is drawn as well from the Rape, where they remain whole, as from a Vat, where they are bruis'd."
rapid , [a.] , ( [adv.] ), and [sb.]
(1860) Tyndall Glac. i. xxvii. 212, "I observed a rapid movement on the part of the remaining three men."
rapper .
(1672) Marvell Reh. Transp. i. 203 "There remains but one Flower more that I have a mind to; but that indeed is a Rapper. 'Tis a Flower of the Sun."
rasa (2) .
(1969) Femina (Bombay) 26 Dec. 27/1 "Of all the seasonal delights of Winter that I've known, those of Gujarat remain the most clearly defined in my memory, especially the beautiful garba and ras dances, with their unforgettable rhythm and sheer vitality. "
rashing , [vbl. sb. 2]
(1954) A. Trueman Coalfields Gt. Brit. ii. 23 "Black carbonaceous shales, containing abundant plant remains (the `rashings' of some coalfields). "
Rastafari Ras Tafari .
(1973) Caribbean Contact Feb. 15/1 "The Rastafaria brethren, too, who venerate Haile Selassie I and who keenly look foward to repatriation to their lost homeland of Africa, remain today faithful Garveyites. "
ratatouille .
(1877) Cassell's Dict. Cookery 717/2 "Ratatouville [sic]. This is a popular French method of making a savoury dish out of the remains of cold meat. "
rate , [sb. 1]
(1781) Encycl. Brit. (ed. 2) VII. 4168/1 "It may be asked, how, at this rate, any silver has remained in England?"
rationalist , [sb.] and [a.]
(1876) Constructive Rationalism 5 "The destruction of orthodox Christianity being accomplished, there remains for the Rationalist much more to do. He has to frame a code which shall rule in the place of the code of Moses and of Jesus. "
ratter .
(1834) Mar. Edgeworth Helen xxvii, "In the famous old print of the minister rat-catcher..the ridicule on placemen ratters remains. "
ratu .
(1966) Economist 16 Apr. 232/1 "General Suharto, Indonesia's strong man, has found a way of remaining loyal both to his guru..and to his ratu (king). "
raven , [sb. 1] ( [a.] )
(1904) Westm. Gaz. 23 July 13/1 "The `*raven tree' is all that remains..to remind one of the former existence of these birds in those localities. "
Raven (3) .
(1948) Psychometrika 34 "Apart from Raven B..the remaining tests..are not loaded in factor L. "
ravingly , [adv.]
(A. 1586) Sidney Arcadia (1622) 113 "In this depth of muzes, and diuers sorts of discourses, would shee rauingly haue remained. "
raw , [a.] ( [sb. 2] )
(1926) Tansley &. Chipp Study of Vegetation vii. 117 "In cold, moist soils poor in mineral salts and acid in reaction..the leaf litter and other plant debris remain on the surface very little changed and often form a thick layer which is called raw humus. "
(1935) Forestry IX. 43 "Raw humus is characterized by its excessive accumulation (slow decomposition), expandibility, and frequently by the presence of some structural remains of plants... [It is] characterized also by an extremely low base content. "
rawness .
(1548) Udall, etc. Erasm. Par. Luke xxii, "Tempering his woordes to the rawnesse of his disciples, which rawenes he suffred..to remaine a long season in them. "
re- [prefix] ,
(1880) Mark Twain Tramp Abroad xlvii. 495 "The tints remained during several minutes..paling almost away for a moment, then re-flushing,-a shifting, restless, unstable succession of soft opaline gleams. "
reactive , [a.] and [sb.]
(1822-34) Good's Study Med. (ed. 4) I. 704 "There is no longer any rallying or reactive power remaining. "
reactivity
(1945) H. D. Smyth Atomic Energy viii. 89 "The reactivity of the pile was so far above expectations that it would have been beyond the capacity of the control rods to handle if the remainder of the heavy water had been added. "
read , [v.]
(1924) T. Woodhouse Jacquards &. Harness iv. 107 "Before describing the remaining parts of the machine, it will..be best to indicate how the design is read. "
(1662) Newcome Diary 6 Sept. (Chetham Soc.) 120, "I read out wt remained to be read in Rushworth. "
(1915) F. Hopwood Let. 20 May in M. Gilbert Winston S. Churchill (1972) III. Compan. ii. 920 "It is plain that a First Sea Lord remains in office until the new Patent appointing his successor is passed the Seal &. he is `read in' at the Board. "
(1671) Milton P.R. iv. 322 "Who reads Incessantly,..Uncertain and unsettl'd still remains. "
real , [a. 2] , [adv.] , and [sb. 3]
(1885) J. L. Joynes tr. Marx's Wage-Labour &. Capital 10 "The real wage expresses the price of labour in relation to the price of other commodities... Real wages may remain the same, or they may even rise, and yet the relative wages may none the less have fallen. "
(1862) H. Spencer First Princ. i. ii. §.11 (1875) 32 "The impossibility of expanding our symbolic conception of self-creation into a real conception, remains as complete as ever. "
(1852) Mrs. Stowe Uncle Tom's C. xv, "Thus ended..the ideal of life for Augustine St. Clare. But the real remained. "
reality .
(1925) J. Riviere tr. Freud's Papers on Metapsychol. in Coll. Papers IV. 16 "One mode of thought-activity was split off; it was kept free from reality-testing and remained subordinated to the pleasure-principle alone. "
realization .
(1977) Canad. Jrnl. Linguistics 1976 XXI. ii. 198 "Important questions remain about Halliday's model, particularly as regards the precise relationship between meaning potential and its realization at the level of form and the nature and details of the realization rules which connect the two."
really , [adv. 2]
(1911) G. Stratton-Porter Harvester xvi. 356 "There are fairies! Really truly ones! They have found the remainder of the willow dishes. "
realty (2) .
(1667) Milton P.L. vi. 115 "That such resemblance of the Highest Should yet remain, where faith and realtie Remain not."
ream , [sb. 3]
(1976) San Francisco Examiner 30 May (This World Suppl.) 19/1 "Spacecraft sent there in recent years have dispelled legends and added reams of sound, ordered data, yet the charisma of Mars remains."
ream , [v. 3]
(1886) J. M. Caulfeild Seamanship Notes 7 "Reaming a shackle is clearing the undercut portion of the lug of a shackle from any..lead which might remain after pin and pellet are knocked out."
reaming [vbl. sb.]
(1882) Nares Seamanship (ed. 6) 156 "The lead that remains in the groove must be extracted-this is called reaming."
reanneal , [v.]
(1980) Sci. Amer., Apr. 77/3 "When the DNA is denatured and reannealed to radioactive RNA, only the remains of those colonies that contained a plasmid whose sequence matches the messenger become radioactive."
reap , [v. 1]
(1585) Higgins tr. Junius' Nomenclator 107 "The strawe, stubble..remaining in the grounde after the corne is rept. "
reapparition
(1883) A. Winchell World-Life 281 (Cent. Dict.), "Colonies, reapparitions, and other faunal dislocations in the vertical and horizontal distribution of fossil remains."
rear , [sb. 3] (and [a. 1] )
(1967) Boston Sunday Herald 7 May iii. 14/2 "The number [of servicewomen] in Vietnam will remain small, chiefly because there is no large `rear echelon' setup of the kind maintained in Europe in World War II. "
rear , [v. 1]
(1849) Macaulay Hist. Eng. v. I. 629 "Her family reared a sumptuous mausoleum over her remains. "
Reaumur .
(1912) W. H. Hatfield Cast Iron xiii. 195 "Sample J..was a..sample of English R&eacu.aumur malleable cast iron. It consisted mainly of well-laminated pearlite, in which was immersed the remaining annealing carbon, with a skin of well-developed ferrite. "
rebranch , [v.]
(1935) Huxley &. Haddon We Europeans v. 161 "Evolutionary branches may..unite again after they have diverged and then either rebranch or remain united."
rebuild , [v.]
(1818) Cruise Digest (ed. 2) IV. 88 "Where a remainder-man..suffers the lessee or assignee to rebuild. "
rebury , [v.]
(1611) Speed Hist. Gt. Brit. ix. xv. §.86. 649/2 "Her Coffin..hath euer since so remained, and neuer reburied. "
recall , [v. 1]
(1640) R. Baillie Canterb. Self-convict. Pref. 10 "Would not..all of you who shall remaine in life, bee most earnest recallers..of your owne Countrie men. "
recapacitate [v.]
(1959) M. C. Chang in C. W. Lloyd Rec. Progress Endocrinol. &. Reproduction 161 "The capacitated sperms can be decapacitated by treatment with seminal plasma..but can be recapacitated if they remain longer in the female tract. "
recapitulate , [v.]
(1783) Burke Sp. E. Ind. Bill Wks. 1826 IV. 27 "It only remains..for me just to recapitulate some heads. "
receivable , [a.] and [sb. pl.]
(1646) Sir T. Browne Pseud. Ep. 87 "There will remaine a quantity of water not receiveable. "
recent , [a.]
(1877) J. A. Allen Amer. Bison 457 "These remains differ in no appreciable respect..from those of the recent bison of the Plains."
receptacle .
(1615) G. Sandys Trav. Ded., "Those rich lands..remaine waste and ouergrowne with bushes, receptacles of wild beasts. "
reception .
(1900) D. Stone Outl. Chr. Dogma xi. 191 "Receptionism is the view that the bread and wine remain only bread and wine after consecration; but that, together with them, the faithful communicant really receives the body and blood of Christ. "
receptitious , [a.]
(1880) Muirhead Ulpian vi. §.5 "An adventicious dowry always remains with the husband, unless the person who gave it have expressly stipulated that it shall be returned to him; such a dowry is called specifically recepticious."
recess , [sb.]
(1768) Woman of Honor II. 208, "I had chosen..my Aunt Clifford's..there to remain in recess for some time."
recibiendo .
(1902) Encycl. Brit. XXVI. 460/1 "If the matador remains without moving, or rather moving only his body to avoid the stroke of the horns, the thrust is known as recibiendo. "
recidive , [a.] and [sb.]
(1659) Macallo Can. Physick 75 "The evil humours remaining after a Crise, are wont to make one recidive or relapsing."
recidivism .
(1977) Listener 15 Dec. 803/2 "But though the problem of recidivism and rehabilitation still remains, it can hardly be the chief cause of today's overcrowded prisons."
recite , [v.]
(1815) Niles' Weekly Reg. IX. 18/1 "Those not immediately engaged in reciting to some one or other of the professors, remain in their own chambers."
reckoning , [vbl. sb.]
(1749) Fielding Tom Jones vii. xi, "Having now pretty well satisfied their Thirst, nothing remained but to pay the Reckoning. "
reclaim , [sb. 1]
(1971) R. Singleton in C. M. Blow Rubber Technol. &. Manufacture vi. 207 "First-quality reclaim made from whole tyres contains about 45% rubber hydrocarbon by weight. The remaining 55% consists of valuable carbon black, a little mineral filler, and softeners."
reclaiming , [vbl. sb.]
(1813) Shelley Q. Mab ix. 145 "A pathless wilderness remains, Yet unsubdued by man's reclaiming hand. "
recode , [v.]
(1964) J. Z. Young Model of Brain ii. 21 "The conversion from one sort of physical system to another is called re-coding (e.g. speech into writing). Information is thus that feature of the system that remains invariant under re-coding. "
recoiling , [ppl. a.]
(1776) G. Semple Building in Water 150 "The remaining Part of its recoiling Force.. will be quite swallowed up in that Depth of Water. "
recomfortless [a.]
(1596) Spenser F.Q. v. vi. 24 "There all that night remained Britomart, Restless, recomfortlesse."
recomplain [v.]
(1616) J. Lane Contn. Sqr.'s T. vii. 68 "Of his litle virtue whiche remaines Hee to his inmost reason recomplaines."
reconcile , [v.]
(1833) Tennyson Lotos Eaters 126 "Let what is broken so remain. The Gods are hard to reconcile."
reconstitution
(1920) Nat. Food Jrnl. II. 595/1 "The Clauses..prohibiting the addition to milk of colouring matter or water, the reconstitution of milk [etc.]..will remain in force. "
reconvey , [v.]
(1766) Phil. Trans. LVII. 125 "The nerves may..become incapable of conveying the commands of the will, and yet remain sufficiently capable of re-conveying sensible perceptions. "
reconveyance
(1858) Ld. St. Leonards Handy Bk. Prop. Law xiv. 89 "His prior disposition will..still remain good, nor will a re-conveyance to him upon paying off the money affect the validity of the will."
record , [sb.]
(A. 1677) Hale Prim. Orig. Man. ii. x. 235 "Which was accordingly done, and remains of Record in the Exchequer. "
(1700) Tyrrell Hist. Eng. II. 837 "These Letters..remain upon Record in the Tower on the Clause Roll of this Year. "
(1875) Helps Soc. Press. iii. 50 "No historical records remain of this great transaction."
(1887) M. Shearman Athletics &. Football v. 143 "T. G. Little and J. H. T. Roupell..tied at 5ft. 9in., a height which remained the `record' for the next five years. "
record , [v. 1]
(1601) Daniel To C'tess Cumbld. xvi, "This note (Madam) of your Worthiness Remaines recorded in so many Hearts. "
recover , [v. 1]
(1745) Fortunate Orphan 22 "Where we remain'd ten Days..to recover ourselves of the Fatigues of the Journey. "
recovery .
(1594) West 2nd Pt. Symbol. §.136 "The end and effect of such recoueries, is to discontinue and distroy estates tailes, remainders, and reuersions and barre the former owners thereof. "
(1669) N. Morton New Eng. Mem. 180 "This year much of the Wheat is destroyed with Blasting and Mildew,..but the Lord hath sent much Rain for the recovery of the remainder. "
(1974) B. Pearce tr. Amin's Accumulation on World Scale II. iv. 497 "In order to explain world recovery, all that remains is to analyze the effects of new techniques."
recruit , [sb.]
(1876) Voyle &. Stevenson Milit. Dict. 334/1 "A recruit remains a recruit from the date of his enlistment until he has passed his drill, which extends generally to 16 weeks."
recruit , [v.]
(1733) Cheyne Eng. Malady ii. viii. §.7 (1734) 202 "There remains nothing but to recruit the Solids weakened in the Struggle. "
(1967) Oceanogr. &. Marine Biol. V. 415 "Before 1950 only a part of each year-class recruited the fishery at three years of age, the remainder recruiting it at age four, but in later years most, if not all, of the members of each year-class recruited at three years of age."
rectification .
(1712) tr. Pomet's Hist. Drugs I. 56 "The Oil of Sugar that remains after Rectification. "
(1922) Encycl. Brit. XXXII. 1027/2 "The remainder of the plate voltage is created by the rectification by the valve of the speech currents induced in the secondary circuit. "
rectify , [v.]
(1845) McCulloch Taxation ii. vi. (1852) 285 "Though there still remain some anomalies to be rectified, this statute has effected some material improvements."
rector .
(1686) in B. Peirce Hist. Harvard Univ. (1833) App. 67 "There shall be allowed to the present Rector of the College..the remainder of the income not disposed underneath. "
rectory .
(1919) J. E. H. Thomson Mem. T. Dunlop ii. 19 "All that remained of the Rectory or Pedagogy, that in pre-Reformation days represented the later University."
rectosigmoid , [sb.] and [a.]
(1912) Trans. Amer. Surg. Assoc. XIII. 159 "Carcinoma of the rectum and rectosigmoid remains a local condition until a late stage. "
re-cultivate [v.]
(C. 1645) Howell Lett. i. v. ii, "A Field that remains fallow for a time..yields a better Crop, being recultivated. "
recurrence .
(1965) Wireless World Sept. 431/1 "It remains now to provide a suitable pulse generator of variable *recurrence frequency to fire the thyristor. "
recusant , [sb.] and [a.]
(1598) Hakluyt Voy. I. 595 "The principall catholique recusants..were sent to remaine at certaine conuenient places. "
(1850) Grote Greece ii. lv. (1862) V. 2 "Though the peace was sworn,..the most powerful members of the Spartan confederacy remained all recusant."
recuse , [v.]
(1726) Ayliffe Parergon 74 "Unless he recus'd him as a suspected Judge, he ought to remain under his Jurisdiction. "
red , [a.] and [sb.]
(1916) H. F. Cleland Geol. vi. 242 "Radiolarian ooze and red clay shade into each other in certain places, the deposit being called radiolarian ooze when these organic remains constitute 25 per cent. of the mass. "
Red Army
(1976) M. Barak Secret List H. Roehm viii. 81 "After the Revolution he remained an officer in the Red Army. "
redeemable , [a.] and [sb.]
(1720) Strype Stow's Surv. (1754) II. v. xvii. 367/2 "Directors..applied themselves to take in the remainder of the Annuities and Redeemables. "
redeemer .
(1605) Verstegan Dec. Intell. iv. 91 "The redeemer of the remainder of the captiue Troyans that were in Greece. "
redemption .
(1840) De Quincey Essenes Wks. 1859 X. 261 "There might still have remained the great redemptional and mediatorial functions for Christ. "
Redemptorist .
(1915) Encycl. Relig. &. Ethics VIII. 68/1 "The Redemptorists have remained sturdily faithful to their primary work of giving missions and retreats. "
red-shank red-shanks redshank
(1810) J. Robertson Agric. Surv. Kincard. 376 (Jam.) "Should dock-weeds be allowed to remain till they begin to ripen (then called red-shanks) they are not so easily pulled."
red-top
(C. 1830) Glouc. Farm Rep. 6 in Lib. Usef. Kn., Husb. III, "About one-third of the whole crop consists of Swedish turnips,..the remainder of the white Norfolk and the red-tops."
reduce , [v.]
(1762) Ann. Reg. i. 147/1 "What remained..were further reduced to half-price. "
reduced , [ppl. a.]
(1839) Ure Dict. Arts 685 "The reduced iron would be apt to remain scattered in little globules. "
(1820) W. Jay Prayers 294 "Yet are they all diminished by another irreparable loss; and the reduced remainder [etc.]. "
reduction .
(1979) Archaeology July-Aug. 21/2 "When there is a lack of oxygen in the `reduction' the iron oxide constituent of the earthenware clay remains in its ferrous or black state."
reductivism .
(1967) Sat. Rev. (U.S.) 23 Sept. 23 "New York..is dominated by large numbers of artists who swim in one or two schools producing closely related works-lately, the reductivists and the remainders of the Pop people."
redundancy .
(1816) T. L. Peacock Headlong Hall vii, "The remaining one wallows in all the redundancies of luxury. "
redundant , [a.] and [sb.]
(1953) C.-K. Wang Statically Indeterminate Structures i. 5 "When the equations are solved and the redundants found, they can be put back on the given indeterminate structure and the remaining reactions solved by the equations of statics. "
Redwood , [sb. 2]
(1913) Petroleum World June 272/1 "The remaining three columns respectively give their colour, density at 20°. C. and viscosity at 20°. in Redwood units. "
reed , [v.]
(1894) T. W. Fox Mechanism of Weaving ii. 17 "It will be noticed that the threads from shaft 4 are reeded two in a dent, and those from the remaining shafts three in a dent. "
reek , [sb. 1]
(1659) H. More Immort. Soul iii. ii. §.7 "That our Substance is in a manner lost, and nothing but a tenuious reek remains. "
Reek , [sb. 3]
(1871) T. C. Pope Council of Vatican 236 "He required a period of nearly six weeks to complete the remaining portion of the journey to Rome. He commenced the ascent of the Alpine reeks on a Friday. "
re-emission
(1740) W. Douglass Disc. Curr. Brit. Plant. Amer. 10 "In the following Years no more new Emissions, but some Re&dubh.emissions of the remainder. "
(1801) Young in Phil. Trans. XCII. 46 "Its remaining many months as if in a latent state, and its subsequent re-emission by the action of heat."
re-enfeoff [v.]
(1870) Eng. Gilds 256 marg., "When only seven feoffees remain living, a re&dubh.enfeoffment, to fourteen, shall be made."
refer , [v.]
(A. 1661) Fuller Worthies (1840) II. 265 "What remaineth concerning mastiffs is referred to the same topic in Somersetshire."
referendum .
(1975) Act Eliz. II c. 33 §.1 "A referendum shall be held on the question whether the United Kingdom is to remain a member of the European Economic Community. "
refined , [ppl. a.]
(1895) Daily News 8 Apr. 3/7 "Sugar.-.. Foreign refined market remains steady."
refining , [vbl. sb.]
(1604) E. G[rimstone] D'Acosta's Hist. Indies iv. iii. 210 "That [metal] which remaines of the refining of gold and silver. "
reflect , [v.]
(1960) K. N. Tong Theory Mech. Vibration iv. 308 "If the bar has an end, the disturbance wave will be reflected as it reaches that end. In a certain subsequent time period the reflected wave and the incident wave co&dubh.exist in the bar. Afterward, only the reflected wave remains. The manner in which the reflection takes place depends on the end condition. "
reflex , [a.]
(1840) Penny Cycl. XVI. 151/2 "When the spinal chord remains, its passage may be indicated by the phenomena of reflex motion. "
refoot [v.]
(1851) Mayhew Lond. Labour 34/1 "The back and the remainder of the front having been used for refooting boots. "
reform , [sb.]
(1860) N.Y. Times 6 Aug. 8/3 "The innovations of the `reform party'..which he [sc. Rabbi Isaacs] attributed to religious pride... The congregation..remained uncontaminated by these pretended reforms. "
re-form reform , [v. 2]
(1594) Kyd Cornelia ii. 360 "The formes of things doe neuer die, Because the matter that remaines Reformes another thing thereby. "
reformatory , [a.] and [sb.]
(1834) J. S. Mill in Monthly Repos. VIII. 735 "He proposes that those who are convicted of offences..should be no otherwise ill-treated than by being compelled to live as a community apart... If all who, in any manner violated the laws, were removed into such a place of reformation, the inhabitants of the reformatory would speedily outnumber the remainder of the community. "
refract , [v.]
(A. 1676) Hale Prim. Orig. Man. iv. iii. (1677) 318 "Those common Notions which yet remain in the Humane Nature, though refracted and abated by the Fall of Man."
refraction .
(1868) Lockyer Guillemin's Heavens (ed. 3) 186 "The Sun, actually already below the horizon, is raised up by refraction, and remains visible to us."
refresh , [v.]
(1876) Preece &. Sivewright Telegraphy 19 "Batteries such as those described..will remain in constant action for a month... At the expiration of a month it becomes necessary to refresh them. "
refresher .
(1907) Interim Rep. War Office Comm. Provision of Officers 10 "Given a short term of liability, and short periods of recall to the Colours for `refresher' training, many officers..would remain therein. "
refuge , [sb.]
(1979) Guardian 28 Aug. 3/2 "The Dartford warbler..suffered population crashes seven times between 1860 and 1945, but recovered each time because a breeding population of several dozen pairs remained in a habitat refuge."
refugee , [v.]
(1806) in B. Hawkins Lett. (1916) 429 "It will be some time before the Greek young will get rid of the remains of that alloy which debased the agents and refugeed their associates. "
refuse , [a.] and [sb. 2]
(1858) Norton Topics 118 "Jones, Brown, and Robinson, the `refuse', remain with the regiment to be slaughtered by their sepoys."
(1665) Manley Grotius' Low C. Warres 101 "He had with him, something more than Eight Hundred Horse, and Six Thousand Foot, the Refuse and Remains of the French Troubles and Tumults. "
(1921) R. A. S. Macalister Text-bk. European Archaeol. I. x. 556 "Most Danish archaeologists..call these remains affaldsdynger (refuse-heaps) or skaldynger (shell-heaps). "
regard , [v.]
(1642) Fuller Holy &. Prof. St. iii. vii. 168 "Beauty remains behind as the last to be regarded."
regency .
(1977) S. Wales Echo 18 Jan. (Advt.), "Only four remaining on a small development of just 10 Regency style Detached Houses."
regicidal , [a.]
(1883) Goldw. Smith in Ward Eng. Poets II. 381 "Marvell, far less compromised and by no means regicidal, remained in public life."
regie .
(1964) Ridley &. Blondel Public Administration in France ii. vii. 181 "Finally we come to the revenue or, as the French call them, fiscal divisions. Until recently there were four more or less autonomous services (or r&eacu.gies). These had remained virtually unchanged since the Revolution and corresponded roughly to the main sources of state revenue: direct taxes, indirect taxes, customs duties, and registration fees, stamp duties and the national domain... After the war it was decided that the four r&eacu.gies should be transformed into two divisions of the ministry. "
regime regime .
(1955) Times 11/5 "Only King Saud and the r&eacu.gime in the Yemen (which recently survived in undiminished medieval splendour an abortive coup d'&Eacu.tat) remain patently faithful to Egypt. "
regional , [a.] and [sb.]
(1971) D. Potter Brit. Eliz. Stamps iv. 59 "Jersey and Guernsey stamps were withdrawn on 1 October 1969, and the two islands issued their own stamps. But the regionals remained valid for postage elsewhere in the United Kingdom. "
regression .
(1917) Phil. Mag. XXXIV. 205 "When the regression of the first variable on the remaining n&min.1 variables is linear, the multiple correlation coefficient measures the dependence of the first variable on the others. "
(1903) Phil. Trans. R. Soc. 21 "If an organ has been modified only by indirect selection, then its partial regression coefficients on any complex of other organs, however large or small, provided it includes all the directly selected organs, will remain unchanged by the selection. "
regret , [sb.]
(1820) Shelley Witch Atl. xiv, "The feeling and sound are fled and gone, And the regret they leave remains alone. "
regretfully , [adv.]
(1977) Times Lit. Suppl. 15 Apr. 468/4 "The investigators, who must regretfully remain anonymous, have produced..a richness of archaeological potential which it will take years to absorb and assess. "
regular , [a.] , [adv.] , and [sb.]
(1732) Pope Ep. Cobham 209 "Nature well known, no prodigies remain, Comets are regular, and Wharton plain. "
(1869) Ouseley Counterp. xv. 95 "The intervals between the notes remain unchanged by the imitation. When such is the case, the imitation is said to be strict or regular."
(C. 1645) Howell Lett. (1650) II. 49 "Bishop Andrews and Sir Henry Martin..declar'd positively that he was not to fall from his dignity or function, but should still remain a regular."
regulate , [v.]
(1977) Sci. Amer. July 67/1 "Parts of the early embryo of various animals can be removed and the remaining parts will embryonically regulate to form a normal whole."
rehabilitate , [v.]
(1978) Lancashire Life 51/1 "The emphasis today is to rehabilitate old folk to enable them to remain active for as long as possible."
reheat , [sb.]
(1950) Engineering 6 Oct. 295/1 "The performance of a jet engine may be changed by `reheat' i.e., the burning of additional fuel with residual oxygen remaining in the combustion gases after they have passed through the turbine. "
rehospitalization
(1974) M. C. Gerald Pharmacol. xvi. 305 "The remaining patients retain varying degrees of psychopathology, with many requiring periodic rehospitalization."
reimportune [v.]
(1632) J. Hayward tr. Biondi's Eromena To Rdr., "By..earnest solicitations to re-importune him to close up what in these two remained unfinished."
reine .
(1884) Madame Valerie Cookery for Amateurs ii. 25 "Soups... À. la Reine. Although this potage has a fine name it is easily made if you have the remains of cold fowl or turkey. "
reinforce , [v.]
(1951) S. F. Nagel Found. Social Anthropol. iv. 58 "To remain effective, however, the conditioning must be `reinforced'. "
reinforcement .
(1847) Prescott Peru (1850) II. 258 "Francisco Pizarro had remained at Lima, anxiously awaiting the arrival of the reinforcements which he had requested."
reinitiate [v.]
(1897) Allbutt's Syst. Med. IV. 381 "The disorder, unless re-initiated by repetition of the cause, may long remain quiescent."
rejectionist .
(1979) Economist 1 Dec. 14/1 "Khomeini would have remained a voice in the wilderness if his austere rejectionist doctrines had not caught the mood of a people whose religion is still young and vigorous."
relatable , [a.]
(1956) Jrnl. Theol. Stud. VII. 88 "It is found that 38&rdot.5 per cent. of the elements of psalm language is certainly not relatable to psalm contents; the relatability of a large part of the remainder thus becomes questionable. "
relative , [a.] and [sb.]
(1926) D. C. Miller Sci. of Mus. Sounds vii. 216 "Many writers on the subject have held that the quality of a vowel, as well as that of a musical instrument, is characterized by a particular series of overtones accompanying a given fundamental, the pitches of the overtones varying with that of the fundamental, so that the ratios remain constant; this is the relative-pitch theory. "
release , [v. 1]
(1977) Time 12 Dec. 54/2 "He closed 1,700 stores, released 10,000 employees, borrowed heavily to revamp and enlarge the remaining 1,932 supermarkets."
relic , [sb.] and [a.]
(1940) Jrnl. Genetics XL. 72 "At this stage it is usual for some or all of the chromosomes to show `relic' coils or spirals. These coils are to be regarded as the remains of the spirals of the previous division. "
relicary
(1796) Southey Lett. fr. Spain (1808) I. App. 288 "Whatever remains of such Catholic sufferers she could procure she shrined with her own hands,..and she labelled the relicaries in which they were placed. "
relict [a.]
(1901) Ann. &. Mag. Nat. Hist. VII. 315 "Those [animals] remaining in the old place formed a zonally-disposed relict-fauna. "
relief (2) .
(1889) Infantry Drill 271 "The reliefs are kept separated a few yards from the remainder of the piquet, to avoid disturbing them."
relieve , [v.]
(1824) Col. Hawker Shooting (ed. 3) 8 "There are two good ways of boring; the one is, to form a cylinder for about three-fourths of the barrel, and let the remaining part be gradually relieved to the muzzle. "
reliquation (2)
(1658) Phillips, "Reliquation, remains, or a being in arrearage. "
reliquiae , [pl.]
(1835) Lindley Introd. Bot. (1839) 113 "The withered remains of leaves, which, not being articulated with the stem, cannot fall off, but decay upon it, have been called reliqui&ae.."
relodge , [v.]
(1805) Southey Madoc in Azt. xxii, "Till in her mortal tenement relodged Earthly delights might win her to remain."
REM , [sb. 2]
(1957) Dement &. Kleitman in Jrnl. Exper. Psychol. LIII. 340/1 "In most of the remaining text the following abbreviations will be used: REM's (rapid eye movements) and NREM's (no rapid eye movements). "
remain , [sb. 1]
(1617) Moryson Itin. ii. 202 "Don Iean and the remaine of the Spaniards at Kinsale, were all embarked ready to be gone. "
(1651) Cromwell in H. Cary Mem. Gt. Civil War (1832) II. 380, "I believe the number of these sent will be about a hundred; the remain also being forty or fifty. "
(1671) Eachard Obs. Answ. Cont. Clergy 102 "Thinking themselves the onely poor remain of people, that can dispense the word profitably."
(1592) Warner Alb. Eng. vii. xxxiv. (1602) 165 "This Henrie, Earle of Richmond, now poore Lancasters remaine."
(1529) Act 21 Hen. VIII, c. 13 §.8 "Only the Remain and Overplus above their Expences of their Housholds. "
(1579-80) North Plutarch, Theseus (1676) 9 "Those which then returned with Theseus, did seethe in a great brasse pot all the remain of their provision. "
(1606) Shaks. Cymb. iii. i. 87, "I know your Masters pleasure, and he mine: All the Remaine is welcome. "
(1626) in Rushw. Hist. Coll. (1659) I. 230, "I have been so frugal of making use of the old remain, that there is no need of ammunition, or other necessaries. "
(1687) Penal Laws 32 "This..is the antient Remain of the Soveraign Power and Prerogative of the Kings of England. "
(1716) Pope Lett. (1735) I. 290 "Chagrins, more than their small Remain of Life seem'd destin'd to undergo. "
(C. 1825) Beddoes Epitaph Poems (1851) 203 "This is the remain Of one best union of that deathless twain."
(1614) T. Bedwell Nat. Geom. Numbers ii. 22 "The Remaine or difference of 144, and 148, is 4. "
(1674) Jeake Arith. (1696) 301 "The Greater substracted from the Lesser, the Remain will be so much too short."
(1565) Cooper Thesaurus s.v. Reliquus, "Camillus writeth that he hath receiued the remaines due vnto me. "
(1627) Earl Manch. in Buccleuch MSS. (Hist. MSS. Comm.) I. 267 "The loans have brought in 240,000l. at least; therefore the remain must needs be got up, which is not past 50,000l. "
(1669) Lond. Gaz. No. 367/4 "The said Officers..shall proceed to the payment of the ensuing Orders, as the remain of that Taxe and the remaines of the [other] Taxe shall come in."
(1570-6) Lambarde Peramb. Kent (1826) 143 "There standeth yet, upon the high cliffe,..some remaine of a Tower. "
(1635) Pagitt Christianogr. i. ii. (1636) 85 "In Hispaniola there were not 300 Natives left, and a very small remaine in the other Ilands. "
(1665) Sir T. Herbert Trav. (1677) 139 "At the stair-head there is some remain of the Gate. "
(1701) Rowe Amb. Step-Moth. iii. ii, "A large remain of Glory is behind. "
(1763) Mrs. F. Brooke Lady J. Mandeville (1782) II. 53 "This sacred deposit, this little remain of what their tender care had left me. "
(A. 1806) H. K. White Christiad i. ix, "No sweet remain of life encheers the sight. "
(1843) Kemble Poetry Codex Vercell. Pref. 6 "A series of publications which..will give to the world of scholars every yet inedited remain of Anglosaxon."
(1677) Collins in Rigaud Corr. Sci. Men (1841) II. 21 "A stationer..having bought a remain of above two hundred of Horrox's Astronomy. "
(1802) James Milit. Dict. s.v., "In foreign parts a remain is taken only on the appointment of a new storekeeper."
(1702) Vanbrugh False Friend iv. i, "She has still love enough for you, not to be displeas'd with the utmost proofs you can give that you have still a warm remain for her. "
(1756) Burke Subl. &. B. i. iii, "When this remain of horror has entirely subsided. "
(1807) tr. Three Germans I. 72 "To overcome that small remain of fortitude which yet animated and sustained him."
(A. 1641) Bp. Mountagu Acts &. Mon. (1642) 346 "And, as a remaine of ancient custome, this continued among Pagans. "
(1757) Mrs. Griffith Lett. Henry &. Frances (1767) IV. 1 "'Tis a Remain of judicial Astrology. "
(1819) Lady Charleville in Lady Morgan's Autobiog. (1859) 254 "Lady Crewe..had mind and heart, and indeed some fine remains of a race that has passed away. "
(1883) Ch. Times XXI. 333/3 "A traditional remain of his office of server."
(1687) A. Lovell tr. Thevenot's Trav. i. 123 "There are such fair remains to be found among the Ruines, as easily show that this has been a..rich..Town. "
(1691) tr. Emilianne's Observ. Journ. Naples 235 "The only Remain of Antiquity they shew one is, the Remainder of an Old Steeple. "
(1769) De Foe's Tour Gt. Brit. (ed. 7) I. 161 "This ancient Remain is situated about a Quarter of a Mile to the right of the great Road leading from Rochester to Maidstone. "
(1779) Abercromby Mirror No. 52 &page.6 "Every remain of Roman greatness attracted my attention. "
(1848) W. H. Bartlett Egypt to Pal. xvi. (1879) 335 "Already we had fallen into the region of ancient remains. "
(1864) J. H. Lupton Wakefield Worthies 242 "The supposition..that Low Hill is a Druidical remain."
(1720) Strype Stow's Surv. (1754) I. i. xxxi. 329/2 "Meeting with such a choice remain of this brave London merchant I could not but for his lasting Honour publish it in this place. "
(1738) Warburton Div. Legat. I. 128 "It is indeed surprizing, that any Man who had attentively considered this admirable Remain, should think it the Forgery of a Sophist."
(1798) W. Ferrier in A. Ferrier Mem. &. Serm. (1841) iv. 336 "Elisha gathered it up as a precious remain."
(1601) Shaks. Jul. C. v. v. 1 "Come poore remaines of friends, rest on this Rocke. "
(1609) Bible (Douay) Jer. xi. 23 "Their sonnes and their daughters shal die in famine. And there shal be no remaines of them. "
(1738) C'tess Pomfret in J. Duncombe Lett. (1773) II. 124 "There are still some remains of that abdicated court. "
(1781) Justamond Priv. Life Lewis XV, IV. 9 "After having been at once a husband, a brother, and a father, he was the only remains of his family, which was entirely buried in the grave along with him. "
(1839) Yeowell Anc. Brit. Ch. ix. (1847) 93 "The remains of the Druidical order were not persecuted."
(A. 1649) Drumm. of Hawth. Hist. Jas. I, Wks. (1711) 6 "Many were executed, the remains in peaceful manner sent home, the king having graciously exhorted them to a life according to the law of God and man."
(1687) A. Lovell tr. Thevenot's Trav. i. 18 "Seven old Galleys..the remains of their Fleet which escaped from the Battel of Lepanto. "
(1726) Cavallier Mem. iii. 242, "I wanted some Rest for the Remains of Winter. "
(1770) Junius Lett. xxxvi. (1788) 190 "If you would hope to save the wretched remains of a ruined reputation. "
(1803) Nelson 3 June in Nicolas Disp. (1845) V. 78 "You are..on no account..to supply any of his Majesty's Ships..with Naval Stores without being furnished with the Boatswain's and Carpenter's Supplies, Expenses, and Remains. "
(1855) Macaulay Hist. Eng. xvii. IV. 71 "The shop&dubh.keepers..stole away with the remains of their stocks to the English territory. "
(1868) Lockyer Elem. Astron. ii. §.9 (1879) 52 "Coal is the remains of an ancient vegetation."
(1715) Pope Iliad i. 82 "'Tis time to save the few remains of war. "
(1737) Whiston Josephus, Hist. (1777) Pref. §.11 "More&dubh.over, what the Romans did to the remains of the war."
(1801) Lusignan III. 145 "Do you then envy me this short remains of happiness? "
(1833) R. H. Froude Rem. (1838) I. 286 "In one place there is the remains of an Ionic temple. "
(1874) S. Wilberforce Ess. (1874) I. 89 "The tendency..was really a remains..of the extraordinary and odious instinct which had possessed them."
(1652) (title) "Herberts Remains, or sundry pieces of..Mr. George Herbert, now exposed to publick light. "
(1681) Tate Lear Ded., "Nothing but..my Zeal for all the Remains of Shakespear, cou'd have wrought me to so bold an Under&dubh.taking. "
(1724) A. Collins Gr. Chr. Relig. 172 "Celsus, who seems the oldest Heathen author, whereof we have any remains. "
(1774) J. Bryant Mythol. II. 176 "He left behind him many valuable remains, which Bion Proconnesius is said to have translated. "
(1873) H. Rogers Orig. Bible viii. (1875) 354 "The remains of Clement and Polycarp and such fragments of Ignatius as criticism pronounces..genuine."
(1700) Dryden Ovid's Met. xii. 816 "Of all the mighty man the small remains A little urn, and scarcely fill'd contains. "
(A. 1771) Gray Dante 18, "I grop'd About among their cold Remains..often calling On their dear Names. "
(1797) Mrs. Radcliffe Italian xi, "I saw, also, her poor remains laid at rest in the convent garden. "
(1818) Shelley Rosal. &. Helen 1295 "With deep grief and awe The pale survivors followed her remains..Up the cold mountain. "
(1855) Macaulay Hist. Eng. xviii. IV. 242 "The remains of Hastings and Carter were brought on shore with every mark of honour."
(1799) Kirwan Geol. Ess. 36 "Trees..have been found in great depths in our modern continents,..and often mixed with marine remains. "
(1840) Penny Cycl. XVI. 491/2 "Thus employed, `organic remains' become a clue to many of the darkest pages in the antient history of our planet."
remain [sb. 2]
(1605) Shaks. Macb. iv. iii. 148 "A most myraculous worke..Which often since my heere remaine in England, I haue seene him do."
remain , [v.]
(1535) Coverdale Josh. x. 40 "Thus Iosua smote all the londe.., with all their kynges, and let not one remaine ouer. "
(1594) Blundevil Exerc. i. iii. (1636) 8 "Then I say take 10 out of 17 and there remaineth 7, which I set downe. "
(1642) tr. Perkins' Prof. Bk. ii. §.136. 60 "But if this part [of the seal] which remaines to the deed hath not any print, then the deed is insufficient. "
(1697) Dryden &Ae.neid v. 528 "My chill Blood is curdled in my Veins, And scarce the Shadow of a Man remains. "
(1707) Curios. in Husb. &. Gard. 53 "There is not Sap enough remaining to nourish the Leaves. "
(1784) Cowper Task v. 71 "One only care Remains to each, the search of sunny nook. "
(1821) Shelley Hellas 83 "Freedom so To what of Greece remaineth now Returns. "
(1859) Tennyson Elaine 594 "Now remains But little cause for laughter. "
(1875) Jowett Plato (ed. 2) V. 68 "He is willing to allow himself and others the few pleasures which remain to them."
(1600) Shaks. A.Y.L. i. i. 179 "Nothing remaines, but that I kindle the boy thither. "
(1667) Milton P.L. vi. 37 "The easier conquest now Remains thee. "
(1712-14) Pope R. Lock v. 29 "What then remains but well our pow'r to use..? "
(1738) Gray Tasso 31 "What length of sea remains, what various lands. "
(1819) Shelley Prometh. Unb. i. 617 "Worse things, unheard, unseen, remain behind."
(1593) Shaks. 3 Hen. VI, iv. iii. 60 "What now remaines my Lords for vs to do..? "
(1819) Shelley Cenci i. i. 100 "But that there yet remains a deed to act [etc.]. "
(1830) Tennyson Talk. Oak 204 "A thousand thanks for what I learn And what remains to tell. "
(1863) Fawcett Pol. Econ. i. vi. 81 "The head&dubh.lands will remain to be ploughed separately."
(1607) Shaks. Cor. ii. iii. 147 "Remaines, that in th' Officiall Markes invested, You anon doe meet the Senate. "
(1611) Bible Transl. Pref. &page.17 "It remaineth, that we commend thee to God. "
(1772) Junius Lett. lxviii. (1788) 362 "It remains only to apply the law, thus stated, to the fact in question. "
(1796) Ld. Glenbervie Diary 16 Oct. (1928) I. 88 "It remains, however, to be seen what will be the ultimate result in the present instance of a struggle as yet perhaps but in its infancy. "
(1811) Pinkerton Petral. I. 599 "It now remains to attempt a clear classification and description of the Accidential. "
(1828) Athen&ae.um 12 Feb. 103/1 "Whether or not the `Life of Columbus' will restore it, remains yet to be seen. "
(1859) Times 4 Feb. 9/4 "That remains to be seen. "
(1864) J. H. Newman Apol. iv. §.2 (1904) 133/1 "In the interval of which it remains to speak."
(1866) Mayne Reid Headless Horseman xvi. 88 "It remains to be seen how we shall get over it. "
(1938) H. L. Mencken Let. 23 Apr. (1961) 427 "Whether I'll write anything for publication remains to be seen. "
(1967) Listener 6 July 20/2 "How far or how quickly the new government can get anywhere..remains to be seen. "
(1976) Southern Even. Echo (Southampton) 13 Nov. 3/6 "It would remain to be seen to what extent it would be practical or desirable to build houses there."
(A. 1548) Hall Chron., Hen. VIII 185 "That the realme of Napels should for euer remain to the Emperour. "
(1605) Shaks. Lear i. i. 82 "To thee, and thine hereditarie euer, Remaine this ample third of our faire Kingdome."
(1560) Daus tr. Sleidane's Comm. 7 "He was commaunded by his prince to remain at home. "
(1613) Purchas Pilgrimage vi. xi. (1614) 632 "Causing (as the Moors report) that the bullets should still remaine in the Pieces when they were discharged. "
(1671) Milton Samson 587 "Why else this strength Miraculous yet remaining in those locks? "
(1769) Robertson Chas. V, iii. Wks. 1813 VI. 100 "Charles remained six days in Paris. "
(1776) Trial of Nundocomar 68/1 "You have for a long time had my money; it shall remain no longer with you. "
(1841) Lane Arab. Nts. I. 97 "Thus shalt thou remain in this sea to the end of time. "
(1890) Gardiner Hist. Eng. 13 "Aulus Plautius remained in Britain till 47."
(1912) J. Joyce Let. 23 Aug. (1966) II. 311 "Tomorrow I must pawn my watch and chain in order to remain on a little longer. "
(1939) H. Nicholson Diary 11 Apr. (1966) 397 "Harold Macmillan is enraged that Chamberlain should remain on."
(1583) Rich Phylotus (1835) 10 "In the gallant citty of Naples, there was remaining a young man, called by the name of Alberto. "
(1611) Shaks. Cymb. iv. iii. 14 "But for my Mistris, I nothing know where she remaines."
(1559) Abp. Hethe in Strype Ann. Ref. (1824) I. App. vi. 399 "What..spirituall government is, and in what pointes it dothe cheffely remaine."
(1582) N. Lichefield tr. Castanheda's Conq. E. Ind. i. xxii. 57 b, "Not [to] disclose, that the Factour with the others did remaine prisoners. "
(1611) Shaks. Cymb. i. iv. 173 "If shee remaine vnseduc'd, you not making it appeare otherwise [etc.]. "
(1667) Milton P.L. iii. 124, "I formed them free, and free they must remain. "
(1736) Butler Anal. i. i. Wks. 1874 I. 20 "Men may lose their limbs, their organs of sense,..and yet remain the same living agents. "
(1791) Cowper Retired Cat 66 "The sun descended, And Puss remained still unattended. "
(1822) Shelley tr. Calderon i. 188 "Which of the two Will remain conqueror? "
(1875) Jowett Plato (ed. 2) IV. 256 "Amid the conflict of ideas..the impression of sense remained certain and uniform."
(1600) C. Percy in Shaks. C. Praise 38, "I will ever remain Your assured friend Charles Percy. "
(1634) Strafford in Strafford Papers (1739) I. 340, "I remain Your Lordship's most humbly to be commanded, Wentworth. "
(1749) Chesterf. Lett. (1792) II. 269 "And so I rest or remain, Yours &.c. "
(1793) Cowper Let. to J. Hall 10 Dec., "I remain, my dear friend, Affectionately yours, W. C. "
(1873) E. FitzGerald Let. to F. Kemble Nov., "Here is my Letter done, and I remaining yours always sincerely, E. F. G."
(1839) Ure Dict. Arts 1268 "Draw out the fire, and let it [japan] remain until morning; then boil it until it rolls hard. "
(1853) Soyer Pantroph. 100 "Stir this mixture..for three days or more, then let it remain for some time."
(1585) T. Washington tr. Nicholay's Voy. iv. xiii, "Vsing in their fightes many guyles and craftes, which are remained to them from their auncestors. "
(1638) Junius Paint. Ancients 267 "The same admiration remaineth from what side soever you doe looke upon her. "
(1697) Dryden Virg. Georg. iv. 304 "Th' immortal Line in sure Succession reigns, The Fortune of the Family remains. "
(1738) Gray Propertius iii. 101 "A little Verse my All that shall remain. "
(1781) Cowper Conversat. 678 "The stench remains, the lustre dies away. "
(1813) Shelley Q. Mab iv. 141 "Soul is the only element, the block That for uncounted ages has remained. "
(1874) Green Short Hist. iii. §.5. 139 "The abbey church of Westminster..remains a monument of his artistic taste."
(1607) Shaks. Timon iii. vi. 30, "I hope it remaines not vnkindely with your Lordship, that I return'd you an empty messenger."
(1872) Hardy Under Greenwood Tree I. i. vi. 78 "The tunes they that morning essayed remained with him for years. "
(1899) Mark Twain Man that corrupted Hadleyburg in Harper's Mag. Dec. 30/2 "A remark which he made to me has remained with me to this day, and has at last conquered me. "
(A. 1927) I. Duncan My Life (1928) viii. 78 "Another, even greater impression, that has remained with me all my life was the `Rodin Pavillon'. "
(1977) B. Pym Quartet in Autumn vi. 54 "She had once noticed an old woman with a lost expression peering through one of the surrounding hedges and that impression had remained with her."
(1671) Milton Samson 1126 "In a little time while breath remains thee, Thou oft shalt wish thy self at Gath."
(1590) Spenser F.Q. ii. ix. 6 "Were your will her sold to entertaine..Great guerdon, well I wote, should you remaine. "
(1667) Milton P.L. ii. 443 "If thence he scape.., what remains him less Then unknown dangers and as hard escape."
(1861) Rossetti tr. Dante's Vita Nuova (1904) 145 "Seeing that in the battle of doubts, the victory most often remained with such as inclined towards the lady of whom I speak."
remainant [a.] and [sb.]
(1632) Lithgow Trav. i. 16 "The remainants of that auncient Amphitheatre. "
(1658) Virginia Stat. (1823) I. 466 "To the great prejudice and damage to their neighbours and the loss of the remainants cattell."
remainder , [sb. 1]
(1424) E.E. Wills (1882) 60 "The remaindre of &th.e maner of Steneby..[I bequeath] to Thomas my son and heir. "
(1544) tr. Littleton's Tenures (1574) 95 b, "If a lease bee made to a man for terme of life, the remaynder unto another for terme of life, the remaynder unto the thirde in taile, the remainder unto the fourth in fee [etc.]. "
(1601) Shaks. All's Well iv. iii. 313 "Sir, for a Cardecue, he will sell the fee-simple of his saluation, the inheritance of it, and cut th'intaile from all remainders, and a perpetuall succession for it perpetually. "
(1685) Petty Last Will p. vii, "I have in Ireland, without the county of Kerry, in lands, remainders, and reversions, about 3100l. per ann. "
(1766) Blackstone Comm. II. 164 "An estate then in remainder may be defined to be, an estate limited to take effect and be enjoyed after another estate is determined. "
(1818) Cruise Digest (ed. 2) II. 304 "Thomas Cary devised to Peter Cary and the heirs male of his body, remainder in the same manner to his other sons. "
(1876) Digby Real Prop. v. 227 "A remainder is created by express words at the same time as the particular estate, and is so limited as to come into enjoyment or possession so soon as the particular estate comes to an end."
(1544) tr. Littleton's Tenures (1574) 13 "Yf a man let landes..for terme of yeres, the remainder ouer to an other for terme of lyfe. "
(1628) Coke On Litt. 142 b, "If a man..will giue lands in taile, the remainder ouer in fee simple without deed [etc.]. "
(1766) Blackstone Comm. II. 164 "This makes A tenant for years, with remainder to B for life, remainder over to C in fee. "
(1818) Cruise Digest (ed. 2) V. 331 "Lands were given to an alien in tail, remainder over to another in fee. "
(1891) Law Times XCI. 3/2 "Although the deed purported to bar the remainders over, its legal effect was to pass merely a base fee."
(1766) Blackstone Comm. II. 381 "Here A and B have cross remainders by implication, and on the failure of either's issue, the other or his issue shall take the whole. "
(1818) Cruise Digest (ed. 2) VI. 435 "Cross remainders will not be raised between two persons without words creating a necessary implication. "
(1858) Ld. St. Leonards Handy-Bk. Prop. Law xvii. 110 "The common settlement..is..then to the daughters, as tenants in common in tail, with cross-remainders in tail."
(1743) Swinburne's Wills (ed. 6) 180 "Provided that if any of the Remainder Men alien the Land, his Estate shall cease. "
(1766) Blackstone Comm. II. 166 "The remainder-man is seised of his remainder at the same time that the termor is possessed of his term. "
(1818) Cruise Digest (ed. 2) VI. 41 "It divests the remainder or reversion,..leaving only in the remainder-man or reversioner a mere right of entry. "
(1881) Times 14 Apr. 10/1 "With extended facilities and provisions for the security of the remainderman, many encumbered Irish properties would now be willingly disposed of."
(1809) Mottos Peers Scotl. Errata, "James, Earl of Hopetoun, was created an English peer..with remainder to the issue male of the body of his father. "
(1827) Hallam Const. Hist. iii. (1876) I. 123 "Henry had exercised the power with which his parliament..had invested him, by settling the succession in remainder upon the house of Suffolk. "
(1893) Burke's Peerage 1481 "He was advanced to a viscounty 1885, with remainder, in default of his male issue, to his daughter with remainder to her male issue."
(1893) N. &. Q. 8th Ser. IV. 461/2 "In the event of any future Earl of Cromartie becoming Duke of Sutherland, the Cromartie honours should at once pass to the next remainder heir."
(A. 1547) Surrey &Ae.neid iv. (1557) E iv b, "Troy and the remainder of our folke Restore I shold. "
(1588) Shaks. Tit. A. v. iii. 131 "Where you behold vs now, The poore remainder of Andronici. "
(1656) Heylin Surv. France 11 "Of the Inhabitants..9000 and upwards are of the Reformation,..the remainders are Papists. "
(1663) H. Cogan tr. Pinto's Trav. i. 2 "The remainder of us they left at night in the Road. "
(1737) [S. Berington] G. de Lucca's Mem. (1738) 30 "We drove the Remainder headlong off the Deck."
(1560) Daus tr. Sleidane's Comm. 139 "The remainder to be restored when the warre is finished. "
(1601) Shaks. All's Well iv. iii. 272 "Not that I am afraide to dye, but that my offences beeing many, I would repent out the remainder of Nature. "
(1665) Boyle Occas. Refl., Occas. Medit. iv. iv, "He gave away more out of the Remainder of his Estate, than every liberal Man would have done out of the Whole. "
(1726) Swift Gulliver iii. i, "I took out my small Provisions, and, after having refreshed myself, I secured the Remainder in a Cave. "
(1781) Gibbon Decl. &. F. xxxi. III. 233 "He should be permitted to pass the remainder of his life in..exile. "
(1836) J. Gilbert Chr. Atonem. iii. (1852) 68 "Was it not..expected from them, that they should fill up the remainder of the sufferings appointed by their master..? "
(1875) Jowett Plato (ed. 2) IV. 25, "I will reserve the analysis of the remainder for another occasion."
(1579) Fenton Guicciard. (1618) 233 "In the end..they had recourse to the remainders of the family of the Manfredi their ancient Lords. "
(1592) Kyd Sol. &. Pers. ii. i. 303 "Ah, Ferdinand, the stay of my old age, And cheefe remainder of our progenie. "
(1615) G. Sandys Trav. 119 "That three dayes battell..maintained by a poore remainder of the Mamalucks. "
(1686) tr. Chardin's Trav. Persia 54 "Ibrahim that was the only Remainder of the Ottoman Family. "
(1697) Potter Antiq. Greece ii. vi. (1715) 261 "After they had utterly routed all the remainders of Xerxes's numerous Army."
(1604) E. G[rimstone] D'Acosta's Hist. Indies vi. xiv. 459 "The Edifices and Buildings..were many in number..as doth appeare at this day by their ruines and remainders. "
(1653) H. More Antid. Ath. ii. ii. §.2 "Seeming Ashes may be no Ashes, that is, no Remainders of any Fewel burnt there. "
(1702) W. J. tr. Bruyn's Voy. Levant iii. 9 "With an Intention, as I said before, of visiting all the remainders of Antiquity in that Place. "
(1872) Mark Twain Roughing It l. 357 "There'll be a double-barreled inquest here..and your remainders will go home in a couple of baskets. "
(1878) T. Hardy Ret. Native iv. vii, "The remainders, being cut into lengths and split open, were tossed into the pan."
(1885) T. Hardy Huck. Finn viii. 62, "I was having a good enough time seeing them hunt for my remainders."
(1641) Milton Animadv. Wks. 1851 III. 211 "If you have any remainders of modesty or truth cry God mercy. "
(1668) Owen in Hearne Collect. 26 Nov. an. 1705 (O.H.S.) I. 99 "The Remainders of Indwelling-Sin in Believers. "
(1755) S. Walker Serm. 5 "Deliver me from the Remainders of Corruption that dwell in me. "
(1818) Jas. Mill Brit. India I. iii. iv. 580 "With..a remainder of disgust in the breasts of some of the Omrahs."
(1594) Blundevil Exerc. i. v. (1636) 14 "The third number is called the Quotient,..and the fourth number is called the Remainder, if any be. "
(1656) Hobbes Six Lessons Wks. 1845 VII. 231 "The remainder after subtraction is the measure of proportion arithmetical. "
(1696) Bp. Patrick Comm. Exod. xxxviii. (1697) 708 "Three thousand, dividing 301775 will produce an Hundred and leave 1775 in Remainder. "
(1798) J. Hutton Course Math. I. 12 "To prove Subtraction, add the remainder to the less number. "
(1875) Encycl. Brit. II. 528 "When the number of times is not exact, the excess of the dividend over the divisor..is called the remainder."
(1593) Shaks. Rich. II, i. i. 130 "My Soueraigne Leege was in my debt, Vpon remainder of a deere Accompt."
(1757) Monthly Rev. Sept., "C. Henderson, Bookseller, under the Royal Exchange, having purchased the remainder of the impression of the following very entertaining book..proposes to sell them for 4s. only. "
(1854) Gowans' (115 Nassau St., N.Y.) Catal. No. 13. 6 "Remainders of editions by other publishers. "
(1865) N. &. Q. VII. 510/2 (Advt.), "`Remainders' of valuable books, all in new condition, at greatly reduced prices. "
(1873) Curwen Hist. Booksellers 391 "Tegg..visited all the trade sales, and bought up the `remainders', i.e. surplus copies of works in which the original publishers had no faith. "
(1888) Athen&ae.um 22 Dec. 850/2 "His main dealings before this having been in `remainders', and his one solitary publication a failure."
(1926) C. N. Bennett Photogravure 121 "Paper makers, like drapers, have their remnants, though the name for them in the paper making industry is `remainders'. "
(1930) J. H. Appel Business Biogr. John Wanamaker viii. 104 "`Bargain Room' opened-`a place where remainders of lots are sold at smaller prices'."
(1567) Ld. Herries in Robertson Hist. Scot. (1759) II. App. 51 "He hoped the remainder noblemen of their party..would come to the same conformity. "
(1600) Shaks. A.Y.L. ii. vii. 39 "His braine..is as drie as the remainder bisket After a voyage. "
(1824) Lamb Elia Ser. ii. Capt. Jackson, "He would sometimes finish the remainder crust, to show that he wished no savings. "
(1827) Hood Mids. Fairies xxiv, "Their memories are dimm'd and torn, Like the remainder tatters of a dream. "
(1856) Kane Arct. Expl. I. xv. 181 "All my tired remainder-men were summoned."
(1899) Sketch 1 Nov. 62/1 "The poor evening paper cannot afford this. It must..be content with the `remainder biscuit' of the morning's telegrams. "
(1912) Chambers's Jrnl. Dec. 773/2 "It is pitiful to see the rows of discarded books in circulating libraries and remainder-shops. "
(1931) Times Lit. Suppl. 10 Sept. 688/2 "The unsold sheets of a published book are re-issued with a cancel title or a new preface, or in a remainder binding. "
(1977) Gay News 24 Mar. 21/3, "I use anything that's cheap on the remainder list."
(1886) G. Chrystal Algebra I. vii. 134 (heading) "Results of the application of remainder theorem. "
(1933) R. W. Brink College Algebra xix. 295 "Without performing the divisions, by means of the Remainder Theorem find the remainder after each of the following divisions. "
(1971) Willerding &. Hoffman College Algebra ix. 267 "By the Remainder Theorem, the remainder when x3+7x2+3x+3 is divided by x+1 is 6. As a corollary of the remainder theorem we have the Factor Theorem."
remainder [sb. 2]
(1594) Nashe Unfort. Trav. 56 "During my remainder there [in Rome]. "
(1646) Sir T. Browne Pseud. Ep. 123 "The first [reason] is that of Aristotle, drawne from..the small time of its remainder in the wombe."
remainder [v.]
(1904) Heffer &. Sons' Catal. 2 "As the History of `Remaindered' Books would almost prove, it might be said that no Book was really great until it had been `Remaindered'. "
(1906) Times 17 Nov. 9/3 "How many books do we see every year produced by publishers who..`remainder' them at a few pence a copy? "
(1907) Times 25 Mar. 12/1 "There is no doubt now that the boycott is not meant to stop remaindering at low prices. "
(1910) Library I. 46 "The plays in question were printed in the years with which they are dated and unsold copies..remaindered in 1619. "
(1910) Library 49 "A nineteen-year-old edition was then being remaindered. "
(1932) John o' London's Weekly 25 June 428 "He told me he had bought them when they were remaindered by publishers, at 9d. a copy. "
(1959) Daily Tel. 29 Dec. 6/2 "Swift turnover for cash, sometimes of goods specially ordered for the sales, and the `remaindering' of clothes, carpets, furniture and whatnot which might not otherwise be sold so quickly-or even, where fashion is important, at all. "
(1968) C. M. Vines Little Nut-Brown Man x. 155 "He liked his books to be in short supply, thus perhaps appearing better sellers than they were; or he disliked the thought of being remaindered. "
(1981) Country Life 1 Jan. 34/1 "Picture-books seem to end up by being sold off cheap as remaindered volumes."
remaindership
(1865) Sat. Rev. 7 Jan. 18/1 "The law of entail enables a landowner..to give to a person yet unborn the remaindership of his estate. "
(1893) N. &. Q. 8th Ser. IV. 461/2 "This unusual series of remainderships."
remaindment
(1596) Bacon Max. &. Use Com. Law (1635) 52 marg., "A recovery barreth an Escheat taile and all reversions and remaindments thereupon."
remainer (1)
(1669) Sturmy Mariner's Mag. vi. iii. 106 "The Sun enters Gemini May 11; which Substract from 12, the Remainer is 1."
(1617) MS. Acc. St. John's Hosp., Canterb., "The remainor [of the money is] in the boxe. "
(A. 1625) Fletcher, etc. Fair Maid Inn iii. ii, "The lesse remainer Is dowry large enough. "
(1644) Nye Gunnery ii. (1647) 23 "From which stick cut off its just length, the remainer you may use upon the base ring."
remainer (2)
(1565) T. Stapleton Fortr. Faith 16, "I wil be a remainer in thy tabernacle for euer. "
(1637) in Cramond Ann. Banff (1891) I. 79 "Ane daylie remainer fra the Kirk in tyme of dyvyne worschip."
(1922) Joyce Ulysses 688 "How did the centripetal remainer afford egress to the centrifugal departer?"
remaining , [vbl. sb.]
(1621) Lady M. Wroth Urania 174 "They went to eate that poore remaining that there was left them. "
(1624) Capt. Smith Virginia (1629) 212 "Such like as they spare of the remainings."
(1796) Instr. &. Reg. Cavalry (1813) 114 "Unless the intended and immediate formation of the line requires their remaining where they are. "
(1855) Pusey Doctr. Real Presence Note A. 31 "The remaining, then, of the `elements in their natural substances' was an open question."
remaining [ppl. a.]
(1645) Evelyn Diary 23 Jan., "The 3 remaining fountaines which give denomination to this Church. "
(1683) Moxon Mech. Exerc., Printing xxiv. &page.19 "He..doubles the loose half of the Leather over the remaining Nail'd-on half. "
(1748) Hartley Observ. Man i. i. §.2. 57 "These remaining Sensations grow feebler and feebler, till they vanish. "
(1776) Gibbon Decl. &. F. xii. I. 334 "The remaining actions he intrusted to the care of his lieutenants. "
(1855) Macaulay Hist. Eng. xv. III. 596 "A treason, the consciousness of which threw a dark shade over all his remaining years. "
(1885) Athen&ae.um 4 July 9/1 "With..increasing injuries to the few remaining defences."
remand , [sb.]
(1771) Mrs. Harris in Lett. Ld. Malmesbury (1870) I. 211 "You will remain at Madrid till the messenger with your remand arrives, and save yourself the fatigue of a double journey. "
remand , [v.]
(1643) Prynne Sov. Power Parlt. iv. 27 "And if they bring an Habeas Corpus..they shall notwithstanding be remanded and remain prisoners all their dayes. "
remanence .
(1964) J. Stacey John Wyclif &. Reform v. 104 "The next assertion was a doctrine of Remanence. If annihilation was denied then, in his view, the bread and wine remained bread and wine. "
(1964) R. H. Bainton Hist. Christianity viii. 238/1 "This was not to say..that Christ is not in the sacrament. He is there, in addition to and along with bread and wine, whose substance remains. This doctrine is called remanence. "
(1974) Encycl. Brit. Macrop&ae.dia XIX. 1051/1 "He [sc. Wycliffe] sought to replace it [sc. the doctrine of transubstantiation] with a doctrine of remanence (remaining)."
remanet .
(1829) Bentham Justice &. Cod. Petit. 83 "The other part [of suits] remain unheard and are called remanets or remanents. "
remarkably [adv.]
(1638) A. Read Chirurg. i. 8 "If the braine be remarkably wounded, the party remaineth foolish. "
remarry , [v.]
(A. 1711) Ken Hymns Evang. Poet. Wks. 1721 I. 171 "There each good Soul remains in Widdow'd State, In Longings till remarried to its Mate."
remediless , [a.] (and [adv.] )
(1625) Jackson Creed v. xliv. §.1 "It is the remediless remainder of our first parents' pride. "
remembrancer .
(1682) Wheler Journ. Greece iii. 263 "There are some Remains of noble Structures, Remembrancers of their prosperous State. "
remix [v.]
(1831) T. Hope Ess. Origin Man I. 164 "Those [upper regions] in which electricity, from less interference of and remixture with other forces.., remains most pure."
remnant , [sb.] and [a.]
(1907) Amer. 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. "
remote , [a.] ( [sb.] ) and [adv.]
(1967) Boston Globe 30 Mar. 3/1 "CBS said in future days Cronkite may be seen in some news remotes while Zenker remains at the desk. "
remove , [sb.]
(1773) Johnson (ed. 4) "Remove, a dish to be changed while the rest of the course remains. "
renal , [a.] and [sb.]
(1901) H. Morris Surg. Dis. Kidney &. Ureter II. xxiv. 81 "A calculus either may remain fixed in the kidney substance or in a calyx, or may occupy the renal pelvis, within which it can move about, or it may migrate along the ureter towards the bladder. In either of the latter conditions it will probably give rise to renal colic. "
renature , [v.]
(1955) Bull. Atomic Sci. Jan. 12/1 "If reconversion of the denatured nuclear explosives is not a protracted process, the threat of seizure, renaturing, and atomic rearmament would remain indefinitely. "
rend , [v. 1]
(1632) Lithgow Trav. ix. 394 "This Kingdome after it was rent from the Romanes, remained in subiection vnder the French. "
render , [v.]
(1798) Ferriar Illustr. Sterne i. 13 "The oldest [edition] which remains was rendered into `beau langage'. "
renga .
(1877) W. G. Aston Gram. Jap. Written Lang. (ed. 2) x. 198 "Renka..is where one person composes part (commonly the second part) of a tanka, the remainder being added by some one else. "
renormalization
(1977) L. Streit in Price &. Chissick Uncertainty Principle &. Foundations of Quantum Mechanics xviii. 353 "Virtually every second calculation of quantum electrodynamics included the process of throwing away an infinite term and interpreting the remainder as the `correct result'. These procedures were formalized in the renormalization theory of Feynman, Dyson and Schwinger. "
rent , [sb. 1]
(1815) T. R. Malthus Inquiry Nature &. Progress Rent 1 "The rent of land may be defined to be that portion of the value of the whole produce which remains to the owner of the land, after all the out&dubh.goings belonging to its cultivation..have been paid, including the profits of the capital employed, estimated according to the usual and ordinary rate of the profits of agricultural stock at the time being. "
rentier .
(1976) M. Green Children of Sun viii. 316 "Brian..fulminated against rentiers and Money Men..but..he remained a hedonist and a snob."
reobtain , [v.]
(1803) H. K. White Let. to N. White 2 May, "There remains no way of re-obtaining my volume but this. "
reorder , [v.]
(1962) A. Battersby Guide to Stock Control v. 42 "The boundary between them remains as a mark which indicates the Re-ordering Level (ROL). "
reorganizationist
(1967) J. Israel in A. Feuerwerker et al. Approaches to Mod. Chinese Hist. 292 "Many Wuhan figures who cast their lot with Wang Ching-wei (exiled leader of the Reorganizationist faction) argued that the revolution remained `unfinished'. "
reoxygenate [v.]
(1855) Kingsley Glaucus 140 "Its remaining fresh argued that the coralline had reoxygenated it from time to time. "
repaint , [sb.]
(1893) Pall Mall G. 23 Jan. 2/1 "Although it has suffered somewhat from repaint..it still remains one of the most beautiful single heads produced by Renaissance painting."
repartake , [v.]
(1751) Eliza Heywood Betsy Thoughtless IV. 124 "For the sake of re-partaking the remainder of those dainties, which had been so highly praised at dinner."
repatriate , [v.]
(1940) Economist 13 Jan. 64/2 "A considerable amount of French capital remained in London last September and has for the most part been repatriated over the past four months. "
repay , [v. 1]
(A. 1542) Wyatt in Tottel's Misc. (Arb.) 71, "I was content thy seruant to remain; And not to be repayed after this fashion. "
repent , [v.]
(1601) Shaks. All's Well iv. iii. 272 "My offences being many, I would repent out the remainder of Nature."
repeople , [v.]
(1693) Addison Virg. Georg. iv. 297 "By repeopling their decaying state,..Their ancient stocks eternally remain. "
repetition (1) .
(1597) Hooker Eccl. Pol. v. lxxi. §.2 "Because by repetition they..confirme the habites of all vertue, it remaineth that we..keep them as ordinances. "
replant , [v.]
(1856) Delamer Fl. Gard. (1861) 40 "So it may remain, to be taken up and replanted every third or fourth year."
replete , [a.]
(1849) Murchison Siluria ii. 30 "Much younger rocks replete with organic remains. "
replevy , [v.]
(1817) W. Selwyn Law Nisi Prius (ed. 4) II. 1126 "It will follow, that so long as the cause remains in the county court, the plaintiff may replevy the distress after non-suit there. "
replicate , [v.]
(1881) P. Robinson Under the Punkah 92 "Better for him had his arms remained feet, his ears never been replicated."
replum .
(1830) Lindley Nat. Syst. Bot. 88 "In Carmich&ae.lia the valves separate from the suture, which remains entire, like the replum of Crucifer&ae.. "
repolarize [v.]
(1965) Math. in Biol. &. Med. (Med. Res. Council) vi. 262 "When curve C is reached the only remaining point at which the ionic current is zero is the new value Er, so that the membrane repolarizes. "
reportorially [adv.]
(1981) Times Lit. Suppl. 8 May 512/3 "Because Wilkinson remains so reportorially self-conscious,..he's unable to comprehend the tramps among whom he lives."
repository , [sb.]
(1862) Burton Bk. Hunter (1863) 56 "Stored away in some forgotten repositories, these miscellaneous relics still remain. "
represent , [v. 1]
(1879) Cassell's Techn. Educ. IV. 95/1 "It remains, therefore, to complete the work by representing the character of the country."
representational , [a.]
(1937) R. I. Aaron John Locke ii. iii. 121 "These accounts would have been the same if Locke had never adopted the representationalist position... Though nominally Locke remains representationalist in his explanation of the knowledge we have of our minds, actually he proceeds as if we know ourselves and our operations directly. "
reprise [v.]
(1668) in 10th Rep. Hist. MSS. Comm. App. V. 60 "The Lord Lieutenant and Counsel's advice to the Commissioners to spend some of their remaining time to reprize Protestants. "
reprobacy
(1594) O. B. Quest. Profit. Concern. 17 "There is also a certaine sparke or seed of vertue euer remaining in man..vnlesse reprobacie haue ouer-run all. "
reprobation .
(1805) Forsyth Beauties Scotl. II. 443 "The out-field land remained in a state of utter reprobation. No dung was ever spread on any part of it."
republication .
(1841) Keble in Hooker's Wks. (1888) I. p. cxv, "It is hoped that this republication of his remains..will cause them to become more generally read. "
reputation .
(1799) S. Turner Anglo-Sax. (1836) I. iv. v. 295 "He is represented to have..passed the remainder of his life in reputation and justice. "
re-radiate [v.]
(1976) Sci. Amer. Sept. 75/3 "The earth intercepts a vast amount of solar energy... About 60 percent is reflected without interacting further and most of the remainder is absorbed by the atmosphere or by oceans and landmasses and is promptly reradiated as heat."
reredos .
(1836) Parker Gloss. Archit. (1850) I. 384 "At Bampton, Oxfordshire, a very perfect reredos remains in the east wall of the north transept, where an altar has stood. "
(1861) Morning Post 24 Oct., "The five remaining bays [of the choir]..have been restored; only three of them, though, will be within the reredos."
re-reign [v.]
(1589) Warner Alb. Eng. vi. xxxi, "They A People shall remaine..and of that Streene Shall Fiue at length re-raigne."
resale , [sb.]
(1816) M. Greenleaf District of Maine 71 "The remainder [is held] by different individuals, who have purchased solely with a view to the profit of resales. "
rescuable [a.]
(1979) Nature 22 Nov. 382/2 "The lack of rescuability of focus-forming activity from transformants caused by MSV DNA fragments remains to be resolved."
resentment .
(1748) Hartley Observ. Man i. iii. §.3. 373 "There generally remains a pleasing or displeasing Recollection or Resentment."
reservation .
(1973) Black Panther 8 Sept. 8/2 "The Apaches, originally from Arizona, New Mexico and parts of Mexico, were sent to Florida by the U.S. Army after they refused to remain on a reservation in Arizona."
reservatory [sb.]
(1704) Collect. Voy. &. Trav. III. 4/1 "The Snow..remains as it were in Wells and Reservatories. "
reserve , [sb.]
(1649) Jer. Taylor Gt. Exemp. iii. ad Sect. xiv. (1667) 428 "Either they that remain are sealed up to a worse calamity, or left within the reserves and mercies of Repentance. "
(1854) D. G. Rossetti Let. c 26 June (1965) I. 203 "The rest he put into a sale at Christie's, after taking my advice as to the reserve he ought to put on the Hunt, which I fixed at 500 gs. It reached 300 in real biddings, after which Mac's touters ran it up to 430, trying to revive it, but of course it remains with him. "
(1853) Mrs. Gaskell Cranford xv. 228 "Miss Matty would be perplexed as to her duty if she were aware of any little reserve-fund being made for her while the debts of the bank remained unpaid. "
reserve , [v. 1]
(1708) Burnet Trav. (ed. 3) 225 "The vast Vaults..and the Remains of Antiquity, that are reserved in them."
reserved , [ppl. a.]
(1667) Waterhouse Fire Lond. 100 "Dwelling and Trading in the remains of the Freedom, and in the reserved Suburbs."
reservoir , [sb.]
(1803) Censor 1 Nov. 126, "I thrust my sweetheart into the coal-cellar... I flattered myself that he could remain unseen in some corner of that large reservoir. "
(1977) Sci. Amer. Mar. 61/2 "When no human being harbours the [smallpox] virus, there should remain only one reservoir: the stocks in research and diagnostic laboratories."
reshoot , [v.]
(1955) H. Kurnitz Invasion of Privacy (1956) xiv. 88 "It's a hundred-to-one he'll..reshoot the picture so that not a speck of what you want in it remains. "
residence [sb. 2]
(1560) Whitehorne Ord. Souldiours (1588) 30 b, "If the pouder bee good, you shall see them all to fire at ones; so that there shall be no residence remaining. "
residency .
(1966) Publ. Amer. Dial. Soc. 1964 xlii. 35 "Shanty-..Irish, i.e., those who remain in the lower-class communities near the center of the city (or, irrespective of residency, preserve the social traits of the shanty Irish). "
residual , [sb.]
(1841) Penny Cycl. XIX. 413/1 "Residual, an expression which gives the remainder of a subtraction."
(1970) R. J. Small Study of Landforms v. 162 "Above the peneplain, a few isolated hills..would remain. Such residuals were referred to by Davis as `monadnocks'."
residual , [a.]
(1700) Moxon Math. Dict. 142 "Residual Figure, the remaining Figure after Subtraction of a less from a greater. "
(1822) T. Taylor Apuleius 172 "The remaining space of the year is completed by the residual months. "
(1871) B. Stewart Heat (ed. 2) §.387 "The pressure of the residual air which remained in the vacuum chamber. "
(1931) A. N&aacu.dai Plasticity xxxviii. 259 "Stresses of this kind, remaining after partial plastic flow, may be called residual stresses. "
residue , [sb.]
(1610) Holland Camden's Brit. (1637) 113 "The residue of Britans remaining alive, withdrew themselves. "
(1818) Cruise Digest (ed. 2) V. 499 "It was still the same residue remaining in the wife, which she had not disposed of before. "
(1967) E. Rudinger Wills &. Probate 9 "After disposing of specified items and sums of money, you give the remainder-the residue, lawyers call it-to some named person... You could, of course, provide that your residue should be divided..among a number of people."
(1948) O. Ore Number Theory &. its Hist. ix. 214 "Since these are the numbers that correspond to the same remainder r when divided by m, we say that they form a residue class (mod m). There are m residue classes (mod m). "
(1966) Ogilvy &. Anderson Excursions in Number Theory iv. 43 "If we identify every integer, positive, negative, or zero, with its remainder modulo m, we thus have all the integers partitioned into congruence classes, or residue classes, modulo m. "
(1873) H. Watts Fownes' Chem. 251 "Suppose one or more of the component atoms of a fully saturated molecule to be removed: it is clear that the remaining atom or group of atoms will no longer be saturated... Such unsaturated groups are called residues or radicals."
residuum .
(1802) Jefferson Writ. (1830) III. 489 "The residuum of money remaining in the treasury. "
(1779) Phil. Trans. LXIX. 433 "The residuums of air that remained unabsorbed were more or less phlogisticated. "
resign , [v. 1]
(1791) Mrs. Radcliffe Rom. Forest viii, "Had I resigned you to his will I should have remained secure. "
resistant , [a.] and [sb.]
(1668) Howe Bless. Righteous (1825) 52 "There is no resistant principle remaining, when the love of God is perfected in it. "
resolution (1) .
(1783) W. Cullen First Lines §.249 Wks. 1827 II. 8 "If an inflammation be cured while the state and texture of the part remain entire, the disease is said to be terminated by Resolution. "
resolve , [v.]
(1818) Cruise Digest (ed. 2) II. 309 "It was resolved, that the remainder limited to B. was good."
(1690) Locke Govt. i. xi. §.147 "It will always remain a Doubt..till our A. resolves us, whether Shem..had right to Govern. "
resolvedly [adv.]
(1636) Sanderson Serm. II. 49 "The greatest blame must remain upon the untowardness of the will, resolvedly bent upon the evil. "
resolvend , [sb.]
(1798) Hutton Course Math. (1827) I. 88 "From the resolvend take the subtrahend, and to the remainder join the next period of the given number for a new resolvend. "
resonant , [a.] and [sb.]
(1897) Allbutt's Syst. Med. IV. 655 "The lungs remain resonant when the larger bronchial tubes are filled with gelatine."
(1945) Nature 15 Sept. 323/1 "Dr. J. T. Randall applied the resonant-cavity technique to the relatively ineffective magnetron of pre-war days, and made of it a radically new and immensely powerful device which remains the heart of every modern radar equipment. "
respect , [sb.]
(1591) Sylvester Du Bartas i. iii. 513 "What will remaine? Ah! nothing (in respect). "
(1876) Gladstone Glean. (1879) II. 350 "To a bad clergyman this may be an advantage, in respect that it allows him to remain bad, and to grow worse with impunity."
(1839) Keightley Hist. Eng. II. 35 "Her character remains the object of respect to all parties. "
respect , [v.]
(1866) Reader July 676 "The remaining part of the book respects man's position."
respectable , [a.] and [sb.]
(1750) Chesterf. Lett. ccxv. (1792) II. 326 "Your studies, the respectable remains of antiquity. "
respectfully , [adv.]
(1859) Mrs. Gaskell Let. 10 Nov. (1966) 592 "Believe me to remain, Yours respectfully E C Gaskell. "
respirator .
(1872) Chem. News, 17 May 239/1 "The respirator is suspended for ten or fifteen minutes over some strong solution of ammonia in a large beaker; in this way the charcoal absorbs a very large amount of ammoniacal gas... The wearer can remain for a considerable time in an atmosphere containing chlorine without suffering any inconvenience. "
respite , [v.]
(1577) Grindal Let. Wks. (1843) 395 "By that occasion my appearance was respited; and I now remain as a man in suspense. "
respondent , [a.]
(1867) Maudsley Physiol. Mind 147 "Many of the remaining actions..are really respondent to an idea or emotion. "
rest [sb. 1]
(1611) Bible Heb. iv. 9 "There remaineth therefore a rest to the people of God. "
(1962) Blake &. Trott Periodontol. xvi. 163 "To bring the mandible into the rest position the patient should be seated comfortably in the chair, and head erect and away from the head rest, with the Frankfort plane horizontal. He is then asked to wet the lips with the tongue, swallow and remain quite still. The mandible should then assume the rest position."
rest [sb. 2]
(1636) Mellis Recorde's Gr. Arts 63 "Therefore in the place of the rest or remaine, right vnder the denomination, I set down 0."
rest [v. 1]
(1967) Coriolis Death, Here is Thy Sting iii. 54 "Remains will be resting at the John Doe Funeral Home. "
(1831) E. Ross Farm Rep. 88 in Lib. Usef. Kn., Husb. III, "The land was allowed `to rest'-i.e., to remain unploughed for a period of years. "
(1750) Johnson Rambler No. 19 &page.15 "So much remains in the power of others, that reason is forced at last to rest in neutrality. "
resting [vbl. sb. 1]
(1896) E. B. Wilson Cell ii. 53 "There are..some undoubted cases..in which the centrosome remains undivided during the resting stage and only divides as the process of mitosis begins. "
(1899) Allbutt's Syst. Med. VI. 828 "The eyes remain in their static or resting position."
resting [ppl. a.]
(1953) H. L. Edlin Forester's Handbk. ii. 22 "The shoot increases in length only during the annual period of active growth. It grows..by actively dividing cells within the bud at its tip. When autumn comes, this suspends its activity, and becomes a resting bud, protected by bud scales, which remains dormant until the following spring. "
restore , [v. 1]
(1582) N. Lichefield tr. Castanheda's Conq. E. Ind. i. lxxix. 163 "The king..remained so ill contented, that..for a good while after, he could not restore himself. "
restrainment
(1607) W. Sclater 3 Serm. (1629) 11 "Temporall paines remaine as preuentions, as admonitions, as restrainments. "
resurrectionist
(1850) Thackeray Pendennis xxx[i], "Poor Cos's ditty..was sung but to a few admirers, who might choose to remain after the tremendous resurrectionist chant. "
retainer (1) .
(1641) Termes de la Ley 8 b, "The reteiner of those two Chaplaines remaineth, and they without new reteiner may take two Benefices. "
retaliation .
(1675) Cocker Morals 23 "He that receives a Courtesie, remains, Till his Retaliation, bound in Chains. "
retardant [a.] and [sb.]
(1959) New Scientist 8 Oct. 633/1 "By the combined effects of daylength control and a growth retardant, the growth habit of petunia plants can be modified so that the plants flower earlier than usual yet remain compact and bushy. "
retentate .
(1977) Turner &. Feinberg in Nature 6 Jan. 92/2 "Retained molecules (the retentate) remain in the original sample container. Both the retentate and the filtrate fractions can be recovered."
retentiveness
(1924) C. R. Underhill Magnets i. 21 "The property whereby a magnetic material independently remains a magnet is called retentiveness. "
reticulum .
(1859) Todd's Cycl. Anat. V. 537/1 "In the reticulum the walls remain smooth and do not exhibit any very evident traces of the contained water-cells. "
(1797) Encycl. Brit. (ed. 3) XVI. 140/2 "In the city of Salino are still to be seen remains of some walls, evidently of Roman origin from the reticulum."
retino- ,
(1933) Amer. Jrnl. Ophthalm. XVI. 612/1 "From 1856..until the present, the question of a retinopathic entity due to diabetes has remained unsettled. "
retouch , [v.]
(1757) Gray Let. to Wharton 7 Oct., "The difficult part is now got over, and nothing now remains but to polish, and retouch a little. "
retraction .
(1818) Colebrooke Obligations 43 "So long as matters remain entire, there is room for after thought and retraction. "
retransplant , [v.]
(1763) Mills Pract. Husb. IV. 162 "They must be re-transplanted on the ridges where they are to remain. "
retreat , [v. 1]
(1671) Grew Anat. Pl. i. ii. (1682) 15 "The remainder, though not united to it,..thus retreats, that is,..is in part carried off into the Cortical Body back again. "
retrench , [v. 1]
(1704) Swift Mech. Operat. Spir. Misc. (1711) 271, "I retrench'd those Parts that might give most Offence; and have now ventur'd to publish the Remainder. "
retribution .
(1627) Hakewill Apol. (1630) 113 "Notwithstanding their [the elements] continuall transmutation, or transelementation,..of one into another, yet by a mutuall retribution it still remaines the same."
retrogressive , [a.] and [sb.]
(1877) Huxley Anat. Inv. Anim. x. 610 "In the same position as that occupied by the remains of this appendage, when it has undergone retrogressive metamorphosis. "
return , [sb.]
(1665) J. Webb Stone-Heng (1725) 88 "The Pylasters were by the Tool and Mallet wrought, as the Rabbets yet remaining, or Returns in some of them plainly shew. "
return , [v. 1]
(1847) Infantry Man. (1854) 40 "After returning ramrods, the whole remain steady."
returning [ppl. a.]
(1838) W. Bell Dict. Law Scot. 354 "This right to preside remained in the same burgh during the entire Parliament, that burgh being what is called the returning burgh. "
re-up , [v.]
(1955) Air Force Times (U.S.) (Eastern ed.) 31 Dec. 13/1 "Despite the surprising success of the re-up efforts, the problem of getting qualified replacements for the still critical `hardcore' skills remains. "
revanchist , [sb.] and [a.]
(1959) Times 30 Mar. 5/4 "Austria had undertaken to prohibit all Fascist and `revanchist' organizations, and to wipe out all remaining traces of the Nazis. "
reverie , [sb.]
(1871) Blackie Phases Mor. i. 14 "Whether he would remain all night standing in that reverie."
reversal , [sb.]
(1818) Cruise Digest (ed. 2) II. 328 "It seems that the reversal of a fine by act of parliament will restore a contingent remainder destroyed by that fine. "
reversion (1) .
(1596) Shaks. 1 Hen. IV, iv. i. 53 "Where now remaines a sweet reuersion, We may boldly spend, vpon the hope Of what is to come in. "
reversioner .
(1885) Law Times Rep. LIII. 228/2 "The Legislature intended to..put reversioners and remaindermen on the same level. "
revest , [v. 2]
(1651) Sir J. Davies Abridg. Reports i. 7 "Had A been disseised, there the right remaines and the possession may revest. "
reviviscence .
(1669) Boyle Contn. New Exp. ii. (1682) 93 "The Adder remained in the same state, and gave no hope of reviviscence. "
revivor (2) .
(1768) Blackstone Comm. III. 448 "There may be also a bill of revivor, when the suit is abated by the death of any of the parties; in order to set the proceedings again in motion, without which they remain at a stand. "
revoking [ppl. a.]
(1746) Hoyle Whist (ed. 6) 8 "The revoking Party..must remain at 9. "
revolution , [sb.]
(1857) Buckle Civiliz. xii. (1903) II. 196 "The people remained in slavery until the Revolution actually occurred."
Rhaetic , [a.] and [sb.]
(1980) Daily Tel. 7 Apr. 8/8 "Derived fossils from the Avon gravels are also among the gift with vertebrate remains from the Rhaetic Bone Bed at Aust Cliff including 34 teeth of the lung fish."
rhapsoder
(1711) Shaftesb. Charac. (1737) I. 224 "Let a nation remain ever so rude or barbarous, it must have its poets, rhapsoders, historiographers."
Rhenan , [a.]
(1853) Q. Jrnl. Geol. Soc., 25 "The `Gedinnian system' must be entirely separated from the Rhenane series, with which..it has no organic remains in common. "
rheo- ,
(1933) Schofield &. Blair in Proc. R. Soc. A. CXXXIX. 558 "A study was made of the rate of elongation of cylinders of unyeasted dough hung vertically by their upper ends and allowed to extend under the action of gravity... It has been found convenient to mark on the dough cylinders a series of fine parallel lines accurately spaced 1 mm. apart. The marks were made by successive turns of a fine wire wrapped round a frame, which are wetted with enamel, the marks remaining wet long enough to be subsequently printed off on to a strip of duplicator paper... The print (which may be called a *rheogram) is available for whatever analysis appears suitable. "
rhinoceros .
(1799) Kirwan Geol. Ess. 68 "The remains of elephants and rhinoceri accompanied by marine vegetables. "
rhodo- ,
(1878-9) W. C. Ayres tr. W. Kü.hne in Jrnl. Physiol. I. 115 "We have found it expedient to wash with slightly warmed alcohol, which though it removes a little *Rhodophane, as we may call the third pigment, takes up without failure the last remains of xanthophane. "
(1976) Nature 22 Jan. 176/3 "Knoll and Barghoorn's observations..counsel caution in interpreting the Bitter Springs fossil biota as containing bona fide remains of chlorophyte or rhodophyte algae. "
rhythm , [sb.]
(1977) McKnight &. Tobler Bob Marley 10 "Unlike soul, jazz or rhythm and blues, reggae remains the inviolable preserve of black musicians. "
rib [sb. 1]
(C. 1586) C'tess Pembroke Ps. civ. viii, "That safe in rocks the conyes may remaine, To yield them caves, their rocky ribbs are torne. "
(1819) Scott Ivanhoe xvii, "The ribs of two of these arches remained, though the roof had fallen down betwixt them. "
ribspare
(1654) Gayton Pleas. Notes iii. iv. 91 "The remainder of the Dons morning draught, and drench for his rib-sparre or split (choose you which). "
rich , [a.] , [adv.] , and [sb.]
(1833-4) Encycl. Metrop. (1845) VI. 655/1 "It yields a most rich supply of molluscous remains. "
Richter .
(1975) New Yorker 6 Oct. 140/2 "We correspondents who remained in the city tried to assess the rumours as best we could on a sort of Richter scale of our own: if we heard enough reports from different sources about a particular occurrence, we figured that the story was true and gave it a high rating. "
riddance .
(1784) Cowper Task v. 70 "Clean riddance quickly made, one only care Remains to each-the search of sunny nook."
riddle , [sb. 1]
(1889) Cent. Dict. s.v. Canon (1) , "Enigmatical canon,..riddle canon, in old music, a canon in which one part was written out in full and the number of parts was given; the remaining parts were to be written out by the student in accordance with the requirements of an enigmatical inscription written upon the music. "
riddle , [sb. 2]
(1675) Evelyn Terra (1776) 63 "Casting the coarse remaining Stuff which would not pass the Riddle, into the cistern again. "
riddler (2)
(1771-2) Ess. fr. Batchelor (1773) II. 50 "With shaking nought remains but coals, To warm the riddler's breast. "
rideable [a.]
(1897) Cyclist Touring Cl. Gaz. Sept. 398 "The tyre when pumped remained rideable for two or three hours."
ridge , [sb. 1]
(1971) I. G. Gass et al. Understanding Earth xxi. 303/1 "This relationship..poses the question of whether these volcanoes in the flanking basins originated on ridge crests and remained active while they were carried away upon the spreading sea-floor. "
riegel .
(1968) R. W. Fairbridge Encycl. Geomorphol. 745/1 "Partly worn-down cross-valley bars of resistant rock (`riegels') remain, impounding lakes, though these have commonly been drained by rivers that have cut gorges through the riegels since the melting of the glaciers."
riffle , [sb.]
(1968) Coulson &. Richardson Chem. Engin. (ed. 2) II. xvii. 691 "A series of slats, or riffles as they are termed, about 14 in. in height... The large particles and the less dense material are carried downwards, and the remainder is carried parallel to the riffles."
rifle-shot
(1837) W. Irving Capt. Bonneville I. viii. 160 "There were the remains of the rude fortress in the swamp, shattered by rifle shot. "
rig [v. 2]
(1676) Wycherley Pl. Dealer iv. i, "You shall see, how I have rigg'd my Squire out, with the remains of my shipwrack'd Wardrobe. "
rigging ( [vbl.) sb. 2]
(1900) J. M. Bacon By Land &. Sky i. 12 "The balloon on rising fouled a big elm, and for a moment remained caught high up among the boughs. Then it tore off a large branch entangled in the rigging. "
(1929) Aeronautics (H.M.S.O.) 109 "The rigging is so parcelled that it is pulled out gradually, the part already released remaining taut and straight, the whole of the rigging emerging before the commencement of the withdrawal of the body. "
right , [a.]
(1906) H. Green At Actors' Boarding House 61 "Sammy explained that..the remainder had dwindled rapidly, what with treating the gang and being a right guy generally. "
(1974) Cleveland (Ohio) Plain Dealer 13 Oct. c.12/7 "The Jackets locked up the game with 10:09 remaining as quarterback Jim Tressel jaunted around right end for a 16-yard touchdown. "
right-angled [a.]
(1857) Thoreau Maine W. (1894) 85 "The remains of a gray rabbit, skin, bones, and mould closely fitting the right&dubh.angled corner of one side [of the box]. "
right wing
(1964) Ann. Reg. 1963 5 "The job of foreign affairs spokesman went to Mr. Patrick Gordon Walker..and the remainder of the `shadow' portfolios were distributed among other right-wing personalities. "
rigid , [a.] and [sb.]
(1874) Green Short Hist. vii. §.4. 378 "The Lennoxes had remained rigid Catholics."
rim [sb. 1]
(1882) U.S. Rep. Prec. Met. 621 "`Rim-rock' is such portion as remains of the country-rock which formed the sides or banks of the ancient rivers. "
rind , [sb. 1]
(1594) Plat Jewell-ho. ii. (1653) 39 "Lettinge the cloues &. riendes [of oranges and lemons] remaine in oile. "
(1670) J. Smith Eng. Improv. Reviv'd 89 "From the Remainder of the Chesnut..may be chosen 63600 Rods for bark or ryne hoops. "
ring , [sb. 1]
(1904) Electr. World &. Engineer 27 Feb. 396/2 "The four batteries of boilers constituting each section of the boiler plant are interconnected by a 10-in. main and a 4-in. auxiliary line, both in the form of a ring main... With the location of the valves adopted in the event of rupture of any section of a ring main the trouble may be localised by shutting off the disabled section, the remaining half of the main being kept in service. "
(1942) L. Parrish Slave Songs Georgia Sea Islands iv. 99 "This ring-play varies in action wherever I see it done... The tune, however, always remains the same. "
ring-wall
(1875) Encycl. Brit. III. 3/2 "Athens before the Persian war..was surrounded by a ring-wall of narrow circuit, some..traces of which are supposed to remain."
ringway .
(1969) Daily Tel. 16 Apr. 17/6 "The council's plans for ringways were absolutely essential if London was to remain a major world city. "
rinse , [sb.]
(1928) Daily Mail 25 July 3/6 "Though the price of Icilma Shampoos remains at 3d., each packet now contains a wonderful Toning Rinse suitable for every shade of hair, which removes all trace of lather, and leaves the hair in a state of exquisite burnished beauty. "
(1963) Which? 6 Feb. 50/1 "Five [dishwashing] machines..supplied rinse aids. These are liquids added to the final rinse water to make it flow more easily and prevent it from remaining as drops on the surface. "
RinyoClacton , [a.]
(1963) E. S. Wood Collins Field Guide Archaeol. ii. ii. 105 "The northern branch of the Rinyo-Clacton culture..have left in Orkney remains from which a fairly complete picture of their economy can be built up: at Skara Brae and at Rinyo are groups of squarish stone huts. "
riot , [sb.]
(1795) Pitt in T. Browne British Cicero (1808) I. 524 "That after reading the riot act, and ordering them to disperse, any number of persons remaining should, as by the riot act, incur the penalty of the law, that of felony. "
rip , [v. 2]
(1904) Daily News 22 Oct. 12 "As the men were engaged in `ripping top' they came across what is believed to be the fossilised remains of a large fish."
(1878) Browning Poets Croisic I, "In vain we rip The past, no further faintest trace remains Of Ren&eacu.."
ripe , [a.] ( [sb. 3] and [adv.] )
(1883) in G. B. Goode Fish Indust. U.S.A. 76 "The fish remained in the basin until they were ripe."
ripping , [vbl. sb.]
(1907) G. Bacon Record of Aeronaut xiv. 255 "Aeronautical experts..advised..that, as the balloon might have to remain inflated for a long while before starting, one of large size should be employed, and a `solid' or `ripping' valve substituted for the usual `Butterfly' variety. "
ripple , [sb. 1]
(1766) Compl. Farmer s.v. Hemp Z 4/2 "The seed..which remains in the heads of the hemp..is got out by combing the heads on the teeth of a ripple. "
risgo risgoe
(1638) L. Roberts Map Commerce ccciii. 39 "That parcell..remaineth entirely upon the Risgoe, perill and fortune of the party that did accept the same. "
risk [sb.]
(1977) National Trust Spring 9/1 "Soon nearly half our elms will be dead and the remainder all at risk. "
river , [sb. 1]
(1829) J. MacTaggart Three Yrs. Canada II. 202 "When the snow falls deep, before the ice has had time to freeze to any considerable thickness, the river roads remain dangerous all the season. "
river-driver
(1848) Bartlett Dict. Amer. (1859) 368 "River-Driver, a term applied by lumbermen in Maine, to a man whose business it is to conduct logs down running streams, to prevent them from lodging upon shoals or remaining in eddies. "
road , [sb.]
(1911) Encycl. Brit. XXIII. 393/1 "The remainder of the *road space is formed as an earthen track. "
roadblock .
(1945) Tuscaloosa (Alabama) News 19 June 4/5 "The French general is probably the only remaining road-block to Communism in France. "
roast , [sb.]
(1877) Raymond Statist. Mines &. Mining 398 "A dead roast, as it is called, or the elimination of that portion of sulphur which, after oxidation, remains combined as sulphate of copper, is to be avoided. "
rob , [v.]
(1897) Foster Compl. Hoyle 299 (Cinch), "He may search the remainder of the pack, and take from it any cards that he pleases. This is called robbing the deck."
Robinson Crusoe .
(1849) L. Hunt Bk. for Corner I. 14 "There are Robinson Crusoes in the moral as well as physical world..;-men, cast on desert islands of thought and speculation; without companionship; without worldly resources; forced to arm and clothe themselves out of the remains of shipwrecked hopes, and to make a home for their solitary hearts in the nooks and corners of imagination and reading. "
rochet (1) .
(1755) Smollett Don Quix. (1803) IV. 139 "They threw down their staves, laid aside their rochets or mantles, so as to remain in their doublets. "
rock , [sb. 1]
(1892) T. D. A. Cockerell in Bull. Inst. Jamaica I. 9/1 "*Rock Beauty. Head, anterior part of the trunk, caudal and margins of the soft dorsal and anal fins yellow: the remainder brownish-black. "
rock , [sb. 3]
(1977) Rolling Stone 30 June 25/1 "One good reason Elliman wants to remain with Clapton is that his band serves as a fine outlet for her *rock singing. "
rock and roll
(1958) Publ. Amer. Dial. Soc. xxx. 39 "Now that that age group [sc. teenagers] is concerned with `rock and roll' music, the jazz audience still remains composed..of young people of college age. "
rocker (1) .
(1897) C. T. Davis Manuf. Leather (ed. 2) xxiv. 382 "The hides are next suspended in `rockers'... They remain in the `rockers' from seven to ten days. "
rocket , [sb. 3]
(1919) R. H. Goddard Method of reaching Extreme Altitudes (Smithsonian Misc. Coll. LXXI. (No. 2) 1 "The problem was to determine the minimum initial mass of an ideal rocket necessary, in order that on continuous loss of mass, a final mass of one pound would remain, at any desired altitude. "
(1972) Melody Maker 20 May 16/2 "Elton John remains..a writer (with Bernie Taupin) of songs of lasting merit... The success of his beautiful `Rocket Man' single proves that he has survived all the flack. "
rock-like [a.]
(1975) R. Barclay Ernest Bevin &. Foreign Office iv. 79 "Just as he himself had always been rock-like in his loyalty to Churchill, so from now on he remained absolutely firm in his support of Attlee."
rock-pipit
(1831) Rennie Montagu's Ornith. Dict. 427 "Rock pipit... This species appears to have remained long either unnoticed, or confounded with others, by the early ornithologists. "
rocky , [a. 1]
(1805) Lambert tr. Michaux' Trav. Allegany Mts. 301 "The remainder of this tract..produces only the white, red,..and rocky oaks, &.c. intermixed with pines."
rodham .
(1957) A. K. Astbury Black Fens 27 "Fowler..used the form roddon-influenced by the fact that in the north of England the word roddin or rodden means a narrow road... But although later writers have adopted Fowler's spelling, the fact remains that fenmen themselves call these things rodhams. "
roemerite .
(1903) Jrnl. Chem. Soc. LXXXIV. ii. 555 "Rö.merite was prepared by allowing a mixture of powdered ferrous sulphate and acid ferric sulphate to remain in contact with moist air for several months. "
Rogerene .
(1865) Massachusetts Hist. Soc. Coll. VII. 584 "John, the third son of James Rogers, of New London, and the founder of the sect of Rogerenes, of whom a small number still remain in that vicinity. "
Roget .
(1962) L. Deighton Ipcress File xiii. 75 "A few books remained on the shelves, a Roget, a business directory..and a Chambers's Dictionary. "
roil [v. 4]
(1870) M. Glover Guide Isle of Man 189 "Such as are intended for red herrings are first `royled', or rubbed with salt, in which they remain for two or three days."
roll , [v. 2]
(1796) T. Twining Trav. India, etc. (1893) 355 "The ship remained under nearly the same sail for many days,..rolling from one side to the other, the wind being directly astern. This is called `rolling down to St. Helena' by the captains of Indiamen. "
roller-skate [v.]
(1935) W. Fortescue Perfume from Provence 93 "What more amusing than to watch the pompous Monsieur Jeannot slip on a piece of banana skin and skid into a heap of oranges, some of which scatter under the stalls and are swiftly prigged by alert urchins, while other marketers roller-skate on the remainder? "
rolling , [ppl. a.]
(1975) N.Z. Jrnl. Agric. Sept. 18/1 (Advt.), "Yet the fact remains that the Lilliston-Lehman *rolling cultivator continues along in a class by itself. "
roman , [sb. 4]
(1955) Times 4 Aug. 10/3 "The Typewriter is not great Cocteau, but it is fine melodramatic fare and strangely compelling emotionally. It has wit and good dialogue, but this is essentially a tragedy set in the frame of a roman policier and the answer to the mystery remains unanswered and unguessable until the very last scene. "
romanitas .
(1977) History LXII. 174 "One would wish to know..the extent to which there remained a concept of romanitas in Celtic Britain."
Romano- ,
(1847) J. Y. Akerman (title) "An archaeological index to remains of antiquities of the Celtic, *Romano-British and Anglo-Saxon periods. "
Ronsardian
(1697) Dryden Ded. &Ae.neid Ess. (ed. Ker) II. 206 "To this the Ronsardians reply,..what remained for him, but, without delay, to pursue his first adventure?"
rood , [sb.]
(1778) Eng. Gazeteer (ed. 2) s.v. Wheathamstead, "Here are the remains of the popish image called the Rood, which is turned into the clerk's desk. "
(1892) Stevenson Across the Plains ii. 95 "His old family estates, not one rood of which remained to him."
rood-loft
(1816) Gentl. Mag. LXXXVI. i. 500 "Near the third window there are some steps remaining, which probably led to the rood-loft. "
root , [sb. 1]
(1875) Bennett &. Dyer tr. Sachs' Bot. 608 "The cut surface of the *root-stump remains at first quite dry. "
(1976) S. Hynes Auden Generation ii. 56 "As the decade moved on, these images took on heavier symbolic meanings..but the *root-sense of the images remained the same. "
(1882) Garden Jan. 35/3 "Roses..cease to grow altogether if their *root-run remain saturated. "
root , [v. 1]
(1837) Disraeli Venetia iii. vii, "He remained rooted to the ground. "
rooter (1) .
(1840) Gen. Mercer in R. J. Macdonald Hist. Dress R.A. (1899) 50 "The remainder of the hair was gathered into a queue behind..and tied close to the head; this we called a rooter. "
ropy , [a.]
(1765) Museum Rust. IV. 5 "There still are grass and weeds remaining, that will the next ploughing cause the furrows to be ropy. "
rosary .
(1584) R. Scot Disc. Witchcr. (1886) 445 "An example taken out of the Rosarie of our Ladie, in which booke doo remaine..ninetie and eight examples to this effect. "
rose-cake
(1738) Chambers Cycl. s.v. Rose-water, "The rose-leaves, remaining at the bottom of the still, are kept under the name of rose-cakes for a perfume."
rosette , [sb.]
(1952) tr. Gram &. Weber's Plant Dis. 489/2 "Rosette is a disease of Lilium longiflorum and its varieties...Infected plants have yellow leaves which remain in a basal rosette. "
rosetting , [vbl. sb.]
(1948) Melhus &. Kent Elem. Plant Path. x. 246 "These plants nearly always remain dwarfed and often show a `rosetting' caused by the increase in the number of branches and the shortening of the internodes. "
rosin , [sb.]
(1651) Biggs New Disp. &page.126 "Aloes by ablution looseth the juice, and there remaineth a meer rozen. "
ross , [sb. 2]
(1630) Levett Ordering of Bees (1634) 51 "Put the Combes and water together into a Canvas bagge,..and straine as much as you can.., casting away the rosse that remaineth in the bag."
(1875) Knight Dict. Mech. 1984/2 "Rossing-machine, a machine for removing the ross, or rough scaly, exterior portion of bark, from the remainder."
R.O.T.C. ROTC .
(1959) N. Mailer Advts. for Myself (1961) i. 35 "He had been allowed to go to this university only on the agreement..that he..was to join the R.O.T.C. and to remain in it until after graduation. "
roton .
(1977) New Scientist 3 Mar. 507/1 "The physical nature of the roton still remains a mystery some thirty years after their existence was first postulated by Landau, although they have been detected in numerous experiments."
rotted , [ppl. a.]
(1880) C. R. Markham Peruv. Bark 78 "The dead and rotted roots of the rasamala-trees were allowed to remain."
rotular , [a.]
(1871) Wright Homes of Other Days ix. 140 "The number which remain lead us to believe that every gentleman's family possessed one of these rotular manuals of English history."
rouged , [ppl. a.]
(1845) Mrs. S. C. Hall Whiteboy vi, "The rouged, and ornamented, and perfumed remains dressed for the funeral as if for a feast! "
rough , [sb. 1]
(1884) Knight Dict. Mech. Suppl. 770/1 "If this steel rough be made to fit the hole exactly, it remains firm in its place."
rough , [a.]
(1880) Encycl. Brit. XI. 355/1 "H still remained as the rough breathing."
roughness .
(1700) Dryden Ovid's Met. i. 545 "While yet the roughness of the stone remains. "
rough-tree
(1769) Falconer Dict. Marine (1780), "Rough-tree, a name given in merchant-ships to any mast, yard, or boom, placed as a rail or fence above the ship's side, from the quarter-deck to the fore-castle. It is, however, with more propriety, applied to any mast, &.c. which remains rough and unfinished. "
round , [a.]
(A. 1878) Sir G. Scott Lect. Archit. (1879) II. 14 "The Early Irish remains are mainly of three classes: the..domestic buildings of the monks; the oratories and churches; and the round towers. "
round , [v. 1]
(1856) Hawthorne Eng. Note-bks. (1870) II. 18 "Her dream is half accomplished now, and..the remainder may soon be rounded out. "
round , [v. 2]
(1606) S. Gardiner Bk. Angling 85 "Elias thought himself the only remainder of the Church of Israel..: But God otherwise rounded him in the eare. "
rounded [ppl. a.]
(1839) Ure Dict. Arts 830 "Portions of rounded gravel and organic remains. "
(1874) Symonds Sk. Italy &. Greece (1879) 92 "Remains of Roman architecture..induced them [sc. artists] to adopt the rounded rather than the pointed arch. "
roundelay .
(A. 1635) Corbet Poems (1648) 8 "Those Rings and Roundelays Of theirs, which yet remain, Were footed..on many a grassy plain."
round-house [sb.]
(1684) She-Wedding (title-p.), "For which Fact the said Parties were both Committed, and one of them remains now in the Round House at Greenwich. "
round-winged [a.]
(1715) Leoni Palladio's Archit. (1742) II. 8 "This prospect is call'd Peripteros, that is, wing'd round.., the same round-wing'd prospect remaining..to every one that saw the Temple in flank."
rout , [sb. 2]
(1667) Milton P.L. ii. 770 "Wherein remaind..to our Almighty Foe Cleer Victory, to our part loss and rout. "
(1647) Sprigge Anglia Rediv. i. ii. (1854) 12 "The lieutenant-general..pursued the enemy, lodged most of the remains of the rout in Blechingdon house. "
route , [sb.]
(1808) Parsons Trav. Asia, etc. iv. 77 "We still remained in camp, the ground being too swampy to continue our rout. "
routed , [ppl. a.]
(1724) De Foe Mem. Cavalier (1840) 200 "The..remains of his routed regiments. "
(1770) Langhorne Plutarch (1851) I. 293/1 "The poor remains of his father's routed forces. "
rowel , [sb.]
(1820) Scott Abbot xviii, "I will remain here, with bridle in hand, ready to strike the spurs up to the rowel-heads. "
rower (3)
(1598) Deloney Jacke Newb. ii. 38 "There were shearemen everie one,..And hard by them there did remaine Full foure score rowers taking paine."
royal , [a.] and [sb.]
(1923) Victoria Hist. Co. Berkshire III. 56/2 "The borough of Windsor..was from the first, as it has since remained, a royal borough, owning no overlord but the King. "
royalty .
(1867) W. W. Smyth Coal &. Coal-mining 120 "The roads which should remain open as thoroughfares for the working of the distant parts of the `royalty' or field of operations. "
rub , [v. 1]
(1861) Sat. Rev. 22 June 647/1 "These brasses are capable of being `rubbed', that is, of having an impression taken of them..by covering them with paper, and rubbing with some fitting substance upon the paper. A likeness of the brass is thus produced, the plain portions being dark, and the incisions remaining..white. "
rubber , [sb. 1]
(1966) May &. Moss New Math for Adults Only xii. 71/2 "Such geometry..is known as topology. Youngsters call it rubber-sheet geometry because the figures can be twisted and stretched and still remain the same. "
rubby .
(1978) W. S. Avis in Occasional Papers Dept. English R. Military Coll. Canada No. 2. 45 "Both skid roads remained to become run-down, unsavoury slums.., the hangouts of drifters, rubbies, and other unfortunates."
ruby , [sb.] and [a.]
(1827) T. Hamilton Youth &. Manhood C. Thornton (1845) 76, "I..gladly consigned the remains of the dish to the care of my *ruby-visaged neighbour. "
ruby-throat
(1872) Routledge's Ev. Boy's Ann. 201/1 "What was our surprise to see the ruby-throat..remain with the young ones."
rude , [a.] and [adv.]
(1867) Lady Herbert Cradle L. iii. 79 "The rude rock remains uncovered."
ruffling [vbl. sb. 1]
(A. 1754) Fielding J. Wild ii. x, "The storm was now entirely ceased, and nothing remained but the usual ruffling of the sea after it. "
ruinated , [ppl. a.]
(1792) S. Ireland Views Thames I. 150 "The castle probably remained in a ruinated state. "
ruined , [ppl. a.]
(1757) W. Wilkie Epigoniad vii. 206, "I never will forsake thee, but remain While struggling life these ruin'd limbs retain. "
rule , [sb.]
(1513) Douglas &Ae.neis iii. vi. 176 "Thai leifis remainis onsterit of thair place, Ne partis nocht furth of reule."
(1979) D&ae.dalus 20 "It remains a normal, rule-governed collective activity."
rump , [sb. 1]
(1730) T. Boston Mem. (1899) 286 "The people running away into it, so that the rump of the meeting seemed only to remain. "
(1818) Cobbett Pol. Reg. XXXIII. 8 "What remains of it, is the Rump of the old Committee. "
(1963) Times 23 May 13/4 "This move is a direct reversal of the proposal, threatened by the Governor of the Gambia, that the remaining validly elected members of the House of Representatives constituted a `rump parliament', capable of curing this difficulty. "
rumpled [ppl. a.]
(1712) Blackmore Creation vi. 282 "Each vital speck, in which remains Th'entire, but rumpled, animal. "
run , [sb. 1]
(1863) Mayne Reid Croquet 34 "If a ball, after running a bridge, strike an obstacle, and recoil back through the bridge, the run remains good."
(1883) Cent. Mag. July 332/2 "He shuts off the flow, measures what remains in the tank, and makes out a triplicate certificate, showing depth of oil at the beginning and at the end of the run. "
(1898) 19th Ann. Rep. U.S. Geol. Survey vi contd. 29 "Usually the terms `production' and `pipe-line runs' are considered as synonymous, but production is always slightly in excess of runs. The expression `pipe-line runs' means the amount of oil the pipe lines have received from the wells, and as the pipe lines do not run all the oil in the tanks at the wells, it would be remarkable if the same amount remained in the tanks at the wells at the close of each year. "
(1914) Chem. Abstr. VIII. 2247 "Flushing out the vapors remaining in the still with steam so that they will not mix with the vapors from the next run. "
(1859) F. Fuller Five Yrs. Residence N.Z. ix. 162 "The Runholder kept the remaining portion as the payment for his trouble and expense in looking after the sheep. "
run , [v.]
(1901) M. Franklin My Brilliant Career xxiv. 207 "The recent `going bung' of a building society-his sole remaining prop-had run him entirely ashore."
(1881) Eagle Mag. XI. 353 "The remaining two events being run off on the following Tuesday. "
(1879) Froude C&ae.sar xx. 337 "He was to remain with his troops till his term had run out. "
run , [ppl. a.]
(1774) T. Pennant Tour in Scotl. (ed. 3) 287 "Some of the walls, all of run lime, do as yet remain."
runic , [a.] and [sb.]
(1686) Plot Staffordsh. 432 "[A stone] with Runic characters still remaining upon it. "
(1762) Foote Orator i. Wks. 1799 I. 205 "Gentlemen who have..rummaged the Highlands of Scotland and Ireland for the remains of Runic poetry. "
running , [vbl. sb.]
(1823) J. Badcock Dom. Amusem. 151 "Flour, being..exposed to the constant running of water, until it comes off colourless, the gluten will remain. "
running , [ppl. a.]
(1615) W. Lawson Country Housew. Gard. (1626) 16 "There is another way..to get not onely Plants for graffing, but Sets to remaine for Trees, which I call a Running Plant. "
run-up
(1976) Nature 29 July 344/2 "Remaining hitches in reactor technology can, it is argued, be straightened out during the 20-year run-up to a commercial FBR network. "
rupturing [vbl. sb.]
(1916) C. C. Garrard Electr. Switch &. Controlling Gear ii. 54 "The remaining considerations which determine the rupturing capacity of an oil circuit breaker apart from size, robustness, quickness of break and, of course, the quality of the oil used, are length and number of breaks under oil, or speaking generally the capability of the switch to bring a large quantity of oil into intimate contact with the arc so as to smother the same as effectively as possible. "
rush , [sb. 1]
(1632) Vicars Virgil xi. 335 "Brave sirs, our main work done,..A rush for what remains."
rush , [v. 2]
(1852) M. Arnold Human Life 17 "We rush by coasts where we had lief remain. "
Ruskin (4) .
(1869) Times 11 June 4/2 "Some..will be formally incorporated into the language.., while others may remain emblems of Ruskinese and Carlylism. "
Russian , [sb.] and [a.]
(1898) Monthly S. Dakotan I. 103 "Only tiny triangular spots remained dry in the lee of broken corn-stalks and scattered Russian thistles. "
Russniak , [sb.] and [a.]
(1883) 19th Cent. Nov. 754 "Two-thirds of its population..belonging to the Reformed Church, the remaining third being mainly Russniaks or Ruthenes."
rust , [v. 1]
(1861) Times 24 Sept., "Three-fourths of the crop [of hops] will be of the best quality; the remainder was rusted by spiders towards the end of last month."
rusticated [ppl. a.]
(1764) Museum Rust. III. 238 "Extracts from approved modern authors, of which many of the rusticated readers of this work would have remained ignorant. "
rusty , [a. 1]
(1865) Chambers's Encycl. VII. 301/2 "The parsnip..is apt to become rusty, if allowed to remain too long in the ground. "
rut , [sb. 1]
(1621) Burton Anat. Mel. iii. ii. i. i. (1651) 436 "Lions and Harts, which..many times kill each other, or compell them to abandon the rut, that they may remain masters in their places. "
Ruthene , [sb.] and [a.]
(1883) 19th Cent. Nov. 754 "Two-thirds of its population..belonging to the Reformed Church, the remaining third being mainly Russniaks or Ruthenes."
Rutherford .
(1974) G. Reece tr. Hund's Hist. Quantum Theory iv. 62 "The formula remains true in Bohr's theory, while (4) is also valid for the Rutherford model of the atom. "
S
(1844) T. E. May Treat. Parliament xii. 215 "A division is effected in the lords by the not-contents remaining within the bar, and the contents going below the bar. [note] Lords' *S.O. No. 22. "
Sabbath , sabbath .
(1611) Bible Heb. iv. 9 "There remaineth therefore a rest [marg. keeping of a Sabbath] to the people of God. "
Sabbatism .
(1647) J. Cotton Sing. Ps. iii. 11 "There is now remaining to us another Sabbatisme, or day of rest, now in the dayes of the Gospel, different from the seventh day of rest. "
sabbatize , [v.]
(1881) Blackie Lay Serm. ii. 105 "A Samaritan..made it a point..in whatever attitude the first moment of the day had found him, in that position to remain..: if sitting, then to Sabbatise in the sitting attitude."
Sabian , [sb.] and [a.]
(1716) Prideaux O. &. N. Test. Connected i. iii. (1718) I. 140 "The remainder of this sect still subsists in the east under the same name of Sabians... That which hath given them the greatest credit among the people of the east is, that the best of their astronomers have been of this sect... For the stars being the gods they worshipped, they made them the chief subject of their studies. "
sabre , [sb.]
(1962) D. Nichols Echinoderms i. 20 "Machaeridia, bilaterally symmetrical worm-like remains with a skeleton of imbricating plates. Greek: `sabre-like'. "
saccharide .
(1862) W. A. Miller Elem. Chem., Org. (ed. 2) 78 "According to G&eacu.lis, when sugar which has thus been melted is dissolved in water it furnishes a solution which when fermented with yeast yields only half the quantity of alcohol that ordinary sugar would have produced, a peculiar body to which he gives the name of saccharide (C12H10O10) remaining in solution. It exerts a slight rotatory power to the right upon a beam of polarized light."
sacerdocy .
(1877) Mrs. Chapman Ht. Martineau's Autobiog. III. 78 "Literature remained ever to her a Sacerdocy."
saddleback , [sb.] and [a.]
(1947) J. Stevenson-Hamilton Wild Life S. Afr. ii. 23 "The side-striped jackal..began to decrease... Its place had been taken by the black-backed jackal... It may be that it contracted and died from the same disease as affected the wild dog, and from which the saddle-back..remained..immune. "
safe-conduct , [sb.]
(1677) Govt. Venice 238 "Sixtus V, and Clement VIII, granted Safe-conduct to the Maranes, to remain, and traffick in the Town of Ancona, without being molested or disturbed by the Inquisitors. "
safety .
(1881) Proc. Intercollegiate Conventions Conf. in P. H. Davis Football (1911) 469 "If the game still remains a tie the side which makes four or more safeties less than their opponents shall win the game. "
saffron , [sb.] and [a.]
(1681) tr. Belon's Myst. Physick Introd. 54 "Draw off the Menstruum, till the Saffron of the Gold remain almost dry. "
sagittary , [sb.] and [a.]
(1863) Pilgrimage over Prairies I. 275 "Seeing how certain was my fate, remaining where I was, I darted towards the bank, to engage the fell sagittary at close quarters."
sago .
(1873) R. B. Carter in Lancet, 20 Dec. 872/1 "The very existence of these `sago grains' remained unknown until the year 1848, when they were discovered by Dr. Lö.ffler. "
St. Elmo .
(1969) M. A. Uman Lightning 244 "Ball lightning and St. Elmo's fire are sometimes confused. St. Elmo's fire is a corona discharge from a pointed conducting object in a strong electric field. Like ball lightning, St. Elmo's fire may assume a spherical shape. Unlike ball lightning, St. Elmo's fire must remain attached to a conductor, although it may exhibit some motion along the conductor. Further, St. Elmo's fire can have a lifetime much greater than the lifetime of the usual ball lightning. "
saint-errant
(1839-40) W. Irving Wolfert's R. 316 "The fate of these saints-errant had hitherto remained a mystery."
Saka , [sb.] and [a.]
(1972) W. B. Lockwood Panorama Indo-European Lang. 237 "The Persians are said by Herodotus to have called the various Scythian tribes Saka... Rich manuscript remains of Saka came to light in Turkestan... The language of Khotan is called Khotanese Saka or simply Khotanese... Saka appears to survive in the mountains to the west. "
sal (3) .
(1885) Househ. Words 29 Aug. 350/1, "I say that part of this money shall be shared among us as `sals', and some of the remainder shall be used for mounting the guv'nor's panto."
salamander , [sb.]
(1688) R. Holme Armoury ii. 205/1, "I have some of the hair, or down of the Salamander, which I have several times put in the Fire, and made it red hot, and after taken it out, which being cold, yet remained perfect wool. [Cf. 1481 above.] "
salangane .
(1793) Smellie tr. Buffon's Nat. Hist. Birds VI. 577 "Nothing better shews that the Salangane has remained long unknown, than the different names bestowed on it. "
sal enixum
(1797) Encycl. Brit. (ed. 3) VI. 673 "The sal enixum of Paracelsus is the caput mortuum of spirits of nitre with oil of vitriol, or what remains in the retort after the distillation of this spirit. "
saline , [a.] and [sb.]
(1971) A. C. Guyton Basic Human Physiol. xx. 223/2 "The arterial pressure remained normal until the animals were required to drink 0&rdot.9 per cent saline solution."
sally , [sb. 1]
(1803) Wellington in Gurw. Desp. (1837) II. 396 "He there remained..without throwing away his ammunition excepting when he could do it with effect in judicious sallies. "
(1844) Emerson Lect. New Eng. Ref. Wks. (Bohn) I. 263 "It is handsomer to remain in the establishment,..and conduct that in the best manner, than to make a sally against evil by some single improvement."
salp .
(1896) tr. Boas' Text-bk. Zool. 540 "The chains remain within the body-wall of the solitary salp."
salt , [sb. 1]
(1853) Soyer Pantroph. 187 "Let it remain in salt during twenty-four hours."
(1900) Academy 28 Apr. 364/2 "There remains on her seaward front [sc. of Rye], that green space the Salts."
(1610) Holland Camden's Brit. (1637) 608 "Certaine women..put it [sc. salt] in baskets, they call them *Salt barowes, out of which the liquor runneth, and the pure salt remaineth. "
SALT , [sb. 3]
(1976) Survey Summer-Autumn 24 "The need for a further agreement in SALT remains paramount, given the threat to human survival posed by the nuclear arms race. "
salute [sb. 2]
(1577) Harrison England ii. xxv. (1877) i. 363 "We haue yet remaining, the riall..the salut, the angell [etc.]. "
salvage , [v.]
(1889) Times 25 Nov. 6/5 "A gang of men were at once set to work to salvage and remove the remainder of the grain. "
salvatory , [a.]
(1922) J. Y. Simpson Man &. Attainment of Immortality xiv. 334 "The fact of Christ remains, solitary and salvatory. "
salvo , [sb. 1]
(1770) Foote Lame Lover ii. Wks. 1799 II. 71 "Jack. But then how comes the note to remain in plaintiff's possession? Serj. Well put, Jack; but we have a salvo for that."
salvor .
(1880) Libr. Univ. Knowl. (N.Y.) XIII. 83 "Those who navigate the saved ship into port..[have] double the share of those who remain on the salvor vessel."
samadhi .
(1977) L. A. Govinda Creative Meditation iii. vi. 135 "Though samadhi may be the culmination in the meditative experience, we cannot remain in that state..but have to return to the world."
samarium .
(1955) Sci. News Let. 12 Mar. 164/1 "Rare earth metals, such as samarium and europium, have long remained a mystery, simply because there was not enough of them available to find out what they could be used for. "
same , [a.] ( [pron.] , [adv.] )
(1584) ?Sidney Disc. Def. Earl of Leicester Misc. Wks. (1829) 272 "In sum, in one the same man, all the faults that in all the most contrary-humoured men in the world can remain. "
(1836) J. Gilbert Chr. Atonem. ix. (1852) 284 "God himself remains the same before and after the interposition of Christ. "
Samian , [a.] and [sb.]
(1848) Jrnl. Brit. Archaeol. Assoc. Apr. 2 "The Samian ware is found throughout this country almost wherever Roman remains are met with. "
sanctitude .
(1825) Scott Betrothed xviii, "Whether he goes to the Crusade or abides at home, the character of Hugh Lacy will remain as unimpeached in point of courage as that of the Archbishop Baldwin in point of sanctitude. "
sanctus bell
(1867) Walker Ritual Reason Why 113 "Sanctus-bell-cotes remain in many of our churches. "
(1845) Ecclesiologist IV. 282 "A beautiful sancte-bell cot remains. "
sand , [sb. 2]
(1837) Disraeli Venetia v. x, "The remaining sands of my life are few. "
(1923) N. &. Q. 18 Aug. 133/1 "The stone pies appear to be the fossilized remains of certain echinoderms kindred to the North American sand-dollar. "
sandal , [v.]
(1885) J. B. Leno Boot &. Shoemaking i. 11 "Sandalled slippers..remained in fashion till the early portion of the reign of Victoria."
sand-fly
(1962) Gordon &. Lavoipierre Entomol. for Students of Med. v. 26 "There remain certain virus infections, such as sandfly fever and dengue, which cause disease in man, but for which no animal reservoir has, as yet, been demonstrated."
sandhi .
(1888) J. Wright tr. Brugmann's Elem. Compar. Gram. Indo-Europ. Lang. I. 501 "Owing to the scantiness of the Umbrian-Samnitic materials, handed down to us, it remains doubtful at what period certain processes of sandhi took place in Latin. "
sand lot
(1888) Bryce Amer. Commw. 245 "After the session of 1880..what remained of the Sand Lot group was reabsorbed into the Democratic party."
Sanforized , [a.]
(1948) Time 11 Oct. 91/3 "The company was also lucky in its Vice President Sanford Cluett, the original families' only remaining executive. Cluett was an experiment-minded man. His tinkering had turned up Sanforizing. "
sans , [sb.]
(1978) Antiques &. Art Monitor 28 Oct. 19/2 "The result was a series of type-faces, `Perpetua' and `Sans', which remain some of the noblest and least fussy in the world."
sanserif .
(1970) Brit. Printer July 77/2 "Bold sans serifs have remained popular on posters up to the present day. "
santero .
(1951) Western Folklore Apr. 153 "The following material about santeros was collected in the San Luis Valley, where there still remains a definite santero tradition... Southern Colorado is..the one remaining place where something may still be learned of the santero and his art."
sapient , [a.] and [sb.]
(1971) Nature 28 May 213/1 "At sites in East Africa can be seen evidence of the various stages of human evolution-the older levels have the remains of the australopithecines and the younger levels have, in succession, early hominines and, finally, fully sapient types. "
saponin .
(1884) A. Daniell Princ. Physics xi. 247 "If a magnetic needle be so adjusted as to have its lower surface in contact with the surface of a solution of saponine, it will remain in any position in defiance of the directive force of the earth's magnetism."
sapor sapour .
(1849-52) Todd's Cycl. Anat. IV. 857/1 "There remains a large class of pure sapors, of which we take cognizance without the assistance of smell, and which are altogether dissimilar to any tactile impressions: such as the bitter of quinine. "
sapping , [vbl. sb. 1]
(1932) W. H. Emmons et al. Geol. vi. 133 "As the swirling water back of the falls loosens the soft, shaley formation it removes it piecemeal and undermines the capping limestone, until finally it remains as an inadequately supported overhanging ledge from which large masses of rock plunge into the pool at the bottom of the falls. This process of undercutting is termed sapping. "
(1957) Proc. Geologists' Assoc. LXVIII. 31 "There remains the curious series of right-angled bends in the Ravensburgh Valley system, which has been attributed to sapping along major joints. "
Saracenic , [a.]
(1842) W. F. Ainsworth Trav. Asia Minor, etc. I. 197 "Its numerous remains of Mohammedan buildings, chiefly in a rich style of Saracenic architecture. "
sarcomere .
(1980) Crawford &. James in R. Owen et al. Sci. Foundations Orthopaedics &. Traumatol. x. 68/1 "Changes in sarcomere length occur by movement of the thick myosin filaments along the thin actin filaments, their own length remaining unchanged."
satay .
(1937) M. Covarrubias Island of Bali v. 108 "The sat&eacu. can be made of pork or chicken, but turtle remains the favourite of the Balinese of Den Pasar. "
satellite , [sb.]
(1904) Astrophysical Jrnl. XIX. 118 "The appearance and disappearance, according to circumstances, of the satellite lines still remains a most curious fact. "
(1960) Washington Post 20 Dec. a14 "They urge that the growth of this region from some 4 million to 9 million persons in the remainder of this century be organized in a pattern of some 50 new satellite cities, each of 75,000 to 150,000 population. A dozen of them would fill the corridor between Baltimore and Washington. "
satisfaction .
(1684) Dryden tr. Maimbourg's Hist. League 163 "Who dar'd not to arrest any of them singly, the two remaining being at liberty, and in condition to give themselves satisfaction on the Aggressours."
(1848) W. H. Bartlett Egypt to Pal. xxiv. (1879) 480 "The satisfaction of the traveller at Nazareth comes from the presence of those natural objects and scenes which alone remain unchanged."
satisfy , [v.]
(1860) Pusey Min. Proph. 556 "In the way of justice He satisfied for men, delivering Himself for their faults to the pain of death, to satisfy the honour of the Divine Majesty, so that sin should not remain unpunished."
satsang .
(1929) J. N. Farquhar Mod. Relig. Movements in India iii. 171 "As in Theosophy, you may be a Ra&mac.dha&mac. Soa&mac.mi and yet remain a Hindu, a Muh&dotbl.ammadan or a Christian... Yet it is definitely stated that the religion is for all, and that outside the Satsan&dotab.g there is no salvation. "
Satsuma .
(1943) Webber &. Batchelor Citrus Industry I. v. 551 "The Satsuma was first introduced into the United States in 1876 by Dr. George R. Hall... It is characteristic of Satsuma fruits that although they mature and fill with juice..the rind frequently remains green or shows only slightly colored. "
saturation .
(1882) Geikie Text Bk. Geol. iii. ii. ii. §.1. 328 "This vapour remains invisible until the air containing it is cooled down below its dew-point, or point of saturation."
(1864) Chamb. Encycl. VI. 262/2 "Magnets, when freshly magnetised, are sometimes more powerful than they afterwards become. In that case, they gradually fall off in strength, till they reach a point at which their strength remains constant. This is called the point of saturation. "
(1970) New Scientist 26 Mar. 617/2 "The experiment successfully demonstrated the feasibility in scientific research of saturation diving-a technique which relies on the fact that once the body tissues become saturated with gases breathed under pressure, the time to remove them during decompression remains the same no matter how much longer the person stays at that pressure. "
saturnal , [a.] and [sb.]
(1591) Greene Farew. Folly Wks. (Grosart) IX. 324 "Yet remaines there in the minde certain Scyntillul&ae. voluptatis, which confirmed by a saturnall impression, were harder to root out than were they newly sprong vp in youth. "
Sauk .
(1881) Encycl. Brit. XII. 832/1 "The Sacs and Foxes, now one tribe, located in Indian Territory, were originally separate, living near Green Bay, Wisconsin... A few still remain in Iowa, Nebraska, and Kansas. "
saurian , [a.] and [sb.]
(1864) Day in Geol. Mag. I. 61 "They were not mixed up with Saurian remains, or those of any other species of Hybodus."
savageness .
(1748) Richardson Clarissa (1811) IV. xxxiv. 261 "He kissed my hand with such a savageness, that a redness remains upon it still. "
savagery .
(1904) Sir R. Rodd Sir W. Raleigh ii. 23 "Ireland..remained abandoned to the savagery of the primeval Celt."
save , [v.]
(1848) Trollope Kellys &. O'Kellys III. v. 106, "I shan't remain long. If it was to save my life and theirs, I can't get up small talk for the rector and his curate. "
save , quasi- [prep.] and [conj.]
(1878) Stubbs Const. Hist. III. xviii. 140 "All that remained to England in France, save Calais, was lost."
saving , [ppl. a.]
(1712) Pope Messiah 107 "But fix'd his word, his saving pow'r remains. "
(1632) in 10th Rep. Hist. MSS. Comm. App. v. 478 "The greate plentie of corne that remaines uppon their handes, and which they cannot utter at any saveing price. "
Savoy .
(1961) Sunday Times 30 Apr. 12/3 "Today only the Savoy operettas and the Bab Ballads remain alive to judge him [sc. W. S. Gilbert] by."
saying , [vbl. sb. 1]
(1849) Macaulay Hist. Eng. v. I. 660 "The King read, and remained, according to the saying of Churchill, hard as the marble chimney-pieces of Whitehall. "
scab , [sb.]
(1799) Med. Jrnl. II. 371 "An elevated smooth brown scab remained..upon each of the children's arms, after all discharge from the part had ceased. "
scaffold , [sb.]
(1812) Brackenridge Jrnl. in Views Louisiana (1814) 203 "A kind of scaffolds, ten or fifteen feet in height, which I was informed were erected..by the neighboring settlers for the purpose of shooting the deer by moon light... The hunter ascends the scaffold, and remains until the deer approaches. "
scaffold , [v.]
(1862) D. Wilson Preh. Man II. xxii. 292 "The remains of those whose bodies had been scaffolded."
(1862) D. Wilson Preh. Man II. xxii. 292 "When the Mandans buried the remains of their scaffolded dead, they left the skull uninterred. "
scald , [a. 1] and [sb. 5]
(1529) More Dyaloge ii. iv. Wks. 185 "Than shall al these scalde &. scabbed peces scale clene of, &. the hole body of christes holy church remaine pure. "
scale , [v. 3]
(1977) Undercurrents June-July 7/1 "It remains doubtful whether the process..can work safely and effectively when `scaled-up' to commercial size. "
(1974) Physics Bull. Mar. 98/3 "The symmetry transformation consists of scaling the physical dimensions d of the system according to d&rar.&lambda.d. If the equilateral triangle of figure 1 is scaled then although the size is changed, the geometric shape and all the dimensionless properties of the triangle such as the angles remain unchanged. "
scalenity
(1788) T. Taylor Proclus I. Dissert. p. li, "Do you by this means destroy the equality of its angles to two right ones? Certainly not;-take away its scalenity, yet this general affection remains."
scallion .
(1902) L. H. Bailey Cycl. Amer. Hort. IV. 1622/2 "Scallion, a name for the Shallot; also used for onions that do not make good bulbs but remain with thick necks. "
scantelize [v.]
(1611) Speed Hist. Gt. Brit. v. iii. §.22. 18 "By which account the great supposed antiquity of Brute, is now lessened by seuen hundred fiftie and two yeares; and the time so scantelized betwixt his and Cesars entrance, that two hundred forty six yeares onely remaine."
scar , [sb. 2]
(1875) T. Holmes Treat. Surg. xxi. 386 "When the *scar-tissue remains permanent, although the scar is ugly and of lower organisation than the natural parts, yet it causes no important inconvenience. "
scarless , [a.]
(1630) Drumm. of Hawth. Flowres of Sion D 2, "Amidst that Masse of Ruines they did make, Safe and all scarrelesse yet remaines my Minde. "
scarred , [ppl. a.]
(1793) Martyn Lang. Bot., "Cicatrisatus truncus s. caulis. A scarred stem. Marked with the remains of leaves that have fallen off. "
scattering , [ppl. a.]
(1691) Ray Creation i. (1692) 36 "The scattering Spirits remaining in the Heart may for a time being agitated by heat, cause these faint Pulsations. "
scaur .
(1834) H. Miller Scenes &. Leg. iv. (1857) 45 "Its place on the rock has ever since remained as undistinguishable as the scaurs and cliffs around it. "
scenic , [a.]
(1869) Tozer Highl. Turkey II. 201 "These scenic edifices are amongst the most interesting..remains that have come down..from antiquity. "
(1976) National Observer (U.S.) 25 Sept. 9/1 "Now about all that remains is the neon-red carpet and `scenic' wallpaper that once surrounded a bathtub."
sceptreless [a.]
(1820) Shelley Prometh. Unb. iii. iv. 194 "The man remains Sceptreless, free, uncircumscribed. "
schappe .
(1957) Textile Terms &. Defs. (Textile Inst.) (ed. 3) 124 "Schapping, a continental method of degumming, applied to silk waste, that removes part of the gum by a fermentation process. Up to 10 per cent of gum may remain on the fibre. "
scheme , [sb. 1]
(1848) Thackeray Van. Fair xlvii, "It forms no part of our scheme to tell what became of the remainder. "
schistosomiasis .
(1934) R. Girges Schistosomiasis v. ii. 194 "It [sc. bladder irritability] may be mistaken for enlargement of that gland and remain undiagnosed as schistosomial for a considerable period."
schizo- .
(1966) I. B. Weiner Psychodiagnosis in Schizophrenia i. 7 "Persons with schizotaxia acquire a personality organization called schizotypy that is characterized by four core behavior traits... These schizotypic traits are universally learned by all schizotaxic persons... Whereas most schizotypes remain compensated, those who are confronted with certain causal environmental influences..are likely to decompensate into clinical schizophrenia. "
schizoid , [a.] and [sb.]
(1970) Science 16 Jan. 251/1 "Though unsatisfactory, the only means of identifying many-perhaps most-schizoids remains genealogical, and a clinical understanding of the schizoid can best be gained by reading descriptions of abnormal relatives of schizophrenics. "
schizophrenic , [a.] and [sb.]
(1974) Passmore &. Robson Compan. Med. Stud. III. xxxv. 55/2 "Other examples are the `schizophrenic smile', which appears without obvious external cause and is presumed to be a response to an internal hallucinatory stimulus, and the `schizophrenic handshake', the patient's hand when grasped remaining limp. "
schizophrenogenic , [a.]
(1979) B. Ineichen Mental Illness ii. 41 "The question of whether schizophrenics are downwardly mobile socially, or whether lower-class culture is schizophrenogenic, remains an open one."
schlepper .
(1949) S. J. Perelman Westward Ha! i. 13 "In vain I protested that my dependents would be reduced to beggary; the editor's face remained flinty. `About time those schleppers went to work,' he grunted. "
scholasticizing , [ppl. a.]
(1857) Baden-Powell in Oxford Ess. 174 "The lingering remains of the old scholasticizing spirit. "
school , [v. 1]
(1687) Dryden Hind &. P. iii. 306 "It now remains for you to school your child, And ask why God's anointed he reviled. "
schoolfellow .
(1722) Wodrow Corr. (1843) II. 628 "It seems there are some secret remains of what we call school-fellowship, that have led him to a better opinion of my book than it deserves. "
Schottky .
(1966) C. R. Tottle Sci. Engin. Materials iv. 90 "The Schottky defect..is not limited to the migration of an atom to the surface, but refers to the production of a vacancy whenever a migrating atom moves to some position that does not create disturbance in the remaining lattice, i.e. the surface of a void or other sink of disordered atoms. "
science .
(1810) Syd. Smith Public Schools Wks. 1859 I. 188 "His sister, who has remained at home at the apron-strings of her mother, is very much his superior in the science of manners. "
(1933) Burlington Mag. May 248/2 "The great problem as to whether the science of art really is a science in the sense that the word is used in relation to natural science remains, however, unsolved. "
(1946) R. J. C. Atkinson Field Archaeol. 12 "One more problem..remains to be mentioned, the problem of co-operation between archaeologists and workers in other sciences. "
(1978) Nature 10 Aug. 522/1 "Funds for lunar sample analysis have remained roughly constant over the past few years and the programme has received praise for the high quality of the science conducted."
scissel .
(1834-6) Barlow in Encycl. Metrop. (1845) VIII. 613/2 "The remainder of the plate between the holes left by the blank was remelted again, under the denomination of sizel. "
scissors , [sb.] [pl.]
(1968) Listener 5 Sept. 292/1 "Arts censorship in Britain lives on mainly through the sheer personality of its few remaining scissormen. "
scoff , [v. 1]
(1770) Goldsm. Des. Vill. 180 "And fools who came to scoff, remain'd to pray. "
scorch , [v. 1]
(1830) M. Donovan Dom. Econ. I. 49 "Her skeleton..remained entire in the chair, which was only a little scorched. "
score , [sb.]
(1951) N. M. Gunn Well at World's End xviii. 145 "`You know how, when you have had a few over the score and you may not trust your legs, your brain remains as clear-' `I know,' said Peter."
score , [v.]
(1785) Burke Sp. Nabob of Arcot's Debts Wks. IV. 286 "The remaining miserable last cultivator, who grows to the soil, after having his back scored by the farmer, has it again flayed by the whip of the assignee. "
(1681) Dryden Abs. &. Achit. i. 542 "Such were the tools; but a whole Hydra more Remains of sprouting heads too long to score."
scoreless , [a.]
(1977) Arab Times 13 Dec. 9/1 "N.C.C. started the first inning against Foster Wheeler with two runs but then were held scoreless throughout the remainder of the game. "
scorified , [ppl. a.]
(1815) Edin. Rev. XXV. 99 "The scorified remains of a current of lava. "
scornful , [a.]
(1593) Shaks. Lucr. 520 "So thy suruiuing husband shall remaine The scornefull marke of euerie open eye. "
Scotist , [sb.] and [a.]
(1709) Pope Ess. Crit. 244 "Scotists and Thomists now in peace remain Amidst their kindred cobwebs in Duck-lane. "
scour , [v. 2]
(1617) Moryson Itin. i. 161, "I will..scoure up that little Toscane language, which..shall be remaining unto me. "
scout , [sb. 5]
(1805) G. Barry Orkney Isl. 305 "The Guillemote..here the skout, remains with us all the winter. "
scrab , [v.]
(1808) W. Taylor in Monthly Mag. XXVI. 111 "The police of the metropolis is already curious..enough: without employing new ferrets to scrab the remaining pleasures out of their skulking-holes. "
scraggling , [ppl. a.]
(1870) Hawthorne Eng. Note-bks. I. 471 "The remains [of Hastings Castle] being somewhat scanty and scraggling."
scramblement
(1747) Mrs. Delany Life &. Corr. (1861) II. 481 "After the dinner is over the common people are let in to carry off all that remains..; you may imagine what a notable scramblement it occasions."
scrap , [sb. 1]
(1823) Moor Suffolk Words, "Scraps,..the small pieces of fat pork remaining after the operation of boiling for the purpose of extracting the lard. "
scraper .
(1849) Weale's Dict. Terms, "Scraper, a piece of iron used to take out the pulverized matter which remains in a hole when bored previous to blasting. "
scrappy , [a. 1]
(1858-9) Thackeray Virgin. lvi, "It may be that..there is a dreadfully scrappy dinner, the evident remains of a party to which I didn't invite you. "
screw , [sb. 1]
(1875) Knight Dict. Mech., "*Screw-spike, a round spike having a shallow screw-thread cut on a portion of its stem. It is driven partly home and screwed the remaining distance. "
scribble , [v. 1]
(1734) Pope Let. to Swift 15 Sept., "I have scribled the remainder of this page full. "
scribing , [vbl. sb.]
(1895) Athen&ae.um 14 Dec. 839/1 "Many of them [megalithic remains] are marked with scribings and other ornamentations. "
scrim .
(1975) New Yorker 26 May 90/2 "The Prince and the Lilac Fairy get into a boat that remains motionless as a scrim painted with leaves and branches moves sideways across the stage. "
(1977) Time 6 June 10/2 "The full story of Podgorny's dismissal may remain forever behind the scrim that veils the Kremlin's backstage dramas."
scripture , [sb.]
(1571) Campion Hist. Irel. ii. vii. (1633) 99 "It shall never bee chronicled, nor remaine in scripture,..that Ireland was lost by my negligence. "
scrub , [sb. 2]
(1972) R. &. G. Metcalf Making Stained Glass 134 "Employing some of the longer-haired scrubs to stipple the edges of the remaining matt."
scud , [v. 3]
(1883) R. Haldane Workshop Receipts Ser. ii. 372/2 "The..remaining hairs, and other dirt, can now be very readily scudded out."
sculpture , [v.]
(1817) Shelley Rev. Islam ix. 3746 "That record shall remain..And fame, in human hope which sculptured was, Survive the perished scrolls of unenduring brass. "
scutching , [vbl. sb. 2]
(1887) Jamieson Suppl., "Scutchings, Scutchins, refuse lint or flax that remains after the process of scutching; waste tow."
scutellum .
(1882) Vines tr. Sach's Bot. 620 "In Grasses, however, the whole of the plumule projects from the seed, the scutellum only remaining behind in it."
(1896) tr. Boas' Zool. 259 "A triangular median portion of the mesothorax (scutellum) remains uncovered."
se , [sb.]
(1977) Kwang-chih Chang Archaeol. Anc. China (ed. 2) ix. 402 "Remains of wooden bases for the musical instrument se have been collected from the tombs."
sea , [sb.]
(1868) Rogers Pol. Econ. iii. (1876) 20 "The relative values of food, clothing, metals, and sea-carriage remain the same. "
sea-conny
(1801) in A. Duncan Marin. Chron. (1804) II. 355 "Leaving Captain Porter, who, with six Manilla seconnies, remained on board the wreck. "
seal , [v. 1]
(1877) W. Richards Manuf. Coal Gas 210 "No ill effects are experienced-at least, so long as the holder remains sealed."
(1948) Sci. News VII. 44 "For the moment, treated areas are being `sealed' by the total removal of all bush within a two-miles belt, and a watch is being kept to see what happens to the small remaining fly population. "
sealed , [ppl. a.]
(1840) Carlyle Heroes iii. (1841) 173 "Nature with her truth remains to the bad, to the selfish and the pusillanimous, forever a sealed book. "
sea-mark
(1843) Arnold Hist. Rome III. 284 "Two solitary pillars still remain, and serve as a seamark to guide ships into the great harbour. "
sear , [sb. 2]
(1875) Manning Internal Mission Holy Ghost viii. 216 "If you had ever been burnt, there would remain the sear of the burn as long as you live."
search , [sb.]
(1879) Farrar St. Paul (1883) 130 "The brethren who remained had either eluded his search-warrant, or been rescued from his power. "
seared , [ppl. a.]
(1791) Cowper Iliad xiii. 687 "Part [of the weapon] within his disk remain'd Like a seer'd stake. "
season , [sb.]
(1833) Tennyson Two Voices 82 "Will thirty seasons render plain Those lonely lights that still remain, Just breaking over land and main?"
seasonally , [adv.]
(1982) Guardian 15 Apr. 14/2 "The seasonally adjusted level of unemployment..remained at 11&rdot.8 per cent."
seat , [sb.]
(1545) Reg. Privy Council Scot. I. 5 "Becaus of the fere of the pest that is laytlie risyn in the toun of Edinburcht, the seite of Sessioun may nocht surelie remaine thairin. "
(1972) Times 16 May (Wall Street Suppl.) p. viii/5 "Among the brokers the numbers of `seats' on the exchange remained unchanged at 1,366 (as it has done since December 1953)."
(1614) Raleigh Hist. World §.5. 40 "Or if the soile and seate had not remained, then would not Moses, who wrote of Paradise about 850 years after the floud, haue described it so particularly."
(1634) T. Johnson tr. Parey's Chirurg. 338 "Seate, when the marke of the weapon remaines imprinted in the wound, that the wound is of no more length, nor bredth than the weapon fell upon."
Seato .
(1977) Times 30 June 6/4 "The South-East Asian Treaty (Seato) Organization..will fade into history tomorrow [sc. 30 June]..when the flags of its six remaining members, the United States, Britain, the Philippines, Thailand, Australia and New Zealand, are lowered from the organization's deserted headquarters in Bangkok for the last time."
second , [a.] and [sb. 2]
( 1925) A. Huxley Along Road i. 19 "The Citroë.n went into second and remained there; slowly we puffed up the long ascent. "
second , [v. 2]
(1802) C. James Milit. Dict. s.v., "Capitaine en Second..Lieutenant en Second..are officers whose companies have been reduced, but who do duty in others, and are destined to fill up the first vacancies. We have borrowed the expression and say, To be seconded. When an officer is seconded, he remains upon full pay, his rank goes on, and he may purchase the next vacant step, without being obliged to memorial in a manner that a half-pay officer must. "
secondary , [a.] and [sb.]
(1974) Flint &. Skinner Physical Geol. vi. 94/2 "Water combines with the remaining aluminum silicate radical to create the clay mineral kaolinite... The resulting kaolinite we call a secondary mineral, because it was not present in the original rock."
(1813) Sir H. Davy Agric. Chem. (1814) 192 "Rocks are generally divided by geologists into two grand divisions, distinguished by the names of primary and secondary... The secondary rocks, or strata, consist only partly of crystalline matter; contain fragments of other rocks or strata; often abound in the remains of vegetables and marine animals; and sometimes contain the remains of land animals. "
(1818) W. Phillips Outl. Min. &. Geol. (ed. 3) 86 "Rocks which include organic remains, must have been formed after the shells they contain; and therefore not being considered primitive, they are by some termed secondary rocks; whence the term used by geologists of primary and secondary formations. "
(1833) Lyell Princ. Geol. III. 324 "By `secondary', we mean those stratified rocks older than the tertiary, which contain distinct organic remains. "
secrete , [v. 1]
(1863) Kingsley Lett. (1878) II. 172 "If you won't believe my great new doctrine..that souls secrete their bodies, as snails do shells, you will remain in outer darkness. "
section , [sb.]
(1948) Landfall June 112 "He fingered the two pennies that remained from the half-crown... He'd have to walk to the end of the first section, catch the tram there."
sector , [sb.]
(1966) R. L. Allen Verb Syst. Present-Day Amer. Eng. iii. 88 "The order..of the occupied sectors remains constant... Many of the details of this `*sector' analysis lie beyond the scope of the present study. "
secure , [v.]
(1610) Healey St. Aug. Citie of God xxi. xvii. 858 "Assigning..a false blisse, vnto the Saints in heauen, where they..could neuer be secured to remaine. "
sedentary , [a.] and [sb.]
(1844) Dickens Mart. Chuz. xvi, "A few sedentary characters..remained at table full a quarter of an hour."
(1851) Woodward Mollusca 11 "The sedentary tribes settle in the place they intend to occupy during the remainder of their lives. "
sedge , [sb. 1]
(1977) R. Davies Pract. Gardening Encycl. ii. 21/1 "Sedge (or fen) peats are the remains of reeds and sedges and are dark coloured and well decayed."
sediment , [sb.]
(1837) Brewster Magnet. 302 "He poured it out carefully, without disturbing such of the iron sediment as still remained. "
sedimentable , [a.]
(1978) Nature 2 Mar. 55/2 "After storing for 1 week at room temperature, at least 50% of the antimony was retained within sedimentable liposomes, the remainder having escaped into solution."
seducer .
(1818) Scott Hrt. Midl. x, "To all questions concerning the name or rank of her seducer,..Effie remained mute. "
see , [v.]
(1922) M. A. von Arnim Enchanted April iii. 48 "Mrs. Fisher..had no wish to find herself shut up..with somebody who saw things... It would be disagreeable..if Mrs. Wilkins were suddenly to assert that she saw Mr. Fisher. Mr. Fisher was dead; let him remain so. "
(1613) Tapp Pathw. Knowl. 8 "And when you haue all added them, see what remaines besides the nynes, and drawing a short line [etc.]. "
seed , [sb.]
(1954) Sun (Baltimore) 22 June 17/3 "The remaining four men's seeds won just the way they were supposed to due to the sudden decision by Wimbledon to seed 12 instead of the traditional eight. "
seed , [v.]
(1821) Southey Ode King's Vis. Irel. ix, "Labours of love remain; To weed out noxious customs rooted deep In a rank soil, and long left seeding there. "
seed-bed
(1846) J. Baxter Libr. Pract. Agric. (ed. 4) I. 265 "They should never be allowed to remain more than two years in the seed-bed, for in that case they will be completely spoiled. "
seedly [a.]
(1699) Phil. Trans. XXI. 271 "When a Cod hath shot his Masculine Seed, there doth still remain in his Soft Rows, a great deal of Seeding Matter, where out more Seedly Animals are produced, then were shot out of it the Year before."
seed-time .
(1611) Bible Gen. viii. 22 "While the earth remaineth, seed-time and haruest..shall not cease. "
seeing , [vbl. sb.]
(1870) Athen&ae.um 2 July 8 "Enough would have remained, despite many errors, many seeings of things which cannot be seen, to leave the book..interesting."
seethe , [v.]
(1849) Macaulay Hist. Eng. v. I. 634 "A poor man whose loyalty was suspected..was compelled to ransom his own life by seething the remains of his friends in pitch."
segmentalize [v.]
(1968) Language XLIV. 774 "Even when the feature is segmentalized, like should in Modern English, it remains an `auxiliary' of the main verb. "
segregation .
(1886) Ld. Coleridge in Law Times LXXXI. 65/2 "The general costs of the action, which remain after the segregation of these separate costs."
selectee .
(1958) Optima Mar. 47/2 "The suspicion remains that the selectee is being favoured because he is regarded as the `comer'-the man most likely to succeed in the immediately foreseeable future. "
self-
(1964) Harvard Law Rev. Nov. 219 "Implicit..is the proposition that in a pretrial police interrogation the accused has a right to remain silent, which he must waive intelligently before any self-incriminating statements will be admissible at trial. "
self-centred [ppl. a.]
(1872) Browning Fifine lxxx. 11 "Your steadying touch of hand Assists me to remain self-centred, fixed amid All on the move."
self-coloured [ppl. a.]
(1759) Miller Gard. Dict. (ed. 7) s.v. Tulipa 13 Q 4/1 "The Stripes should be small and regular, arising from the Bottom of the Flower, for if there are any Remains of the former self-coloured Bottom, the Flower is in Danger of losing its Stripes again. "
self-determination
(1946) D. L. Sayers Unpopular Opinions 100 "Eire demanded self-determination... Northern Ireland also wanted self-determination, and was determined to remain with England. "
self-effacement
(1866) Visct. Strangford Selections (1869) II. 319, "I am..content to remain unknown, and successful in self-effacement. "
self-election
(1787) Jefferson Writ. (1859) II. 228 "The violent Aristocrats would have wished..that these [the Regents] should remain self-elective. "
self-governed [ppl. a.]
(1795-1814) Wordsw. Excurs. v. 386 "How few who mingle with their fellow-men And still remain self-governed, and apart. "
self-justifier
(1897) Brit. Printer 268 "When followed by a like variation of the three remaining spaces between words in the line, the latter, when assembled, will be *self-justified. "
self-realization
(1876) F. H. Bradley Eth. Studies ii. 59 "What remains is to point out the most general expression for the end in itself, the ultimate practical `why'; and that we find in the word self-realization. "
self-similar [a.]
(1978) Amer. Scientist LXVI. 713/1 "The flow tends toward a self-similar solution, i.e. a flow in which the profiles of the physical quantities behind the shock wave remain constant in time."
self-stimulation
(1947) M. M. Lewis Lang. in Society i. 18 "There, at that level [sc. babbling]-as a form of play, of self-stimulation, of narcissism-it [sc. language] might remain. "
semantic , [a.] and [sb.]
(1933) L. Bloomfield Language viii. 138 "When the phonology of a language has been established, there remains the task of telling what meanings are attached to the several phonetic forms. This phase of the description is semantics. It is ordinarily divided into two parts, grammar and lexicon. "
semblance .
(A. 1864) Ferrier Grk. Philos. (1866) I. iv. 92 "Construct our skeleton as we best may, and..give it..some semblance to the remains of an organic creature. "
semi- , [prefix] .
(1890) W. James Princ. Psychol. II. xxiv. 420 "In ordinary fear, one may either run, or remain *semi-paralyzed. "
(1835) Dickens Let. (1965) I. 56 "You would prefer living in Chambers to remaining in your present *semi-rural tranquility. "
(1867) Lady Herbert Cradle L. iii. 103 "It soon fell into decay, and remained a *semi-ruin. "
(1962) D. Nichols Echinoderms xii. 156 "These facts suggest that the animal remained *semi-sessile on the sea-bottom and searched the surrounding area with its tentacles. "
semi-animate [a.]
(1887) Pall Mall Gaz. 27 May 1/1 "There are Bills before Parliament... They will remain in their present semi-animate condition. "
semi-barbarian
(1817) Jas. Mill Brit. India I. ii. x. 437 "Had the Hindus remained fixed from the earliest ages in the semibarbarous state. "
semi-diurnal [a.]
(1594) Blundevil Exerc. l. 176 b, "There will remaine 9. houres 4&p.8. which is the length of the artificiall day, when the Sunne is in the first degree of Scorpio, the one halfe wherof is called the semi-diurnall Arke of that artificial day. "
semiflex [v.]
(1836-9) Todd's Cycl. Anat. II. 78/1 "The whole limb remains habitually in the *semiflexed position. "
semi-lethal [a.] and [sb.]
(1917) Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. III. 621 "The viability of the three sex-linked dominants was..already known; the remaining six dominants were tested. In all, it was found that three of the nine are not lethal, one..is semi-lethal, and five..are completely lethal when homozygous. "
semiotical , [a.]
(1825) Beddoes Let. 4 Dec. in Poems p. li, "It still remains for some one to exhibit the sum of his experience in mental pathology and therapeutics, not in a cold, technical, dead description, but a living semiotical display."
semis (1) .
(1979) Nature 5 July 46/2 "The magnetisation of an orichalcum semis of the Roman Emperor Tiberius remained below the noise level up to the maximum fields available."
sempre , [adv.]
(1883) Grove Dict. Mus. III. 461/2 "Sempre, `always'; a word used in conjunction with some other mark of time or expression to signify that such mark is to remain in force until a new direction appears. "
senate .
(1855) Dickens Dorrit ii. vii, "The rugged remains of temples and tombs and palaces and senate halls and theatres."
sending , [vbl. sb.]
(1627) Abp. Abbot in Rushw. Hist. Coll. (1659) I. 461 "Thus..to quicken my remembrance, I have laid down the Cause and the Proceedings of my sending into Kent, where I remain. "
Senni .
(1904) A. Strahan Geol. S. Wales Coalfield V. i. 3 "Nearly all the remainder of the Old Red [Sandstone] tract is occupied by the red sandstones of the Brownstone division, but a thick and persistent group of sandstones and marls with cornstones, generally characterised by a green colour, appears in some of the deeper valleys, among others that of the Senni, from which fact the name of Senni Beds has been applied to them. "
(1927) Q. Jrnl. Geol. Soc. LXXXIII. 197 "The plant-remains are entombed in sage-green arenaceous shales, which are intercalated among the typical sage-green sandstones of the Senni Beds of this locality. "
sensational , [a.]
(1860) Farrar Orig. Lang. (1865) 98 "If the entire lexicon of every language be capable of being reduced to a number of sensational roots,..Grammar always remains as the indisputable result of the pure reason. "
sense , [sb.]
(1669) H. Stubbe in Birch Life Boyle (1744) 192 "It creates in the throat such a sense, as remains after drinking pepper-posset. "
sensibility .
(A. 1859) Macaulay Hist. Eng. xxiv. V. 197 "From Charles neither the remains of his mother nor those of his grandfather could draw any sign of sensibility. "
sensible , [a.] (and [sb.] )
(1601) Shaks. Jul. C. i. iii. 18 "Yet his Hand, Not sensible of fire, remain'd vnscorch'd. "
sensibleness .
(1605) A. Wotton Answ. late Popish Art. Ded., "All that remaines is by this, or some such like deed, to professe my sensiblenes of your great fauour. "
sensitive , [a.] and [sb.]
(1656-63) Bp. W. Lucy Observ. Hobbes 37 "Yet there remains in the sensative memory that image, which represented the object at the first."
sentiment .
(1888) Bryce Amer. Commw. III. lxxx. 55 "Nor do their moral and religious impulses remain in the soft haze of self-complacent sentiment."
sentimental , [a.]
(1891) Weekly Notes 200/1 "The tenant for life..could over&dubh.ride the sentimental interests of the remaindermen."
Senussi .
(1977) B. Lucas tr. De Foucauld's Lett. from Desert vii. 139 "Our Tuaregs remain calm despite the capture of Djanet by the Senoussists."
sepoy .
(1733) in G. W. Forrest Sel. Lett. Bombay Secr. 57 "That..the garrison of Seepoys shall become the subjects of the said Honble Company, and remain in their..service at the usual pay that is now paid to the garrison Seepoys of Bombay. "
septennial , [a.]
(1719) Steele Plebeian No. 4 ad fin., "Sitting out the remainder of the septennial term. "
sepultural , [a.]
(1821) John Bull 15 Jan. 40/1 "No remains of sepultural enclosure were discernible. "
sepulture , [sb.]
(1840) Macaulay Ess., Ranke &page.51 "Even the honours of sepulture were long withheld from his remains. "
sequel , [sb.]
(1835) Marryat J. Faithful xxiv, "Whether Captain Turnbull or I were right, remains to be proved in the sequel. "
sequester , [v.]
(1579) Fulke Heskins' Parl. 146 "It is to be..prayed for, lest while any being sequestred, is separated from ye body of Christe, he remaine farre from health. "
seraglio .
(1877) Encycl. Brit. VI. 304/2 "The remains of the Seraglio, former palace of the Ottoman sultans."
serdab .
(1842) W. F. Ainsworth Trav. Asia Minor, etc. II. 331 "The foundations, cellars, or serdaubs,..were generally all that remained. "
serf .
(1895) W. J. Corbett in Soc. Eng. v. (1902) II. 140 "As the tone of society became gentler, the lords naturally had a tendency to free their serfs;..in the eyes of the law the villeins remained serfs."
(1885) Mabel Collins Prettiest Woman v, "There are still the remains of the *serf system. "
seriate , [a.]
(1874) T. Hardy Far fr. Mad. Crowd xxvi, "The remainder was a mere question of time and natural seriate changes."
series .
(1836) W. Buckland Geol. &. Mineral. I. ix. 76 "The Tertiary Series introduces a system of new phenomena, presenting formations in which the remains of animal and vegetable life approach gradually nearer to species of our own epoch. "
serigala .
(1978) Ld. Medway Wild Mammals Malaysia (ed. 2) 84/1 "Serigala..occurring on the mainland wherever extensive tracts of tall forest remain, though nowhere abundant."
serpula .
(1828-32) Webster, "*Serpulite, petrified shells or fossil remains of the genus Serpula. "
Serrano .
(1974) Encycl. Brit. Microp&ae.dia IX. 73/2 "In the early 1970s, there were fewer than 400 Serrano proper remaining. "
serrefile .
(1796) Instr. &. Reg. Cavalry (1813) 219 "The serre-file rank remains closed to the right. "
serve , [v. 1]
(1853) Lytton My Novel x. xiii, "How far his reasonings and patience served to his ends, remains yet to be seen. "
Servian , [a. 2]
(1855) Liddell Hist. Rome I. i. iii. 56 "A person who once belonged either to a Romulian Tribe of birth or a Servian Tribe of place, always remained a member of that Tribe. "
sesqui- ,
(A. 1696) Scarburgh Euclid 180 "If above the exact Multiple of the Consequent, there remains in the Antecedent any Quotal part of the Consequent, as an half, a third, a fourth, or a tenth part of the Consequent, (or otherwise thus named, a Sesquialteral, a Sesquitertial, a Sesquiquartal, a *Sesquidecimal part, &.c.). "
sesquipedalian , [a.] and [sb.]
(1861) Max Mü.ller Sci. Lang. Ser. i. viii. (1864) 338 "In these sesquipedalian compounds the significative root remains distinct. "
sessile , [a.]
(1917) M. Webb Gone to Earth xiii. 118 "People remained in a sessile state over tea for a long time. "
set , [sb. 1]
(1888) Lockwood's Dict. Terms Mech. Engin., "Permanent set, that amount of deflection from which a beam or structure is unable to return to its original form, but which remains constant. "
set , [sb. 2]
(1818) Chitty Bills of Exchange (ed. 5) 81 "The several parts of a foreign bill are called a set; each part contains a condition, that it shall be paid, provided the others remain unpaid. "
set , [v. 1]
(1662) Gerbier Principles 30 "The King and Queen only remaining..setting under the Cloath of State. "
(16..) in Turreff Gleanings (1859) 29 "The said day John Michel is ordaint to be put in kirk wolt, thairin to remain quhile he sett caution to adhear to Margratt Quhytt, his spous. "
(1662) Stillingfl. Orig. Sacr&ae. ii. ix. §.1. 253 "Everything remains in the course and order wherein it was set at the Creation. "
(1968) Maley &. Heilweil Introd. Digital Computers vi. 82 "The latch is simply a circuit whose output can be set to 1, or reset to 0, and it will remain at either one of these two values until another set or reset operation changes its value. "
(1835) Moore Mem. (1856) VII. 82, "[I] set in hard at work at the remainder of my volume. "
(1844) H. Stephens Bk. Farm II. 393 "The corn is then set up, that is, set down in the sacks on the floor, and remains there unemptied."
setting , [vbl. sb. 1]
(1839) De la Beche Rep. Geol. Cornwall, etc. xv. 569 "Of the remainder he paid the adventurers one-half, or one-quarter, as may have been agreed upon according to the supposed prospects of the mine at the time of setting. "
settle , [v.]
(1630) R. Johnson Kingd. &. Commw. 14 "The melancholike [humours]..remaine, and as dregges settle at the base of all their actions. "
settled , [ppl. a.]
(1856) N. Brit. Rev. XXVI. 41 "To remain to the end of life destitute of any settled religious opinions. "
settledly [adv.]
(1635) Strafford Lett. (1739) I. 412 "To shew you how chearfully and settledly I remain Your Lordship's..most humble Servant, Wentworth. "
seve .
(1888) Encycl. Brit. XXIV. 605/2 "Sauterne..possessing a special sè.ve, or, in other words, having that special taste which, while it remains in the mouth, leaves the palate perfectly fresh."
sever , [v.]
(1648-9) Eikon Bas. xi. 82 "There remain's in far the Major part of both Houses..so much Learning, Reason, Religion, and just Moderation, as to know how to sever between the use and abuse of things. "
several , [a.] , [adv.] , and [sb.]
(A. 1842) Arnold Hist. Rome III. xliv. 175 "The officers for the year being thus appointed, it remained to determine their several provinces. "
(1693) Stair Inst. Law Scot. i. iii. §.5 (ed. 2) 21 "They remain only as bonds upon the good-will and honesty of these who are thereby bound, of which there are severals. "
severe , [a.]
(1879) Lubbock Addr. Pol. &. Educ. ix. 151 "English travellers in Oriental countries frequently make severe remarks on the manner in which the..remains of antiquity are allowed to go to ruin."
severely , [adv.]
(1726) Pope Odyss. xvi. 36 "Severely chaste Penelope remains. "
sewaged , [ppl. a.]
(1861) 2nd Rep. Comm. Sewage Towns 28 "Ten Hereford oxen were tied up in a shed; two to be fed on unsewaged grass, and the remaining eight to receive sewaged grass. "
sex , [sb.]
(1953) D. A. Bannerman Birds Brit. Isles II. 193 "`Sex consciousness'..remains for a long time, the male continuing to feed the female..even after the young are hatched. "
shack , [sb. 1]
(A. 1825) Forby Voc. E. Anglia, "Shack... The shaken grain remaining on the ground when harvest and gleaning are over; or, in woodland countries, the acorns, or mast under the trees. "
shade , [sb.]
(1806) Med. Jrnl. XV. 556, "I have chosen to remain in the shade. "
(1884) R. W. Church Bacon iii. 68 "Bacon still remained in the shade."
shading , [vbl. sb.]
(1940) D. G. Fink Princ. Television Engin. ix. 414 "The remaining item of equipment necessary to produce a composite video signal of adequate quality is the shading correction generator required with camera tubes of the iconoscope (storage-mosaic) type. "
shadow , [sb.]
(1860) Tyndall Glac. i. vi. 42 "The fronts of the ridges..remain in shadow all the day. "
(1874) tr. Lommel's Light 14 "An opaque body is illuminated on that side of its surface only which is turned towards the light, its opposite surface, as well as a space covered by it, the shadow, remains dark."
(1929) O. G. S. Crawford Air-Photography for Archaeologists 3/1 "Inequalities in the surface of the ground produce shadows. All sites where remains are visible on the ground fall into this class. They may be called *shadow-sites. "
shaft , [sb. 2]
(1781) Ledwich in Vallancey Collect. de Rebus Hibern. II. 446 "The arms were broken, but the shaft [of the market cross of Kilkenny] remained adorned with beautiful figures. "
(1835) R. Willis Archit. Mid. Ages ii. 27 "But the compound archway did not long remain in this simple form, its component archways were early decorated in various ways with shafts and mouldings. "
shag [v. 1]
(1572) Mascall Plant. &. Graff. v. (1592) 28 "But alwayes take good heede to the binding of your heds that they waxe slack, or shagge, neyther on the one side or other, but remaine fast vpon the clay."
shagreen .
(1849) Murchison Siluria vii. 138 "The fish-remains are chiefly those of the minute *Shagreen scales. "
Shahanshah .
(1892) Ld. Curzon Persia &. Persian Question I. xiv. 434 "He remains the Shahinshah, or King of Kings. "
shall , [v.]
(1818) Scott Hrt. Midl. xviii, "He shall hide himself in a bean-hole, if he remains on Scottish ground without my finding him."
(1846) J. Baxter Libr. Pract. Agric. (ed. 4) I. 50 "Should any soluble salt remain it will be soda. "
(1818) Cruise Digest (ed. 2) II. 326 "We are now to consider the time at which it is requisite a contingent remainder should vest in interest. "
shallow , [a. 1] and [sb. 3]
(1679) Moxon Mech. Exerc. vii. 130 "Or you may make the Rooms next the Front deeper, or shallower, and leave the remainder for the Back Room. "
shamble , [sb. 1]
(1979) Daily Tel. 5 Sept. 6/6 "Haiti remains a dictatorship, its economy in a shambles."
shameless , [a.]
(1725) Pope Odyss. viii. 358 "But there remain, ye guilty, in my pow'r, 'Till Jove refunds his shameless daughter's dow'r. "
shanghai , [sb.]
(1936) R. Croft-Cooke Darts vii. 44 "Of all the lesser-known games which can be played on a dart-board, there is none which combines such fascinating elements as Shanghai. And it remains exciting till the very last throw. "
shangy , [sb.]
(1839) Dundee Advertiser 12 Apr., "As he remained obstreperous, the policeman put on the shangies. "
shank , [v.]
(1871) H. Macmillan True Vine v. 223 "How often alas, is it true of the believer, that his fruit is shanked, remaining sour when it should become sweet and palatable!"
shanker .
(1622) Mabbe tr. Aleman's Guzman d'Alf. i. 148 "It was my hap to meet with the shanke-bone [orig. Sp. can&tilde.illa] of a Heyfer..and presently..I had lapt vp my Shanker [orig. Sp. cancarron] in the Paste that remained."
shaping , [vbl. sb.]
(1691) T. H[ale] Acc. New Invent. 124 "We come to the like shaping of the remaining part of the Logg. "
Shavian , [a.] and [sb.]
(1967) O. Lancaster Eye to Future i. 8 "My mother..always remained a devoted Shavian. "
shaving , [vbl. sb.]
(1976) Z. Stone Modigliani Scandal iii. iv. 136 "Peter Usher put down his safety razor..and washed the remains of the shaving cream off his face. "
shed , [v. 1]
(1947) Financial Times 29 Jan. 1/7 "Preferences remained comparatively steady, although B.A.G.S. Sixes shed 12 to 2212. "
sheep , [sb.]
(1868) Rep. U.S. Comm. Agric. (1869) 42 "The remaining twenty-four..were put in the *sheep-barn. "
sheeted , [ppl. a.]
(1840) Haliburton Letter Bag i. 7 "Sheeted, blanketed, and quilted, I remain enveloped in the drapery of my bed. "
shell , [sb.]
(1866) Young Fires 59 "Nothing remained but the red-hot skeleton or shell of the building. "
Shelleyan , [a.] (and [sb.] ).
(1886) Dowden Shelley I. xii. 523 "Why Mary was `Pecksie' must remain a Shelleyan mystery."
shelter , [sb.]
(1979) Sci. Amer. Feb. 71/3 "The final system is called shelterwood cutting, because the mature stand is removed in two or more partial cuts so that the new stand can become established under the shelter of a partial canopy of remaining trees. "
sheng (1) .
(1980) Early Music July 355/1 "These, the sho of Japan and the sheng of China, are forms of free-reed mouth organ with a rigid wind chest held in the hands, the fingers remaining free to open and close the reeds in the cane pipes."
shepherd , [sb.]
(1863) R. S. Poole in W. Smith's Dict. Bible I. 509/1 (Egypt III. s.v. Zoan, ) "Remains of the Shepherd-period. "
shift , [sb.]
(1934) Priebsch &. Collinson German Lang. ii. i. 86 "A clean cut was made between those dialects which underwent the shift and those which remained unaffected. "
(1980) L. Moore Foundations Programming with Pascal ii. 38 "The 5-bit code commonly used by Creed teleprinters had two shift-codes, a `letter shift' and a `figure shift'. Each of the remaining thirty codes was mapped to two characters, one belonging to the `letter' set and the other to the `figure' set."
shift , [v.]
(1844) J. Williams Real Prop. (1877) 292 "The lands will shift away from him, and vest in the person next entitled in remainder."
shikimic , [a.]
(1978) Nature 20 July 216/2 "The exact nature of the bracken fern `carcinogen' remains elusive and although various chemicals, such as shikimic acid, which have been extracted from bracken show some oncogenic activity, the major compound responsible has not yet been identified."
shipwrecked , [ppl. a.]
(1751) Earl Orrery Rem. Swift (1752) 68 "The small remains of the shipwreckt fortune. "
shock , [v. 2]
(1746) Watson in Phil. Trans. XLIV. 741 "It remains now, that I endeavour to lay before you a Solution why our Bodies are so shocked in the Experiments with the electrified Water. "
shockability .
(1929) G. Gould Democritus 89 "What we want is to preserve the precious gift of shockability while remaining too intelligent to be shocked. "
shoot , [v.]
(1768) Tucker Lt. Nat. (1834) II. 281 "Charity, though shooting most vigorously from rational self-love, yet, when perfectly formed, has no tincture remaining of the parent root. "
shop , [sb.]
(1779) E. Gibbon Let. 15 May (1956) II. 215 "So much remains to be done, that I can hardly spare a single day from the Shop. "
shopping , [vbl. sb.]
(1886) S. Coolidge What Katy did Next ix. 247 "In her shopping-bag one or two of the Carnival bonbons still remained. "
short , [a.] , [sb.] , and [adv.]
(1842) Mrs. Kirkland Forest Life II. 19 "The short remainder of his stay at Mr. Hay's, say him eat his meals like a Trappist. "
(1875) Encycl. Brit. 407/2 " The catcher, pitcher, first and third basemen, and short-stop comprise the in-field; the remainder the out-field. "
(1611) Mure Misc. Poems i. 54 "Lyk to a blooming meadow, Quhose pryd doth schort remaine. "
(1577) F. de L'isle's Legendarie G iv, "Fiue of them came short home, and the most doulte of all remained behinde. "
shortly , [adv.]
(1875) Bennett &. Dyer Sachs' Bot. ii. v. 558 "More often the cotyledons remain thin like shortly stalked foliage-leaves of simple form."
shot , [ppl. a.]
(1881) Tyndall Floating Matter in Air 103 "A shot hare will remain soft and limp for a day."
shot-gun shotgun
(1977) Observer 13 Mar. 13/2 "By the end of last year, 464 men had been forced to quit, 74 after formal proceedings, the remainder in shotgun resignations."
shoulder , [sb.]
(1900) Pollok &. Thom Sports Burma vi. 212, "I gave this [bison] the *shoulder-shot with the remaining barrel of my rifle. "
shoulder , [v.]
(1847) Infantry Man. (1854) 30 "Serjeants..will remain steady at Shoulder Arms. "
shouting , [ppl. a.]
(1876) J. Burroughs Winter Sunshine i. 23 "About the only genuine shouting Methodists that remain are to be found in the coloured churches. "
shove , [v. 1]
(1836) Montreal Transcript 29 Dec. 2/2 "About one it [sc. the ice] shoved for the second time, when it remained stationary till dark."
shovel , [sb.]
(1834-7) J. S. Macaulay Field Fortif. (1851) 54 "Four shovels are placed on the berm,..and the remaining 4 shovels and rammers on the parapet. "
show biz
(1976) Liverpool Echo 23 Nov. 6/4 "Blackpool remains..the heartland of Northern showbiz."
show business
(1903) Century Mag. Apr. 819/1 "General Grant..declined to remain in town for the occasion, saying that he had had enough of `show business'. "
show-down
(1892) W. J. Florence Handbk. Poker 42 "If a player miscalls his hands, innocently, and on the show-down has enough to win the pot, it remains his. "
shredlet .
(1840) Tait's Mag. VII. 183 "We'll 'bide by its tatter'd shredlets, While leaf or breath remains."
shriek , [sb.]
(1933) Blunden &. Norman We'll shift our Ground 16 "It remained only to add the shriek-marks and to discover a heroine. "
shrink , [v.]
(1891) Kipling Light that Failed xiv, "Bessie remained in his arms shrinking."
shroud , [sb. 1]
(1847) Prescott Peru (1850) II. 287 "His remains, rolled in their bloody shroud. "
shroud , [v. 1]
(1650) Fuller Pisgah iv. ii. 21 "The remains of that nation, which escaped that dismall overthrow, shrowded themselves under the names of some neighbouring people. "
shuffle , [sb.]
(1894) Maskelyne Sharps &. Flats 140 "To allow a certain number of cards to remain undisturbed is a comparatively simple matter in any shuffle."
shush , [v.]
(1929) J. B. Priestley Good Companions iii. iv. 553 "Some people laughed. The remainder indignantly shushed again and then clapped. "
shut , [v.]
(1948) H. Constant Gas Turbines xi. 137 "The best that can be done is to shut down as many engines as possible and operate the remainder at a power output giving reasonable efficiency. "
(1798) Sophia Lee Canterb. T., Young Lady's T. II. 476 "Those for whom the feast should have been preparing,..remained shut up at home. "
shut-eye
(1899) Navy &. Army Illustr. 9 Dec. 307 "The remainder of the dinner hour..is spent in smoking and perhaps dozing (a little shut-eye). "
shut-in [a.] and [sb.]
(1962) Listener 10 May 796/2 "There remains a huge quantity of shut-in oil capacity overhanging the market and depressing prices. "
shutter , [sb.]
(1958) Newnes Compl. Amat. Photogr. 37 "At the B setting, the shutter remains open as long as the *shutter release is kept pressed. "
shy , [a.]
(1867) F. Francis Angling i. (1880) 58 "If the fish remain shy, leave the swim for a couple of hours. "
(1972) Sat. Rev. (U.S.) 28 Oct. 33/3 "The extent to which rather sophisticated people remain telephone-shy is remarkable. "
sialidase .
(1978) A. White et al. Princ. Biochem. (ed. 6) xxix. 916 "It remains unclear how sialic acid in mammals or galactose in birds and reptiles is removed in vivo from plasma glycoproteins, although sialidase and &beta.-galactosidases are present in many tissues."
sibling .
(1930) Nature 15 Nov. 766 "A few were odd twins who had a brother or sister at school, and the remainder were either siblings of twins, or pairs of siblings unconnected with twins. "
(1957) V. W. Turner Schism &. Continuity in Afr. Soc. iii. 68 "Thus uterine siblings and matrilineal parallel cousins remained together throughout life. "
sick , [a.] and [sb.]
(A. 1660) in J. Morris Troubles Cath. Foref. (1872) vi. 277 "The Cellaress and *Sick Mistress..remained there. "
sickle , [sb.]
(1763) Phil. Trans. LIII. 419 "There were still remaining several of the suckers..disposed along its *sickle-shaped Pinnul&ae.. "
sickle , [v. 2]
(1981) Sci. Amer. Mar. 117/1 "After cyanate treatment and washing, the AS cells remained competent as hosts for P. falciparum, but now they did not sickle as readily."
sickled [ppl. a.]
(1923) Johns Hopkins Hosp. Bull. XXXIV. 339/1 "All the cells in the preparation kept in the dark had reversed within two days, whereas the controls remained sickled for a period of three days to one month. "
sickly , [a.]
(1826) Art of Brewing (ed. 2) 32 "The beer..cannot recover itself, but remains sickly, and becomes sour."
side , [sb. 1]
(1611) Bible 1 Sam. xxiv. 3 "Dauid and his men remained in the sides of the caue. "
(1939) H. W. Dickinson Short Hist. Steam Engine vi. 108 "This type was taken up by other makers under the name of the side&dubh.lever engine, and remained for about forty years the established type for marine-engine practice. "
sideage .
(1896) Times 18 Dec. 13/5 "The action was..in respect of sidage or standage rent charged upon trucks..which remained more than four days upon their sidings. "
side-line [sb.]
(1898) Westm. Gaz. 4 Oct. 10/1 "There remain the South London and the Southwark and Deptford Companies' systems. These, however, are but sidelines west and east."
sideman
(1682) in Picture of Liverpool (1834) 108 "Thomas Mathews elected sideman for the remainder of the Year."
Siegenian , [a.]
(1979) R. Anderton et al. Dynamic Stratigr. Brit. Isles x. 130/2 "Non-marine faunas of ostracoderm and placoderm fish fragments and plant remains..indicate a lower Devonian (Siegenian) age for the group."
sifaka .
(1978) Nature 19 Oct. 587/1 "White sifaka and ringtailed lemur populations have remained stable since 1963 in the privately protected 100-hectare reserve at Berenty."
sight , [sb. 1]
(1885) Law Rep. 14 Q.B.D. 874 "He remained, as he alleged, out of sight of anyone entering the shop."
sight [sb. 3]
(1559) Morwyng Evonym. 376 "Pres it out strongly and put the decoction prest out through a wullen sight, and pres it out, that the substance may remaine in the sight."
sign , [sb.]
(1825) Scott Talism. iv, "I am but the vile and despised sign, which points out to the wearied traveller a harbour of rest and security, but must itself remain for ever without doors."
(1567) Allen Def. Priesthood 228 "Wherof yet in most Churches ther remaineth a smal signe, by disciplin geuen [etc.]. "
signature , [sb.]
(1960) T. Hughes Lupercal 27 "No Signature but this threshold-held hollow Remained of some vigorous souls That had Englished for Elizabeth. "
significative , [a.] and [sb.]
(1861) Max Mü.ller Sci. Lang. Ser. i. (1864) 338 "In these sesquipedalian compounds the significative root remains distinct."
sign-post [sb.]
(1751) Earl Orrery Rem. Swift (1752) 83 "While there remained a sign-post painter in the world. "
Silesian , [a.] and [sb.]
(1929) W. A. Thorpe Hist. Eng. &. Irish Glass vi. 204 "For about twenty years..the Silesian stem remained constant and English stem growth was at a standstill. "
siliciate
(1854) Ronalds &. Richardson Chem. Technol. (ed. 2) I. 107 "The oxide of iron which remains in the coke forms with the siliciate a slag or scar when the carbon is consumed."
silicic , [a.]
(1913) E. Hatschek Physics &. Chem. of Colloids v. 41 "If a solution of sodium silicate..is decomposed by a slight excess of hydrochloric acid, and the mixture is dialysed until the free acid and the sodium chloride have been removed, there remains in the dialyser a perfectly clear colourless sol of silicic acid. "
silicified , [ppl. a.]
(1822) J. Parkinson Outl. Oryctol. 49 "The nodules of chalk flint frequently contain the silicified remains of sponge. "
obssilicium .
(1861) Sir W. Fairbairn Iron 156 "The silicium is first attacked, neither the iron nor carbon being operated upon to any extent while any silicium remains. "
silk , [sb.] and [a.]
(1912) Cape Times 12 Oct. 9/8 "In the gorge beneath the fall an indigenous thicket, yellow-wood, Hottentot cherry, silk-bark, has been allowed to remain. "
silly , [a.] , [sb.] , and [adv.]
(1665) Manley Grotius' Low-C. Wars 938 "There remained fresh Examples of their Barbarism against weak Sea-men, and silly Fisher-men."
Silsbee .
(1932) Proc. R. Soc. A. CXXXVI. 65 "There remained the possibility..that the effect was a manifestation of the Silsbee effect, in which the current through the super-conductor produces, by its own magnetic field, a depression of the critical temperature. "
silt , [sb.]
(1909) A. G. McCall Physical Properties of Soils 88 "Stir up the soil remaining in the centrifugal tube and allow to stand for about one minute, or until all particles larger than silt (0&rdot.05 [mm.]) have settled. "
silver , [sb.] and [a.]
(1883) Cassell's Fam. Mag. Aug. 528/1 "The beans [of coffee are] put through a winnower, which takes off a delicate skin still remaining, called the `silver-skin'. "
silverweed
(1863) Gardener's Chron. 23 May 493 "The Silver Weed is a great pest in the arable field, and especially where some damp spots remain. "
simpliciter , [adv.]
(1884) Law Rep. 27 Chanc. Div. 210 "The outlay upon Cardiff Docks is not simpliciter a question between tenant for life and remainderman."
sin , [v.]
(1859) Hawthorne Marb. Faun xi, "While there remains so much to be sinned and suffered in the world. "
Sinanthropus .
(1978) Nagel's Encycl.-Guide: China 298 "Great pride was taken in the discovery of remains of `sinanthropus' which were older still than those found at Zhou Kou dian by Teilhard de Chardin."
since , [adv.] , [prep.] , and [conj.] (also [a.] and [sb.] ).
(1885) Law Times LXXX. 118/1 "In 1879 he went abroad, and had ever since remained abroad."
sine quo non
(1693) Stair Institutes (ed. 2) iv. xx. §.31 "By a Quorum, or sine quibus non, in which case though the Sine quibus non accept not,..the Interdiction remains. "
singer (1) .
(1652) (title), "Herbert's Remains, or, sundry Pieces of that sweet Singer of the Temple. "
singing , [vbl. sb.]
(1842) F. Witts Diary 22 Oct. (1978) 167 "The remains were to be deposited at the west end of Upton St. Leonards church, under the singing gallery, near the font. "
singing bread
(1570) B. Googe Pop. Kingd. iv. 51 b, "And least in grave he shoulde remaine, without some companie, The singing bread is layde with him. "
single , [a.]
(1980) Times 19 Feb. 2 "Applications to Oriel, the only remaining men's single-sex college, are down again. "
single , [v. 1]
(1575) Gascoigne Flowers Wks. 1907 I. 109 "The meanes to single forth The stricken Deare which doth in heard remaine. "
singleness
(1818) Byron Let. to Rogers 3 March, "They are marrying the remaining singleness of the royal family."
singleton (2) .
(1885) Proctor Whist viii. 91 "While doubt remains as to the position of trump strength, avoid..discarding a singleton."
singular , [a.] , [adv.] , and [sb.]
(1766) Porny Elem. Heraldry v. (1777) 140 "Had it not been for the singular conduct of this brave person, the King had then remained a prisoner. "
sinify , [v.]
(1942) A. J. Grajdanzev Formosa Today iii. 35 "Only 95,400 of them are classified as `savages'..the remaining 60,500 being `civilized', that is, they are `sinified'. "
sinister , [a.]
(1829) I. Taylor Enthus. i. (1867) 18 "We ought not to heed the injudicious, and perhaps sinister, delicacy of some persons who had rather that truth should remain for ever sullied [etc.]."
sinus .
(1804) Abernethy Surg. Obs. 124 "Sinuses remained where the abscesses had been. "
siphon , [v.]
(1979) A. Hailey Overload iii. xiii. 261 "So how about the remainder [of the income of an organization]? The best guess was that Birdsong, who controlled p &. lfp totally, was siphoning it off."
sister , [sb.]
(1942) Jrnl. Genetics XLIII. 195 "A single chromatid may be broken and fail to rejoin, the chromatid fragment almost always remaining paired to its *sister chromatid. "
sit , [v.]
(1822-7) Good Study Med. (1829) I. 187 "A little toast and water alone..will often sit easy when nothing else will remain."
(1937) Wodehouse Lord Emsworth &. Others ii. 96 "Can I count on your co-operation?.. Sit in, and I shall be able to marry the girl I adore. Refuse to do your bit, and I drift through the remainder of my life a soured, blighted bachelor. "
(1882) Jamieson's Sc. Dict. IV. 228/1 "To sit on, to remain, to continue to abide in the same house. "
sit-down [a.] and [sb.]
(1936) N.Y. Times 30 Jan. 7/6, "1000 workers of the Firestone Tire and Rubber Company remained idle in a `sit down' protest. "
(1937) Times 25 Jan. 19/4 "The General Motors Corporation has decided to remain in possession of such of its plants as are occupied by sit-down strikers. "
sited , [ppl. a.]
(1585) W. Whitaker Answ. Rainolds 283 "The garden wherein Adam for a time remained, was sited in the east. "
sit-fast sitfast [sb.] and [a.]
(A. 1732) Boston Crook in Lot (1805) 53 "He can raise the oldest sit-fast, concerning which there remains no hope with us."
sitting-room
(1849) D. J. Browne Amer. Poultry Yard (1855) 89 "The ends of the nest box may be shifted, so that she will be in the sitting room, where she may remain..till she hatches her brood."
situation .
(1934) Times 22 Aug. 11/3 "A popular dodge at present is to add the word `situation' or `position' to a noun; by this means apparently it has been discovered that the most pregnant meanings can be expressed with the least effort. The `coal situation' remains unchanged; the `herring position' is grave. "
Siwalik .
(1974) Encycl. Brit. Microp&ae.dia IX. 246/2 "Remains of the first clearly hominid forms..are known from the Siwalik. "
sixteener .
(1801) W. Taylor in Monthly Mag. XII. 574 "On the decease of one sixteener or alderman, the remainder filled up the vacancy."
size , [sb. 1]
(1962) Science Survey III. 296 "Shoals of large salmon were observed to remain inactive at the tail of the pool while a smaller size-range of salmon and trout ascended successfully. "
skaldic , [a.]
(1808) Finlay Scot. Hist. &. Rom. Ball. I. p. xxx, "The Skaldic remains preserved in the Edda. "
skeleton , [sb.]
(1759) Mills tr. Duhamel's Husb. i. iii. (1762) 5 "The plant would indeed die..: without earth, not even a skeleton of it would remain. "
(1858) Hawthorne Fr. &. It. Note-bks. I. 164 "The sterner features remain, the skeleton of thought."
skeletonize , [v.]
(1857) Taylor Hist. Antiq. Cupar 17 "The Revolution consigned the skeletonised remains to their present resting place. "
Skene (2) .
(1932) C. J. Miller Clin. Gynecol. ii. 35 "The cure of a chronic urethritis cannot be expected while there remains an active infection in Skene's glands. "
skerrick .
(1841) R. W. Hamilton Nugae Literariae 359 "Skerrick, the smallest thing or fraction. `Not a skerrick remaining.' `Not worth a skerrick.' "
skew [v. 3]
(1688) Holme Armoury iii. 149/1 "Skew, a term in Herald-Painting, which is with a Wing or Hares Foot [to] brush away all the loose edges of Silver and Gold that remains of the working of them. "
skid , [sb.]
(1980) Washington Post 1 Mar. a13/4 "In Seattle, where the `Skid Row' term originated `from flophouses built along the `Skid Road' of lumber being `skidded' to the water front', reminders of that age remain."
skin , [sb.]
(1841) Totten Naval Text Bk. 394 "Skin, that part of a sail, when furled, which remains outside and covers the whole. "
(1977) D. Beaty Excellency i. 8 "The company to which it [sc. an aircraft] belonged had been painted out... What remained against the silver duralumin skin was AN--."
skinning , [vbl. sb.]
(1929) Chicagoan 17 Aug. 22/2 "In this period he [sc. Carl Sandburg] wrote the poetic denunciation of the Rev. Billy Sunday that..remains as the most thorough skinning that the evangelist ever received. "
skip [v. 1]
(1875) Jowett Plato (ed. 2) III. 52 "Two virtues remain; shall we skip one and go to the other? "
skirt , [sb.]
(1980) L. Lewis Private Life Country House xii. 166 "Skirt lengths remained what you had been wearing for some time. "
skulk , [sb.]
(1594) O. B. Quest. Profit. Concern. 10 "Notwithstanding all this, there remained a sculke of such, as neither care nor castigation could amend. "
skulk , [v.]
(1866) G. Macdonald Ann. Q. Neighb. xxvii, "But my love did not long remain skulking thus behind the hedge of honour."
skunk , [sb.]
(1894) Westm. Gaz. 2 Feb. 3/1 "The five or six little skunklets remain en famille with their parents until the following spring. "
sky , [sb. 1]
(1946) R.A.F. Jrnl. May 169 "The red, yellow and green T.I.s and the skymarker flares, remained the principal weapons of P.F.F. throughout the war... The `wanganni' skymarkers went down over Germany and load after load of destruction followed. "
sky-hook
(1915) Aeroplane 10 Mar. 222 "The battery signaller sent a message: `Battery out of action for an hour, remain aloft awaiting orders.' Back came the reply with remarkable promptitude: `Submitted; that this machine is not fitted with sky-hooks.' "
sky-parlour
(1805) Naval Chron. XIII. 7, "I remained six weeks in this Sky parlour. "
slab , [sb. 1]
(1969) Burchard &. Bush-Brown Archit. of Amer. iv. 353 "The early skyscrapers were massive blocks... The new characteristic form became the slab, a term applied to the buildings erected at the Rockefeller Center beginning about 1930. The slab form had appeared briefly in the early history of the skyscraper, notably in the Monadnock Building... It remained for the architects of Rockefeller Center..to modernize the slab, to make it thinner in relation to its height, to simplify it and to treat it with characteristic but underemphasized setbacks."
slab , [sb. 2]
(1671) St. Foine Improved 4 "The Slabb and Mud which remains after the Water is drawn off the Ground. "
slack , [a.] and [adv.]
(1833) Ht. Martineau Manch. Strike ix. 99 "A slack season in which many workmen remain unemployed. "
(1830) M. Donovan Domest. Econ. I. 91 "When malt which has been thus sprinkled remains some time in store, it grows soft, or slack, as it is called. "
slack-water
(1769) Falconer Dict. Marine (1780), "Slack-water, the interval between the flux and reflux of the tide;..during which..the water apparently remains in a state of rest. "
slag , [sb. 1]
(1832) Babbage Econ. Manuf. xxiii. (ed. 3) 236 "Others remain in the form of melted slags, floating on the surface of the iron. "
slander , [v.]
(1609) Skene Reg. Maj., Act Jas. II, 132 "Gif any person is sklandered, or suspect of treason, he sal remaine in firmance."
slap [v. 2]
(1805) State Fraser of Fraserfield 216 (Jam.), "The remains of an old dyke or bulwark, much slapped and broken."
slatch .
(1916) T. C. Cantrill et al. Geol. S. Wales Coalfield xii. xii. 116 "It is probable that the circular or elliptical pockets of coal known as `slatches' or `slashes' are the remains of short closed synclinal masses of coal abnormally swollen out by the squeezing-down of the two sides of the syncline."
slate , [v. 1]
(1885) C. T. Davis Manuf. Leather xxxii. 527 "Upon removal from the bate the skins are `slated', which is the removal of the fine hair remaining upon the skins after the unhairing operation."
sleep , [sb.]
(1651) Hobbes Leviath. ii. xxvii. 156 "Dreams be naturally but the fancies remaining in sleep. "
sleeping , [vbl. sb.]
(1869) Wallace Malay Archip. (ed. 10) 272 "The skeleton of his little *sleeping-hut remained. "
sleepless , [a.]
(1848) Gallenga Italy I. p. xxv, "Thought remained anxious, sleepless, rebellious. "
sleep-over [sb.] (and [a.] )
(1935) Amer. Speech X. 236/1 "A contributor testifies that in part of Pennsylvania, in college use, a sleep-over is a permission to stay away from church and remain in bed on Sunday morning. "
sleigh , [sb.]
(1950) W. Bird Nova Scotia iii. 87 "Those who spend the night in the ancient bedrooms, perhaps sleeping on the great `sleigh bed' that remains in one. "
sleuthful [a.]
(C. 1614) Sir W. Mure Dido &. &Ae.neas Wks. (S.T.S.) I. 78 "None sluethfull in the citty do remaine."
slick , [sb. 1]
(1890) Stock Grower &. Farmer 12 July 6/3 "Seven of them were branded, the remainder were `slicks', or horses which had run wild from birth. "
slide , [sb.]
(1864) J. Rogers New Rush II. 27 "The heavier gold remaining on the slide."
slighting [vbl. sb.]
(1936) Times Lit. Suppl. 6 June 479/4 "In spite of Cromwellian `slighting' and the quarrying of local builders and road-makers, so much..still remains. "
slime , [sb.]
(1902) J. McCrae tr. Arrhenius' Text-bk. Electrochem. xvi. 276 "The other impurities, such as gold, silver,..and lead, remain undissolved, or form insoluble compounds..and falling from the anode, collect in the so-called anode slime. "
(1971) Sunday Times (Johannesburg) (Mag. Section) 28 Mar. 11/5 "That square outline you see at the corner of what looks like a Witwatersrand slimes dam is, in fact, the remains of a Roman army camp."
slimy , [a.]
(1575) tr. Luther's Galat. iii. 1 "The slimy Body and the Remnants of Sin remain still in us. "
slip , [sb. 2]
(A. 1639) Wotton in Reliq. (1651) 340 "Julia a little before dying,..together with an infant she bare,..and she gone without any slip remaining [etc.]. "
slip , [sb. 3]
(1976) Nature 22 July 284/2 "The beetles either burrowed into dune slipfaces when returned or remained active. "
slobber , [v.]
(A. 1734) North Examen iii. vii. §.99 (1740) 581 "But see what false disingenuous Dealing here is to slobber over a base Business that will remain an eternal Shame to his Party."
slobbering , [vbl. sb.]
(1784) J. Barry Lect. Art vi. (1848) 226 "Amidst all his [Titian's] dashing and slobbering, there is still remaining [etc.]. "
slobby , [a.]
(1886) Pall Mall G. 18 Feb. 5/1 "There now only remained the geese, far up on the slobby ooze. "
slop-shop
(1879) Sala Paris herself again (1880) I. iii. 29 "There yet remain slop-shops in the Palais Royal; but they are few in number."
slosh , [sb.]
(1961) E. Waugh Unconditional Surrender i. iv. 60 "Guy spent the remaining hours of his fortieth birthday at Bellamy's playing `slosh'. "
slot , [sb. 2]
(1964) E. Bach Introd. Transformational Gram. iii. 44 "But the basic points of the slot-symbol and class-symbol description and the lack of context-sensitive rules remain untouched. "
slouch hat
(1837) Carlyle Fr. Rev. i. v. i, "Much may remain unfixed..in the Slouch-hatted heads, in the French Nation's head. "
slough , [sb. 2]
(1818) Kirby &. Sp. Introd. Entom. xvi. (ed. 2) II. 16 "The moisture that remained upon them [i.e. locusts] after casting their sloughs."
sloven , [sb.] and [a.]
(1799) A. Young View Agric. Linc. 138 "There are some slovens remaining, who either hoe but little, or..execute it in a very insufficient manner. "
Slovene , [sb.] and [a.]
(1980) English World-Wide I. 256 "Of the remaining essays not involving English, most are on minority languages, such as..the individual cases of Slovene in Southern Austria."
slow , [sb.]
(1843) J. C. Shairp Let. 25 Sept. in W. A. Knight Principal Shairp (1888) vi. 71 "This..makes good my summer's work. `The Slows' are my bane, but I must be courageous and face what remains... If I could but secure a second, I should be happy. "
slow , [a.]
(1981) D. Rowntree Dict. Education 286 "Slow learner. A term often used rather loosely of any child whose attainments have always fallen noticeably behind those of other children of the same age, without any implication as to what might be thought to be the cause..or whether the child might be enabled to speed up or catch up. Sometimes, however, the term is used to indicate children who are not only expected to remain slow learners but also to be unable ever to learn as much as others. Some people would even restrict the term to pupils who are educationally subnormal."
sludge , [sb.]
(1946) L. D. Stamp Britain's Struct. &. Scenery iii. 20 "In tundra lands the sub-soil remains permanently frozen whilst the surface thaws in summer and, where there are steep slopes, masses of sludge slide downhill. "
sluggish , [a.]
(1807) Chalmers Caledonia I. Pref. p. vii, "The scholars of Scotland remained sluggish, and silent. "
sluit ,
(1882) Times of Natal 8 June, "About 3,900 yards of the sluits remain uncovered. "
slumber , [v.]
(1854) J. S. C. Abbott Napoleon (1855) II. i. 31 "They slumbered away their remaining years in idleness."
slumberous , slumbrous [a.]
(1889) Times 17 Jan. 9/4 "The British plantations would have remained..as slumberous as they have been in the past."
slumgum .
(1946) R. A. Grout Hive &. Honeybee xxii. 544 "Slumgum is the material remaining after some rendering treatment has been performed on comb material. It may be more or less rich in beeswax and is usually dark brown or almost black in color. "
slummy , [sb.]
(1964) A. Prior Z Cars Again xvi. 158 "The remains of many meals stood on..a newspaper... It was a typical slummie's house. "
slurp [v.]
(1974) P. Cave Mama (new ed.) xiii. 107 "The Angels obediently slurped down the remainder of their teas and rose to their feet noisily. "
slush , [sb. 1]
(1936) H. L. Campbell Metal Castings iii. 53 "Slush castings are produced by pouring the low-melting alloys of lead, antimony, and zinc into metal molds and, after a short interval, slushing out the metal which remains in a liquid state. "
slush fund
(1931) Economist 10 Oct. 658/1 "How candidate-deputies will react against this suppression of what has usually, in the past, been regarded as an electoral `slush' fund remains to be seen. "
sluttish , [a.]
(1678) Cudworth Intell. Syst. 798 "This Foul and Gross Body of ours..remaining still Nasty, Sluttish and Ruinous within. "
smack-smooth [a.] and [adv.]
(1798) Spirit Public Jrnls. (1799) II. 29 "In fine, the bleeding trunk, smack smooth, with the head only remaining to the body, was immersed in the styptic. "
small , [adv.]
(A. 1918) W. Owen Poems (1920) 13 "And terror's first constriction over, Their hearts remain small drawn."
smallness .
(1801) Farmer's Mag. Nov. 469 "A large growth of grass,..owing to the comparative smallness of stock kept, remains..to be consumed. "
smart alec .
(1958) Spectator 5 Sept. 306/2 "Brouhaha remains a hodgepodge of smartaleckry aimed..at the intellectual teddy-boy set. "
smash [v. 2]
(1851) Household Words 25 Jan. 423, "I [a bad shilling] remained to be `smashed' (passed) by my master."
smash-up
(1892) Cath. News 27 Feb. 5/5 "May this smash-up of his facts remain as a warning to him."
smithereens , [sb. pl.]
(1976) Time 27 Dec. 36/3 "The result is another kind of supernova, a fantastic explosion that blows the star to smithereens, dispersing into space most of the remaining elements that it had manufactured during its lifetime."
smock , [sb.]
(1677) Grew Anat. Pl., Anat. Seeds (1682) 201 "This sticks not to the midle Coat,..but commonly, remains entire, after those are stripp'd off, being as it were, the Smock of the Seed."
smoke , [sb.]
(1792) Stat. Acc. Scotl. IV. 316 "For 6 miles in a well inhabited extent,..there was not a smoke remaining. "
(1938) P. J. Smith Con Man ix. 179 "Denman advised Naysmith to remain `in smoke'-an expression meaning to hide himself-and play golf until Denman had stood his trial alone for the offence in Glasgow. "
snaky , [a.]
(1981) Courier-Mail (Brisbane) 28 Nov. 23/1 "They remain very snaky indeed about allegedly non&dubh.impartial treatment from players and umpires in Perth."
snip , [sb.]
(1756) Connoisseur No. 115 &page.7 "A snip of hair, or the portrait of a cherry&dubh.cheeked gentleman,..are the only remaining proofs of those beauties. "
snipe , [v.]
(1844) tr. Mir Hussain Ali's Life Tipu xiv. 179 "The Kuzzaks..remained all night attacking, or sniping and throwing rockets into the English camp. "
snipping , [vbl. sb.]
(1862) Sat. Rev. 5 July 23 "The remaining snippings from our author's book of ethical commonplaces. "
snoke , [v.]
(1722) Wodrow Hist. Suff. Ch. Scot. iii. viii. II. 449 "The Dogs would snook and smell about the Stones under which they were hid, and yet they remained undiscovered. "
snore , [v.]
(A. 1704) T. Brown Walk r. Lond., Tavern Wks. 1709 III. iii. 9 "Where she Surfeits upon Sack,..and Snoars away the Remainder of her Life. "
snorkel schnorkel .
(1963) Harper's Bazaar Jan. 30/2 "Many skin divers are content to remain snorkelers, but some want to go deeper and deeper. "
snow , [sb. 1]
(1979) B. John World of Ice 26 (caption) "The peaks and mountain-sides at this time of year are almost free of snow and ice, and only a few perennial snowpatches remain. "
snow-man
(1962) D. Harden Phoenicians. ii. 42 "The site..has produced remains of the seventh century, including some surprisingly primitive snow-man figurines of clay. "
snuff , [sb. 1]
(1705) tr. Bosman's Guinea 410 "The Buffel soon trod out the small remainder of the Snuff of his Life. "
snuffy , [a. 2]
(1765) Sterne Tr. Shandy VIII. 51 "A plan..upon the lower corner of which..there is still remaining the marks of a snuffy finger and thumb. "
snug , [a. 1] and [adv.]
(1844) P. Harwood Hist. Irish Rebell. 41 note, "The other boroughs, which were close or snug, sent the remainder."
(1815) Scott Guy M. xxxiii, "But you must remain snug at the Point of Warroch till I come to see you. "
so , [adv.] and [conj.]
(1908) R. Bagot A. Cuthbert vii. 77 "If the lady remained at Syracuse for a day or two, so much the better."
soak , [v.]
(1697) Dryden Virg. Georg. iii. 677 "If Sweat remains Unwash'd, and soaks into the empty Veins. "
(1970) Wall St. Jrnl. 29 Apr. 1/5 " Soak-the-sinner tax policy remains a stand-by... Taxes on alcoholic beverages and on cigarets have been the most frequent targets for increases. "
soaper .
(1879) Cassell's Techn. Educ. I. 331/2 "The remaining liquor..is commonly called soaper's lye."
soarable , [a.]
(1922) Flight XIV. 620/2 "How machines will fare..remains to be seen. The southern slopes are not nearly so steep, and the extent to which they give soar&dubh.ability is at present a matter for speculation. "
sociable , [a.] and [sb.]
(1927) A. Huxley Proper Studies 190 "The ratio of solitaries to sociables will remain much as it is."
social , [a.] and [sb.]
(1794) Mrs. Radcliffe Myst. Udolpho xxxvi, "The spacious fire-places, where no mark of social cheer remained. "
(1970) N. A. Victoria in I. L. Horowitz Masses in Lat. Amer. xv. 549 "Among the remaining social classes, the split was reflected in general skepticism. "
(1859) Mill Liberty i. 14 " The practical question, where to place the limit-how to make the fitting adjustment between individual independence and social control-is a subject on which nearly everything remains to be done. "
sociality .
(1806) J. Beresford Miseries Hum. Life i. 5 "My only remaining solace,-that of sociality in sorrow and complaint. "
socialization .
(1957) Ann. Reg. 1956 311 "The Chinese People's Republic remained largely preoccupied with the drive for greater industrialization and for the `socialization' of agriculture. "
Socinian , [sb.] and [a.]
(1842) Penny Cycl. XXII. 119/2 "This measure..was followed by the abolition of the two remaining Socinian schools. "
soda (1) .
(1893) Jrnl. Soc. Chem. Industry 30 Sept. 793/2 "The product of 1892 included only 12,500 tons of *soda pulp, the remaining 137,500 tons being produced by the sulphite process. "
soft , [a.]
(1948) Partridge Dict. Forces' Slang 1939-45 175 "Soft-skinned vehicles; soft stuff, unarmoured vehicles. (Army.) Both of these terms started as slang; the latter remained unofficial, although it did become colloquial; the former very rapidly became colloquial and then official. "
(1837) Carlyle Fr. Rev. i. iii. viii, "Remains only that the Court..shall make his fall soft."
(1975) Daily Tel. 11 Aug. 11/4 "One vehicle will make a soft touchdown on Mars while the large spacecraft which carried it on its journey will remain in orbit."
(1963) New Scientist 717/1 "In most western countries the consumption of soap, which is a soft detergent, remains fairly steady or is falling. "
(1949) Times 10 Sept. 5/7 "Soft currency..is a relative rather than an absolute term. It means a currency of which other countries (or some other countries) have earned more than they can willingly spend in the country whose currency it is... A soft currency is by definition, non-convertible-i.e., cannot be converted into gold or dollars... A currency may, however, be `transferable' (within limits) and yet remain a soft currency in relation to some other currencies. "
softball .
(1926) Daily Colonist (Victoria, B.C.) 2 July 5/3 "The remainder of the morning was occupied by the younger members of the party in playing soft ball and other less strenuous games. "
sogged , [ppl. a.]
(1966) S. Heaney Death of Naturalist 23 "For days I sadly hung Round the yard, watching the three sogged remains Turn mealy and crisp as old summer dung."
soigne , [a.]
(1959) Good Food Guide 35 "The prices remain fairly high but the cooking is genuinely soign&eacu.. "
soil , [sb. 1]
(1972) J. G. Cruickshank Soil Geogr. iii. 81 "Differences between the composition of soil air and atmospheric air become greater with depth..provided organisms remain present. "
soily , [a. 1]
(1631) Fuller Joseph's Coat, David's Sin xxxii, "So spots of sinne the writer's soule did staine, Whose soylie tincture did therein remaine. "
solderable [a.]
(1949) Iron Age 8 Dec. 96/2 "The solderability of electro&dubh.deposited lead-tin alloy remains excellent for at least 9 months under normal operating conditions. "
soldier , [sb.]
(1852) Mundy Antipodes (1857) 35 "The old *soldier-robber remaining doggedly at bay. "
(1977) Weekly Times (Melbourne) 19 Jan. 39/2 "The property remained in the Bell family until taken up under Soldier Settlement by Mr J. Smedley after World War 2. "
sole , [sb. 1]
(1855) Orr's Circ. Sci., Elem. Chem. 217 "One half of the instrument [i.e. the electrophorus]-to which the term `sole' has been given-is now prepared, and it only remains to form the cover. "
solecism .
(A. 1641) Finett For. Ambass. (1656) 27 "My Lord Walden leaving him at the Court gate and remaining that night (not perhaps without a Solecisme in ceremonie) at Theobalds. "
solicitation .
(1874) Green Short Hist. ix. 689 "In spite of his master's personal solicitations Churchill remained true to Protestantism."
soliciting , [vbl. sb.]
(1760-72) H. Brooke Fool of Qual. (1809) IV. 134 "The remaining time was spent in soliciting for me. "
solid , [a.]
(1596) Bacon Max. &. Use Com. Law xxiv. (1630) 94 "So if tenant for life the remainder in fee bee, and they ioine in graunting a rent, this is one solid rent out of both their estates. "
(1910) Jrnl. R. Soc. Arts LVIII. 260/2 "There remained a mere film..like silver foil... That is, I believe, a fair example of the so-called `solid silver' sold in our swell shops, with the aid of much electric light and many bowing salesmen. "
solidity .
(1867) Emerson Lett. &. Soc. Aims Wks. (Bohn) III. 227 "Our..architecture [is] tent-like, when compared with the monumental solidity of medi&ae.val..remains in Europe and Asia."
solitariety
(1678) Cudworth Intell. Syst. 336 "Always remaining in the solitariety of His own unity."
solitary , [sb.]
(1864) Kingsley Rom. &. Teut. 239 "The solitaries of the Thebaid found that they became selfish wild beasts, or went mad, if they remained alone. "
solitary , [a.]
(1881) Cassell's Nat. Hist. V. 367 "The Solitary Bees..form the remainder of the family. "
solmization .
(1879) Grove's Dict. Music 734 "So long as the compass of a single Hexachord is not exceeded, its Solmization remains immutable."
somasteroid , [a.] and [sb.]
(1962) D. Nichols Echinoderms iii. 40 "The fossilized remains of these ossicles have even been found in the earliest asteroids, the Somasteroids. "
somatic , [a.] and [sb.]
(1888) Nature 14 June 156/2 "In the Metazoa, the germ&dubh.cells, instead of remaining single, give rise to the vast number of somatic cells which compose the adult structure. "
somatologist
(1893) D. G. Brinton in Smithsonian Rep. 594 "The constant blending of extreme physical types which the somatologist discovers in the remains from the oldest cemeteries around that great interior sea."
sombre , [a.] and [sb.]
(1821) Joanna Baillie Met. Leg., Ghost Fadon xxii, "All Remain'd in sombre mood. "
sometime , [adv.] (and [a.] ).
(A. 1654) Gataker Whitgift in Fuller Abel Rediv. (1867) II. 199 "His lectures..are said to remain yet under hope of seeing sometime further light. "
somma .
(C. 1910) H. R. Mill Dict. Geogr. Terms in L. D. Stamp Gloss. Geogr. Terms (1961) 426 "Somma, originally, the rampart remaining from the old crater of Vesuvius and forming an arc around one side of the new one. The name is sometimes extended to similar formations in other volcanoes. "
son , [sb. 2]
(1964) W. G. Raff&eacu. Dict. Dance 469/2 "As a ballroom dance, the Son remained very popular until about 1950, when the Mamba began to supersede every other dance in Cuba. "
song , [sb.]
(1942) E. Blom Music in England x. 168 "Arthur Somervell's settings of poems from Tennyson's `Maud', which have remained among the world's few great song-cycles. "
soot , [sb. 1]
(1966) Daily Tel. 21 Apr. 4/7 "On Achill Island off the west coast of Ireland are the remains of some small buildings... They are called `soot houses' and were used for the production of soot for fertilising the potato crop. "
sophist .
(1871) B. Taylor Faust (1875) I. xi. 136 "Thou art and thou remain'st a sophist, liar."
sopor .
(1843) R. J. Graves Syst. Clin. Med. v. 71 "The patient was in such a profound sopor, that apparently nothing but warmth remained to indicate that life had not already become extinct. "
sorb , [v.]
(1921) Jrnl. Chem. Soc. CXIX. 454 "Experimental results have always been obtained by shaking a certain volume of a solution of known strength with a known amount of sorbing material such as charcoal, and analysing a sample of the remaining solution. "
sordes .
(1660) Trapp Comm. O.T. III. 515 "Such persons chuse to remain in the sordes of their sins. "
soreness .
(1667) Decay Chr. Piety vii. 153 "Whilest the soreness of his late pangs of conscience remains. "
soroche .
(1970) Sci. Amer. Feb. 56/1 "Even mountain natives sometimes lose their acclimatization to high altitude and incur soroche (chronic mountain sickness), which is characterized by extreme elevation of the relative number and mass of red cells in the blood..and ultimately congestive heart failure if the victim remains at high altitude. "
sort , [sb. 2]
(1594) Carew Huarte's Exam. Wits vi. (1596) 84 "To remaine..affixed, in sort as the sparrowes are attached to birdlime. "
(1577) Hanmer Anc. Eccl. Hist., Euseb. i. vi. (1663) 7 "It remaineth that we begin after a compendious sort from the coming of our Saviour Christ in the Flesh. "
sorting , [vbl. sb.]
(1965) Perry &. Ryder Thomson's Dict. Banking (ed. 11) 524/2 "Sorting code numbers, a system devised to assist customers of banks who make considerable use of the Credit Transfer system... The number is placed in the box provided on the credit by the customer before passing the credit to the bank. It consists of three groups of two figures each, eg. 20-03-92, the first digits denoting the bank, and the remainder identifying the branch. "
soul , [sb.]
(1794) Mrs. Radcliffe Myst. Udolpho xlviii, "Valancourt seemed to be annihilated, and her soul sickened at the blank that remained. "
(1882) Sergt. Ballantine Exper. xvii. 171 "As long as he remained..he was the soul of the table."
(1968) N.Y. Times 17 June 24 "Plate glass in Negro-owned establishments remained intact and displayed the words, `Soul Brother' or `Soul Sister'. "
soulful , [a.]
(1973) Black World Apr. 9/1 "`Soul' is a highly valued concept among Afro-Americans. Soulful behavior may be called something else by some Afro-Americans, but its value remains."
soulish , [a.]
(1886) J. Pulsford Divine Genius in Nature &. Man 27 "The soulish body..begins more rapidly to be purified from all the remains of its fleshly defilement."
sound , [sb. 3]
(1982) Listener 16 Dec. 26/3 "There's something wrong with the way a taped sound-image remains fixed in eternity. "
sound , [a.]
(1597) Hooker Eccl. Pol. v. lxviii. (1611) 368 "Sound and sicke remaining both of the same body. "
(1608) Topsell Serpents (1658) 621 "From that time forwards, he remained well and lusty, and as sound as a Bell. "
soup , [sb.]
(1901) Scotsman 6 Nov. 10/6 "Then the `soup' begins to get thick. Particles of smoke..remain suspended. "
sour , [a.] and [sb. 1]
(1826) Art of Brewing (ed. 2) 32 "It cannot recover itself, but remains sickly, and becomes sour. "
sour , [v.]
(1825) J. Nicholson Operat. Mechanic 608 "It is absolutely necessary that the lime..be allowed to remain a considerable time macerating or souring in water. "
(1754) Richardson Grandison VII. xlii. 202 "A single woman..remains solitary and unheeded, in a busy bustling world; perhaps soured to it by her unconnected state. "
source , [sb.]
(1759) Robertson Hist. Scot. iii. Wks. 1813 I. 197 "The sixth article remained the only source of contest and difficulty. "
(1931) Bull. Amer. Assoc. Petroleum Geologists XV. 161 "*Source rocks of petroleum include carbonaceous or `bituminous' sedimentary deposits, containing aquatic plant and animal remains..and the products of their biochemical and geochemical alterations. "
south , [adv.] , [prep.] , [sb.] , and [a.]
(1949) Britannica Bk. of Year 380/1 "An interim agreement was signed calling for some U.S. troops to remain in Korea until South Korean military forces could be well organized. "
South African [sb.] and [a.]
(1930) Economist 8 Nov. 866/2 "South Africans [sc. shares] remained firm. "
South American [sb.] and [a.]
(1950) T. D. McCown in J. H. Steward Handbk. S. Amer. Indians VI. i. 2 "The osseous human remains and the artifacts of human manufacture..have been accumulated mainly by European and South American scientists over a period of about 100 years. "
southpaw , [sb.] ( [a.] )
(1976) A. Burgess Beard's Roman Women (1977) v. 110 "Donatella, a south&dubh.paw, animated this [sc. her left shoulder-blade] while lifting the one remaining chair from the front room. "
south-west , [adv.] , [sb.] , and [a.]
(1968) Ann. Reg. 1967 326 "The South African Government remained completely unmoved by United Nations' efforts to plan the implementation of the 1966 General Assembly resolution that South West Africa be removed from South African control. "
sovereigness
(1686) tr. Chardin's Coronat. Solyman 83 "There remained another sister of Habas II..who in the Kings absence was as it were Sovereigness of the Place."
sovereignty .
(1727) De Foe Syst. Magic i. ii. (1840) 38 "Yet this diminutive rank of sovereignty remained many ages in the world. "
Sovietize , [v.]
(1921) Glasgow Herald 17 Jan. 11 "It remains to be seen how the Persian Court will take to the idea of Sovietisation. "
sow , [v. 1]
(1943) Sun 26 Nov. 1/5 "After they have dropped their first flares they remain over the target area, keeping it marked by sowing more flares. "
sow-iron
(1608) H. Wright in Lismore Papers Ser. ii. (1887) I. 127 "For the remainder of sowe iron nowe Restinge, there is litle or noe barre Iron made thereof. "
sown , [ppl. a.]
(1795) Burke Th. on Scarcity Wks. VII. 408 "Neither of the sown or natural grass was there..any remainder. "
space , [sb. 1]
(1602) Patericke tr. Gentillet's Disc. 90 "In this contestation..remained their affaires by a long and great space of yeares. "
(1969) Sci. Jrnl. Feb. 66/1 "Although any manned satellite might literally be called a manned space station, the term is usually restricted to spacecraft which remain in orbit for long periods and which carry relatively large crews. "
spaceless , [a.]
(1825) Coleridge Aids Refl. (1858) I. 394 "If we exclude space.., the time remains as a spaceless point. "
space-time , [adj.] [phr.] and [sb.]
(1930) Morning Post 17 June 13/1 "The `metrical structure' of space&dubh.time now adopted by Einstein is based on the assumption that there is a meaning in saying that two short lines are equal in length, that they are parallel, and that the angle between them is not altered when they are moved so as to remain parallel to themselves. "
Spain .
(1843) Prescott Mexico vii ii. (1850) III. 215 "Vera Cruz..has remained ever since the great commercial capital of New Spain. "
spaling [vbl. sb.]
(1846) A. Young Naut. Dict. 289 "Spaling, or Baulking, in shipbuilding, means keeping the frames to their proper breadths by cross-spales or baulks, which should so remain till some of the deck beam knees are bolted."
Spanish , [a.] ( [adv.] ) and [sb. 1]
(1982) Times 26 Jan. 11/5 "Sir Moses Montefiore..was an intensely loyal Englishman. The Spanish Portuguese Jewish Congregation..refused a request to transfer the remains to Israel."
spanning [ppl. a.]
(1972) R. J. Wilson Introd. Graph Theory iv. 46 "Given any connected graph G, we can choose a circuit and remove one of its edges, the resulting graph remaining connected... We repeat this procedure with one of the remaining circuits, continuing until there are no circuits left. The graph which remains will be a tree which connects all the vertices of G; it is called a spanning tree of G... More generally, if G now denotes an arbitrary graph with..k components, we can carry out the above procedure on each component of G, the result being called a spanning forest (or skeleton)."
Spansule .
(1974) J. Black Oil (1975) iv. viii. 349 "The two men had stayed up the remainder of the night, swallowing Dexamyl spansules while they meticulously went over all that Needham would have to do."
spare , [a.] and [adv.]
(1966) Listener 12 May 702/2 "We feel the participants to be in agony and it is impossible to remain indifferent to them. This achievement has something to do with the spare, angular dialogue. "
spark , [sb. 1]
(1845) Disraeli Sybil vi. ix, "Left alone they might have remained quiet; but they only wanted the spark. "
(A. 1770) Jortin Serm. (1771) I. iii. 41 "Whilst any spark of spiritual life remains. "
(1775) Sheridan Duenna ii. iii, "If any sparks of anger had remained. "
(1592) Kyd Sp. Trag. ii. v. 17 "O speak, if any sparke of life remaine. "
sparkle , [sb.]
(1818) Scott Rob Roy xxxiii, "I remained..gazing after them, as if endeavouring to count the sparkles which flew from the horses' hoofs. "
sparling .
(1888) Earll in Goode Amer. Fishes 342 "The pasture school remained within a few miles of a large school of sperling without being drawn after them."
sparriness
(1841) Ld. Cockburn Circuit Journ. (1888) 120 "Its stalactites were unbroken... Now that not one remains, the whole charm, which was in its sparriness, is gone."
spasm , [v.]
(1962) J. D. MacDonald Key to Suite (1968) ix. 152 "He spasmed his body inward, dropped the few remaining inches and landed on the railing."
spastic , [a.] and [sb.]
(1862) A. Meadows Man. Midwifery vi. ii. 217 "The longer it [sc. the placenta] is allowed to remain the more spastically does the uterus contract upon it. "
spatio-temporal , [a.]
(1940) Mind, XLIX. 185 "It remains possible to take the quality as the spatio-temporalized appearance of the real action of the `other' with the `self'. "
spatter , [v.]
(1600) Surflet Countrie Farme, iii. liii. 553 "If it spatter, there is yet some waterish moisture remaining in it. "
speak , [v.]
(1809) Med. Jrnl. XXI. 150 "But with all who have the courage to speak out, a difficulty remains. "
spear-head [sb.]
(1778) Eng. Gazetteer (ed. 2) s.v. Tamworth, "A large trench remains..where bones of men and horses, and spear-heads, have been dug up. "
spec [sb. 3]
(1979) Amat. Photographer 30 May 99/1 "The basic specs of these two new OMs remain the same. "
species , [sb.]
(1671) Woodhead St. Teresa ii. xi. 97 "As soon as I had communicated (the Species remaining yet as it were intire). "
(1644) Digby Nat. Bodies ii. §.8. 14 "There remaineth no more to be said of this subiect, but to enumerate the seuerall specieses of Quantity. "
(1839) Ruskin Poetry Arch. vi. §.87 "A man who could remain a radical in a wood country is a disgrace to his species."
(1942) J. S. Huxley Evolution vi. 284 "Overlapping *Species Pairs. Numerous puzzling cases are presented by extremely similar species which overlap over much of their range and yet remain distinct. "
speck , [sb. 1]
(1712) Blackmore Creation vi. 282 "Each vital Speck, in which remains Th' entire, but rumpled Animal. "
(A. 1862) Buckle Misc. Wks. (1872) I. 18 "What we have done is but a speck compared to what remains to be done. "
spectatrix .
(1781) Earl Malmesbury Diaries &. Corr. I. 390 "The Dutch Ambassadors..are leaving nothing untried to prevent Her Imperial Majesty from remaining spectatrix of their quarrel. "
spectroscopically [adv.]
(1879) Proctor Pleas. Ways Sci. v. 125 "The part of the remaining light spectroscopically most effective. "
(1903) Times 25 Mar. 10/4 "Radium..remains spectroscopically identical after many months of continuous emission of heat."
spectrum .
(1964) G. L. Cohen What's Wrong with Hospitals? i. 18 "Theoretically, students remain long enough on each type of ward to give them a spectrum of experience. "
speculation .
(1787) M. Cutler in Life, etc. (1888) I. 305 "We obtained..the remainder for a private speculation. "
(1841) W. Spalding Italy &. It. Isl. III. 393 "The government was to undertake a certain part of the speculation, while the remainder of the capital might be given off in shares. "
speechless , [a.]
(1669) W. Holder Elem. Speech 115 "He that never hears a word spoken, nor can be told what it signifies, it is no wonder if such an one remain speechless. "
Speenhamland .
(1959) Chambers's Encycl. VII. 550 "The `Speenhamland' system of poor relief..remained in force until the Poor Law Amendment Act of 1834. "
spelaean , [a.]
(1874) Dawkins Cave Hunt. iii. 118 "The remains of the spel&ae.an variety of the spotted hy&ae.na were very abundant in the cave&dubh.earth. "
speleology .
(1895) Knowledge Oct. 223/2 "Much remains to be done by British spel&ae.ologists. "
spend , [v. 1]
(1657) Sparrow Bk. Com. Prayer (1661) 279 "If any of the Bread And Wine remain,..if consecrated, it is all to be spent..by the Communicants. "
sperm , [sb.]
(1941) Endocrinology XXVIII. 783 "For approximately 18 days after the fever, the human total *sperm counts remain at a relatively normal level. "
spermato- ,
(1880) Allman in Linn. Soc. Jrnl., Zool. XV. 136 "These I regard as the remains of the *spermatogenic tissue. "
sphagneous [a.]
(A. 1864) Gesner Coal, Petrol., etc. (1865) 53 "They contain the remains of sphagneous plants and woody fibre."
sphere , [sb.]
(1854) Tomlinson Arago's Astron. 17 "They had remarked that, amidst the general movement of the sphere, one of the stars of the Lesser Bear appeared always to remain in the same position."
spherosome .
(1976) Bell &. Coombe tr. Strasburger's Textbk. Bot. (rev. ed.) 16 "The nucleus, plastids, mitochondria, spherosomes and golgi bodies remain throughout within the cytoplasm."
sphingo- .
(1881) J. L. W. Thudichum in Ann. Chem. Med. II. 18 "A body remained insoluble which was of an alkaloidal nature, and to which, in commemoration of the many enigmas which it presented to the inquirer, I have given the name of Sphingosin. "
spike , [v. 1]
(1971) S. E. Morison European Discovery Amer.: Northern Voy. xiv. 469 "It remained for Samuel de Champlain to spike the legend of a City of Norumbega, storied like a New Jerusalem."
spin , [sb. 1]
(1884) W. S. B. McLaren Spinning (ed. 2) 62 "As it is to be spun into worsted,..the longer the fibres remain the better will be the spin."
(1959) F. D. Adams Aeronaut. Dict. 158/1 "The air speed in the spin tunnel may be kept equal to the rate of descent of a tested model, causing the model, while spinning, to remain at a given height relative to the observer. "
spin , [v.]
(1789) in Nairne Peerage Evid. (1874) 127, "I shall endeavour to spin out the remainder of my days as comfortably as my situation can permit."
spindle , [sb.]
(1878) Q. Jrnl. Microsc. Sci. XVIII. 114 "The portion of the spindle which remains in the egg after the formation of the second polar cell reconstitutes itself into a nucleus. "
spiral , [a. 1] and [adv.]
(1876) T. Hardy Ethelberta (1890) 264 "They paced the remainder of their spiral pathway in silence."
spirit , [sb.]
(1853) Abp. Thomson Laws Th. (ed. 3) 61 "When the breath is exhaled the spirit remains immortal."
(1700) Rowe Amb. Step-Moth. i. i, "That ever will remain, And in my latest Spirits still survive. "
spiritless [a.]
(1643) Milton Divorce iv. Wks. 1851 IV. 29 "Whereof who misses by chancing on a mute and spiritlesse mate, remaines more alone then before. "
spissitude .
(1658) A. Fox Wü.rtz' Surg. ii. xiv. 103 "In the Joynt must not remain any spissitude or grossness when it is almost healed. "
spleenful , [a.]
(1631) Heywood Eng. Elizab. (1641) 90 "Thus she remained a sorrowful and dejected prisoner, in the hands of spleenfull and potent adversaries. "
split , [v.]
(1975) Cleveland (Ohio) Plain Dealer 31 Mar. 1-d/5 "If Houston loses both of its remaining games and the Cavs split, the Cavs..have a better record against other division teams than Houston does. "
split , [ppl. a.]
(1968) Globe &. Mail (Toronto) 10 July 27/5 "Adkins will be the split end with underrated Jay Roberts, a tough blocker, remaining at tight end. "
splitting , [vbl. sb.]
(1899) Westm. Gaz. 5 May 1/2 "The Chief Constructor..will personally direct the splitting out of the only twelve blocks remaining under the vessel."
spoil , [sb.]
(1582) N. Lichefield tr. Castanheda's Conq. E. Ind. 163 "With this spoyle the king of Calicut remained..ill contented. "
(1695) Woodward Nat. Hist. Earth 26 "These are the real Spoils and Remains of Sea-Animals. "
(1865) G. F. Berkeley Life &. Recoll. II. 313, "I never found the remains of a tench..where were what we denominate the `Spoils' of an otter."
(1838) F. W. Simms Publ. Wks. Gt. Brit. i. 62 "About three hundred thousand yards will be taken from this cutting to the embankment north of New Cross, and the remaining quantity will be placed in spoil. The deposit of the spoil and the formation of the embankment are both proceeding rapidly. "
spoil bank
(1830) Booth L'pool &. Manch. Rly. 55 "The remainder, deposited as spoil banks, may be seen heaped up like Pelion upon Ossa. "
sponge , [v.]
(1866) Crump Banking ii. 70 "It would remain in the power of the tribunal..to sponge from their name the least suspicion."
spongiary
(1860) Edinb. New Philos. Jrnl. XII. 223 "The spongiaries.., or skeletons, or remains of the sponge after the death and decomposition of the live jelly, or living being. "
spongiform , [a.]
(1839) De la Beche Rep. Geol. Cornwall, etc. ix. 264 "This view seems borne out by the alcyonic and other spongiform remains. "
spontaneously , [adv.]
(A. 1806) Horsley Serm. xvii. (1816) II. 68 "As the inquiry is of the highest importance, and spontaneously presents itself, it is to this that I shall devote the remainder of the present discourse. "
spoon , [sb.]
(1835) Statist. Acc. Scot. (1845) III. 166 "The *spoon-manufacturer, who must remain stationary to fabricate his wares. "
sporangiospore .
(1930) H. M. Fitzpatrick Lower Fungi vii. 149 "In Geolegnia the encysted sporangiospores are thick-walled and remain quiescent in the sporangium until freed by the disintegration of its wall. "
sporting , [vbl. sb.]
(1696) Whiston Th. Earth iii. iv. 201 "[To] ascribe the plainest remains of the Animal and Vegetable Kingdom to the sportings of Nature,..as some persons are inclinable to do. "
spot , [sb. 1]
(1896) J. Lillard's Poker Stories 246 "But one single dollar remained of that five spot."
(1928) Daily Sketch 10 Aug. 20/3 "Courtaulds' shares remain a firm spot at 412. "
(1900) Daily News 13 June 2/3 "Silver remained nominally at 2758d. per ounce spot, and 27 9-16d. forward."
(1977) Belfast Tel. 22 Feb. 30/6 "Magee remains the Blues' spot kick expert and, if a penalty is awarded.., he will be the man to take it. "
sprain , [sb.]
(1805) Med. Jrnl. XIV. 459 "Dr. Kinglake's last argument..remains to be examined, the analogy of common sprain to gout. "
spraints , [sb. pl.]
(1801) W. B. Daniel Rur. Sports I. 375 "His landing place, which will be found..either by his spraints, his seal, or the remains of fish. "
spread , [v.]
(1579) Fulke Refut. Rastel 783 "What so euer remained..shoulde be giuen to..children..(not spred..with butter) but sprinkled with wine. "
(1964) Frey &. Truscott Official Encycl. Bridge 520/1 "Spread,..verb: to spread the hand, either as a claim or as a concession of the remaining tricks."
spread , [ppl. a.]
(1936) R. Campbell Mithraic Emblems 89 "A spread-winged ph&oe.nix from its ash The Cross remained against the sky. "
spreite .
(1962) W. Hä.ntzschel in R. C. Moore Treat. Invertebrate Paleont. W. 182/2 "The vast majority of trace fossils remain unchanged through the geologic eras. This is true for nondescript, smooth furrow-like crawling trails and cylindrical burrows, as well as for more distinctive U-shaped burrows with Spreite. "
sprig , [sb. 2]
(1576) Fleming Panopl. Epist. 272 "To weede out..the bitter plant of couetousnesse,..that of the same not..one braunch, sprig, leafe nor seede be remaining. "
spring , [sb. 1]
(1834) Chambers's Edin. Jrnl. III. 255/1 "The remainder may be ready for *spring crop with very little labour. "
(1875) Merivale Gen. Hist. Rome lxxix. (1877) 670 "There remain on the face of the Palatine some indications of what may have been the spring of the first arch."
sprout , [sb. 1]
(1858) Glenny Gard. Everyday Bk. 99/2 "You may now clear away all the stems and remains of cabbages that have supplied you with sprouts. "
sprout , [v. 1]
(1765) Museum Rust. IV. 256 "The remaining part of the herb must be mowed close to the ground; after which it continueth to sprout out again. "
sprouting [ppl. a.]
(1681) Dryden Abs. &. Achit. 542 "But a whole Hydra more Remains of sprouting heads too long to score. "
spunk , [sb.]
(C. 1614) Sir W. Mure Dido &. &Ae.neas iii. 446 "Seazing on her death&dubh.seal'd lipps to knowe If any sponk of breath as &ygh.it remain'd."
spur , [sb. 1]
(1891) Hartland Gloss 73 "Spur road, a bridle path. Now obsolete in this sense, although the word remains in the name of a bye-road. "
spuria , [sb. pl.]
(1935) Mind XLIV. 105 "There is a record of posthumously published remains and an interesting section on spuria. "
spurious , [a.]
(1790) Med. Comm. II. 455 "A woman in labour is to be treated as if suffering spurious pains, so long as the os uteri..remains..close. "
spurn , [sb. 1]
(1641) Milton Reform. ii. Wks. 1851 III. 71 "Where under..the trample and spurne of all the other Damned..they shall remaine in that plight for ever. "
sputative [a.]
(A. 1639) Wotton in Reliq. (1672) 370 "To see whether..I could pick out any counsel to allay that Sputative Symptome which yet remaineth upon me from my obstruction of the spleen. "
spy , [v.]
(1946) R. Lehmann Gipsy's Baby 80 "We remained below and played I Spy-with colours, not the alphabet, so that my brother could join in. "
squab , [sb.]
(1877) Newton in Encycl. Brit. VI. 407 "The young [of the cormorant]..remain for some time in the squab-condition."
squall , [sb. 3]
(1950) Jrnl. Meteorol. VII. 21/1 "The term squall line is among the oldest in meteorology and is perhaps the least clearly defined. Prior to the general adoption..of the frontal theory of cyclones, it was customary to designate as a squall line any line of storms projecting in a general southerly and easterly direction from a depression... With the advent of the frontal theory, some of these lines of storms were redesignated more descriptively as cold fronts... There remained the lines of storms which appear in general in the warm sector of cyclones, roughly parallel to the cold front, and along which there is intense convective activity. "
Squalodon .
(1899) Proc. Zool. Soc. 919 "There is one detached tooth remaining, which is of the same Squalodont type."
square , [sb.]
(1830) Poisson in Q. Jrnl. Sci., Lit. &. Arts VI. 96 "This embarrassment..remained to the period when M. Legendre proposed a direct and uniform method of forming the final equations, which was generally adopted under the name of Method of least squares of the errors, which was assigned to it by its author. "
(1901) D. Cockerell Bookbinding ix. 131 "If the book has been trimmed, or is to remain uncut, a little more must be allowed for the `squares'. "
square , [a.]
(1851) Wolff Pict. Spanish Life vi. 176 "Remaining a `square party',..we all four embarked in the little boat. "
squashed [ppl. a.]
(1969) I. &. P. Opie Children's Games vi. 189 "Squashed Tomato. Both caller and called run towards each other, with arms crossed in front of them. The one advancing remains at the spot where they squash into each other. The caller returns to his place in front."
squat , [pa. pple.] and ( [ppl.] ) [a.]
(1675) Hobbes Odyssey (1677) 268 "Ulysses, to be sure that none remain Alive, and under seats or tables squat, Searcht well the hall. "
squat , [v.]
(1852) Earp Gold Col. 98 "The remaining mode of occupying land in New South Wales is to `squat', i.e. to lease a large tract from the Government for purposes purely pastoral. "
squatter , [sb. 1]
(1956) T. Huddleston Naught for your Comfort vi. 106, "I decided to fight it [sc. an eviction order]..even though it meant that the squatter camp, with all the inevitable hardships it must entail, would remain and would grow. "
squeeze , [v.]
(1926) Work-Whitehead Auction Bridge Bull. Jan. 118/2, "I will give the three cards remaining in each of the four hands to show how South was squeezed by the lead of the Queen of Clubs. "
squeeze-
(1957) Amer. Cinematographer Mar. 149/1 "Focal distortion is practically eliminated by a technique that adds a squeeze (anamorphic) lens to the system that produces partial scene compression in the camera, with the remainder being effected in the printing process. "
squeezing [ppl. a.]
(1897) Westm. Gaz. 15 Feb. 3 "Would she..remain fixed to be crushed by the squeezing masses?"
squelch , [v.]
(1976) S9 (N.Y.) May/June 107/1 "The light..then remains on (although the receiver may be squelched, it will then pick up all calls on the channel until it is reset by the firefighter)."
squirearchy (1) .
(1899) Baring-Gould Bk. of West I. ii. 40 "A very large number of old mansions, belonging to the squirearchy of Elizabethan days, remain."
squirrelling [vbl. sb.]
(1969) Daily Tel. 31 July 15/1 "We resolved to resist all temptations to lay in 1969 supplies of anything which remained in bulk from 1968's feverish squirrelling. "
stability .
(1664) Power Exp. Philos. iii. 168 "An Intrinsecal Tendency that it [the Magnet] has of its own, to bring all its parts to their right and determinate points, there to remain in a perfect Stability. "
(1962) J. H. &. P. J. Reyner Radio Communication iv. 153 "Modern conditions call for high stability, the capacitance being required to remain constant with time. "
stack , [sb.]
(1944) A. Holmes Princ. Physical Geol. xiv. 287 "Later the arch falls in, and the seaward portion of the headland then remains as an isolated stack. "
stacked , [ppl. a.]
(1870) Standard 12 Dec., "Those battalions that still remained and paced briskly to and fro by their stacked arms to warm themselves. "
staddle , [sb.]
(1856) P. Thompson Hist. Boston 725 "The mark of anything remaining after the thing itself has been removed, is called its steddle."
(1889) N.W. Linc. Gloss., "*Steddle-burnt, said of the seat of a hay&dubh.cock which has remained so long covered that the grass has dried or become bleached. "
staff , [sb. 1]
(1860) All Year Round No. 45. 440 "Barley bannocks and oat cake long remained the staff of life in villages in Scotland. "
(1563) in W. Nicolson Leges Marchiarum (1705) 138 "If it shall happen the Cattel or Sheep of the one Realm to be *staff-herded, or to remain depasturing upon the ground of the opposite Realm. "
stage , [sb.]
(1884) W. Armstrong tr. G. Perrot &. C. Chipiez' Hist. Art Chaldea &. Assyria I. iv. 386 "Nothing but the first two stages..now remain at Nimroud of..the chief temple of Calah."
(1976) Southern Even. Echo (Southampton) 6 Nov., "Despite warnings of financial trouble in the theatre,..she has remained stage-struck throughout her life after deciding at the age of four to become an actress. "
staggy , [a.]
(1891) R. Wallace Rural Econ. Austral. &. N.Z. i. 30 "Sometimes the [potato] sets remain fresh and do not decay in the soil after the haulms have developed; they remain `staggy' or hard and woody."
stagnant , [a.]
(1699) Dampier Voy. II. ii. iii. 82 "Alligators..remain here till the Water drains off from the Land; and then confine themselves to the stagnant Ponds. "
(1883) Hardy Dorsetsh. Labourer in Longm. Mag. July 263 "It is too much to expect them to remain stagnant and old-fashioned."
stagnate , [v.]
(1806) Med. Jrnl. XV. 476 "In which blood..remaining stagnated in its proper vessels, did not coagulate. "
stain , [v.]
(1877) Huxley &. Martin Elem. Biol. 8 "The protoplasm stains brown; the rest of the cell remains unstained. "
stake , [v. 1]
(1885) Manch. Exam. 6 May 4/7 "It will only remain to stake off the boundary through the intermediate districts."
stale [sb. 4]
(1579) Churchyard Gen. Rehearsal Wars I j, "He remained with the whole power of footemen nere the Blacke Neastes, as a stale to annoye the enemie."
stale , [sb. 5]
(1662) Gerbier Principles 34 "That his Stall doth not remain under him. "
stale , [a. 1]
(1901) Business Terms &. Phrases (ed. 2) 199 "Stale cheque,..a cheque which has remained unpaid for some considerable time. "
staminal , [a.]
(1896) Daily News 3 Nov. 2/3 "The supplies remaining over from the expedition, and consisting chiefly of large quantities of provisions, vegetables, staminal foods, and pemmicans, will be sold..on Monday."
stamp , [sb. 3]
(1875) Fortnum Maiolica i. 10 "Remains of furnaces and fragments of Roman time and tiles with the stamp of Theodoric."
stamp , [v.]
(1885) Mrs. Alexander At Bay vi, "The picture of the streets through which he was conducted..remained forever stamped upon his memory."
stand , [sb. 1]
(1790) Burke Fr. Rev. Sel. Wks. 1898 II. 276 "It remains only to consider the proofs of financial ability... Here I am a little at a stand; for credit, properly speaking, they have none. "
(1860) Mayne Reid Hunters' Feast xxiii, "The `*stand men' remain quiet, with their guns in readiness. "
stand , [v.]
(1657) Billingsly Brachy-Martyrol. xi. 35 "Though some thus fell away, others stood fast, Remaining glorious Martyrs to the last. "
(1922) Nation 18 Nov. 271/1 "The Bonar Law Government..remains in power, but probably on a minority vote..This deprives it of the right to pursue the standpat Toryism on which it made the elections. "
(1886) Sheldon tr. Flaubert's Salammbô. 8 "One of these slaves remained standing apart from the others. "
(1973) Daily Tel. 29 Oct. 30/3 "Pres. Nixon ordered..troops in Europe..to remain on the alert..but elsewhere round the world American forces were stood down. "
(1840) R. H. Dana Bef. Mast vii, "We were then divided into three watches, and thus stood out the remainder of the night. "
standage .
(1896) Times 18 Dec. 13/5 "The action was to recover..in respect of sidage or standage charged upon trucks..which remained more than four days upon..sidings. "
standard , [sb.] ( [a.] )
(1588) Lambard Eiren. iv. iv. 456 "If they of the towne where the kings Standerd is appointed to remaine, haue not their common weights and measures signed. "
(1832) Planting 91 in Husbandry (Libr. Usef. Knowl.) III, "Standard.-The shoots of a coppice stool, selected from those cut down as underwood to remain for large poles or timber-trees."
stand-by
(1937) Amer. Speech XII. 100 "The public is..not so accustomed to stand by organist or pianist, an artist who remains on call for emergency work. "
(1977) Cornish Times 19 Aug. 15/3 "The present Saltash ambulance station is manned from 7 a.m. to 11 p.m. each day with a stand-by-basis operating during the remaining eight hours."
(1973) D. Jordan Nile Green xi. 50 "We'd have to have some sort of standby agreement for the remaining &dollar.45m. "
stander .
(1885) Encycl. Brit. XVIII. 486 "They are first defined in an epistle ascribed to Gregory Thaumaturgus about the year 258, and are as under: (1) Weepers..; (2) Hearers..; (3) Kneelers..; (4) Standers, who might remain throughout the entire rite, but were not suffered to communicate."
(1647) Fuller Good Th. in Worse T. 164 "Mixt-Prayers..Wherein the Standers,..remaine alwayes unaltered. Whilst the moveable petitions..are added..as Gods Spirit adviseth. "
standing , [ppl. a.]
(1875) J. Southward Dict. Typogr. (ed. 2) 129 "Standing matter, composed matter remaining undistributed after it has been printed. "
(1656) H. Scobell Memorials iii. 9 "In Parliament there have usually been Five Standing Committees appointed in the beginning of the Parliament, and remaining during all the Session. "
(1867) Smyth Sailor's Word-bk., "Standing Warrants, those officers who remain with a ship in ordinary, or on the stocks, as the gunner, carpenter, boatswain, and cook, and till 1814 the purser. "
stand oil
(1981) National Gallery Report 1980-81 69 "The problem of distinguishing, in the dried state, between raw and heat-treated oils (stand oils) remains obstinately unresolved."
star-bright [a.]
(1833) Loudon Encycl. Archit. §.1324 "When it [cider] has remained a short time quiet,..if not perfectly star-bright, which it seldom is, it should be fined with isinglass."
stare , [v.]
(1855) Macaulay Hist. Eng. xv. III. 605 "The other councillors stared, but remained silent. "
(1806-7) J. Beresford Miseries Hum. Life (1826) x. §.69 "Its few remaining hairs [said of an old toothbrush] staring off horizontally on all sides. "
starred , [ppl. a.]
(1960) B.S.I. News Mar. 8/2 "A windscreen of laminated glass may crack under impact but it will hold together, though `starred', and remain in one place except in the most violent of collisions. "
star-shot
(1661) Boyle Cert. Physiol. Ess. (1669) 175 "That jelly that is sometimes found on the ground, and by the Vulgar call'd a Star-shoot, as if it remain'd upon the extinction of a falling Star. "
start , [sb. 2]
(1809) Malkin Gil Blas x. vi. (Rtldg.) 351, "I remained motionless for some seconds, which gave him time to get the start of me. "
starter .
(1942) C. L. Amick Fluorescent Lighting Man. 23 "The heat from the discharge itself keeps the cathodes hot during normal operation, hence the starter switch can remain open. "
starting [vbl. sb.]
(1962) A. Nisbett Technique Sound Studio x. 173 "Anything but sheer surrealism was doomed to remain stickily on the starting-line. "
startlish , [a.]
(1807) Southey Espriella's Lett. III. 339 "All night I remained wakeful-not in that state of feverish startlishness which the expectation of an early call occasions, but [etc.]. "
starveling , [sb.] and [a.]
(1830) M. Donovan Dom. Econ. II. 119 "Some [hogs] will fatten where others would remain starvelings. "
starving [ppl. a.]
(1731) Gentl. Mag. I. 118 "The whole income remaining to the Church is but 15, 20, or 30 l. Yearly; which is but a starving Support. "
state , [sb.]
(1786) Abigail Adams Lett (1848) 296 "Here, upon a superb bed of state, lay the remains of his Grace. "
stately , [a.] and [adv.]
(1599) Hayward 1st Pt. Life &. Reign Hen. IV 4 "Neither did the continuance of his Raigne bring him to a proude port and stately esteeming of himselfe, but in his latter yeares he remained so gentle and faire in cariage, that [etc.]. "
(1911) W. W. Fowler Relig. Exp. Rom. People ix. 218 "Meaningless as they were, the stately processions remained."
stater (1) .
(1771) M. Raper Anc. Money in Phil. Trans. LXI. 480 "The silver Stater, or Tetradrachm, is the most common Attic coin now remaining. "
static , [a.] and [sb.]
(1958) R. Kingdon Groundwork Eng. Intonation p. xxii, "Static tone, a tone in which the voice remains steady on a given pitch throughout its duration. "
(1899) Allbutt's Syst. Med. VI. 829 "There is no mental stimulus to the combination of the retinal images, and the eyes remain in their static or resting position."
station , [sb.]
(1819) J. Wilson Dict. Astrol. 379 "Stations, those parts in the orbit of a planet where it becomes either retrograde or direct, because it remains for a while there stationary before it changes its course."
(1982) Times 31 Mar. 4/4 "HMS Endurance will remain on station as long as is necessary."
stationarily , [adv.]
(1778) [W. Marshall] Minutes Agric., Observ. 158 note, "The Barometer remaining stationarily heavy. "
stationary , [a.] and [sb.]
(1832) Brewster Nat. Magic iv. 65 "So that the image may remain stationary. "
(1839) Dickens Nich. Nick. ii, "The clerk calmly remained in a stationary position. "
(1856) Froude Hist. Eng. (1858) I. i. 53 "Such laws could be enforced only..when production and population remained..nearly stationary. "
(1898) Merriman Roden's Corner ii. 16 "It would never do if the world remained stationary."
statistics .
(1900) Phil. Mag. XLIX. 114 "In the case of a gas, of which the statistics are assumed to be regular, the potential energy remains approximately constant. "
status .
(1898) Syd. Soc. Lex., "Status (L.),..A stage in which the disease having reached its height, it remains for a time before convalescence begins. "
(1862) Waterston Man. Commerce 303 "Status of an Annuity, the state of things during the continuance of which the annuity is to be paid. A compound status is one which exists as long as either of two or more status remain."
(1956) J. M. Mogey Family &. Neighbourhood viii. 140 "The remainder of St. Ebbe's people we may call, by contrast, *status-dissenting. "
staunch stanch , [a.]
(1673) Phil. Trans. VIII. 6052 "The pledgets being then thrown off, the blood continued staunch, and the mouths of the Arteries remained close."
stave , [sb. 1]
(1906) T. Sinton Poetry of Badenoch 21 "Presenting him with the milk-cog, she assured him that so long as a stave of it remained [etc.]."
(1957) Daily Progress (Charlottesville, Va.) 7 May 15/8 "Blake and other stave mill operators say they will remain in business as long as it is profitable. "
stay , [sb. 1]
(1823) W. Scoresby Jrnl. 91 "With the aid of a few observations taken `in stays' the remaining twelve points were likewise determined. "
stay , [v. 1]
(1848) Bartlett Dict. Amer. s.v. Put, "To stay put, to remain in order; not to be disturbed. A vulgar expression. "
steady , [a.] (and [adv.] )
(1889) Textile News 29 Mar. 1/2 "Subsequently the market became quieter and then declined, prices remaining steady. "
steam , [sb.]
(1903) Times 1 Dec. 3/5 "Steams remain dull and generally slow of sale, owing to the poor trade prevailing among steam users generally."
Stedman .
(1957) Encycl. Brit. III. 375/2 "Stedman's principle, which is sui generis, consists in the three front bells ringing their six possible changes, while the remaining pair or pairs of bells dodge. "
steelyard (1) .
(1610) J. More in Buccleuch MSS. (Hist. MSS. Comm.) 90 "Such..of their goods as remains in the Styllard and other places of this town. "
steelyard (2) .
(1682-90) Hooke Posth. Wks. (1705) 565 "If on a Stilyard a weight of thirty Pound be hung at thirty times the distance from the Center that a weight of nine hundred Pounds is hung, the Stilyard shall remain in &ae.quilibrio. "
steering , [ppl. a.]
(1887) Courier-Jrnl. (Louisville, Kentucky) 6 Feb. 2/2 "A steering committee upon the order of business for the remainder of the session was appointed. "
stell , [sb. 5]
(1863) W. C. Baldwin Afr. Hunting ix. 377 "The lions had killed two zebras..and I set a stell (a spring gun) for them by the remains of one of the zebras. "
stem , [sb. 1]
(1968) Chomsky &. Halle Sound Pattern Eng. 130 "In short, there are `*stem-forming' vowels /i/ and /u/ which are deleted in final position..but which remain before certain affixes. "
step , [sb. 1]
(1938) G. H. Sewell Amateur Film-Making iv. 46 "The apparatus available to the amateur printer is all of the step-by-step type. Here the films remain stationary for a fraction of time opposite the printing aperture while the exposure is made. "
(1821) Scott Let. in Lockhart (1839) VI. 316, "I trusted you would get the step within the twelve months that the corps yet remains in Europe. "
step , [v.]
(1844) Yale Lit. Mag. IX. 381 "Of the other pieces..some will be found in the present number..and the remainder have `stept out'. "
stepwise , [adv.] and [a.]
(1960) Koestler Lotus &. Robot i. i. 43 "The result of this step&dubh.wise dismantling of reality is that consciousness alone remains. "
stereotyped , [ppl. a.]
(1979) Trans. Philol. Soc. 140 "We also learn a good deal about..live Old Persian speech, many features of which, owing to the wretchedly small number of OP inscriptions and the stereotypedness of most of them, have remained hitherto well beyond our reach."
sterile , [a.]
(1836) Macgillivray Trav. Humboldt xxv. 376 "Causing many places to be improved which would otherwise have remained steril. "
(1849) Murchison Siluria viii. 183 "These deposits..are necessarily sterile in organic remains. "
(1879) R. K. Douglas Confucianism iii. 84 "Confucius perceived that the..ancients had for their object the worship of the one God, but he allowed this knowledge to remain sterile. "
(1877) Tyndall Ess. Floating Matter Air (1881) 215 "The three tubes remained perfectly sterile. "
sterilize , [v.]
(1877) Tyndall Ess. Floating Matter Air (1881) 133 "A sterilized infusion..remained sterile. "
sterraster .
(1900) Proc. Zool. Soc. 130 "When a bud is detached, a shallow circular depression remains, the sterrastral crust here being thin."
stew , [sb. 2]
(1865) Pall Mall Gaz. 23 Sept. 6/2 "Above the vaults the original Turkish bath, or `stew,' remains in good preservation."
steward , [sb.]
(1895) Rashdall Universities 790 "The jurisdiction of the Court of the High Steward of the University [of Oxford]..remains intact, but the privilege has never been claimed for a century or more."
Steyr .
(1974) A. Price Other Paths to Glory ii. viii. 211 "The battered remains of an Austrian Steyr which he had bought."
stick , [sb. 1]
(1976) New Yorker 9 Feb. 94/3 "Weiss projects no character, he remains a stick figure. "
stick , [v. 1]
(1644) Milton Divorce i. (ed. 2) 4 "Many points..likely to remain intricate and hopelesse upon the suppositions commonly stuck to. "
(1958) M. L. King Stride toward Freedom vii. 127 "We would stick with them through their difficulties. `We must remain together,' we kept repeating. "
stickle , [v.]
(1692) Dryden Juvenal Ded. (1697) p. xvii, "The same Angel..when half of the Christians are already kill'd..stickles betwixt the Remainders of God's Host, and the Race of Fiends."
stickum .
(1969) R. Williams in D. Knight 100 Yrs. Sci. Fiction 303 "The fact still remains, this machine makes every man self-sufficient, it takes the stickum right out of society. "
stiff , [a.] , [sb.] , and [adv.]
(1911) Encycl. Brit. XV. 488/2 "A stiff joint may remain as the result of long continued inflammation. "
stiffening , [vbl. sb.]
(1894) H. Paasch From Keel to Truck (ed. 2) 463/1 "Stiffening, is the term given to any weighty substances taken on board a vessel for the purpose of making her `Stiff', i.e. less crank. Stiffening (whether consisting of ballast or a portion of the outward cargo) is put in vessels which do not remain upright without having sufficient weight in the bottom. "
stifle , [v. 1]
(1902) Westm. Gaz. 26 Mar. 2/1 "Others cannot remain in an atmosphere that is not constantly replenished with fresh oxygen; they stifle."
stigma .
(1880) Augusta T. Drane St. Catherine of Siena 369 "During the lifetime of the Saint the stigmas remained invisible, but were not so after her death."
still , [a.] and [sb. 2]
(1859) Reeve Brittany 51 "One or two women..remained still long enough to be more defined in outline. "
still , [adv.]
(1760) Johnson Idler No. 100 &page.1 "There still remain many words among us undefined. "
(1837) Whewell Hist. Induct. Sci. iii. iv. I. 207 "Another writer on the same subject is Menelaus,..whose three books on Spherics still remain. "
stillage , [sb. 1]
(1963) K. Hudson Industrial Archaeol. vii. 111 "Old fittings and furnishings which might well remain in situ at old factories..include..wooden stillages. "
stillion .
(1826) Art of Brewing (ed. 2) 6 "The beer..not suffered to remain in small quantities in the stillions or other utensils. "
still-stand
(1878) M. Foster Physiol. iii. v. §.2 (ed. 2) 479 "The lymph hearts remained in a (diastolic) still-stand. "
stimulus .
(1940) A. L. Kroeber in Amer. Anthrop. XLII. 1 (title, ) "It is the idea of the complex or system which is accepted, but it remains for the receiving culture to develop a new content. This somewhat special process might therefore be called `idea-diffusion' or `stimulus diffusion'. "
stinted , [ppl. a.]
(1819) Scott Ivanhoe xxvi, "I would rather remain in this hall a week without food save the prisoner's stinted loaf. "
stipe (2) .
(1978) New Society 28 Sept. 710/1 "Roberts devoted the remainder of his..speech to remembering odd little incidents in the early career of the senior `stip'."
stiriate [a.]
(1669) W. Simpson Hydrol. Chym. 53 "What remained was a bright styriate floscule. "
stirp .
(A. 1626) Bacon New Atl. 25 "They haue some few Stirps of Iewes, yet remaining amongst them, whom they leaue to their owne Religion. "
stob , [sb. 1]
(1825) Brockett N.C. Gloss., "*Stob-feathers, the short unfledged feathers that remain on a fowl after it has been plucked. "
stock , [sb. 1]
(1877) Stevenson Will o' the Mill i, "Only he, it seemed, remained behind, like a stock upon the wayside."
(1618) in J. Charnock Hist. Mar. Archit. (1801) II. 237 "There will remaine in stock at Deptford 738 t. 14 c. 0 q. 9 lb. "
(1674) Cotton Compl. Gamester vii. 69 [L'Ombre] "There will remain thirteen Cards in the Stock. "
(1830) Hardie Hoyle 44 "(Piquet) Talon, or stock, is the eight remaining cards, after twelve are dealt to each person. "
(1878) H. Gibbs Ombre 19 "After dealing he places the remaining thirteen cards before him, and they are called the Stock."
(1863) J. Hughes Pract. Photogr. (1866) 11 "When you have done for the day, return what [collodion] remains back into the stock-bottle. "
(1887) T. A. Trollope What I remember II. xii. 209, "I subsequently took Sir Anthony [in `The Rivals'] which remained my *stock part for years. "
stockman
(1959) Farmer &. Stockbreeder 22 Dec. (Suppl.) 7/2 "As science develops...the art of good farming will remain-the art of knowing when and how to work the soil, the art of stockmanship. "
stokery .
(1901) Rep. Brit. Assoc. 791 "Very complete remains of baths were found, with two brick-built hypocausts and a stokery."
Stollen .
(1977) Sunday Tel. (Colour Suppl.) 5 June 13/2 "Church remains an integral part of the day, the marzipan in the stollen bread."
stolon .
(1875) Huxley in Encycl. Brit. I. 130/2 "The Zoanthid&ae. differ from the Actinid&ae. in little more than their multiplication by buds, which remain adherent, either by a common connecting mass or c&oe.nosarc or by stolons. "
stomach , [sb.]
(1828) Carr Craven Gloss., "`To stick in the stomach,' to remain in the memory with angry resentment."
stomp , [v. 2]
(1961) C. McCullers Clock without Hands vii. 148 "He took down his records of German lieder.. and stomped on them, stomping with such despair and fury that not a groove of the records remained unshattered. "
Stonesfield .
(1865) Page Handbk. Geol. Terms, "Stonesfield Slate,..celebrated for its being the rock in which English geologists first detected mammalian remains..of Secondary epoch. "
stonewall [sb.]
(1875) Encycl. Brit. II. 388/2 "Over this structure there was clearly another..as extensive remains of fine stone-walling still exist. "
stoniness .
(1854) T. T. Lynch Lett. to Scattered etc. (1872) 383 "The stoniness of his own heart may remain."
stook , [sb. 1]
(1840) Civil Engin. &. Arch. Jrnl. III. 68/2 "In the Newcastle pits..blocks or `stooks' of considerable strength are suffered to remain, for the purpose of protecting the colliers from the exfoliation of the roof. "
stool , [sb.]
(1843) R. J. Graves Syst. Clin. Med. X. 110, "I do not feel the least anxiety if the patient remains without having a stool for two or three days. "
(1825) Greenhouse Comp. I. 221 "Where entire plants are layed down to produce layers, they are called stools; and the main root remains there as a stool for several years. "
stoolie .
(1930) E. Queen French Powder Mystery p. xiv, "Without the stool-pigeon a huge percentage of felonies would remain unsolved... Our problem is to find a `stoolie' who will part with the tip. "
stop , [v.]
(1926) Amer. Speech I. 437/1 "When an act proves to be such a wow that it is forced to respond to encore after encore and the remainder of the acts on the program must wait until the audience will allow them to go on, it is said to `stop the show cold'. "
stoppage .
(1835) Dickens Sk. Boz, Mr. Watkins Tottle ii, "When he got into Fleet-street, there was `a stoppage,' in which people in vehicles have the satisfaction of remaining stationary for half an hour, [etc.]. "
storage .
(1951) A. Huxley Let. 22 July (1969) 637 "It seems to be rather a shame that this anthology-with-comments, which cost me a lot of work..should remain indefinitely in cold storage. "
(1947) A. W. Burks et al. in J. von Neumann Coll. Wks. (1963) V. 40 "There still remains the problem of automatic integration of this *storage medium with the machine. "
(1971) Gloss. Terms Quality Assurance (B.S.I.) 8 "*Storage life, the specified length of time prior to use for which items which are inherently subject to deterioration are deemed to remain fit for use under prescribed conditions. "
store , [sb.]
(1891) S. M. Welch Recoll. Buffalo 1830-40 353 "The workmen were to receive..only half cash, the remainder in trade-store pay, i.e.: in orders on the employers or other stores for such goods as they needed. "
storehouse
(1590) Spenser F.Q. ii. vi. 6 "She..greatly ioyed merry tales to faine, Of which a store-house did with her remaine. "
stove-pipe
(1957) R. Leckie Helmet for my Pillow vi. 236, "I remained..spared the ordeal of carrying mortar shells to the `stove&dubh.pipe' crews."
straight , [a.] , [sb.] , and [adv.]
(1923) N.Y. Times 15 July vi. 1/6 "The method of the comedy team remains more or less unvaried. The team is composed, in the first place, of a comedian and a `straight' man. "
strain , [sb. 1]
(1621) Quarles Esther xviii, "That remainder of proud Haman's straine, Their hands haue rooted out. "
(1597) Beard Theatre God's Judgem. (1612) 465 "His carkasse..was hanged vpon a gallowes, and all his kindred and children put to death, that there might not one remaine of his straine. "
strain , [sb. 2]
(1720) Ld. Chanc. Parker in W. P. Williams Chancery Cases (1740) I. 517 "It was a strange Construction to take Pains by a Strain in Law, to place a Remainder in Fee in Nubibus. "
straining , [vbl. sb.]
(1899) Allbutt's Syst. Med. VII. 241 "The percentage of total solids in the fluid passed during straining, was less than half that passed when the patient remained passive."
straitened , [ppl. a.]
(1813) Sketches of Character (ed. 2) I. 21 "There remained but a straightened income for the widow. "
strand , [sb. 1]
(1972) J. L. Davies Geogr. Variation Coastal Devel. vi. 87 "The enormous width of strandflats in some places makes it difficult to conceive of them as extraordinarily extensive shore platforms and their origin remains obscure. "
strand , [v. 1]
(1887) Pall Mall Gaz. 17 Feb. 7/2 "The Guion Line steamer Wisconsin stranded yesterday during a fog on the outer bar,..and remained fast."
(1817) W. Selwyn Nisi Prius (ed. 4) II. 882 "To constitute a stranding it is essential that the vessel should be stationary; the striking on a rock where the vessel remains for a minute and a half only, is not a stranding, though she thereby receives an injury, which eventually proves fatal. "
Strandlooper Strandloper .
(1900) Jrnl. Anthropol. Inst. XXX. 47, "I have not much to say about the remains of the `strand loopers' or `shore walkers', as they have been called, from their habit of life. "
(1928) C. Dawson Age of Gods i. 11 "There is reason to think that this race [sc. Boskop Man] was the ancestor of the modern South African Hottentot and Bushman, for the remains of an intermediate type-the vanished race of Strandloopers-has been discovered and all three types agree in certain cranial characteristics. In size of brain, however, there is a steady diminution from the 1,700 c.c. or more of Boskop through the Strandlooper skulls. "
strangeness .
(1960) New Scientist 5 May 1126/2 "Like electric charge, the total magnitude of strangeness remains constant in a nuclear process. Not so, however, for the decay phenomena... Decay forces violate strangeness-conservation. "
Stratfordian , [sb.] ( [a.] )
(1930) P. Allen Case for E. de Vere as Shakespeare 6, "I remained an orthodox Stratfordian until 1923. "
Stratovision .
(1948) Sun (Baltimore) 6 Oct. 19/4 "If the World Series goes beyond five games, the East Coast and mid-West can see the remaining contests. A linking of the two networks by stratovision plane would provide the largest audience in television broadcast history. "
stratum .
(A. 1700) Ken Hymnotheo Poet. Wks. 1721 III. 46 "Thus of each Age..The Strata there of Graves distinct remain. "
stray , [v. 2]
(1653) W. Ramesey Astrol. Restored 173 "If thou wouldst buy..Swans..to remain or keep from straying, let Scorpio be preferred. "
stream , [v.]
(1778) W. Pryce Min. Cornub. 132 "Nothing else remains than to describe the manner of Streaming. "
streamline [sb.]
(1919) G. Whale Brit. Airships 160 "The remaining two engines are carried in a small streamline car situated amidships. "
streat [v.]
(1808) W. Herbert Ella Rosenberg I. 136 "`No!' exclaimed the count... `I will remain in my castle. If I perish here, at least they will not streate my castle from my posterity!'"
street , [sb.]
(1888) C. Mills in N. Amer. Rev. Jan. 50 "Then it was that the Street began to suspect that money would not always remain at four per cent. "
(1936) Proc. R. Soc. A. CLIV. 68 "For any given street the distance between consecutive vortices remains remarkably constant. "
(1908) S. E. White Riverman xvii, "The remainder of the time he spent walking the streets and reading in the club rooms."
(1911) J. Ward Roman Era Brit. vii. 116 "Along the street&dubh.side were the remains of a narrow building. "
street , [v.]
(1760) in Weekly Reporter (1877) XXV. 470 "The said [allottees] shall street out the same way leading through their said respective allotments so that the same shall be made and ever after remain eleven yards broad at the least."
streetway .
(1686) Plot Staffordsh. 401 "There remains in the Lane upon the north side of the street-way some small fragments of a wall. "
strength , [sb.]
(1818) J. T. Jones Acc. War Sp. &. Portugal 423 "Buonaparte was yet in strength to make face against the united armies of the remainder of Europe."
(1579) Tomson Calvin's Serm. Tim. 2/2 "This rule..whiche shal remaine of strength vnto the worldes end. "
(1777) Potter &Ae.schylus, Prometh. Chain'd Foreword, "There is in this remaining drama a sublimity of conception, a strength, a fire, a certain savage dignity peculiar to this bold writer. "
(1717) Bolingbroke Let. to Sir W. Windham (1753) 69 "When..she took the resolution of laying him aside, there was a strength still remaining sufficient to have supported her government. "
strengthening , [ppl. a.]
(1864) W. Pole Th. Whist (1870) 18 "Strengthening play is getting rid of high cards in any suit, the effect of which is to give an improved value to the lower cards of that suit still remaining in, and so to strengthen the hand that holds them. "
streptomycin .
(1961) Lancet 29 July 247/2 "Streptomycin-resistant strains [of gonococci] remained..susceptible to penicillin. "
streptothricin .
(1978) Res. in Vet. Sci. XXV. 110 "The number of worms remaining in the infected dogs after one or more treatments with this streptothricin complex."
stress , [sb.]
(1979) Jrnl. R. Soc. Arts CXXVII. 363/2 "New stresses and strains in the relationships between..Britain and the remaining territories."
stretch , [sb.]
(1900) Law Rep., App. Cases 405 "The net remains fixed for periods as long as six hours at a stretch."
stretch , [v.]
(1899) Rodway In Guiana Wilds 30 "Allan..began to feel cramped from remaining so long in one position; he wanted to stretch his legs."
(1660) Boyle New Exper. Spring of Air xxiv. 191 "The inner Membrane that involv'd the several Liquors of the Egge, because it would stretch and yield, remain'd unbroken. "
strew , [v.]
(1847) Disraeli Tancred iv. iv, "The twilight descended over the rocky city,..and its strewn remains of palaces and theatres. "
strict , [a.]
(1841) H. J. Stephen Comm. Laws Eng. i. vii. I. 307 "When land is settled..by a limitation to the parent for life, and after his death to his first and other sons in tail, and trustees are interposed to preserve the contingent remainders, this is called a strict settlement."
(1667) Milton P.L. ii. 321 "To remaine In strictest bondage. "
strike , [v.]
(1965) Pacific Reporter CCCCIV. 230/2 "Where..a second clause appears which expresses a different intent and declares a life estate plus a remainder which is void under the rule, the qualifying clause will be stricken. "
(1822) D. Johnson Ind. Field Sports 107 "Not long before this, he [the tiger] must have struck at a porcupine, as several of the quills were still remaining between the joints of one of his fore feet. "
(1586) Lupton Thous. Notable Th. (1675) 122 "Bodies that are strucken with Lightening do remain uncorrupt. "
(1912) Chesterton Manalive 234 "Dr. Cyrus Pym had remained for an unprecedented time with his eyes closed and his thumb and finger in the air. It almost seemed as if he had been `struck so', as the nurses say."
stringer .
(1893) Outing XXII. 88/2 "But, though he had several strikes, his stringer remained dry in his pocket."
strip , [sb. 2]
(1974) C. Taylor Fieldwork in Medieval Archaeol. iii. 28 "These terrace-like features [sc. strip lynchets] on hillsides are the remains of medieval strip cultivation. "
strip , [v. 1]
(1688) Holme Armoury iii. 125/2 [Printing] "Strip a Form, is to take away all the Furniture from about it, and lett it so remain on the Letter board to be distributed. "
striping , [vbl. sb. 2]
(1911) Daily News 2 Oct. 3/1 "The holdings are ruthlessly rearranged among the tenants who remain-a process called `striping'."
stripping , [vbl. sb. 1]
(1931) Hoffert &. Claxton Motor Benzole viii. 225 "The function of a modern *stripping still is to remove the remaining benzole from the hot oil leaving the preheater. "
strip-teaser
(1982) Washington Post 22 Jan. (Weekend section) 47/1 "Despite its new soign&eacu. image, the essential pulse of Baltimore remains the rhythmic tic-toc of a stripteaser's tassels."
strobe , [v.]
(1981) Nashelsky &. Boylestad Devices xi. 391 "The output remains high unless strobed."
strobile .
(1855) T. R. Jones Anim. Kingd. (ed. 2) 136 "While the segments of the Strobile remain conjoined, they seem to enjoy a complete community of life and of movement. "
stroke , [sb. 1]
(1863) Geo. Eliot Romola xxii, "[He] remained obstinately silent under all the strokes from the knotted cord. "
strolling , [vbl. sb.]
(1712) T. Brown etc. Scarron's Wks. 7 "He would not suffer the miserable Remains of a scatter'd Company of Strollers to lodge in an Inn; but brought them to his own House, where the Carter having laid down the Strolling Furniture, return'd Home. "
strong , [a.]
(1748) Melmoth Fitzosborne Lett. lvii. (1749) II. 84 "While the impression of that national belief remained strong upon their minds. "
(1955) M. Loè.ve Probability Theory 18 "Now we can..use the supplementary requirement that the additive property of P remains valid for denumerable sums... This is the celebrated Borel stong law of large numbers. "
strongheaded [a.]
(1793) Sir M. Eden in Ld. Auckland's Corr. (1862) III. 145 "Their repeated losses were owing to their own strongheadedness in remaining scattered, against all advice, in small corps. "
strongly , [adv.]
(1856) W. Irving Life Washington xcvi. III. 771 "The American and British armies, strongly posted,..remained four days grimly regarding each other."
strong room
(1818) Scott Hrt. Midl. vii, "The persons we have mentioned remained in the strong-room of the prison. "
Strongyloides .
(1929) A. S. Chandler Hookworm Dis. vii. 287 "Sandground himself, as the result of a light and brief Strongyloides infestation, apparently remained immune for at least 14 months. "
strophe .
(1861) Paley &Ae.schylus (ed. 2) 7 agst. Thebes 111 note, "Hermann distributes the remainder of the chorus into strophae and antistrophae. "
structuralism .
(1973) J. Rex Discovering Sociol. ix. 118 "French structuralism has to be sharply distinguished from the structuralism of Radcliffe-Brown with which it compares itself, and the structuralism of Simmel and Weber, of which it remains largely ignorant. "
structuralist , [sb.] (and [a.] )
(1907) J. R. Angell in Psychol. Rev. XIV. 62 "The most lucid exposition of the structuralist position still remains, so far as I know, Titchener's paper, `The Postulates of a Structural Psychology'. "
structure , [sb.]
(1814) Keble Occas. Papers (1877) 154 "There remain two sorts of imitation instrumental to Poetry: indirect, by which the style and structure takes the colour of the subject; and direct. "
strung , [ppl. a.]
(1978) Language LIV. 91 "This falls short of accounting for strung-out MI correspondences where relative orderings remain the same."
strut , [v. 1]
(1581) Mulcaster Positions viii. (1887) 51 "Would any man beleue it,..that one Milo so strutted himselfe, so pitcht his feet, so peysed his bodie, as he remained vnremoueable from his place, being haled at..by a number of people."
stub , [sb.]
(1771) Phil. Trans. LXI. 138 "In the forest of Kent,..there still remains several large old chesnut stubbs. "
(1795) Vancouver Agric. Essex 152 "The remaining stub of the thistle. "
(A. 1722) Lisle Husb. (1757) 377 "There will remain a little stub at the end of the twig, which dries up. "
(1896) Engineering News XXXVI. 27/1 "When a long stub-end track gets full of empties, the cars at the stub end are likely to remain for weeks and months. "
stub , [v. 1]
(1811) T. Davis Agric. Wilts i. x. 88 "Young trees must be planted, part of which may be preserved for timber, and the remainder left to be stubbed off for underwood."
stubble , [sb.]
(1846) De Bow's Commerc. Rev. II. 324 "Fortunately the [sugar] cane is not an annual plant. Each year fresh shoots spring from the stubble which remains after cutting the crop."
stubbornly , [adv.]
(1893) Sir R. Ball Story of Sun 290 "It [carbon] will stubbornly remain solid even though exalted to an enormously high temperature. "
stucco , [sb.]
(1730) A. Gordon Maffei's Amphith. (1735) 305 "In Rome..not only have the Remains of ancient Painting been seen, but other genteel Ornaments of Stucco also. "
stud , [sb. 2]
(1807) P. Gass Jrnl. 201 "Remained here all day and had a great deal of trouble with our horses, as they are all studs, and break almost every rope we can raise. "
studious , [a.]
(1667) Milton P.L. ix. 42 "Mee of these Nor skilld nor studious, higher Argument Remaines. "
study , [sb.]
(1594) R. Ashley tr. Loys le Roy 24 "The learning of the Athenians was lost in Athens; only remaining in that towne the school or house of studies. "
stuff , [sb. 1]
(1887) J. A. Phillips &. Bauerman Elem. Metall. (ed. 2) 185 "The [iron] ore remains about ten minutes in the drum, or about 10 tons of stuff are washed per hour."
stuffy , [a.]
(1855) E. Forbes Lit. Papers vii. 190 "He remains too long in the thick and stuffy atmosphere of town clubs and libraries. "
stump , [sb. 1]
(1898) Syd. Soc. Lex., "Stump of Eyeball, the remainder of the globe after the excision of whole or part of the eyeball. "
(1887) Ellis &. Scrutton Catal. Feb. 5 "It is conclusively shewn that the text is quite perfect, and that the eighth leaf of Sig. G. was a blank, of which there is still the stump remaining in this copy."
(1585) Higins Junius' Nomencl. 107/2 "Stramentum,..the strawe, stubble, or stumppes remaining in the grounde after the corne is rept."
stunt , [v. 1]
(1867) Pusey Eleven Addr. ix. (1908) 108 "It is a graver thing, if a duty, impressed on us in our very earliest childhood,..remained stunted to its then measure. "
stunted , [ppl. a.]
(1911) W. W. Fowler Relig. Exper. Rom. People xii. 287 "The old State religion remained, but in stunted form, and with paralysed vitality."
stunting , [vbl. sb. 1]
(1897) Allbutt's Syst. Med. III. 134 "The chief question is the degree of bony deformity or stunting of structure which will remain. "
stupa (2) .
(1876) Fergusson Ind. &. East. Archit. i. iii. 57 "The difficulty was met by assigning a portion [of the remains of Buddha] to each of the contending parties, who are said to have erected stupas to contain them. "
stupendious [a.]
(1711) in 10th Rep. Hist. MSS. Comm. App. v. 113 "The Jewes..remained so stupendiously incredulous, that they putt him to death for an imposter."
stupid , [a.] and [sb.]
(1675) Machiavelli's Prince xix. Wks. (1883) 123 "These remained..stupid and astonished. "
(1875) Jowett Plato (ed. 2) I. 29, "I remain as stupid as ever; for still I fail to comprehend. "
stupidly , [adv.]
(1667) Milton P.L. ix. 465 "That space the Evil One abstracted stood From his own evil, and for the time remained Stupidly good, of enmity disarmed."
stupor .
(1841) Elphinstone Hist. Ind. xii. iii. II. 633 "The inhabitants of Delhi remained in a sort of stupor. They had not yet recovered the terror of the past. "
(1833) Lamb Elia, Product. Mod. Art, "Bowed, bent down, so would they have remained, stupor-fixed, with no thought of struggling with that inevitable judgment."
styracin .
(1838) T. Thomson Chem. Org. Bodies 522 "When the balsam is treated with alcohol, about a fourth part remains undissolved, constituting a white crystalline mass. This is the substance which M. Bonastre has distinguished by the name of styracin. "
styrax .
(1558) Warde tr. Alexis' Secr. i. 45 "Take..Ambergryse,..Styrax calamita, [etc.]..And the Ambre, Styrax, and other thinges that remaine in the bottome of the sayd vessel,..will be excedinge good to make muske or swete balles. "
sub- , [prefix] ,
(1675) Tully Let. to Baxter 27 "There remaines yet one small *sub-question. "
(1967) M. Ayub Khan Friends not Masters x. 183 "We will remain `sub-nations' if we do not join together to offer united resistance to power pressures. "
(1873) M. Dewey in G. Dawe Melvil Dewey (1932) 320 "Sub-classify each, or any, of these eighty-one (hundred) classes... A Dictionary of Science would receive no *sub-classification but remain simply with main class number. "
(1648) Wilkins Math. Magic i. vii. 47 "As one of these under Pulleys doth abate halfe of that heavinesse which the weight hath in it self, and cause the power to be in a sub-duple proportion unto it, so two of them doe abate halfe of that which remains, and cause a subquadruple proportion betwixt the weight and the power; three of them a subsextuple, four a sub&dubh.octuple. "
(1947) C. F. Hockett in Language XXIII. 321 "A scholar deciphering a dead language written in a non-phonetic or semi-phonetic orthography, may achieve good control of the tactics and semantics of the language, but remain in almost total ignorance of anything *sub&dubh.morphemic. "
(1980) Sci. Amer. Sept. 134/1 "On the whole, however, India remains a case of stunted, suboptimal growth, burdened as it is with the world's largest single national mass of poverty and unemployment. "
(1976) Sci. Amer. Mar. 101/3 "Michener's second evolutionary route he calls subsocial. On this route only one level of behavior precedes eusociality; it is characterized by solitary rather than communal nest building. The solitary female [spider] remains at the nest, however, and cares for her young. "
subception
(1958) New Biol. xxvii. 29 "The subject remains unaware not only of the stimulus but also of the fact that his `guesses' are being biased. For this effect the word `subception' has been coined. "
subcontinental [a.]
(1973) Guardian 5 Mar. 5/2 "`I've been a Pakistani for 24 years,' she says, though her accent remains softly Irish and not at all subcontinental. "
subdivide , [v.]
(1597-8) Bacon Ess., Faction (Arb.) 78 "When one of the Factions is extinguished, the remaining subdiuideth. "
subdivider
(1880) Daily News 20 Dec. 5/6 "To those who had already subdivided he offered new mountain farms, leaving the subdividers to decide who should remain and who should remove. "
subducend
(1706) W. Jones Syn. Palmar. Matheseos 16 "If the Subducend be taken from the Minuend, there rests the Remainder."
subduct , [v.]
(1855) Brewster Newton I. iii. 42 "Subducting the diameter of the hole from the length and breadth of the image, there remains 13 inches in the length and 238 inches in the breadth. "
subduction .
(1608) Bp. Hall Epist. i. vi. 284, "I haue noted foure ranks of commonly-named Miracles: from which, if you make a iust subduction, how few of our wonders shall remaine either to beleefe or admiration! "
(1856) Masson Ess. Biog. &. Crit. 109 "The property remaining..after the subduction of his own share as the eldest son."
subfeu , [sb.]
(1758) J. Dalrymple Ess. Feudal Property (ed. 2) 84 "As in subfeus at first, the original vassal remained still liable for the services. "
subject , [sb.]
(1609) Bible (Douay) Gen. i. 16 comm., "Ancient Doctors judged it possible, that accidents may remaine without their subject. "
sublevation
(1708) Keill Anim. Secret. 179 "The Remainder doubled gives 186 the Sublevation of the Weight Z."
sublimatory [sb.]
(1694) Salmon Bate's Dispens. (1713) 484/2 "The Volatile Sal-Armoniack is only the Volatile parts sublimed alone..the Acid..remaining behind at bottom of the Sublimatory."
sublime , [v.]
(1622) Malynes Anc. Law-Merch. 274 "There remaineth a Paste..called the Almond Paste, which by a limbecke receiuing fire, causeth the Quickesiluer to subleme [sic]. "
submerge , [v.]
(1877) Huxley Physiogr. 212 "The remains of a vast forest..now submerged to a depth of perhaps twenty or thirty feet below high-water. "
submiss , [a.]
(1817) Coleridge Biog. Lit. i. (1882) 5 "The great works of past ages..in respect to which his faculties must remain passive and submiss. "
subpopulation
(1961) Lancet 9 Sept. 586/2 "Serious outbreaks have occurred mainly because substantial poorly vaccinated subpopulation groups have remained-for example, lower socioeconomic groups in the U.S.A. "
subscribe , [v.]
(1709-29) V. Mandey Syst. Math., Arith. 17 "The Remainer being subscribed under the line drawn. "
subsequently , [adv.]
(1863) Lyell Antiq. Man 2 "The remains of living beings which have peopled the district at more than one era may have subsequently been mingled in such caverns. "
subservient , [a.] ( [sb.] )
(1880) Vernon Lee Italy iii. i. 73 "They wanted the singer to remain subservient to the composer."
subset , [v.]
(1765-8) Erskine Inst. Law Scot. ii. vi. §.33 (1773) 265 "It remains a doubt, whether the power of subsetting is implied in the nature of a tack, without a special clause. "
subside , [v.]
(1871) Cincinnati Comm. Apr. (Schele de Vere Americanisms 638) "Thereupon the doughty General subsided, but it would be a great mistake to suppose that he will remain silent. "
subsidiarily , [adv.]
(1818) H. T. Colebrooke Obligations 141 "He is not bound subsidiarily for the remainder, in the event of insolvency of his coheirs. "
subsidy , [sb.]
(1725) Lond. Gaz. No. 6366/2 "All Goods..which shall have remained in His Majesty's Warehouse for Security of the Duties Twelve Months, the Subsidies and Duties not paid. "
subsistence .
(C. 1720) Pope Let. to Buckingham Wks. 1737 VI. 110 "There is yet a small subsistance left them [sc. rats] in the few remaining books of the Library. "
subsisting [ppl. a.]
(1818) Cruise Digest (ed. 2) II. 325 "This not being a remainder created by that deed, but a conveyance of the then subsisting reversion or remainder expectant on the death of M. "
subsonic [a.] (and [sb.] )
(1937) Jrnl. R. Aeronaut. Soc. XLI. 1099 "The drag coefficient rises..as the velocity of sound is reached, and..remains very much higher than the sub-sonic figure. "
substance .
(1724) Blackmore Treat. Consumptions 9 "An extra&dubh.ordinary Discharge of Flegmatick Matter,..while..the Substance of the Lungs remains sound. "
(C. 1595) Capt. Wyatt R. Dudley's Voy. W. Ind. (Hakl. Soc.) 56 "In the night a substance of fyre resemblinge the shape of a fierie Dragon should fall into our sailes and theare remaine some quarter of an ower. "
substander
(1662) J. Chandler Van Helmont's Oriat. 144 "A truly substanding or remaining Being [orig. vere substantis entis]. "
(1662) J. Chandler Van Helmont's Oriat. 345 "The Substance of that Substander or remainer [orig. ejusque substantis substantia]."
substantial , [a.] ( [adv.] ) and [sb.]
(1798) S. &. Ht. Lee Canterb. T. II. 15 "His substantial wealth vanished, but the shadow still remained. "
substantive , [a.] and [sb.]
(1849) Macaulay Hist. Eng. vi. II. 89 "The substantive law remained; but it remained unaccompanied by any formidable sanction or by any efficient system of procedure. "
(1847) Gladstone in Morley Life (1903) I. iii. v. 375 "It is a painful decision to come to,..but the only substantive doubt it raises is about remaining in parliament. "
substantiveness .
(1845) Newman Ess. Developm. 43 "The Conference Connexion remains the representative of the Wesleyan ideas; in its gradual independence and growing substantiveness [etc.]. "
substract , [v.]
(1840) Lardner Geom. 108 "If from the square of the side opposite the right angle, the square of the given side be substracted, the remainder will be the square of the third side."
substraction .
(1648) Heylin Relat. &. Observ. i. 33 "The same Ship..having been so often repaired, and thereby suffered so many substractions and additions, that hardly any part of the old Vessell remained. "
(1818) Bentham Ch. Eng. Introd. 63 "A course which,-after substraction made of all punishment and all reward..would remain no less open to rulers than to subjects. "
(1674) Jeake Arith. (1696) 54 "If the Subtrahend and Remain be added, the Substractionary work will be proved."
substrate [a.]
(1844) Blackw. Mag. LV. 668 "The Thought..remains; the substrate, absolute, essential, generic notion."
substratum .
(1860) Hook Lives Abps. I. 45 "The simple patriarchal faith..was never lost, and when the idolatrous superstitions were removed there still remained a substratum of truth. "
substruction .
(1717) Berkeley Jrnl. Tour Italy Wks. 1871 IV. 532 "A great quadrangular portico.., whereof the substructions only now remain. "
subtend , [v.]
(1660) Barrow Euclid i. iv, "The remaining angles B, C, shall be equal to the remaining angles E, F, each to each, under which the equal sides are subtended."
subterpose , [v.]
(1894) Baring-Gould Deserts S. France I. 149 "Their remains may be discovered at a lower level, though not subterposed."
subtopian [a.] and [sb.]
(1958) N. Mackenzie Conviction 11 "Those parts of it [sc. Britain] that remain unspoiled are falling into the hands of the subtopians. "
subtract , [v.]
(1774) M. Mackenzie Marit. Surv. 62 "Subtract the Complement of the Declination from the half Sum, and take the Remainder. "
subtraction .
(1542) Recorde Gr. Artes (1575) 95 "Subtraction or Rebating is nothing els, but an arte to withdrawe and abate one summe from another, that the Remainer may appeare. "
(1910) Encycl. Brit. (ed. 11) II. 538/2 "We..perform the subtractions independently, and then regroup the results as the remainder."
subversion .
(1670) Cotton Espernon. i. iv. 181 "The violence of the powder was so great, that it blew up the floor where the Duke sate at dinner,..the Duke only by a miracle of Fortune remaining still sitting, and upright in the midst of this subversion. "
succeeder .
(1864) Tennyson Aylmer's F. 294 "The sole succeeder to their wealth,..The last remaining pillar of their house."
success , [sb.]
(1951) M. McLuhan Mech. Bride (1967) 35/2 "They remain avid customers for the success manuals and beauty treatments which by themselves constitute a large line of merchandise. "
succession .
(1643) Baker Chron. (1653) 99 "King Richard being dead, the right of Succession remained in Arthur, Son of Geoffry Plantagenet. "
successional , [a.]
(1711) Shaftesb. Charac. III. Misc. iv. i. 194 "The Question is, `What constitutes the We or I?' And, `Whether the I of this instant, be the same with that of any instant proceding, or to come.'.. So that the same successional We or I must remain still, on this account, undecided. "
succourless , [a.]
(1736) Thomson Liberty iv. 120 "What Conflagrations, Earthquakes, Ravage,..succourless, and bare, the poor Remains Of Wretches forth to Nature's Common cast? "
succulent , [a.] and [sb.]
(1882) Vines tr. Sach's Bot. 417 "These peculiar stipules remain fresh and succulent not only during the life of the leaves but also after they have fallen. "
suck , [sb. 1]
(1625) Massinger New Way i. i, "Wellborn. No bouse, nor no tobacco? Tapwell. Not a suck, sir, Nor the remainder of a single can. "
suck , [v.]
(1779) J. Moore View Soc. Fr. (1789) I. i. 9 "Small chance will remain of his being sucked into the old system. "
(1831) Jane Porter Sir. E. Seaward's Narr. I. 61 "It [sc. the pump] sucked, that is no more water remained within reach. "
sucrose .
(1964) N. G. Clark Mod. Org. Chem. viii. 138 "Molasses is the dark syrup remaining after the removal of crystallized sugar from evaporated sugar-cane juice or the aqueous extract of sugar beet; it contains between 40 and 50 per cent of sucrose (table sugar). "
sudden , [a.] , [adv.] and [sb.]
(1560) Whitehorne Arte Warre 69 "The other twoo shal remain behinde, distaunte other thirtie yardes: the which facion maie bee ordained in a sodaine."
Sudra .
(1910) Encycl. Brit. XIII. 503/1 "Whilst the Arya was thus a dvi-ja, or twice-born, the Sudra remained unregenerate during his lifetime."
suffer , [v.]
(1678) G. Mackenzie Crim. Laws Scot. i. vi. §.19. 51 "Their goods should be put under sicker Burrows,..under which they must remain ay and while they suffer an Assize. "
sufferable , [a.]
(1653) A. Wilson Jas. I, 20 "For the Clericks..they are no way sufferable to remain in this Kingdom."
suffice , [v.]
(1794) Mrs. Radcliffe Myst. Udolpho xxviii, "It is my will that you remain here, let that suffice you. "
(1854) Newman Hist. Sk. (1876) I. i. iv. 173 "Barbarian minds remain in the circle of ideas which sufficed their forefathers."
suffocate , [v.]
(1888) Daily News 9 July 5/7 "Whilst he was suffocating he remained calm and still."
suffragan , [sb.] and [a.]
(1647) C. Walker Myst. Two Junto's 6 "The remaining part of the House are but..Suffragans to ratify what is forejudged. "
sugar , [sb.]
(1834) McCulloch Dict. Comm. (ed. 2) 1089 "The *refuse sugar..remaining after the process of refining. "
(1899) W. A. MacKay Pioneer Life in Zorra 171 "Not infrequently would the sugar-makers remain in the woods most of the night boiling down the sap. "
suggestum .
(1859) J. C. Hobhouse Italy II. 112 "Not far from the base of the still remaining suggestum, by the Arch of Severus."
sugillate suggillate , [v.]
(1676) Wiseman Chirurg. Treat. vii. iv. 485 "The head of the Os humeri was bruised, and remained sugillated long after. "
suit , [sb.]
(1797) Mrs. A. M. Bennett Beggar Girl 116 "Books, music, maps, papers..totally out of suite with the part of the cabin and its furniture yet remaining. "
Suliote , [sb.] (and [a.] )
(1952) C. M. Woodhouse Greek War of Independence i. 13 "Parts of Crete remained..independent of all foreign rule. So to some extent did Souli, a wild precipitous district above the River Akheron in Epirus (Southern Albania): but the Souliotes were not strictly Greeks. "
sulk , [sb. 2]
(1837) Disraeli Venetia i. xiii, "Mrs. Cadurcis remained alone in a savage sulk. "
sulky , [a.]
(1828) Davy Salmonia 30, "I thought after a fish had been hooked, he remained sick and sulky for some time."
sullow
(C. 1640) J. Smyth Lives Berkeleys (1883) I. 303 "What waynes, carts, sullows, harrows..remained. "
sulpha- .
(1943) Listener 16 Sept. 321/2 "A quite new drug, sulphaguanidine, shows promise for the treatment of bacillary dysentery; it succeeds here..because much of it is not absorbed, and it therefore remains to act in the intestine. "
sulphocyanic , [a.]
(1833) Rees tr. Berzelius' Anal. Inorg. Bodies 135 "When the hydrogen of the acid unites with the sulphur of the base to form sulphureted hydrogen, a metallic *sulphocyanuret remains."
sulphurize , [v.]
(1873) Hayne in Tristram Moab 397 "Some stumps [of palm-trees] remain not petrified, but, if I may be allowed the expression, `sulphurised'. "
sultane
(1711) Lond. Gaz. No. 4940/1 "All the Fleet is return'd.., except six Sultans and two Gallies remaining with the Captain-Basha."
sultanism .
(1851) H. Melville Whale xxxiii. 161 "That certain sultanism of his brain, which had otherwise in a good degree remained unmanifested. "
sum , [v. 1]
(1784) Cowper Task iii. 130, "I sum up half mankind, And add two thirds of the remaining half. "
summate , [v.]
(1976) J. Bayley Uses of Division i. i. 24 "It remained for Proust to summate the retrospective social novel."
summer , [sb. 1]
(1902) W. D. Howells Literature &. Life 49 "A few houses of the past remain, but the type of the summer cottage has impressed itself upon all the later building, and the native is passing architecturally, if not personally, into abeyance. "
sun , [sb. 1]
(A. 1569) Kingesmyll Confl. Satan (1578) 14 "Gods words remaine beyond the days of the Sunne. "
(1638) Junius Paint. Ancients 123 "Their worke remaineth in the finest place under the Sunne. "
sun [v.]
(1807) P. Gass Jrnl. 239 "We remained here all day airing and sunning our baggage and stores. "
super , [sb.]
(1838) Actors by Daylight I. 112/1 "Many of the old supers of course remained. "
superadd , [v.]
(1843) Pusey Serm. Holy Euch. 10 "The remains of original corruption and our own superadded sins. "
supercharged [pa. pple.] and [ppl. a.]
(1919) W. J. Walker tr. Devillers's Automobile &. Aero Engines xxiv. 387 "The volume of the supercharged mixture remains sensibly constant during injection. "
superconductivity
(1966) K. Mendelssohn Quest for Absolute Zero ix. 199 "In 1930 de Haas and Voogd had found that wires of lead-bismuth alloy remained superconductive in magnetic fields as high as 20,000 oersted. "
supererogation .
(1876) Bartholow Mat. Med. (1879) 149 "It may appear to be a work of super&dubh.erogation to notice the popular fallacy that quinia..remains combined with the textures of the body."
superexaltation
(1880) Athen&ae.um 25 Sept. 395/1 "The superexaltation of St. Peter in face of the historical evidence which remains as to St. Paul's influence at Rome. "
superexcrescence
(1676) Wiseman Chirurg. Treat. iv. v. 321 "After the Escar separated, I rubb'd the remaining Superexcrescence with a Vitriol-stone."
superflow
(1975) Nature 10 Jan. 93/3 "It is superflow in the film which is responsible for the well known and dramatic phenomenon of the beaker of helium which empties itself while remaining upright."
superfluid (stress variable), [sb.] and [a.]
(1968) C. G. Kuper Introd. Theory Superconductivity ii. 20 "At any temperature T <. Tc only a fraction..of the electrons are in the condensate (`superfluid' electrons) and the remainder are `normal' electrons. "
superfluity .
(1773) Johnson Let. to Boswell 24 [22] Feb., "Some superfluities I have expunged, and some faults I have corrected,..but the main fabrick of the work remains as it was. "
superman .
(1958) Times Lit. Suppl. 1 Apr. p. xx/4 "The impression remains of a sense of values associated with `Superman' and American comics. "
(1910) Dublin Rev. Oct. 344 "Human nature..is likely to remain still exactly the same. Those who believe it to be travelling towards moral supermanhood have obviously not studied it. "
supernatural , [a.] ( [sb.] )
(1905) Chesterton Heretics 99 "Take away the supernatural, and what remains is the unnatural."
supernova
(1977) Whitaker's Almanack 1978 155/1 "One important source of radio noise is the Crab Nebula, which is known to be the remains of the supernova of a.d. 1054. "
(1960) McGraw-Hill Encycl. Sci. &. Technol. XIII. 303/2 "The remains of an old supernova explosion. "
superonerate [v.]
(1638) Rawley tr. Bacon's Life &. Death (1650) 64 "Aire begets new Aire out of watry moisture, yet notwithstanding the old Aire still remains; whence commeth that Super-Oneration of the Aire. "
superorganic [a.] (and [sb.] ).
(1876) Spencer Princ. Sociol. (1877) I. 3 "The four Volumes, that have followed First Principles, have dealt with Organic Evolution... We have now to enter upon the remaining division-Superorganic Evolution. "
superparticular [a.] ( [sb.] )
(A. 1696) Scarburgh Euclid, (1705) 180 "If..there remains..any Quotal part of the Consequent..then the proportion is called Multiple Superparticular. "
superplusage
(1661) J. Fell Hammond 14 "A stock was rais'd..for the apprentising of young Children... And after this there yet remain'd a Superplusage for the assistance of the neighbour Parishes."
superseder .
(1881) G. Allen Colin Clout's Cal. v. (1883) 28 "The remaining ganoids, sharks, and lampreys all show signs of depending mainly upon smell, their modern superseders show signs of depending mainly upon sight."
supine , [a.]
(1878) H. S. Wilson Alpine Ascents i. 11 "In which the body is supine while the fancy remains active."
supping , [vbl. sb. 2]
(1620) Venner Via Recta viii. 179 "This order of supping being obserued, there will remaine a competent time..before they goe to bed,..for the meats..to concoct. "
supplant , [v.]
(1576) Fleming Panopl. Epist. 67, "I suppose that al your sorrow cannot with such facilitie be supplanted, but that a few sparkles wil remaine. "
supplemental , [a.] ( [sb.] )
(1866) Huxley Physiol. iv. (1869) 104 "About as much more in addition to this remains in the chest after an ordinary expiration, and is called Supplemental air. "
suppleness .
(1671) Woodhead St. Teresa i. xxv. 172 "There never remains any sweetness, or softness, or suppleness in the Soul; but she is, as it were, frighted. "
supply , [sb.]
(1881) Jowett Thucyd. I. 169 "The invaders remained until their supplies were exhausted."
supply , [v. 1]
(1673) Lady's Call. i. i. §.12 "There will not remain many topics of discourse, unless this be called in to supply."
support , [v.]
(1694) in Salkeld Reports (1721) 576 "The contingent Remainder to him was not discharged by the vesting in the Crown..because of the Wife's Estate, which is sufficient to support it. "
(1766) Blackstone Comm. II. xi. 166 "A lease at will is not held to be such a particular estate, as will support a remainder over. "
(1772) Fearne Contingent Remainders (1791) 424 "It was agreed that such limitation was void as a contingent remainder, because there was no freehold to support it."
(1981) Electronics 10 Mar. 165/1 "Software supported by the operating system will remain compatible across the product line and across time. "
suppose , [v.]
(1908) R. Bagot A. Cuthbert v. 43, "I was not thinking of myself, but of you. Do you suppose that I want you to remain unmarried in order to secure my own position?"
suppressed , [ppl. a.]
(1849) Balfour Man. Bot. §.647 "In Trop&ae.olum pentaphyllum..there are three petals suppressed, as shown by the position of the two remaining ones; there are two rows of stamens, in each of which one is awanting, and there are two carpels suppressed. "
suppurate , [v.]
(1842) Abdy Water Cure 13 "They remained..nearly two weeks, without suppurating."
suppuration .
(1676) Wiseman Chirurg. Treat. iv. iv. 267, "I applied again the Malagma, which caused a Suppuration of the remainder. "
suprascapular [a.]
(1854) Owen in Orr's Circ. Sci., Org. Nat. I. 190 "The suprascapular plate remains long cartilaginous, and always partly so. "
sure , [a.] and [adv.]
(1587) in Cath. Rec. Soc. Publ. V. 140 "The young king of Scotland remaineth still amongst his..ennemies, who suffer him to take his pastime..under a shew of liberty, but they think themselves sure ynough of him. "
surety , [sb.]
(1588) Shaks. L.L.L. ii. i. 135 "There remaines vnpaid A hundred thousand [crowns] more: in surety of the which, One part of Aquitaine is bound to vs. "
surfeiter .
(1657) Rumsey Org. Salutis iv. (1659) 17 "That..there remains part of the meat undigested..is too well known to moderate Surfeiters. "
surmount , [v.]
(1794) R. J. Sulivan View Nat. I. 57 "It is clear that the waters never surmounted those high summits, or at least remained but a short time upon them."
surrender , [sb.]
(1590) West Symbol. i. ii. §.311 "An Instrument of Surrender is an instrument testifiyng..that the particuler tenant of landes..doth..agree, that he which hath the next immediate remainder or reuersion thereof shall also haue the particuler estate of the same in possession. "
surrender , [v.]
(1875) Digby Real Prop. (1876) 378 "He may at common law surrender his estate to the remainderman or reversioner by simple deed."
surrenderor .
(A. 1683) Scroggs Courts-leet (1714) 148 "When a Surrender is made to the Use of a Will, the Fee-Simple remains in the Surrenderor. "
surrogate , [sb.] ( [a.] )
(1950) A. Huxley Themes &. Variations 46 "Not a trace of the divine or the eternal remains, and the notions of State, Nation and Party are therefore free to expand into vast and monstrous caricatures of God. In the service of this God-surrogate and of his prophet, Efficiency, totalitarian dictators find it right and proper to behave with systematic savagery. "
(1978) Time 5 June 59 "The demand for surrogates remained strong... Despite potential legal problems, some have already opted for surrogate mothers. "
surround [sb.]
(1903) Sir M. G. Gerard Leaves fr. Diaries viii. 250 "Allowing time for the surround to be accomplished, he then strolled off with the remaining..sepoys."
surrounding , [vbl. sb.]
(1861) Smiles Engineers vi. i. II. 6 "The place remained comparatively rural in point of size and surroundings. "
surveillance .
(1853) Humphreys Coin-coll. Man. xxii. (1876) 301 "The copper [coinage] remained under the surveillance of the Senate. "
survivable , [a.]
(1982) Observer 14 Mar. 5/1 "The report..published by the United States Transportation Safety Board in Washington..defines a `survivable' accident as one in which the forces exerted on passengers do not exceed the limits of human tolerance and in which the aircraft structure remains substantially intact."
survivant [a.]
(1654) tr. Scudery's Curia Pol. 116 "The remainder and survivant party."
survivor .
(1766) Blackstone Comm. ii. xii. 183 "The entire tenancy upon the decease of any of them remains to the survivors, and at length to the last survivor. "
Susian , [a.] and [sb.]
(1948) W. W. Tarn Alexander the Great II. ii. 311 "It remains to consider the Susian satrapy mentioned above. "
suspend , [v.]
(1881) Gladstone Sp. in Ho. Comm. 3 Feb., "It becomes my duty to make a Motion for the suspension of the following Members... I have to move that they be severally suspended from the service of the House during the remainder of the day's Sitting."
suspended [ppl. a.] and [sb.]
(1977) N.Y. Rev. Bks. 26 May 13/4 "If in the end I remain in a state of suspended disbelief, it is..because I find it hard to believe that there can be a single explanation for so complex a phenomenon."
suspense , [sb.]
(1871) Spurgeon Treas. David Ps. lxxxviii. 18 "The ear remains in suspense; until the majestic lxxxixth [psalm] shall burst upon it."
suspension .
(1959) A. C. Hardy Open Sea II. v. 106 "Most animals on rocks or stones will be suspension-feeders,..because little detritus can remain there. "
suspensive , [a.]
(1818) Colebrooke Obligations i. iii. 10 "If the agreement bear, that the obligation shall not presently have effect but remain inoperative until the event be certain, the condition is precedent and suspensive; and the conditional obligation is termed a suspensive one. "
suspicion , [sb.]
(A. 1578) Lindesay (Pitscottie) Chron. Scot. (S.T.S.) I. 86 "The Earle of Douglas..was remaining thair..witht out ony suspetionnis of Schir William Creichtounis gaddering. "
sustain , [v.]
(1697) Dryden Virg. Georg. ii. 743 "Enough remains..His Wife and tender Children to sustain."
suttle , [a.]
(1695) E. Hatton Merch. Mag. 100 "In such Commodities wherein Trett is allowed, the Remainer, after the Tare is deducted is called Suttle, out of which Suttle the allowance for Trett is made. "
(1764) C. Hutton Syst. Pract. Arith. (1766) 72 "What remains after the tare is taken from the gross, may be called tare-suttle, if there be more deductions... What remains after tret is deducted, may be called tret-suttle, if there be any following deduction. "
swage , [v. 1]
(1545) Raynalde Byrth Mankynde ii. vii. (1634) 137 "If one of the brests swage which before was in good liking, the other remaining sound and safe. "
Swaledale .
(1916) W. J. Malden Brit. Sheep &. Shepherding vi. 58 "Among the remaining breeds of the northern hills may be mentioned the Swaledale, a very hardy breed. "
swallow , [sb. 2]
(C. 1700) Kennett MS. Lansd. 1033, "Swallow-pit, where hollow caverns remain in the earth upon mineworks. "
swallow , [v.]
(1898) Tit Bits 30 July 338/1 "The remaining acts [of the play] were in turn `swallowed' during the successive intervals."
swank [sb. 1]
(1726) Bailey (ed. 3), "A swank (at Bocking in Essex) that Remainder of Liquor at the Bottom of a Tankard, Pot or Cup, which is just sufficient for one Draught; which is not accounted good Manners to divide with the left Hand Man; and according to the Quantity is called either a large or a little Swank. "
swarf , [sb. 2]
(1973) J. G. Tweeddale Materials Technol. II. vi. 142 "In more ductile materials chips may remain partially bonded to each other to form continuous severely-work-hardened ribbons sometimes called swarf."
swash , [v.]
(1836) W. Irving Astoria lviii. (1849) 477 "The next wave threw their bodies back upon the deck, where they remained swashing backward and forward. "
swear , [v.]
(1837) Carlyle Fr. Rev. i. vii. xi, "Lafayette..swears the remaining Bodyguards, down in the Marble-Court. "
sweat , [sb.]
(1900) Yearbk. U.S. Dept. Agric. 94 "After the figs were dried they were placed in sweat boxes holding about 200 pounds each, where they were allowed to remain for two weeks, to pass through a sweat. "
sweat , [v.]
(1881) Greener Gun 314 "The stoving sweats the powder, and drives off any remaining moisture. "
sweated , [ppl. a.]
(1894) Westm. Gaz. 2 May 2/3 "The state of things described by Kingsley still remains in the lower strata of these sweated industries."
sweat-house
(1882) Harper's Mag. Nov. 872/2 "The grapes for raisin&dubh.making..are removed to an airy building known as a `sweat-house', where they remain possibly a month, till the last vestiges of moisture are extracted."
sweating , [vbl. sb.]
(1799) Tooke View Russian Emp. 261 "After remaining awhile they come down from the *sweating-bench, and wash their body with warm or cold water. "
sweep , [sb.]
(1889) 19th Cent. Nov. 758 "The hopes that the few remaining hundreds of the aborigines might be captured in one sweep. "
sweep , [v.]
(1890) W. J. Gordon Foundry 26 "The gun would remain in sight only long enough to fire. The enemy at sea would sweep the chalk hill in vain for a sign of its presence other than the smoke."
sweet , [a.] and [adv.]
(1919) E. W. Dean Motor Gasoline Properties (U.S. Bur. Mines Techn. Paper No. 214) 25 "If the liquid remains unchanged in color and if the sulphur film is bright yellow or only slightly discolored.., the test shall be reported negative and the gasoline considered `sweet'. "
(1895) Oracle Encycl. I. 556/1 "Butter-Milk, the liquid which remains after the churning of cream or sweet-milk for the preparation of butter. "
sweeting (1) .
(1908) [Miss Fowler] Betw. Trent &. Ancholme 379 "Some remaining Pear and `Sweeting' trees."
sweet-talk , [v.]
(1981) Observer 17 May 19/6 "Many have tried over the years to sweet-talk Walsh into selling, but he remained strongly independent until the last."
sweltering , [vbl. sb.]
(1657) R. Ligon Barbadoes 102 "Neither themselves, nor any other, can remaine in them [sc. their houses] without sweltring. "
Swiderian , [a.]
(1960) C. Winick Dict. Anthropol. 518/2 "Swiderian, a culture found in Poland, with the tranchet ax a typical tool. Its remains, mostly kitchen middens, resemble the Campignian culture, which is found further south."
swim , [sb.]
(1891) Mrs. L. B. Walford Mischief of Monica xxix, "They have got into the Schofield swim, and in the Schofield swim they must remain."
switching , [vbl. sb.]
(1960) Economist 15 Oct. 288/3 "Buying in the gilt edged market increased..and demand from both home and continental buyers, including some switching and investment buying, remained high. "
swordman
(1617) Moryson Itin. ii. 100 "Two things remained to settle the Kingdome. First the ridding Ireland of the Swordmen. "
syllid , [sb.] and [a.]
(1888) Rolleston &. Jackson Forms Animal Life (ed. 2) 607 "The parent-form in these Syllidians remains non&dubh.sexual. "
(1963) R. P. Dales Annelids i. 30 "The nephridiostome remains as a recognisable notch or pocket in the larger coelomostome, as it does..in some syllids. "
sylloge .
(1787) Pegge (title) "A Sylloge of the remaining Authentic Inscriptions relative to the erection of our English Churches. "
syllogistical [a.]
(1672) Marvell Reh. Transp. (1673) II. 68 "That it should remain upon Record how Syllogistical a life his hath been to the Stile and Principles that he has manag'd and prosecuted."
sylvestrian sil- , [a. 1]
(1716) M. Davies Athen. Brit. III. Diss. Physick 37 "There's nothing now remaining of those Sylvestrian Herbalists. "
Sylvian , [a. 2]
(1980) A. Silverstein Human Anat. &. Physiol. xiii. 278/2 "Viewed from the side, the cerebrum looks something like a large mitten, with the wrist at the back and the fingers at the front of the head. The `thumb' of the mitten is separated from the remainder by another prominent groove, the lateral fissure or fissure of Sylvius."
sylvic silvic , [a.]
(1838) T. Thomson Chem. Org. Bodies 506 "That portion of the resin which remains undissolved when the turpentine freed from its oil is digested in cold alcohol of 0&rdot.867, has been called silvic acid by Unverdorben, and resin beta by Berzelius. "
symbiosis .
(1979) W. Styron Sophie's Choice vi. 150 "Hö.ss eventually developed what might be called a fruitful-or at least symbiotic-relationship with the man who was to remain his immediate superior. "
symmetric , [a.]
(1935) Condon &. Shortley Theory of Atomic Spectra iii. 165 "If the atom is at a certain moment in a symmetric state it will always remain in a symmetric state. "
sympathin .
(1946) Nature 20 July 88/1 "In Cannon's remaining active years he was largely concerned with evidence as to the nature of the sympathetic transmitter `sympathin', which he believed to be not identical with adrenaline. "
symplasmatic , [a.]
(1923) Q. Jrnl. Microsc. Sci. LXVII. 156 "In the symplasmatic zone of the diploplasma are to be found remains of maternal nuclei, maternal blood corpuscles and various granules. "
symptom , [sb.]
(1962) Lancet 27 Jan. 212/2 "Most remain symptom-free, apart from aching calves, thighs and backs. "
symptomatic , [a.] ( [sb.] )
(1878) C. J. Vaughan Earnest Words 120 "All that remains is symptomatic-this is essential."
synagogue .
(1565) Harding Confut. Apol. iv. 212 b, "They can not be the..shining church of Christ... Wherefore it remaineth that it is the synagog of Antichrist, and Lucifer. "
synchroneity .
(1968) R. G. West Pleistocene Geol. &. Biol. xii. 286 "There remain very many problems of chronology, in particular the synchroneity of pollen zones. "
synchronic , [a.]
(1887) Heilprin Distrib. Anim. ii. ii. 231 "The want of synchronic correspondence..between..closely related assemblages of fossil remains."
synchronizer
(1940) F. J. Mortimer Wall's Dict. Photogr. (ed. 15) 314 "A sharp distinction should be drawn between the flashgun and the simpler so-called `synchronisers' which open the shutter, set at `Bulb' or a slow snapshot speed, before the flash begins, and allow it to remain open till the flash is over. "
synchroscope .
(1908) V. Karapetoff Exper. Electr. Engin. xxi. 494 "It only remains..to bring the machine into phase with the voltage at the bus-bars. This is done either by means of properly connected incandescent lamps..or special instruments, so-called synchroscopes. "
syndrome .
(1976) J. I. M. Stewart Memorial Service xi. 177 "His reclusive side-the withdrawn scholar syndrome, it might be called-remained on top. "
syngenetic , [a.]
(1971) Nature 12 Mar. 108/2 "It remains to be seen whether the small amounts of racemic amino-acids were syngenetic with the meteorite parent body or were synthesized later. "
synoecism .
(1886) Eng. Hist. Rev. I. 636 "They always remained separate states and were never synoikised. "
syntactic , [a.] and [sb.]
(1941) A. Tate in Southern Rev. VI. 636 "The role of syntactics in the semiotic science remains somewhat obscure; it seems to consist in a number of `transformation rules'-that is, in formulas by which given expressions in words, numbers, or symbols can be changed into equivalent but formally different expressions. "
synthronus .
(1861) Neale Notes Dalmatia 117 "The bishop's seat, at the east end of the synthronus, remains with two arms."
syntonin .
(1881) Mivart Cat 125 "About 15 per cent. of the remaining fourth [of the substance of muscle] is found, after death, to consist of an albuminoid substance called syntonin, or muscle fibrin."
syrup , [sb.]
(1816) J. Smith Panorama Sci. &. Art II. 435 "Distil off a part of the acid, till what remains in the retort has the consistence of sirup. "
(1837) M. Donovan Dom. Econ. II. 229 "Molasses..is the syrup which remains after all the sugar has been crystallised from it. "
system .
(1830) Lyell Princ. Geol. I. 125 "We may select the great carboniferous series..as the oldest system of rocks of which the organic remains furnish any decisive evidence as to climate. "
(1908) Chesterton All Things Considered 47 "His vanity..remains a mere mistake of fact, like that of a man who..thinks he has an infallible system for Monte Carlo. "
tab , [sb. 5]
(1916) H. Etheridge Bar-Lock Typewriter Manual, 45 "On releasing the Tab. key the carriage remains at the number on the scale where the first stop has been fixed. "
tabard .
(1864) Boutell Her. Hist. &. Pop. xiii. 132 "The Tabard remains in use as the Official Habit of Heralds."
tabernacle , [sb.]
(1902) Ld. Rosebery in Times 21 Feb. 6/1 "Speaking pontifically within his `tabernacle' last night, he [Sir H. C.-B.] anathematised my declarations on the `clean slate' and Home Rule... I remain, therefore, outside his tabernacle, but not, I think, in solitude. "
(1902) Westm. Gaz. 26 Feb. 6/3 "Dr. Heber Hart..is convinced that the principles of the League can be effectively advocated only by those who remain within the tabernacle of the party, whoever may be the Chief Rabbi for the time being."
table , [sb.]
(1977) Times 14 Apr. 1/3 "While stating that those proposals should `remain on the table', he [sc. Ian Smith] is now prepared to listen to new ideas."
(1902) T. M. Lindsay Ch. &. Min. in Early Cent. vi. 254 "After the celebration the faithful, who all remained in the church, came forward to the `Table'."
tableau , [sb.]
(1975) Way to Play 147/4 "Spaces in the tableau (caused by the removal of an entire fan) remain unfilled."
Taborite .
(1646) Bp. Maxwell Burd. Issach. in Phenix (1708) II. 313 "We might..add the Remainder of the Waldenses and Albigenses in Piedmont, and the Parts adjoining; or of the Taborites in Bohemia. "
tacit , [a.]
(1804) Wellington in Gurw. Desp. (1837) III. 497 "If the British Government had remained..a tacit spectator of events. "
tacky , [a. 2]
(1822) Imison Sc. &. Art II. 244 "If left in the damp, it remains tacky..a long time. "
tafferel .
(1705) Lond. Gaz. No. 4116/3 "Only her Hull from the Taffrill to the Midships remained above Water. "
tag , [sb. 1]
(1887) J. B. Sheppard in Lit. Cantuar. (Rolls) I. 341 note, "The originals have now both lost their seals, although the slits for the tags remain."
tail , [sb. 1]
(1642) Rogers Naaman 71 "Abandoning the refuse and taile that remained. "
tailing , [vbl. sb. 1]
(1877) Raymond Statist. Mines &. Mining 40 "The remainder comprising 9 trammers, 6 mill-men, 1 *tailings-man [etc.]. "
take , [v.]
(1870) Rogers Hist. Gleanings Ser. ii. 93 "He took credit to himself that..her son remained stanch."
(1893) Nat. Observer 7 Oct. 541/2 "The remainder of the Life will take two more volumes."
(1825) Scott Betrothed xix, "Eveline remained silent. The abbess took the word."
(1917) N.Y. Times 25 Feb. 4/1 "Two thousand persons participated in the coronation, which required two full days to `take', despite the fact that it remains on the screen only three minutes. "
(1593) Fale Dialling 14, "I take the complement of the Elevation, which is 38d. out of the reclination of the plat which is 55d., and there remain 17d. "
(1712) J. James tr. Le Blond's Gardening 121 "You may fill up the Holes to the Level of the Ground.., to take up the Earth that may possibly remain to be disposed of. "
Takelma , [sb.] and [a.]
(1941) C. F. Voegelin in L. Spier et al. Lang., Culture &. Personality 23 "When Sapir studied Takelma in 1906 there were only a few speakers of the language remaining. "
taker .
(1766) Blackstone Comm. II. i. 9 "Property, both in lands and moveables, being thus originally acquired by the first taker,..it remains in him, by the principles of universal law, till such time as he does some other act which shews an intention to abandon it. "
Taliacotian , [a.]
(1857) Dunglison Dict. Med. s.v. Rhinoplastic, "The Tagliacotian operation..consists in bringing down a portion of flesh from the forehead, and causing it to adhere to the anterior part of the remains of the nose."
talkee-talkee .
(1961) F. G. Cassidy Jamaica Talk i. 8 "It [sc. Macca] got into the common speech and has remained in Taki-taki and in Jamaican. "
tall , [a.]
(1979) United States 1980/81 (Penguin Travel Guides) 763 "Now scarcely 1% of the original 400,000 square miles of tallgrass remain."
tally , [sb. 1]
(1816) Jefferson Writ. (1830) IV. 297 "If histories so unlike..can..be brought to the same tally, no line of distinction remains between fact and fancy. "
(1889) 19th Cent. Nov. 755 "Though we had three deaths during the passage, as we also had three births, our tally remained correct. "
(1807) Crabbe Parish Reg. i. 252 "Where chalky tallies yet remain in rows."
talon , [sb.]
(1862) C. C. Meehan Law &. Practice of Game of Euchre v. 86 "Talon, the eleven cards remaining in the pack after the dealer has distributed five to each player and turned up the twenty-first card for the trump. "
(1977) Jrnl. Playing-Card Soc. May 25 "When the discard is complete, everyone should have 11 cards and the four face-down cards remaining are called the talon."
taluk taluq .
(1799) Wellington Suppl. Desp. (1858) I. 370 "He may hereafter plunder the remainder of that talook. "
tamboura .
(1891) C. R. Day Music &. Mus. Instruments S. India vii. 103 "The vina, the tamburi or tamburu-vina, and the kinneri still remain just as they are described in the ancient books. "
tamburitza .
(1961) A. Baines Mus. Instruments ix. 212 "The pandoura, or `long-necked' lute, remains a popular instrument from Persia..to the Balkans (tamboritsa). "
tamperproof [a.]
(1886) Time July (Advt., rear cover), "An indicator which records the hours your day or night watchman remains on duty, and is absolutely tamperproof. "
tang , [sb. 1]
(1925) D. S. Jordan Fishes (rev. ed.) xxxviii. 618 "In the next family, Acanthurid&ae., the surgeon-fishes or tangs, the scales remain small. "
(1657) Austen Fruit Trees ii. 153 "Although the graft changes the sap of the wild stock into its owne nature, yet..a tang of the wild nature remains. "
tangi (1) .
(1864) A. S. Atkinson Jrnl. 19 Apr. in Richmond-Atkinson Papers (1960) II. 107 "She sat down, began tangi-ing,..&. so they remained for some minutes. "
Tangut , [sb.] (and [a.] )
(1979) L. Kwanten Imperial Nomads, v. 72 "Most scholars remain convinced that the Tangut language is a member of the Sino-Tibetan linguistic family, although..recent linguistic research indicates that there is a distinct possibility that Tangut is either a Turkic dialect or a language heavily influenced by a Turkic dialect."
tank [sb. 7]
(1979) D. Graham in K. Douglas Alamein to Zem Zem 10 "Sufficient of its character remained, however, for it to move into action..with tank turrets open and umbrellas up. "
t'ao t'ieh .
(1978) New Archaeol. Finds in China II. 29 "Some broken pieces of the outer coffin remain; they are carved with a tao-tieh (ogre-mask) design in the form of an ox head. "
tape , [sb. 1]
(1903) Punch 11 Feb. 103/1 "Though a toughish task remains Before I breast the tape, J. Chamberlain, of Birmingham, Will round (or square) the Cape. "
tapia .
(1878) Hooker &. Ball Marocco 322 "The remains of massive walls of tapia. "
tapis [v. 3]
(1602) Carew Cornwall 111 b, "Onely there remaine the Iuie&dubh.tapissed wals of the keepe."
tar , [sb. 1]
(1834) Southern Lit. Messenger I. 87 "If he remained longer, he was in danger of tar and feathers. "
tarantant
(1883) Chamb. Jrnl. 1 Dec. 761/1 "When the tarantant had by this means recovered, he or she remained free from the disease until the approach of the warm weather in the next year."
target , [sb. 1]
(1653) H. Cogan tr. Pinto's Trav. lxix. (1663) 280 "The Elephants withall setting their Trunks to the target fences..tore them down in such sort, as not one of them remained entire. "
tarnished , [ppl. a.]
(1726-46) Thomson Winter 182 "The..forest..sheds What of its tarnished honours yet remain. "
tarry , [v.]
(1877) Freeman Norm. Conq. (ed. 3) II. x. 469 "There they were to tarry [earlier edd. remain] through Lent."
tarsioid , [sb.] and [a.]
(1925) Bull. Geol. Soc. China IV. 142 "Primitive lemuroid and tarsioid fossil remains are widely known from England eastwards to the Carpathians. "
Tartar , Tatar , [sb. 2] ( [a.] )
(1612) Brerewood Lang. &. Relig. (1614) 94 "It is alleaged that the word Tatari, or Totari, (for so indeed they are rightly called, as learned men obserue, and not Tartari) signifieth in the Syriaque and Hebrew tongues, a Residue or Remainder such as these Tartars are supposed to bee of the Ten Tribes. "
tasajo .
(1851) Mayne Reid Scalp Hunt. xxvi, "Those who remain cut the [buffalo] meat into long thin strips, and hang it over the lines already prepared for this purpose. It is thus left to be baked by the sun into `tasajo'. "
Tasian , [a.] and [sb.]
(1934) V. G. Childe New Light on Most Anc. East iii. 52 "Remains found at Deir Tasa and other sites on the east bank of the Nile in Middle Egypt..belong to a people who have been termed Tasians. "
tassel , [sb. 1]
(1894) E. Eggleston in Century Mag. Apr. 850 "Our country people, when speaking of the male flower of the maize, preserve the broad vowel of their ancestors: `tossell' it will remain in spite of the schoolmaster."
Tat , [sb. 8]
(1939) H. Field Contrib. Anthropol. Iran iii. 157 "While..these elements cannot be considered pure Iranian there remain the Talych (91,000), Tat (74,000) and Persian (50,000), all of which are clearly Iranian dialects. "
tate , [sb. 1]
(1891) H. Haliburton Ochil Idylls 68 "O' winter snaw there's but a tate remainin'. "
tatter , [sb. 1]
(1791) Mrs. Radcliffe Rom. Forest ii, "The remains of tapestry hung in tatters upon the walls. "
tattered , [a.] , [ppl. a.]
(1599) Nashe Lenten Stuffe Wks. (Grosart) V. 277 "Nothing of that Castle saue tattered ragged walles nowe remaines. "
tautological , [a.]
(1933) Mind XLII. 41 "Each postulate functions in limiting the ranges of the variables in such a manner that any change is one postulate..involves a reciprocal change in its other parts, which change causes it to remain analytic or tautological. "
tavern , [sb.]
(1714) Mandeville Fab. Bees (1724) I. 19 "Those, that remain'd,..when they paid their *Tavern Score, Resolv'd to enter it no more. "
taxi , [sb.]
(1939) Sun (Baltimore) 17 Apr. 8/1 "The remaining &dollar.70,000 would be used for roadways, aprons, taxiways and fences. "
tea , [sb.]
(1830) Miss Mitford Village Ser. iv. 332 "The dresser was..adorned with the remains of a long preserved set of tea-china, of a light rambling pattern. "
tea-cup
(1883) C. S. Burne Shropshire Folk-Lore xxi. 277 "The apparitions which..nurses used to discover in their tea-cups when they had..emptied the last remains of the tea in such a manner as to leave the dregs scattered well over the bottom and sides of the cup. "
team , [sb.]
(1923) N.Y. Times 15 July vi. 1/6 "The method of the comedy team remains more or less unvaried. The team is composed, in the first place, of a comedian and a `straight' man. "
technical , [a.] ( [sb.] )
(1940) P. Fleming Flying Visit v. 37 "[Hitler] remained an equally great man to-day and (despite a technical hitch) equally capable of fulfilling his mission. "
(1983) Times 2 Apr. 10/5 "The market remained technical, with positions being covered, and a marked reluctance shown to open new positions."
technification .
(1970) J. Cotler in I. L. Horowitz Masses in Lat. Amer. xii. 429 "Those who might have found employment in the exploitation of sugar and have been unable to do so due to technification, have had to remain in their miserable plots. "
tectonic , [a.]
(1982) Nature 28 Jan. 293/2 "Additional mapping and analysis based on Voyager images should help resolve many remaining questions about the tectonic evolution of Ganymede."
teem , [v. 2]
(1729) Swift Direct. Servants, Butler, "You immediately teem out the remainder of the ale into the tankard. "
tektite .
(1956) Antiquity XXX. 70 "These stone implements, together with the fossil remains of the stegodon (an extinct elephant), rhinoceros and other mammals, were often found in association with tektites, a form of glass meteorite. "
Telanthropus .
(1959) J. D. Clark Prehist. S. Afr. iii. 63 "In addition some rather fragmentary remains, considered to be essentially more human-like though still preserving Australopithecine features, have been described by Robinson under the generic name of Telanthropus. "
telegraphy .
(1861) W. Fairbairn Addr. to Brit. Assoc., "In land telegraphy the chief difficulties have been surmounted, but in submarine telegraphy much remains to be accomplished. "
teleo- (1) ,
(1883) Leuthner in Trans. Zool. Soc. Lond. (1885) XI. 400 "The gap between the mesodont and *tel[e]odont forms long remained unbridged. "
tell-tale , [sb.] ( [a.] )
(1821) Scott Kenilw. xxxvi, "These tell-tale articles must not remain here. "
Temne , [sb.] and [a.]
(1916) N. W. Thomas Anthropol. Rep. on Sierra Leone i. i. 7 "The remaining languages are Soudanese, and fall into two main groups, prefix and non-prefix tongues. To the former..belong (a) Timne, (b) Limba, [etc.]. "
temper , [sb.]
(1777) H. Blair Serm. (1780) II. 70 "Temper is the disposition which remains after these emotions are past; and which forms the habitual propensity of the soul. "
temper , [v.]
(1967) A. H. Cottrell Introd. Metallurgy xx. 384 "If plain carbon or low-alloy steels are tempered below about 250°.C they usually remain somewhat brittle."
temperance .
(1869) J. H. Browne Great Metropolis 327 "A large number remain open, pretending to sell nothing but `temperance drinks'. "
Temple-bar
(1851) London as it is To-day i. (1855) 9 "At [the] extremity [of Fleet St.], separating the cities of London and Westminster, stands Temple Bar, the only one of the city boundaries now remaining. "
(1864) Chambers' Bk. Days II. 233/2 "The heads of these two [Jacobites executed in 1746] were..stuck over Temple Bar, where they remained till 1772."
tempora mutantur ,
(1855) W. Chappell Popular Music I. 309 "However unobjectionable this song may have been in Queen Mary's time, the three remaining stanzas would not be very courteously received in Queen Victoria's. Tempora mutantur. "
tempt , [v.]
(1835) J. P. Kennedy Horse Shoe R. lii, "[They] preferred to tempt the rigors of the mountain rather than remain in their own dwellings."
ten , [a.] , [sb.] ( [adv.] )
(C. 1895) Thompson St. Poker Club 65 "The Rev. Mr. Smith dealt Mr. Williams two cards,..helped himself to the last ten-spot remaining in the pack. "
tenantless , [a.]
(1814) Cary Dante, Inf. xx. 85 "Plying her arts, remain'd, and lived, and left Her body tenantless. "
tenantry .
(1844) Little in Jrnl. R. Agric. Soc. Eng. V. i. 178 "Most of these commons are now enclosed;..some still remain in pasture, and the common field husbandry, or `tenantry', as it is called, is abolished."
tenas , [a.] (and [sb.] )
(1870) Mainland Guardian (New Westminster, B.C.) 16 Apr. 3/3 "There trip about a few Tenass-men, some with the remains of an old coat and beaver hat, and some [in] almost naked savagedom. "
tender , [v. 2]
(1805) R. W. Dickson Pract. Agric. II. 1042 "Manure..blanching and tendering the grass plants in the spots where it remains. "
tenement .
(1693) Stair Inst. Law Scot. ii. vii. §.6 "When divers Owners have parts of the same Tenement, it cannot be said to be a perfect division, because the Roof remaineth Roof to both, and the ground supporteth both. "
Tenon , [sb. 2]
(1979) G. W. Cibis tr. Hollwich's Ophthalm. xvi. 238 "The inflammation involves Tenon's capsule in either a serous or a purulent form. As a rule it remains restricted to Tenon's space."
tense , [a.]
(1834) J. Forbes Laennec's Dis. Chest (ed. 4) 529 "The artery remains full and tense, and resists strongly the compressing finger. "
tent , [sb. 1]
(1862) Rebellion Record V. ii. 156 "The desolated, hard-trodden ground, and a few *tent-stakes, remain to tell the story. "
tenth , [a.] and [sb.]
(1869) Ouseley Counterp. xvi. 122 "Double counterpoint at the tenth is that in which either of the parts is transposed a tenth, the other remaining unmoved. "
tenure .
(1971) Nature 31 Dec. 502/2 "The tenure system simply allows dead wood to remain in the university. "
Terebratula .
(1822) J. Flint Lett. Amer. 102 "Limestone..is literally conglomerated with organic remains. Amongst these, the most remarkable is a species of terebratula. "
(1822) J. Parkinson Outl. Oryctol. 334 "In the masses of mountain limestone..are immense accumulations of crinoideal and *terebratular remains. "
term , [sb.]
(1891) T. Hardy Tess xii, "She..lifted her face to his, and remained like a marble term while he imprinted a kiss upon her cheek."
terminalization .
(1932) C. D. Darlington Rec. Adv. Cytol. iv. 103 "However many chiasmata are terminalised, the chromosomes remain associated by terminal chiasmata. "
terrace , [sb.]
(1861) Queen Victoria Jrnl. 20 Sept. (1980) 99 "The Castle of Auch Mill, which..has traces of a terrace garden remaining. "
(1974) C. Taylor Fieldwork in Medieval Archaeol. iii. 28 "These terrace-like features [sc. strip lynchets] on hillsides are the remains of medieval strip cultivation. "
terra damnata
(1704) J. Harris Lex. Techn. I. s.v. Earth, "Earth, which the Chymists call Terra Damnata and Caput Mortuum, is the last of the five Chymical Principles, and is that which remains after all the other Principles are extracted by Distilation, Calcination, &.c. "
terrapin (1) .
(1949) B. A. Botkin Treas. S. Folklore i. ii. 35 "Maryland has had half a dozen or more nicknames since colonial times, but only Old Line State and Terrapin State have any remaining vitality today."
terrene , [a.]
(1563) Homilies ii. Sacrament i. (1859) 443 "Not as especially regarding the terene and earthly creatures which remain. "
terreous [a.]
(1646) Sir T. Browne Pseud. Ep. ii. v. 87 "There remaines a grosse and terreous portion at the bottome. "
terreplein .
(1859) F. A. Griffiths Artil. Man. (1862) 260 "The Terraplein is the upper part of the rampart, which remains after having constructed the parapet."
terrestrial , [a.] and [sb.]
(1594) Plat Jewell-ho. i. 21 "[Quick lime] whose moisture is altogether exhaled, so as there remaineth therein nothing else, but the terrestrial parts replenished with a fiery vertue. "
terrier , [sb. 1]
(1655) Fuller Ch. Hist. iii. viii. §.17 "Some Diocesses in this Terreer were exactly done, and remain fairly legible at this day. "
terrific , [a.] ( [sb.] )
(1899) J. Hutchinson in Arch. Surg. X. No. 38. 177 "The sensation of tingling burning pain remaining the same, while the itching is `terrific'."
terrify , [v.]
(1867) Smiles Huguenots Eng. iv. (1880) 55 "The people who remained were at length terrified into orthodoxy."
territorial , [a.] ( [sb.] )
(1773) Gentl. Mag. XLIII. 199 "It will be more beneficial to the public and the East India Company, to let the territorial acquisitions remain in the possession of the Company for a limited time. "
territory (1) .
(1774) O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth V. 301 "All these small birds mark out a territory to themselves, which they will permit none of their own species to remain in. "
terrorism .
(1817) Lady Morgan France viii. (1818) II. 357 "He was obliged to remain abroad during the whole reign of terrorism. "
tertiary , [a.] and [sb.]
(1897) J. Hutchinson in Arch. Surg. VIII. 218 "Those who remain well and never present tertiaries."
test , [sb. 1]
(1665) Sp. Speaker Ho. Comm. to King 31 Oct. in Lords Jrnls. XI. 700/1 "We have prepared a Shiboleth a Test to distinguish amongst them, who..give Hopes of future Conformity, and who of..evil Disposition remain obdurate. "
testify , [v.]
(1849) Hanna Mem. Chalmers I. ii. 42 "The manuscript volumes..still remain to testify his diligence. "
tether , [v.]
(1863) Whyte Melville Gladiators 367 "Not a vestige remained of halter or tethering ropes."
tetra- ,
(1881) Lankester in Encycl. Brit. XII. 557/1 "In the *Tetragamelian Rhizostom&ae. these pits remain distinct from one another.., but in the Monogamelian Rhizostom&ae. they unite to form one continuous sub-genital cavity. "
tetracaine .
(1979) Shnider &. Levinson Anesthesia for Obstetrics ix. 110/2 "Although tetracaine remains one of the most effective and popular drugs for subarachnoid block, it is a poor choice in epidural analgesia."
tetractinellid , [a.] and [sb.]
(1892) Athen&ae.um 13 Feb. 218/2 "The sponge remains..belong largely to the Monactinellid&ae. though tetractinellid, lithistid, and hexactinellid spicules are also present."
tetragon , [sb.] ( [a.] ).
(1794) Morse Amer. Geog. 553 "The remains of an ancient..fortification: it is now a regular tetragon terrace, about four feet high, with bastions at each angle."
tetragram .
(1863) R. Townsend Mod. Geom. I. vii. 145 "Thus, for instance, in a tetrastigm or tetragram every line of connection of two points or point of intersection of two lines is said to be the opposite of that of the remaining two."
Texican .
(1978) Maledicta II. 172 "While Texas remained a part of Mexico, Anglo settlers there called themselves Texicans to distinguish themselves from Spanish-speaking Mexicans."
text , [sb. 1]
(1875) Jowett Plato (ed. 2) IV. 256 "There still remains an ambiguity both in the text and in the explanation. "
thalweg .
(1966) J. S. Hardman tr. R. Boulanger's Middle East 608 "Whilst conducting excavations towards the thalweg of the Kidron valley the Franco-British expedition discovered the remains of a rampart belonging to the Canaanaean (or Jebusite) Jerusalem. "
thanato- ,
(1953) Amer. Jrnl. Sci. CCLI. 25 "The term `*thanatocoenosis' implies a community of death; as used by Wasmund, however, it has come to mean the aggregated remains of organisms that in many cases never constituted a biocoenosis. "
thanksgiving .
(1903) Daily Chron. 6 Nov. 5/1 "Thanksgiving Day long remained an institution peculiar to New England, but it has been observed annually in New York State since 1817. "
that , [conj.]
(1567) Painter Pal. Pleas. (1813) II. 160 "That I remaine in fielde it is to me greate fame. "
the ,
(1768) H. St. John in Jesse Selwyn &. Contemp. (1843) II. 309, "I regret the badness of our climate, and the being obliged to pass the remainder of my life in [it]. "
(1904) S. G. Tallentyre Life Voltaire II. xxxv. 144 "His Commentary remains unrivalled, and is still the text-book on Corneille."
thence-after
(1921) B. Jarrett English Dominicans ix. 180 "The boy finished what remained of his noviciate..and thenceafter was no longer interfered with. "
theology .
(1888) Encycl. Brit. XXIII. 264/2 "Biblical theology is the delineation of a section of religious ideas,-that section of which the traces and records remain in the Bible. "
(1969) A. Richardson Dict. Christian Theol. 36/2 "The question..remains whether there can be a completely presuppositionless interpretation of any historical documents (as tended to be assumed by those who regarded biblical theology as a purely descriptive science)."
Theotiscan .
(1817) Coleridge Biog. Lit. I. x. 203, "I read through..the most important remains of the Theotiscan, or the transitional state of the Teutonic language from the Gothic to the old German of the Swabian period."
therapeutical , [a.] ( [sb.] )
(1845) Ford Handbk. Spain ii. xiii. 967/2 "Mineral therapeuticals still remain a..dead letter."
Theravada .
(1882) W. Hoey tr. Oldenberg's Buddha i. i. 75 "The Church of Ceylon remained true to the simple, homely, `Word of the Ancients' (Theravâ.da). "
thereagainst , [adv.]
(1558) Phaer &Ae.neid. ii. E iv b, "In his purpose still he fixt remainyd fast. We therageinst with streaming teares."
therein , [adv.]
(1818) Cruise Digest (ed. 2) II. 276 "Upon trust to preserve the contingent remainders thereinafter limited. "
thereunder , [adv.]
(1579) W. Wilkinson Confut. Family of Love, Heret. Affirm. b b, "Not that they should alwayes remaine as subject thereunder. "
thermalize , [v.]
(1979) Nature 30 Aug. 749/2 "The major issue remaining is whether sputtered atoms escape Io or are merely supplied to a thermalising atmosphere for later escape."
thermograph .
(1871) Tyndall Fragm. Sc. (1879) I. ii. 48 "The light is cut away,..but an invisible thermograph remains. "
thermology .
(1838) tr. A. Comte in Edin. Rev. July 284 "It remained only [for Comte]..to tack to Hydrodynamics the sciences of Magnetism, Electricity, Galvanism and Thermology. "
thermometer .
(1665) Hooke Microgr. vii. 38 "Sealed Thermometers, which I have, by several tryals, at last brought to a great certainty and tenderness:..for graduating the stem, I fix that for the beginning of my division where the surface of the liquor in the stem remains when the ball is placed in..water, that is so cold that it just begins to freeze..(which I mark with an [0] or nought). "
thetic , [a.] ( [sb.] )
(1815) J. Grant in Monthly Mag. XXXIX. 303 "The first syllable of each being thetic or emphatic and the remainder of the foot being in arsis or remiss."
Thiersch .
(1911) F. S. Koue Plastic &. Cosmetic Surg. xi. 180 "The remaining raw surface is either allowed to heal by granulation or is covered immediately with Thiersch grafts. "
thin , [a.] ( [sb.] ) and [adv.]
(1931) Economist 28 Feb. 441/2 "Prices were marked up to 10 cents a pound in the hope of attracting buyers who had refused to take metal at 912 cents, but the market remains thin. "
think , [v. 2]
(1819) Shelley Cenci i. i. 97 "While yet Manhood remained to act the thing I thought."
third , [a.] ( [adv.] ), [sb.]
(1838) W. Bell Dict. Law Scot., "Thirds... Before the annexation of the year 1587, the King, in order to prevent the entire abstraction of their provisions from the acting clergy,..assumed into his own hands a third of the revenues of all ecclesiastical benefices, which he intrusted to the Commissioners of Plat, who assigned to the ministers respectively sufficient provisions, and reserved the remainder for the King. [See plat [sb. 3] 6.]"
thirteener .
(1964) Frey &. Truscott Official Encycl. Bridge 614/2 "Thirteener, the card remaining in a suit when all other cards in that suit have been played on the first three tricks of the suit."
thither , [adv.] ( [a.] )
(1600) Shaks. A.Y.L. i. i. 179 "This wrastler shall cleare all: nothing remaines, but that I kindle the boy thither."
Thomist , [sb.] ( [a.] )
(1709) Pope Ess. Crit. 444 "Scotists and Thomists now in peace remain Amidst their kindred cobwebs in Duck-lane. "
thoraco- ,
(1866) A. Flint Princ. Med. (1880) 147 "Thoracentesis..is admissible whenever the pleural cavity remains filled with liquid after a brief trial of the measures designed to promote absorption. "
thorax .
(1888) Rolleston &. Jackson Anim. Life 491 "A head region..either remains distinct..or becomes continuous with a part or whole of the thorax, forming a cephalo-thorax... A thorax is not marked off in the Myriapoda."
thorium .
(1946) F. E. Zeuner Dating Past x. 319 "The thorium-family begins with the element thorium (atomic weight 232). In the course of its disintegration, 6 atoms of helium are given off, and thorium-lead remains. "
thorn , [sb.]
(1611) Bible Numbers xxxiii. 55 "Those which ye let remaine of them, shall be..thornes in your sides. "
thornel
(1683) Pettus Fleta Min. ii. 125 "Thornels,..a term of Art, for that which remains of the roasted Oar, unmelted."
thoughtlessness
(A. 1704) T. Brown Praise Pov. Wks. 1730 I. 96 "The remains of the night [they spend] in sleep, idleness, thoughtlessness [etc.]. "
thousand , [sb.] and [a.]
(1713) Young Last Day iii. 159 "Ten thousand thousand fathoms still remain. "
thrawn , [ppl. a.]
(1980) Times Lit. Suppl. 28 Mar. 373/1 "The Kilbrandon Commission found the stage army of the Scottish good solidly pro-devolution... Only the Labour Party remained thrawnly hostile to the whole idea."
thread , [sb.]
(1859) Huxley Oceanic Hydrozoa 82 "The distal division remains short, and acquires only small *thread-cells. "
thrombus .
(1970) Passmore &. Robson Compan. Med. Stud. II. xxvi. 3/1 "In large vessels, the thrombus usually remains plastered as a plaque against the wall of the vessel, whereas in small arteries continuation of the process may lead to an occlusive thrombus which blocks completely the direct blood flow."
throneship
(1599) Nashe Lenten Stuffe 10 "That manner of prouostship or gouernment remained in full force and vertue all their fowre throneships, alias a hundred yeare."
throughway .
(1977) E. Crispin Glimpses of Moon xii. 233 "The cradle jolts and jerks under their combined assault, but remains obstinately blocking the throughway."
throw , [v. 1]
(1768) W. Musgrave Let. 12 Feb. in 15th Rep. R. Comm. Hist. Manuscripts App. vi. 241 in Parl. Papers 1897 (C. 8551) LI. i. 1 "But if they will be artful enough to throw their votes so as to choose one of your candidates, it is my opinion we ought to remain contented for the present."
(1742) Lond. &. Country Brew. i. (ed. 4) 64 "A fresh Cask must be tapped..and the remaining Part of the other throw'd away. "
throw-stick
(1869) Boutell Arms &. Arm. vi. (1874) 84 "When the dart is discharged, the wummera, or throw-stick,..remains in the warrior's hand. "
thrutch , [sb.]
(1855) E. Waugh Lanc. Life (1857) 33 "The last sylvan stronghold of the fairies; where they would remain impregnable, haunting wild `thrutches' and sylvan `chapels', in lonely deeps of its cloughs and woods. "
thurify , [v.]
(1737) G. Smith Cur. Relat. I. iii. 417 "The while the Corps remains in the House, the Priest comes every Day to thurify it. "
thylacine .
(1901) Pall Mall G. 27 May 5/3 "The thylacine is confined to Tasmania, although its fossil remains have been found in New South Wales."
thymene .
(1900) Gildemeister &. Hoffmann Volatile Oils 558 "The remaining part of the oil [of Ajowan], about one half, consists of hydrocarbons, which are sold in commerce under the name of thymene..a mixture of cymene and a terpene boiling at 172°.."
thyro- ,
(1956) Nature 21 Jan. 138/1 "Six animals were adrenalectomized..: the remaining six were *thyroparathyroidectomized. "
ticking [ppl. a. 1]
(1963) Times 13 June 8/6 "As long as we have a `ticking over' laity who are still living in the Victorian era and don't want to be shaken out of their complacency, so long will the ministry remain a reflection of the body of laity from which they came. "
tickling [ppl. a.]
(1761) Pulteney in Phil. Trans. LII. 346 "A little tickling cough which had remained with him. "
tide , [sb.]
(1739) Labelye Short Acc. Piers Westm. Br. 33 "The Remainder being only common *Tide-work, has nothing worth relating. "
tie , [v.]
(1934) F. W. Cousens Dogs &. their Managem. v. 83 "When the stud dog is unable to `tie' a bitch, he is unable to remain sufficiently long in position to impregnate the bitch properly. "
(A. 1859) Macaulay Hist. Eng. xxiii. (1861) V. 34 "To pass a prospective statute tying up in strict entail the little which still remained of the Crown property. "
tiger , [sb.]
(1848) tr. Hoffmeister's Trav. Ceylon, etc. vii. 244 "We remained for several days, on account of a tiger&dubh.hunt. "
tight , [a.] ( [adv.] )
(1817) Cobbett Wks. VI. 31 "A Sinecure, which you have secured for your Son,..who is (if all remains tight) to enjoy it for his life after your death. "
tightness .
(1861) E. Cowell Diary 1 Jan. in Cowells in Amer. (1934) 234, "I congratulated him on his remaining free from `tightness' after so many calls."
tilde .
(1889) Pall Mall G. 21 Jan., "It is not considered [by the authoress] of any importance if the word sen&tilde.or remains without its tilde."
tillable , [a.]
(1573) Northbrooke Poore Mans Gard. To Rdr., "The Earth then remained to man as a thing tillable. "
timbro-
(1864) Lewins Her Majesty's Mails 265 "It only remains to refer for a moment to the timbromanie or stamp mania. "
time , [sb.]
(1887) Courier-Journal (Louisville, Kentucky) 12 Jan. 6/3 "All that remained for the brakemen and switchmen to do was to go to the office..and call for what is known in railroad parlance as their `time'. "
(1969) Ottawa Commons Debates 24 July 11573/1 "In a timeframe of less than seven decades in length,..man has ceased to remain earthbound. "
timoneer .
(1806) G. Pinckard Notes W. Ind. I. 183 "The timoneer left the helm; and the ship remained immoveable upon the water. "
tin , [sb.]
(1681) Grew Mus&ae.um iii. ii. ii. 328 "A Slag, remaining in the bottom of the *Tin-Floate. "
tincturation .
(1860) Ure's Dict. Arts III. 427 "Tincturation. Musk,..ambergris,..vanilla, civet, and a few other odorous substances, yield their odours to spirit by tincturation, that is, by putting the fragrant material into the spirit and allowing it to remain..till the alcohol has extracted all the scent."
tincture [v.]
(1671) Grew Anat. Plants ii. §.23 "The remainder..is in part carried off into the Cortical Body back again, the Sap whereof it now tinctures into good Aliment. "
(1662) Sparrow tr. Behme's Rem. Wks., Apol. conc. Perfect. 147, "I must be Tinctured or else I cannot be Transmuted; If Christ do not Tincture me with his Bloud, then my Holy Paradise-Life remaineth faded. "
tinge , [sb. 1]
(1815) J. Smith Panorama Sc. &. Art II. 540 "In purifying the silks which are to remain white, a tinge is given by the addition of a small quantity of different colouring matters. "
tingling , [vbl. sb.]
(1769) Priestley in Phil. Trans. LIX. 62 "The explosion..gave it [my hand] a violent jar, the effect of which remained, in a kind of tingling. "
tin-pot .
(1880) Flower Hist. Trade Tin xiii. 170 "From the palm-oil bath by means of tongs, the sheets are passed by the tinman..to the tin pot, which is full of molten tin, and here they remain to soak for a period of 20 minutes."
tip , [sb. 1]
(1610) Holland Camden's Brit. i. 520 "There is neither tippe nor toe remaining in it [Leicester] of the name Rat&ae.. "
tip [v. 2]
(1773) A. Jones Art Skittle Playing 16 "The next in height and value [to the king or middle pin] were the four corner pins..these were called Dukes, Lords, and Nobles... These four counted for three each when tipped by the King or his consequents, but if by the bowl or any other from it, either of their own height or lower, they only counted for two each. The remaining four were called Common,..and counted for two each when tipped by the King, but by any other only one each. "
Titan (1) .
(1727-41) Chambers Cycl. s.v., "This war lasted ten years; but at length the Titans were vanquished; Jupiter remained in peaceable possession of heaven, and the Titans were buried under huge mountains thrown on their heads. "
tithe , [a. 1] and [sb. 1]
(1889) Lipscomb in Land Agent's Record 6 Apr. 316 "In parishes where the great or rectorial tithes remain devoted to the Church, we find a rector and a rectory."
titi (2) .
(1976) Nature 23 Sept. 321/1 "Titi monkeys..remain paired throughout the year. "
titre titer .
(1903) Amer. Chem. Jrnl. Mar. 188 "The solution was kept cooled to 15°.. One cc. was removed at intervals (5 cc. in all), and the `immediate' titer was found to gradually decrease from its original value of 6&rdot.4 to 1&rdot.2 in about one-half hour, the total active oxygen content..remaining the same."
(1895) J. Lewkowitsch Chem. Analysis Oils, Fats, Waxes iv. 100 "The temperature will continue to fall, but then it will rise suddenly..and reach a maximum, remaining thereat stationary for some little time before it falls again. This point is called the titer or solidifying point. "
titular , [a.] and [sb.]
(1856) Froude Hist. Eng. (1858) II. viii. 247 "Nothing remained of Strongbow's conquests save the shadow of a titular sovereignty. "
titulature .
(1971) R. Browning Justinian &. Theodora iii. 97 "The memory of it [sc. the city Justiniana Prima] remained, and its name appeared in the titulature of certain Serbian archbishops down to 1718. "
to , [prep.] , [conj.] , [adv.]
(1770) Goldsm. Des. Vill. 180 "Fools, who came to scoff, remained to pray. "
toad , [v.]
(1826) F. Reynolds Life &. T. II. 303 note, "He could scarcely ever get anybody but dull toading tuft&dubh.hunters to remain there above four days. "
toe , [sb.]
(1966) C. Keil in T. Kochman Rappin' &. Stylin' Out (1972) 87 "The jazz audience now remains immobile save for some head-bobbing, toe-tapping, and finger-popping. "
token , [sb.]
(1979) Computers &. Humanities X. 135/1 "Without further intervention concordances remain concordances of word tokens and not of headwords."
(1610) Holland Camden's Brit. 547 "There be many tokens remaining of old antiquity."
tokenless [a.]
(A. 1763) Byrom On Church Communion iii. ii, "Heartless, and tokenless if it remain, It ought to pass, in Strictness, for profane."
toll , [sb. 1]
(1838) Murray's Hand-bk. N. Germ. 254/1 "A toll is here paid by all vessels navigating the Rhine, to the Duke of Nassau, the only chieftain remaining on the river who still exercises this feudal privilege. "
tolmen
(1845) Knight Old Eng. i. i. 18/2 "Such are the remains which have been called Tolmen; a Tolman being explained to be an immense mass of rock placed aloft on two subjacent rocks which admit of a free passage between them."
tone , [sb.]
(1837) Lockhart Scott I. ii. 88 "The tone and accent remained broadly Scotch."
tonetic , [a.]
(1975) Language LI. 561 "A considerable residue of cases still remains which must be analysed in terms of underlying homonyms yielding tonetically distinct forms in many environments. "
tonguing , [vbl. sb.]
(1841) Civil Eng. &. Arch. Jrnl. IV. 22/2 "Although the deal tongueing has been destroyed by the worms, the green&dubh.heart planking remains untouched and perfectly sound."
tonic , [a.] and [sb.]
(1799) Med. Jrnl. II. 116 "When..the hectic symptoms were subdued, and only weakness remained, tonics completed the cure. "
toom , [a.]
(1831) Carlyle Sart. Res. iii. vi, "The man John Baliol being quite gone, and only the `Toom Tabard' (Empty Gown) remaining. "
tooth , [sb.]
(1816) Byron Prisoner of Chillon ii, "That iron is a cankering thing, For in these limbs its teeth remain, With marks that will not wear away. "
top , [sb. 1]
(1801) in C. P. Collyns Notes Chase Wild Red Deer (1862) App. 211 "The remaining horn had three on top with all his rights. "
(1610) Holland Camden's Brit. (1637) 269 "there stood in old time a citie, but now neither top nor toe, as they say, remaineth of it."
top , [v. 1]
(1977) Sounds 9 July 4/4 "Led Zeppelin remain favourites to top a one-day festival at Wrotham Park."
top-annual
(1597) Skene De Verb. Sign. s.v. Annuel, "Top-annuel, is ane certaine duty, given and disponed furth of ony bigged tenement or land, of the quhilk tenement the propertie remainis with the disponer, and he is onely oblished to pay the said annuel. "
topic , [a.] and [sb.]
(A. 1661) Fuller Worthies, Linc. (1662) ii. 150 "What remaineth concerning Mastiffes is referred to the same Topick in Somerset-shire. "
topography .
(1658) Sir T. Browne Hydriot. ii. (1736) 31 "If according to Learned Conjecture, the Bodies of Men shall rise where their greatest Relics remaine, many are not like to err in the Topography of their Resurrection. "
top-root
(1651) N. Bacon Disc. Govt. Eng. ii. xxxvii. 283 "Edward the sixth came in like a storm that tore up Episcopacy by the Roots, yet a Top-Root remained intire with the stock. "
torba .
(1968) J. D. Evans in S. Rossiter Malta 13 "Remains of huts..were found at Skorba... The floors were of beaten earth or torba (a plaster made of crushed limestone)."
torsion .
(1807) T. Young Lect. Nat. Phil. I. 140 "Torsion, or twisting, consists in the lateral displacement, or detrusion, of the opposite parts of a solid, in opposite directions, the central particles only remaining in their natural state. "
Tory , [sb.] and [a.]
(1837) Gen. P. Thompson Exerc. IV. 367 "To pick holes in the history of the Greek republics, on the strength of the remains of the Tory poets of that time. "
(1859) W. Chadwick Life De Foe ii. 104 "The bill passed; and, thanks to *Torydom, there it remains! "
toss , [v.]
(1809) Jas. Moore Camp. Spain 2 "The soldiers..remained tossing on board the crowded transports. "
(C. 1685) Villiers (Dk. Buckhm.) Confer. Wks. 1705 II. 54 "Our ancient Matron had tossed up a nice Breakfast, out of the remainders of the Capons. "
Totentanz .
(1937) Jrnl. Arch&ae.ol. Assoc. I. 249 "Switzerland, which was once rich in representations of the Dances of Death, has suffered grievous losses. All that remains are a few..fragments in Museums. The earliest of these-the Klingental Totentanz at Basle-..was destroyed..about 1850. "
Totonac .
(1940) F. Johnson in C. L. Hay et al. Maya &. their Neighbors vi. 109 "The area on the map in which Totonac was spoken remains practically identical with that originally drawn by Orozco y Berra. "
touch , [sb.]
(1877) Man. Field Artillery Exerc. 23 "The right-hand or left-hand man being first placed, the remainder will fall in in line one after the other, closing lightly towards him, turning the elbow slightly outwards. Soldiers must be carefully instructed in the `Touch', as, in this formation, it is the principal guide when marching. "
(1572) Gascoigne Counc. to B. Withipoll 7 "Beleeue me now it is a friendly touch, To vse fewe words where friendship doth remaine. "
(1567) Q. Eliz. Let. to Throgmorton in Robertson Hist. Scot. (1759) II. App. 47 "We..cannot but think them to have therein gone so far beyond the duty of subjects, as must needs remain to their perpetual touche for ever. "
(1976) Eastern Even. News (Norwich) 29 Nov., "Caravan dwellers are on the increase and they will keep on increasing while Norwich remains an easy touch; the complacency regarding this problem is alarming."
touchdown
(1975) Daily Tel. 11 Aug. 11/4 "One vehicle will make a soft touchdown on Mars while the large spacecraft which carried it on its journey will remain in orbit."
tow , [sb. 1]
(1616) Surfl. &. Markh. Country Farme 568 "To the end that..in beating it with beetles, heckling and spinning of it, such filth may not remaine among the tow. "
tower , [sb. 1]
(1979) Jrnl. R. Soc. Arts Dec. 3/1 "The viewer is taken inside one of the last remaining working tower mills. "
(1880) Arch&ae.ol. Cantiana XIII. 26 "Lanfranc's *tower-piers, and a few feet of his crypt walls undoubtedly remain. "
townward , [adv.] ( [a.] )
(1833) L. Ritchie Wand. by Loire 184 "Ditches..still remain on the townward side. "
Toxodon .
(1859) Darwin Orig. Spec. xi. (1878) 294 "Remains of Mastodon, Megatherium, Toxodon and other extinct monsters."
trac .
(1924) C. Crampton Cane Work 13 "Back trac, an additional border worked with the remaining ends of a three-rod plain border. "
trace , [sb. 1]
(1865) Lubbock Preh. Times ii. 29 "At the end of the coffin were found traces of leather, doubtless the remains of boots. "
Mod. "Of the fortifications no trace now remains."
traceable , [a.]
(1854) W. Osburn Mon. Hist. Egypt II. ii. 55 "Fragments on which the remains of hieroglyphics were yet traceable. "
tracheo- ,
(1906) Athen&ae.um 10 Mar. 304/2 "Mr. W. P. Pycraft read a paper on the `Tracheophone Passeres', which he described as a group differing from all the remaining Passeres in the formation of the syrinx. "
track , [sb.]
(1706) Phillips (ed. Kersey), "Track, a Foot-print, or Foot&dubh.step, the rut of a Coach-wheel, the run of a Ship, a Mark that remains of any thing. "
(1694) Addison Story of Calisto 9 "No tracks of heaven's destructive fire remain."
(1570-6) Lambarde Peramb. Kent 287 "This place..as also the whole track of their iourney (remaining euer after a greene pathe) the Towne dwellers were wont to shew. "
(1848) S. Rowe Peramb. Dartmoor 47 "Greatly similar..are the *Tracklines, or Boundary Banks, which are invariably observed in connexion with aboriginal dwellings and sepulchral remains. "
tract , [sb. 3]
(1799) J. Robertson Agric. Perth 302 "When the tract for conveying the water has been once made with judgment, it may remain for centuries. "
(1615) G. Sandys Trav. 225 "But no tract therof [of the Labyrinth] remained in the days of Pliny. "
trad , [sb.] and [a.]
(1974) C. O. Buchanan in R. C. D. Jasper Eucharist Today ii. 24 "The Commission remained resolutely `trad' until the Liturgical Conference of February 1966. "
trade , [v.]
(1769) Cook Voy. round World ii. ii. (1773) 311 "Those who remained in the canoes traded with our people very fairly. "
trade-off .
(1975) New Yorker 7 Apr. 55/3 "Whether it is prudent, let alone safe, for Congress to try for a trade-off between these two priorities-the environment and the economy-remains a question. "
trade union trades union
(1926) Brit. Gaz. 12 May 1/4 "Every man who does his duty by the country and remains at work or returns to work during the present crisis will be protected by the State from loss of trade union benefits. "
traditionary , [a.] ( [sb.] )
(1748) Hartley Observ. Man ii. iv. 396 "The Corrupted Remains of some traditionary Revelation. "
traffic , [sb.]
(1972) R. Hood Sentencing Motoring Offender v. 105 "The remainder [sc. motoring offences] would be dealt with at Traffic Courts. "
traik , [v.]
(1639) R. Baillie Lett. 28 Sept., "Many of them died; and..the most part of all who remained traicked pitifullie. "
trail , [sb. 1]
(1858) Brit. Colonist (Victoria, B.C.) 11 Dec. 2/4 "The majority of the Lillooet *trail cutters would have remained had it not been grossly mismanaged. "
trail , [v. 1]
(1960) Guardian 8 Nov. 7/2 "It remains to me an object of mystery..why the BBC trailed this programme..as unsuitable for young people. "
training , [vbl. sb.]
(1871) M. Legrand Camb. Freshm. xi, "Newmarket Heath..is very little changed... The features of this matchless racecourse and training-ground remain pretty much the same. "
trait .
(1601) Holland Pliny xxxv. xi. II. 550 "In these [unfinished paintings] a man may (as it were) see what traicts and lineaments remaine to bee done. "
tram-line
(1955) H. Spring These Lovers fled Away iv. 113 "One [obstacle] was..his addiction to social tram-lines. As things had been, they should, in a well-organised world, remain. "
tramp , [sb. 1]
(1775) Ann. Reg. ii. 129/2 "In these cocks, I allow the hay to remain until..I judge that it will keep in pretty large *tramp-cocks. "
(1844) Stephens Bk. Farm I. 372 "An iron tramp-pick to loosen the subsoil immediately under the mould, and raise the boulder stones... The tramp..is movable, and may be placed on either side to suit the foot of the workman, where it remains firm at about 16 inches from the point, which gradually tapers. "
tranche , [sb. 1]
(1953) Economist 15 Aug. 470/2 "The gas stock (and a few other tranches, too) remains to be sold. "
trans- [prefix] .
(1825) C. D. Colden Mem. 93 "Why should the trans-Allegany States have remained united with those on the Atlantic? "
transcript , [sb.] ( [a.] )
(1642) Chas. I Answ. Declar. both Ho. 1 July 36 "That which now remains being but a Transcript of a Transcript. "
transcultural [a.]
(1973) Observer (Colour Suppl.) 28 Oct. 34/5 "Sailing ships are gone but the sea shanty is still sung: the function is altered but the song remains: the stuff is transcultural. "
transelement , [v.]
(1656) S. Holland Zara (1719) 33 "For that he remained for a time as one trans&dubh.elemented. "
transelementation
(1624) F. White Repl. Fisher 421 "In Transubstantiation the matter is destroyed, and the quantitie and accidents remaine, and in Transelementation the matter remaineth, and the essentiall and accidentall formes are altered. "
transfer , [sb.]
(1963) H. R. Clauser Encycl. Engin. Materials 164/2 "When the mold is opened, the small amount of material remaining in the *transfer pot..is removed. "
transfer , [v.]
(1651) Hobbes Leviath. i. xiv. 67 "My right is not transferred, but remaineth till I transferre it by some other Act. "
transfluvial , [a.]
(1865) Daily Tel. 12 Apr. 3 "As long as this part of the Mississippi remained to the Confederates all the produce of the transfluvian region was theirs."
transfuse , [v.]
(1801) Med. Jrnl. V. 565 "On transfusing red blood into the temporal artery, the animal remained lively and well."
transfusion .
(1898) tr. Strasburger's Text-bk. Bot. i. i. 112 "Special endodermal cells, directly external to the xylem strands, remain unthickened and serve as transfusion cells. "
transient , [a.] ( [sb.] )
(1644) [H. Parker] Jus Pop. 57 "They lurke between scripture and reason, and remain in a kind of transcient posture. "
transitation
(1915) D. H. Lawrence Rainbow vii. 187 "Containing birth and death, potential with all the noise and transitation of life, the cathedral remained hushed."
transition .
(1877) Stainer Harmony xii. §.150 "A transition is the rapid passing through any key, without remaining sufficiently long in it to establish a modulation. "
(1874) Parker Goth. Archit. i. iii. 39 "The remainder of the eleventh century may be considered as a period of transition."
transitively , [adv.]
(1855) Pusey Doctr. Real Presence Note Q. 257 "The bread still remains in its own substance; yet so that the whole proposition should be understood, not as actually, but transitively. `This is my Body', i.e. passes into the body, or from this becomes the body."
translucent , [a.]
(1846) Grove Corr. Phys. Forces 29 "The glass ceases to be transparent, though remaining translucent. "
transmogrify , [v.]
(1656) S. Holland Zara vi. (1719) 33 "So that he remained for a time as one trans-elemented. [Note] Meaning transmografide, or metarmorphosed into a Mandrake. "
trans-oceanic , [a.]
(1868) Lyell Princ. Geol. (ed. 10) II. iii. xli. 420 "We probably still remain ignorant of many means of transoceanic migration. "
transparency .
(1610) Guillim Heraldry ii. iii. 42 "Adumbration or Transparency is a cleere exemption of the substance of the Charge..in such sort, as that there remaineth nothing thereof to be discerned, but the..bare proportion of the outward lineaments thereof. "
transplantable , [a.]
(1656) in P. H. Hore Hist. Wexford (1911) VI. 508 "What popish proprietors of lands Transplantable, do yet remain untransplanted. "
transuranic , [a.]
(1976) Jrnl. R. Soc. Arts CXXIV. 586/1 "Seventy-two of the ninety-two naturally occurring elements are metals. If one includes the man&dubh.made transuranic elements the proportion remains about the same."
transview [v.]
(1602) J. Davies Mirum in Modum (Grosart) 9/2 "Let vs with Eagles eyes without offence Transview the obscure things that do remaine."
trap , [sb. 1]
(1926) Daily Colonist (Victoria, B.C.) 7 July 3/5 "The disappearance of Charles Olson from his trap line on the headwaters of the Parsnip River in Northern British Columbia remains as much a mystery as when it was first reported. "
trapper , [sb. 2]
(1815) Ann. Philos. VI. 114 "The trappers have seats near their doors, and remain by them all the time the pit is at work. "
trash , [sb. 1]
(1707) Sloane Jamaica I. p. xlv, "It was the custom to burn their Trash, which is the..remainder of the Sugar Canes after the juice is squeezed out. "
traumatize [v.]
(1970) A. Toffler Future Shock x. 194 "The year 2000 is closer to us in time than the great depression, yet the world's economists, traumatized by that historic disaster, remain frozen in the attitudes of the past. "
travail , [sb. 1]
(1624) Wotton Archit. i. ad fin., "I will conclude the first Part of my present Travel. The second remaineth concerning Ornaments."
traverse , [v.]
(1905) J. C. Wilson Traversing Geometr. Figures i. §.1. 5 "To traverse in a figure, or in a part of it, is to trace a path along its lines, no line being traced twice over, ending at a point at which no path in the figure, or the given part of it, remains untraced. "
travesty , [ppl. a.] and [sb.]
(1959) Times 3 Nov. 15/5 "Defrance's troupe leaders and the girls in travesti receiving their last-minute counsels remain unaffectedly convincing. "
travisher .
(1953) A. Jobson Household &. Country Crafts xx. 182 "Of the four remaining tools, the top two are travishers, for finishing off the elm seats after adzing. "
treasurer .
(1877) Accounts Ld. High Treasurer of Scotland 26 "The earliest appointment of a Treasurer which remains on record is a letter under the Privy Seal 25 June 1526. "
treaty , [sb.]
(1763) Scrafton Indostan iii. (1770) 102 "Demanded security for the payment of the remainder of the *treaty-money. "
trek , [sb.]
(1981) Times Lit. Suppl. 13 Feb. 159/2 "The Afrikaner remains, according to Lambley, the atavistic, insular, racially arrogant trekboer. "
trench , [sb.]
(1915) Lancet 17 Apr. 812/2 "The term *trench-foot appears to us to be the most suitable for a condition which has practically only been met with in those who have had to remain for long periods in the trenches. "
trench , [v.]
(1798) Nicol Scotch Forcing Gard. (ed. 2) 202 "Trench three spits deep, by which the bottom and top are reversed, and the middle remains in the middle. "
trespass , [sb.]
(1888) F. Pollock in Encycl. Brit. XXIII. 454 "In the 16th century, a special form of `trespass on the case' became, under the name of assumpsit, the common and normal method of enforcing contracts not made by deed, and remained so till the middle of the present century."
triangle , [sb.]
(1646) Sir T. Browne Pseud. Ep. 25 "In every triangle, two sides which soever be taken are greater then the side remaining. "
tricho- (1) ,
(1877) Huxley Anat. Inv. Anim. v. 229 "Stiff hair-like appendages..developed within diverticula of the integument, or trichophores, in which their bases always remain enclosed. "
trichotomy .
(1836-7) Sir W. Hamilton Metaph. xli. (1870) II. 416 "It remained..for Kant to establish..the decisive trichotomy of the mental powers. "
trig , [sb. 1]
(1812) J. H. Vaux Flash Dict., "Trig, a bit of stick, paper, &.c., placed by thieves in the keyhole of..the door of a house, which they suspect to be uninhabited; if the trig remains unmoved the following day, it is a proof that no person sleeps in the house. This..is called trigging the jigger."
trig [sb. 3]
(1888) Blackw. Mag. 396 "Nothing remained but to declare the `trig' field season at an end."
trigger , [sb. 1]
(1846) Greener Sc. Gunnery 12 "It remained thus until the trigger of the cross-bow suggested a contrivance to convey, with equal certainty and greater rapidity, the burning match to the pan."
(1946) Lancet 19 Jan. 97/1 "A theory of the nervous initiation of contraction-the trigger without which voluntary muscle remains inert. "
(1915) W. M. Bayliss Princ. Gen. Physiol., x. 304 "Supersaturated solutions are cases of `trigger action'. They remain indefinitely as such until infected with a crystal, and then the rate of crystallisation is independent of the amount of crystals added. "
trigram .
(1839) Donaldson New Cratylus §.70 (1850) 107 "Their apparent [Semitic] trigrammatism, their etymological disintegration, and the tertiary condition in which their oldest remains are found, must be referred to the constant intermixtures, re-unions [etc.]. "
trihemimer .
(1704) J. Harris Lex. Techn. I, "Triemimeris, is a Branch of the C&ae.sura of a Latine Verse, when after the first Foot of the Verse there remains an odd Syllable, which helps to make the next Foot. "
trike
(1984) N.Z. Farmer 23 Feb. 31/2 (caption) "Honda farm bikes and trikes remain one of the strongest sellers in Motor Holdings' lineup."
trilateral , [a.] and [sb.]
(1875) Merivale Gen. Hist. Rome xviii. (1877) 102 "Two powers now remained to struggle for the dominion of the trilateral island [Sicily]."
trilobite .
(1832) J. Green Monogr. Trilobites N. Amer. 14 "The fossil remains of the trilobite family. "
tripartient , [a.] and [sb.]
(1706) Phillips (ed. Kersey), "Tripartient, any Number that divides another into three equal Parts, without any Remainder. "
tripoli .
(1839) G. Roberts Dict. Geol., "Tripoli powder.., used for polishing fossils, &.c. It is itself the remains of fossil insects. "
Tripolye .
(1957) G. Clark Arch&ae.ol. &. Society (ed. 3) vi. 190 "Significant differences have been noted between the composition of animal remains from sites of the Tripolje culture marked by painted and grooved pottery and from those of the neighbouring Ousatovo culture. "
tritone .
(1854) Cherubini's Counterpoint 11 "It now remains to be demonstrated how and why the Tritone is a false relation in harmony."
trivalent , [a.] and [sb.]
(1921) Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. VII. 200 "In the 8 remaining prophase or metaphase figures, not all the trivalent chromosomes could be distinguished from the bivalents or univalents into which they had divided, or from which they were composed. "
troglodyte , [sb.] ( [a.] )
(1817) Kirby &. Sp. Entomol. (1818) II. xxi. 265 "The caterpillar of another moth (Noctua subterranea, F.)..remains, a true Troglodyte,..in its cell under ground. "
tropho- ,
(1888) W. A. Herdman in Encycl. Brit. XXIII. 615/2 "Nutritive forms (*trophozooids) which remain permanently attached to the nurse, and serve to provide it with food. "
tropic , [sb.] and [a. 1]
(1965) Lee &. Knowles Animal Hormones ii. 19 "The hormones secreted by the adenohypophysis may be divided into those which control the secretion of other endocrine glands and are named trophic (or tropic) hormones; the remainder act without the mediation of another endocrine gland. "
troth , [sb.]
(1866) Neale Sequences &. Hymns 130 "Wedded troth remains as firm, and wedded love as pure. "
true , [a.] ( [sb.] , [adv.] )
(1897) Pemberton Compl. Cyclist 87 "A wheel which will remain perfectly true."
trumpet , [sb.]
(A. 1711) Ken Edmund Poet. Wks. 1721 II. 321 "It was impossible the Beast to rein, While *trumpetless the Pagans did remain. "
trunk , [sb.]
(1839) H. Rogers Ess. II. iii. 140 "While the trunk of the language remains the same, the twigs and frailer branches are torn away by the storm. "
(1908) Jrnl. Inst. Electr. Engineers XLI. 120 "In America the local term remains the same, the junction is called `trunk', and our trunk is called a `toll' or `long-distance' line. "
truss , [v.]
(1882) Stevenson Fam. Stud. Men &. Bks., Villon (1905) 162 "How or when he died, whether decently in bed or trussed up to a gallows, remains a riddle."
trust , [sb.]
(1750) Johnson Rambler No. 71 &page.14 "The few moments remaining are to be considered as the last trust of heaven. "
trustee , [sb.]
(1746-7) Hervey Medit. (1767) I. 10 "These dumb Monitors..had received a Charge to preserve their Names, and were the remaining Trustees of their Memory. "
trustiness .
(1822) Scott Nigel viii, "Her character for trustiness remained..unimpeached. "
truth , [sb.]
(1979) Nature 6 Dec. 546/2 "They have included evidence for the `gluon' (the photon of the quark-quark force), and excited states of the upsilon (which contains a beauty quark and its anti&dubh.particle), but `truth' (the quark beyond and pairing with beauty) remains to be found."
tuff , [sb.]
(1839) Ure Dict. Arts 771 "Calcareous tuf consists of similar incrustations made by petrifying rivulets running over mud, sand, vegetable remains, etc. "
tuftaffeta .
(1735) Pope Donne's Sat. iv. 42 "The suit..Was velvet in the youth of good queen Bess, But mere tuff-taffety what now remain'd. "
tumble , [sb.]
(1634) Jackson Creed vii. xxxii. §.4 "Some authority in all this tumble did still remain in the tribe of Judah. "
tumble , [v.]
(A. 1687) Petty Treat. Naval Philos. i. ii, "Let the supernatant sides of a Ship so much tumble..as that the said sides may remain perpendicular when the Ship stoops. "
tump , [sb.]
(1603) Owen Pembrokeshire (1892) 84 note, "No traces remained..but highe and rounde toompes of earth. "
tuning , [vbl. sb.]
(1889) A. J. Hipkins in Grove Dict. Mus. IV. 189/2 "The old way of tuning pianos by the Tuning Hammer (or a *Tuning Lever) remains in vogue. "
Tunisian , [sb.] and [a.]
(1902) Encycl. Brit. XXXIII. 483/2 "No doubt in vulgar Tunisian a good many Berber words remain. "
tup , [sb.]
(1591) Vestry Bks. (Surtees) 30 "Shepe remainynge in this parishe... At North Pittington a *tuppe hogge. "
turn , [sb.]
(1979) Sci. Amer. Dec. 96/1 "The evolutionary significance of the original Neanderthal discovery and of other human remains uncovered at Paleolithic sites was not apparent until the turn of the 20th century. "
turn , [v.]
(1892) Blackw. Mag. CLI. 88/2 " That's all very fine;..you may turn it off in that way, but the fact remains."
(1827) Faraday Chem. Manip. xvi. (1842) 420 "The small quantity of fluid remaining..is to be turned out, by inclining the tube. "
turning , [vbl. sb.]
(1665) Manley Grotius' Low C. Warres 544 "More..that among all these turnings, would yet remain faithful to their Parties."
turpethic , [a.]
(1868) Watts Dict. Chem. V. 926 "When turpethin is dissolved in warm baryta-water, the baryta removed [etc.], turpethic acid remains as an amorphous yellowish mass. "
turrilite .
(1828) Webster, "Turrilite, the fossil remains of a spiral multilocular shell. "
tutele
(1622) in Buccleuch MSS. (Hist. MSS. Comm.) I. 210 "He seeks not that the children should remain under the tutle of women. "
tuza .
(1895) C. H. Merriam in U.S. Dept. Agric., N. Amer. Fauna No. 8. 112 "The tuza series [of Geomys] inhabits the South Atlantic and Gulf States south of the Savannah River and east of the Mississippi... The members of the tuza series agree among themselves and differ from the remaining forms of the genus Geomys in having longer and more naked tails, and in numerous cranial characters."
twilight , [sb.]
(1820) Byron Mar. Fal. i. ii. 315 "At my hour Of twilight little light of life remains. "
(1918) Policeman's Monthly June 30/1 "There still remain twilight zones in most centers of population. "
(1981) Washington Post 26 Apr. a1/1 "Several key officials charged with formulating foreign policy remain in a bureaucratic twilight zone almost 100 days after Reagan's inauguration."
twinkling , [vbl. sb. 1]
(1792) Burke Corr. (1844) IV. 11 "This clergy would lose,..in the twinkling of an eye, the little remains of influence which they yet retain. "
twisting [ppl. a.]
(1902) F. T. Bidlake in Cycl. Tour. Cl. Gaz. Aug. 360/1 "Any further brake pressure put on by the lever will remain locked on by the twisting handle."
two , [numeral a.] , [sb.] ( [adv.] )
(1808-25) Jamieson, "Twa part, twaparte, two thirds... This mode of expression is still quite common... The twa part and third, i.e., two thirds, and the remaining one."
tympanum .
(1832) Lindley Introd. Bot. 201 "Sometimes one membrane only remains,..stretching across the orifice of the theca, which is closed up by it; this is sometimes named the tympanum."
type , [sb. 1]
(1887) T. B. Reed Hist. Old Eng. Letter Foundries i. 40 "It now remains to trace briefly the origin and development of the leading *type-faces used in English Typography. "
(1845) Ford Handbk. Spain ii. 708/1 "Many authors..content to remain..in *typeless obscurity."
typhoid , [a.] ( [sb.] )
(1909) N.Y. Times 17 July 3/5 "Mary Mallon, known to fame as `Typhoid Mary',..must remain at Riverside Hospital. "
Tyrolean , [a.] and [sb.]
(1809) Repos. of Arts 389 "He stipulated that the privileges of the Tyrolese..should remain entire. "
U ,
(1978) Jrnl. R. Soc. Arts CXXVI. 437/1 "Chief Officer Rowe..remained with the lifeboats and maintained communication with the rescue vessels using portable UHF radio. "
(1973) Sunday Post-Herald (Hong Kong) 20 May (Business sect.) 5/3 "The European yards..worry that their..share of new orders for VLCCs and *ULCCs will remain small. "
(1946) N.Y. Times 11 Apr. 1/6 "If the *U.N. remained at Hunter or went to Lake Success, it would have to erect an auditorium. "
(1964) Ann. Reg. 1963 141 "Owing to the continued failure of a number of Member States to pay their assessed contributions to the costs of the U.N. Emergency Force in the Middle East (U.N.E.F.)..the financial situation remained serious. "
(1959) E. H. Carr Socialism in One Country II. xx. 231 "The year 1924 saw the constitution of the USSR in full operation on lines which were to remain substantially unchanged till 1936. "
Ubermensch .
(1902) Pall Mall XXVI. 405/1 "Where Bismarck exerted the full..strength of the Uebermensch, Bü.low always remains the polite orator. "
ubiquitous , [a.]
(1864) Daily Tel. 16 Aug., "In spirit Mr. Dicey remains *ubiquitously impartial. "
udaller .
(1884) Gd. Words Nov. 747/2 "The last remains of the old udallers are to be found amongst the `peerie (small) lairds' of Fladdabister."
ugly , [a.] , [adv.] , and [sb.]
(1561) T. Norton Calvin's Inst. i. 52 "Although we graunt that the Image of God was not altogether defaced and blotted out in him, yet was it so corrupted, that all that remaineth, is but vggly deformitie. "
Uighur , [sb.] and [a.]
(1870) Howorth in Jrnl. Ethnol. Soc. (N.S.) II. 87 "The remains of the Ouigour literature."
uji .
(1974) Encycl. Brit. Microp&ae.dia X. 238/1 "The uji members..were supported by the labour of common workers, who were organized into subunits of the uji... Imperial rule over the various autonomous uji remained weak until the adoption of centralized government in the early 8th century."
ullage , [sb.]
(1883) Times 17 Nov. 10 "The wines should not remain long on ullage."
(1867) Smyth Sailor's Word-bk. 705 "Ullage, the remainder in a cask or package which has leaked or been partially used. "
ultrafiltration
(1920) Biochem. Jrnl. XIV. 539 "The oxygenase remains on the ultrafilter. "
ultramarine , [a.] and [sb.]
(1839) Ure Dict. Arts 1262 "The remainder of the mass..yields an inferior pigment, called ultramarine ashes. "
Umayyad , [sb.] and [a.]
(1924) W. Muir Caliphate 433 "Of the Umeiyads, the Syrians remained the last support. "
umbrage , [sb.]
(1686) Plot Staffordsh. 417 "There yet remains some umbrage of a Dean and Prebends here to this very day. "
umbrella .
(1834) Tait's Mag. I. 72/2 "*Umbrella ginghams have remained steady for some time. "
umma .
(1934) Encycl. Islam IV. 1015/2 "Muhammad frequently discusses the question why mankind consists of a plurality of ummas and has not remained a unit. "
un- [prefix 1] ,
(1977) Lancet 2 July 36/2 "We felt that obstetricians and midwives should remain *unambivalent in their efforts to advise smoking mothers to give up the tobacco habit during pregnancy. "
(1936) M. Innes Death at President's Lodging ix. 164 "Appleby had brought out his notebook-not without a certain diffidence over the remains of the Dean's elegant and *un&dubh.policemanly luncheon. "
(1957) Sci. Amer. Apr. 50/2 "The *undownable question remained: Why were tau and theta [particles] exactly alike in every respect except this one? "
(1884) E. Abbott Flatland 86 "Remaining henceforth thy docile pupil, thy *unemancipable slave. "
(1887) Pall Mall G. 8 Aug. 12/1 "They wanted the line between the *unflogged class..and the flogged masses to remain. "
(1979) V. L. Pandit Scope of Happiness xxxvii. 288 "The Embassy remained closed and unstaffed. "
(1880) McCarthy Own Times III. 208 "So long as the Bill of 1832 remained *unsupplemented. "
(1887) Spectator 20 Aug. 1111 "What is the Channel, so long as it remains *untunnelled. "
(1886) B. Harte Snow-bound 18 "The remaining and *undenominated passenger turned to Hale. "
(1934) A. Toynbee Study of Hist. II. 79 "This region remained unhellenized much longer than many places that were far more distant from the Aegean. "
(1879) Jrnl. Chem. Soc. XXXV. 758 "They [sc. terpenes] are ultimately rendered optically inactive, a considerable proportion remaining *unpolymerised. "
(1973) Guardian 23 Feb. 17/2 "The American unions seemed to accept a situation in which some 68 million workers..remained *ununionized. "
(1844) Noad Electricity (ed. 2) 267 "If even the smallest quantity of liquid remains in the capsule, *unvaporized. "
(1887) Daily News 3 Nov. 2/5 "You have..allowed your conduct to remain unexplained and *unapologised for. "
(1849) Mill Ess. (1859) II. 335 "Justice..demand[s] that these unmerited attacks should not remain *unprotested against. "
(1831) Scott Jrnl. 26 Nov., "I got home about mid-night; but remain unpoetised and *unspeeched. "
(1860) O. W. Holmes Elsie V. xiv, "There are states of mind..which remain not only unworded, but *unthoughted. "
(1978) Nature 20 Apr. 666/3 "By excluding a sizable class of environmental variables, high within group heritability, unarguably does raise the probability of the remaining classes of possible explanations. "
(1966) Economist 22 Oct. 413/2 "Even the unlucky companies mentioned above are..credit worthy enough: the depths of *uncreditworthiness below remain murky indeed. "
(1966) Punch 2 Nov. 682/2 "He remains an aloof catalyst. Yet his very *uninvolvement has a value of its own. "
un- [prefix 2] ,
(1889) Blackw. Mag. Oct. 456 "It was unprecedented that..a weak hysterical subject should, after being *unhypnotised, remain so long in prostrate exhaustion. "
unabating [ppl. a.]
(1779) Hervey Nav. Hist. II. 165 "The fleet remained ignorant of what had happened, and the fight was continued with unabating warmth. "
unable , [a.]
(1607) Heywood Wom. Killed w. Kindn. (1617) C 2 b, "Sir I accept it, and remaine indebted Euen to the best of my vnable power."
unable [v.]
(1613) Sherley Trav. Persia 32 "The eldest son of the King remained at the Court of his father, administring all that, which his fathers defect of light vnabled him to doe. "
unabridged [ppl. a.]
(1599) Sandys Europ&ae. Spec. (1632) 111 "In those places where their power remaineth yet unabridged. "
unabrogated [ppl. a.]
(1577) tr. Bullinger's Decades (1592) 410 "The law, so far as it is the rule howe to liue well and happely,..doth remaine vnabrogated. "
unabsolved [ppl. a.]
(1721) Strype Eccl. Mem. I. 33 "So that doubt remaineth not [sic] unabsolved."
unaccepted [ppl. a.]
(1857) Miss Winkworth tr. Tauler's Serm. xviii. 322 "Therefore, His gifts, which He offers without ceasing to every man, remain unaccepted. "
unaccounted [ppl. a.]
(1884) Manch. Exam. 22 Nov. 4/7 "The voting papers were scrutinised with the exception of 547 remaining unaccounted for."
(1812) Examiner 5 Oct. 633/1 "Which suffers an Irish Defaulter of unaccounted millions, to remain unaudited. "
unaccredited [ppl. a.]
(1828-32) Webster s.v., "The consul remained unaccredited. "
unachieved [ppl. a.]
(1603) Holland Plutarch's Mor. 794 "The combat remained unatchived and unperfect, neither had it a certaine and doubtlesse conclusion. "
(1831) Scott Ct. Rob. x, "So it is, the spell remains unachieved."
unacknowledged [ppl. a.]
(1687) Rycaut Hist. Turks II. 228 "The Ambassadour remained aboard unsaluted and unacknowledged by the publick Ministers of the City. "
(1751) Earl Orrery Remarks Swift (1752) 76 "From the same causes, Stella remained an unacknowledged wife. "
unacquainted [ppl. a.]
(1805) tr. Lafontaine's Hermann &. E. IV. 181 "She is unacquainted of this circumstance, and she must remain in ignorance of it."
unact [v.]
(1628) Feltham Resolves ii. lxxxix. 257 "The Act remaines adultery still:..nor can a Man vnact it againe."
unacted [a.]
(1825) Scott Talism. xvii, "I would buy with every jewel I have, that our fatal jest had remained unacted."
(1857) Miller Elem. Chem., Org. 67 "The second portion remains unacted on in the liquid."
unaction
(1698) tr. F&eacu.nelon's Maxims of Saints 98 "'Tis better to remain in an absolute Unaction."
unactive [a.]
(1757) Burke Abridgm. Eng. Hist. Wks. 1842 II. 516 "The legates in Britain..remained unactive till it could be determined for what master they were to conquer."
unadhesive [a.]
(1815) Kirby &. Sp. Entomol. xiii. (1816) I. 419 "The unadhesive radii and exterior threads remain unsoiled. "
unadjusted [ppl. a.]
(1812) Ann. Reg., Gen. Hist. 2 "Important differences between this country and the United States of America remained unadjusted. "
unadvisable [a.]
(1877) Ruskin Fors Clav. lxxxi. 257 "It was unadvisably allowed by me to remain in small print."
unaffected [ppl. a.]
(1803) Censor 1 Sept. 100 "There is something..so moving in the narrative, that I think it is impossible any reader, however stoical, can remain unaffected. "
unalienably [adv.]
(1881) Emma Worboise Sissie xxv, "The pittance that remained was hers-hers unalienably."
unalienated [ppl. a.]
(1798) S. &. Ht. Lee Canterb. T. II. 513 "Even if his heart should stand the test, and remain wholly uncorrupted, and unalienated. "
(1859) Farrar J. Home 414 "An effort was made by his few remaining and unalienated friends to provide for him the means of emigration."
unaliened [ppl. a.]
(1674) Staveley Rom. Horseleech 131 "Her example was not followed by any of the Nobility, or others, who had incorporated any of the Abby Lands into their estates, but the Queen restored only what remained in the Crown un-aliened from the same."
unallotted [ppl. a.]
(1883) Law Rep. 24 Chanc. Div. 375 "As there were so many shares remaining unallotted, it shews that there were no other persons ready to take them."
unaltered [ppl. a.]
(1855) Macaulay Hist. Eng. xix. IV. 315 "The valuation made in 1692 has remained unaltered down to our own time. "
unaltering [ppl. a.]
(1877) H. A. Page De Quincey II. xix. 166 "Unaltering friendship for him remains as his record in this particular."
unamiable [a.]
(1603) Holland Plutarch's Mor. 1140 "If love be away,..the act thereof remaineth altogether not expetible, dishonourable, without grace and unamiable. "
unanswered [ppl. a.]
(1653) W. Ramesey Astrol. Restored 37 "The Art remains still unshaken, and it [= a book] unanswered. "
unappointed [ppl. a.]
(1800) Law Rep. 29 Ch. Div. 521 "So much thereof as should remain unappointed or undisposed of."
unapproachable [a.] (and [sb.] ).
(1856) Froude Hist. Eng. (1858) I. i. 68 "Out of the illuminations arose those paintings which remain unapproached and unapproachable in their excellence. "
unappropriated [ppl. a.]
(1806) Surr Winter in Lond. I. 21 "There remained thirty thousand pounds unappropriated, and the whole was at her own disposal. "
(1796) Mathias Purs. Lit. ii. (1797) 24 "This character..shall ever remain unappropriated by me. "
unarmed [ppl. a.]
(1882) De Windt Equator 69 "The remainder of the tribe were unarmed, as it is made a strict rule in Sarawak that..all arms..shall be left behind."
unascertained [ppl. a.]
(1784) Cook Third Voy. vi. iv. III. 269 "The only part of the Russian empire that now remains unascertained. "
(1815) J. Smith Panorama Sci. &. Art II. 319 "The standard temperatures desired, remained unascertained till the time of Newton. "
unassisting [ppl. a.]
(1716) Pope Iliad v. 395 "Nor Sthenelus, with unassisting hands, Remain'd unheedful of his lord's commands."
unassuming [ppl. a.]
(1896) Mrs. Caffyn Quaker Grandmother 146 "Stopping to hit at the blackened unassuming remains of a dock."
unassured [ppl. a.]
(1646) Sir T. Browne Pseud. Ep. 194 "To invent or assign a cause, when we remain unsatisfied or unassured of the effect. "
unatoned [ppl. a.]
(1811) Scott Don Roderick ii. xlix, "Nor unatoned, where freedom's foes prevail, Remain'd their savage waste. "
(1837) Lytton Athens II. 7 "Time past on, the injury was unatoned, the remembrance remained."
(1856) Lever Martins of Cro' M. 279 "The great fact remained unatoned for-his family, his own connexions, `had done nothing for him'. "
unattacked [ppl. a.]
(1878) Abney Photogr. 28 "Treat all these residues with nitric acid, and they will all be found to remain unattacked by it."
unattainted [ppl. a.]
(1794) W. Hutchinson Hist. Cumbld. I. 378 "Whereupon it was adjudged that the title remained unattainted. "
unattempered [ppl. a.]
(1884) Wylie Hist. Protestantism viii. i. I. 411/1 "Nor have their souls remained unattempered by the grandeurs amid which they daily move."
unattended [ppl. a.]
(1791) Cowper Retired Cat 66 "The sun descended, And puss remain'd still unattended. "
unaudited [ppl. a.]
(1812) Examiner 5 Oct. 633/1 "Which suffers an Irish Defaulter of unaccounted millions, to remain unaudited..after his dismissal. "
unauthentically [adv.]
(1600) W. Watson Decacordon ix. x. (1602) 332 "A maxime in the lawes, either vnauthentically defined, or remaining litigious."
unbastilled [a.]
(1817) Bentham Parl. Reform (1818) 77 "So long, in a word, as it shall be my lot to remain alive, unkilled, and unbastiled."
unbathed [ppl. a.]
(1888) Pall Mall G. 12 Sept. 2/2 "During the three days that we spent under his roof I remained unbathed."
unbeautiful [a.]
(1887) Hissey Holiday on Road 299 "Once the unbeautiful puts her foot in anywhere, there..she remains."
unbeliefful [a.]
(C. 1430-40) R. Gloucester's Chron. (Rolls) 4920 + 20 "To byleue [= remain] &th.ere Among mys bylyuede [MS. &epsilon. vnbelefful] men."
unbelted [a.]
(1977) Times 5 July 15/5 "A higher proportion of belted than unbelted drivers remain in control of their vehicles."
unbishoped unbishopped [ppl. a. 1]
(1844) Lingard Anglo-Sax. Ch. (1858) I. vii. 298 note, "That no man remain unbishoped too long."
unbishoped unbishopped [ppl. a. 2]
(1563) Foxe A. &. M. 1353/1 "Shaxton byshop of Salisburye resigned also with him his bishoprick. And so these two remained a great space vnbishopped. "
unblasted [ppl. a.]
(1589) Warner Alb. Eng. v. xxiii. (1592) 102 "We here a blisfull Vintage gayne, That..euermore vnblasted may remaine. "
unblessed unblest [ppl. a.]
(1592) Warner Alb. Eng. vii. xxxvii. 166 "What might remaine but death for me that liued so vnblest? "
unblessing [ppl. a.]
(1760-72) H. Brooke Fool of Qual. (1809) IV. 11 "All the..fond relations..must ever have remained, unblessing and as dead. "
unbloody [a.]
(1829) Scott Anne of G. xx, "As thou desirest to sleep in an unbloody grave, let me warn thee, that the secrets of this night shall remain with thee."
unblunted [ppl. a.]
(1779) Mirror No. 67, "While the warm feelings of benevolence remain unblunted by those artificial manners. "
unbolted [ppl. a. 2]
(1857) R. Tomes Amer. in Japan ix. 200 "The flour, however, remains unbolted, but makes a good and sweet bread. "
unbrangled [ppl. a.]
(1671) R. MacWard True Nonconf. 368 "The more serious Presbyterians..remain stedfast and unbrangled with these delusions. "
(C. 1730) T. Boston Life ix. (1908) 182 "God's calling me to the place remained clear, plain, and unbrangled."
unbroken [ppl. a.]
(1855) Macaulay Hist. Eng. xvii. IV. 93 "The obscurity enabled Sarsfield, with a few squadrons which still remained unbroken, to cover the retreat. "
unbrought [ppl. a.]
(1817) Keatinge Trav. II. 138 "Not a foot of vertical superficies should remain unbrought into account."
unburdened [ppl. a.]
(1775) Burke Sp. Concil. Amer. Wks. III. 116 "The obedient colonies in this scheme are heavily taxed; the refractory remain unburthened. "
unburnt unburned [ppl. a.]
(A. 1584) Montgomerie Cherrie &. Slae (1597) 243 "Bot now na bluid in me remaines, Vnbrunt and bruil&ygh.eit throw my vaines, Be luiffis bellowes blawin."
unbury [v.]
(1848) Gallenga Italy I. 61 "As long as there remain..inscriptions to decipher, or ruins to unbury. "
uncalled [ppl. a.]
(1882) Pall Mall G. 26 July 6/1 "The whole of the remaining uncalled capital would have to be called up in order to pay the creditors."
uncaught [ppl. a.]
(1605) Shaks. Lear ii. i. 59 "Let him fly farre: Not in this Land shall he remaine vncaught. "
uncaulked [ppl. a.]
(1748) Smollett R. Random xxiv. 164 "Another observing my wounds, which remained exposed to the air, told me, my seams were uncaulked. "
uncertain [a.]
(1818) Cruise Digest (ed. 2) II. 269 "Such remainder is contingent, because it is uncertain which of them will survive. "
(1607) Shaks. Cor. v. vi. 17 "The People will remaine vncertaine, whil'st 'Twixt you there's difference. "
uncertainty
(1607) Shaks. Cor. iii. iii. 124, "I banish you, And heere remaine with your vncertaintie. Let euery feeble Rumor shake your hearts. "
unchained [ppl. a.]
(1816) Byron Siege Cor. viii, "Given to none, Had young Francesca's hand remain'd Still by the church's bonds unchain'd. "
uncharitable [a.]
(1743) J. Morris Serm. ii. 49 "If he remains uncharitable he is utterly unfit for heaven. "
uncheered [ppl. a.]
(1864) Trevelyan Compet. Wallah (1866) 301 "He must go through the dreary remainder of life uncheered by friendship."
unchilled [ppl. a.]
(1794) Mrs. Radcliffe Myst. Udolpho i, "Yet, amidst the changing visions of life, his principles remained unshaken, his benevolence unchilled. "
unchristened [ppl. a.]
(1853) E. K. Kane Grinnell Exp. xxiv. (1856) 194 "A large cape and several smaller headlands were seen,..all on the western side. They remain unchristened."
uncicatrized [ppl. a.]
(1841) T. R. Jones Anim. Kingd. 301 "The wound remains uncicatrised until the next moult. "
uncircumscribed [ppl. a.]
(1820) Shelley Prometh. Unb. iii. iv. 194 "The loathsome mask has fallen, the man remains Sceptreless, free, uncircumscribed. "
unclasp [v.]
(1885) Mrs. Alexander At Bay ix, "He remained silent for a minute, his hands clasping and unclasping the arms of his chair."
unclassable [a.]
(1870) H. Spencer Psychology (ed. 2) I. ii. i. 148 "Mind remains unclassable and therefore unknowable."
unclassed [ppl. a.]
(1820) Shelley Prometh. Unb. iii. iv. 195 "The man remains..Equal, unclassed, tribeless, and nationless. "
uncleared [ppl. a.]
(1903) Westm. Gaz. 26 Jan. 8/2 "Were the Crown to..release the prisoner, he would for ever remain an `uncleared' man."
(1802-12) Bentham Ration. Judic. Evid. (1827) II. 405 "A repugnancy, which, for want of cross-examination, remains uncleared up. "
uncoagulated [ppl. a.]
(1845) Todd &. Bowman Phys. Anat. I. 39 "Not a particle of caseine..will remain uncoagulated. "
uncoffered [ppl. a.]
(1870) Baring-Gould In Exitu Israel I. viii. 118 "There remained still one of Gabrielle's dresses uncoffered."
uncognizable [a.]
(1849) Herschel Outl. Astron. 590 "This displacement, however, is..uncognizable by any ph&ae.nomenon, so long as the solar motion remains invariable."
uncommitted [ppl. a.]
(1956) Ball &. Killough International Relations xxiii. 494 "The Arabs had rejected association with the West and insisted on maintaining a `neutral' position. Many Arab leaders regarded the Middle Eastern states as likely to be safer from Soviet attack if they remained uncommitted to the West. "
uncommunicated [ppl. a.]
(1597) Hooker Eccl. Pol. v. liii. §.1 "Whatsoeuer is naturall to Deitie, the same remaineth in Christ vncommunicated vnto his Manhood. "
uncommunicative [a.]
(1807) G. Chalmers Caledonia I. Pref. p. vii, "The scholars of Scotland remained inert, and uncommunicative of what they did not know. "
uncompensated [ppl. a.]
(1830) Cobbett Rur. Rides 163 "That gentleman remains uncompensated for his sufferings. "
uncompounded [ppl. a.]
(1659) Rushworth Hist. Coll. I. 2 "To keep his Majesty from declaring himself opposite to Spain in the business of Cleves and Juliers, which still remained uncompounded."
uncondensed [ppl. a.]
(1862) Miller Elem. Chem., Org. (ed. 2) ix. 638 "The remaining portion of the distillate, consisting of uncondensed gases."
unconfounded [ppl. a.]
(1758) Warburton Div. Legat. iv. §.6 II. 414 "The only place where they could remain, for so long a time, safe and unconfounded with the natives. "
unconfused [ppl. a.]
(1635) Jackson Creed viii. vi. §.3 "The diversity of these two natures might still remaine unconfused without diversity of persons. "
unconjectured [ppl. a.]
(A. 1647) Boyle in Birch Life (1744) 27 "The true cause..remained long unconjectured, until the effects betrayed it. "
unconquered [ppl. a.]
(1651) Wittie Primrose's Pop. Err. i. viii. 30 "Wood annointed with Alome remaines unconquered of the fire. "
(1860) Tyndall Glac. i. xi. 78 "The chief difficulties remained unconquered. "
unconscionably [adv.]
(1884) A. Birrell Obiter Dicta Ser. i. 183 "The age has remained transitional so unconscionably long."
unconsented [ppl. a.]
(1668) Clarendon Vind. Tracts (1727) 79 "He read all the articles..which remained undetermined and unconsented to. "
unconsumed [ppl. a.]
(1697) Congreve Mourn. Bride ii. v, "The poor remains..Yet fresh and unconsum'd by time and worms. "
(1818) Cruise Digest (ed. 2) V. 91 "Every such fine..should be of the same force and effect, as if it had still remained upon record unconsumed or not lost. "
(1857) Miller Elem. Chem., Org. 329 "A charred mass remains, consisting of carbonate of potash and unconsumed carbon."
uncontemned [ppl. a.]
(1634) Habington Castara ii. Wife, "Shee is so true a friend, her Husband may to her communicate even his ambitions, and if successe Crowne not expectation, remaine neverthelesse uncontemned."
uncontradicted [ppl. a.]
(1815) J. Smith Panorama Sci. &. Art II. 71 "The inference drawn by the Florentines, remained uncontradicted by any experiment, till about 1762. "
uncontrollable [a.]
(1577) tr. Bullinger's Decades iii. ix. 460 "That diuine saying of Sainct Peter remaineth for euer vncomptroleable. "
unconveyed [ppl. a.]
(1696) Stanhope Chr. Pattern (1711) 218 "No property or claim any longer remaining unconveyed over."
uncorrupt [a.]
(1692) Ray Disc. ii. iv. (1693) 127 "The real Shells them&dubh.selves..remaining still entire and uncorrupt. "
uncorrupted [ppl. a.]
(1610) Holland Camden's Brit. (1637) 541 "His hand remained heere uncorrupted many hundred yeeres after. "
(1870) Bryant Iliad xix. II. 230 "The body shall remain Even more than uncorrupted."
uncorruption
(1542) Udall Erasm. Apoph. 74 b, "Onely in the children remained the aunciente integritee &. uncorrupcion. "
uncouch [v.]
(1609) T. Jackson (title Ded. A ij b, )"My selfe [shall] remaine the safer from the teeth of vncouched Foxes, if [etc.]."
uncounterbalanced [ppl. a.]
(1780) Bentham Princ. Legisl. xii. §.23 "In proportion to that part of the primary [mischief] which remains unexcluded or uncounterbalanced. "
uncouple [v.]
(1954) Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. XL. 919 "Mitochondria suspensions taken from thyroxine-treated animals remain uncoupled. "
uncourted [ppl. a.]
(1714) Mandeville Fab. Bees (1733) II. 224 "No female of twelve would be refractory, if applied to; or remain long uncourted, if there were men. "
uncourteous [a.]
(1542) Udall Erasm. Apoph. 264 b, "Hymselfe remained prisoner emong the most uncourtise Silicians. "
uncovered [ppl. a.]
(1650) Earl Monm. tr. Senault's Man bec. Guilty 368 "Whilst any mountains were yet uncovered with water, the remainders of man-kind were fixed there. "
(1832) Prop. Reg. Instr. Cavalry ii. 17 "If the numbers are uneven, the last man but one..must remain uncovered."
uncredited [ppl. a.]
(1777) Ann. Reg., Antiq. 134/2 "This opinion remained..uncredited by all skilful medallists. "
uncured [ppl. a.]
(1879) St. George's Hosp. Rep. IX. 742 "The mother had milk-fever and abscess of breast. This last remained uncured."
(1884) Sir C. S. C. Bowen in Law Rep. 12 Q.B.D. 170 "The blot in the proceedings of the respondent still remains uncured."
uncut [ppl. a.]
(1850) Mrs. Carlyle Lett. (1883) II. 125 "The new `Copperfield'..to this hour remains uncut. "
undamned [ppl. a.]
(1852) James Pequinillo III. 125 "`I hope my blood will remain und--d,' replied Doctor Pequinillo. "
undamnified [ppl. a.]
(1686) Lond. Gaz. No. 2197/3 "There remains not one Beam undamnified. "
undaunted [ppl. a.]
(1759) Robertson Hist. Scot. iii. Wks. 1813 I. 167 "The spirit of Knox, however, still remained undaunted and erect. "
undazzled [ppl. a.]
(1875) Jowett Plato (ed. 2) III. 137 "There too he may remain undazzled by wealth or the allurements of evil."
undead [a.]
(1548) Udall, etc. Erasm. Par. John vi. 41 b, "Where as all men did eat therof, they neuertheles dyed, nether did any one of so great a number remain vndead. "
(1897) B. Stoker Dracula xxvii. 381 "There remain one more victim in the Vampire fold; one more to swell the grim and grisly ranks of the Un-dead. "
undecidable [a.]
(1683) Moxon Mech. Exerc., Printing 1 "An undecidable Controversie about the original Contriver..remains on foot. "
undecided [ppl. a.] and [sb.]
(1731) Hist. Litteraria III. 762 "Finding, that notwithstanding the great pains he had taken, many Controversies remained still undecided. "
(1825) J. Nicholson Operat. Mechanic 671 "It appears to us that this point still remains in a very undecided state. "
undeciphered [ppl. a.]
(1897) P. Warung Tales Old R&eacu.gime 231 "The fear that..any written message from their friend..might remain undeciphered."
undeclared [ppl. a.]
(1840) Thackeray Shabby-genteel Story v, "He was allowed to remain in the house, an undeclared but very assiduous lover. "
undecomposed [ppl. a.]
(1849) D. Campbell Inorg. Chem. 49 "Sometimes there is a very small quantity of undecomposed matter remaining undissolved. "
undedicated [ppl. a.]
(1794) W. Tindal Hist. Evesham 31 "It is difficult to conceive..that it should have remained long undedicated after being built. "
undefaced [ppl. a.]
(1631) Weever Anc. Funeral Mon. To Rdr., "Such memorials..as were remaining yet vndefaced. "
(1676) Hobbes Iliad 374 "Yet is his body uncorrupt,..And..doth whole remain And undefac'd, the bloud all washt away. "
(1565) MS. Cott. Cal. B. 10. fol. 270 "Which charters remain still undefaced. "
(1633) T. Nashe Quaternio (1636) 224 "Both he and shee are branded with infamie, and the stigmaticall characters remaine as yet vndefaced in them. "
undefamed [ppl. a.]
(1623) tr. Favine's Theat. Hon. iii. vi. 374 "That the Order may remaine pure and vndefamed, according as it ought to doe. "
undelivered [ppl. a. 1]
(1895) Review of Rev. Aug. 148 "An attack, which now, alas, must remain for ever undelivered."
undeluged [ppl. a.]
(1791) Cowper Odyssey xxiv. 621 "Peace, O ye men of Ithaca! while yet The field remains undeluged with your blood. "
undemnified [ppl. a.]
(1608) Willet Hexapla Exod. 487 "How much should he remaine vndemnified,..which goeth to the bosome of his mother the Church?"
undemolishable [a.]
(1837) Carlyle Fr. Rev. ii. v. xii, "Will jingle and fanfaronade demolish the Veto; or will the Veto..remain undemolishable by these?"
undeprived [ppl. a.]
(1655) Fuller Ch. Hist. viii. i. §.20 "Only two Protestant Bishops..found the favour to be last undone, as remaining un-deprived at the beginning of the Parliament. "
under , [prep.]
(1667) Milton P.L. ii. 322 "To remaine In strictest bondage,..Under th' inevitable curb. "
under- , [prefix 1] ,
(1906) Galsworthy Man of Property i. iii. 44 "Between the points of his stand-up collar,..the pale flesh of his *underchin remained immovable. "
underbidder
(1945) S. J. Simon Why you lose at Bridge 58 "On the cancelled hands, both overbidder and underbidder remain oblivious of their enormities."
underlie [v.]
(1830) Lyell Princ. Geol. I. 398 "These deep-seated igneous formations must underlie all the strata containing organic remains. "
underling [sb.] and [a.]
(1788) W. H. Marshall Yorks. II. 72 "[The flax] remains weak, short, and underling. "
under-servant
(1679) Bp. Croft Coll. Jesuits 3 "The remaining Dwellers in the House..were but Under-Servants. "
undertaking [vbl. sb.]
(1850) Thackeray Pendennis xlvii, "So Pen..asked about the undertaking business and how many mutes went down with Lady Estrich's remains. "
underwrite , [v. 1]
(1809-11) Combe Syntax xxv. 417 "The Policies remain'd secure, Waiting for arms of signature; For what brave spirit e'er would fight 'em When nobody would underwrite 'em. "
(1964) Ann. Reg. 1963 224 "A free West Berlin could have its social system underwritten by the United Nations, and foreign troops could remain there `for a certain period' under the U.N. flag. "
underwriter
(1897) Times Law Rep. XIII. 570 "If..underwriter substitutes could not be procured, the Globe Company remained underwriter."
undescended [a.]
(1980) Amer. Jrnl. Roentgenol. CXXXV. 211/2 "Until recently, localization of the undescended testicle has remained a clinical urologic problem."
undestroyed [ppl. a.]
(1637-50) Row Hist. Kirk (Wodrow Soc.) 54 "A principal act wes concluded, and also remains undestroyed in the Books..of this Kirk. "
undeteriorated [ppl. a.]
(1856) Ruskin Mod. Paint. IV. v. xi. §.2. 130 "The most delicate sculptures if executed in good marble will remain for ages undeteriorated."
undeterminable [a.]
(1581) J. Bell Haddon's Answ. Osor. 444 "Albeit the thing it selfe..be past, and ye tyme thereof determined: yet doth the power..thereof remaine unmoveable, sure, and undeterminable beyond all ages. "
(1872) W. S. Symonds Rec. Rocks viii. 301 "The fish remains are scanty and undeterminable."
undetermined [ppl. a.]
(1771) Luckombe Hist. Print. 1 "It long remained an undetermined point..concerning the place. "
(1826) Art Brewing (ed. 2) 127 "The question, therefore, still remains undetermined. "
(1884) Higgs Magn. Dyn. Electr. Mach. 269 "Where &rho., the only quantity remaining unexplained, represents the undetermined factor."
undeveloped [ppl. a.]
(1817) Lady Morgan France viii. (1818) II. 381 "Those profounder feelings..remained cold and undeveloped. "
undevised [ppl. a.]
(1875) Poste Gaius ii. (ed. 2) 239 "The undevised or lapsed portion..goes..to the devisee..of the remainder of the heritage."
undiluted [ppl. a.]
(1756) F. Home Exper. Bleaching 89 "If..the oil of vitriol remains, in some parts, undiluted, the cloth is corroded into holes. "
undisabled [ppl. a.]
(1875) Kinglake Crimea (1877) V. i. 237 "The survivors of the first line who remained undisabled."
undischarged [ppl. a.]
(1800) Misc. Tr. in Asiat. Ann. Reg. 34/2 "The arrears have accumulated..and the claims of the government remain undischarged. "
(1798) S. &. Ht. Lee Canterb. T. II. 46 "Throwing down the remaining pistol undischarged. "
undiscovered [ppl. a.]
(1611) Shaks. Wint. T. v. ii. 130 "This Mysterie remained vndiscouer'd. "
(1555) Eden Decades (Arb.) 285 "What parts of the baul of the earth remained yet vndiscouered. "
(1707) Mortimer Husb. A 2 b, "The detecting of specious and prevailing Errors,..so as to clear the way to what remains undiscovered. "
undiscretion
(1563) Harding Answ. to M. Ivelles Challenge To Rdr. (1565) 4 b, "The note of vndiscretion shall remaine to them."
undiscussed [ppl. a.]
(1818) Cobbett Resid. U.S. (1819) 294 "There remains a very important part of the subject yet undiscussed. "
undisfulfilled [ppl. a.]
(1823) Bentham Not Paul 285 "So long as the predictor lived, it [sc. the prediction] would remain good and undisfulfilled."
undishonoured [ppl. a.]
(1726) Pope Odyss. xxii. 350 "Still undishonour'd or by word or deed Thy house, for me, remains. "
undismayed [ppl. a.]
(1855) Singleton Virgil II. 402 "He undismayed remains, His high-souled foe awaiting."
undismembered [ppl. a.]
(1758) J. Dalrymple Ess. Feudal Property (ed. 2) 50 "The extent of the residue of the fief remaining undismembered."
undispelled [ppl. a.]
(1877) In Mem. J. M. Charlton 2 "The shadows of the grave remained undispelled."
undisplaced [ppl. a.]
(1802-12) Bentham Ration. Judic. Evid. (1827) I. 570 "The audience in the court remaining undisplaced. "
undisposed [ppl. a.]
(1711) Lond. Gaz. No. 4946/3 "The several Quantities of Tin..remaining undisposed. "
(1667) in 10th Rep. Hist. MSS. Comm. App. V. 29 "Other lands undisposed of, now remaining in his Majestie's disposall. "
(1743) Pope Last Will Wks. 1751 IX. 270 "All the residue and remainder to be considered as undisposed of, and to go to my next of kin. "
undispunged [ppl. a.]
(A. 1670) Hacket Abp. Williams ii. (1693) 120 "The Court did all vote..that the Defence should remain undispunged."
undisputed [ppl. a.]
(1844) Kinglake Eothen viii, "Her superiority over all others..remained undisputed. "
undisquieted [ppl. a.]
(1649) Test. conc. F. Boehme ii. 7 "The two..witnesses..have remained in their Graves undisquieted by the Babylonians. "
undissipated [ppl. a.]
(1661) Boyle Scept. Chem. i. 41 "That it may not appear absurd to conceive, that such little primary Masses..may remain undissipated. "
undissolvable [a.]
(1756) F. Home Exper. Bleaching 268 "There remained half a grain of powder that was undissolvable by the spirit."
undissolved [ppl. a.]
(1694) Salmon Bate's Dispens. (1713) 150/1 "That which remains undissolv'd..is the acid or saline Part of the Sulphur. "
undistilled [ppl. a.]
(1652) French Yorksh. Spa vii. 67 "The two first spoonfuls, which were distilled, and the rest undistilled that remained. "
undistinction
(1662) J. Chandler Van Helmont's Oriat. Prayer, "Tis true indeed, that thou wilt be worshipped by men in the Spirit, but not in such a manner that it may remain in the undistinction of the first object."
undistinguished [ppl. a.]
(1800) Asiatic Ann. Reg. 26/2 "He remained undistinguished for any thing, except the infamous action, in which [etc.]. "
undistraught [ppl. a.]
(1773) J. Ross Fratricide iv. 528 (MS.), "His senses Yet undistraught remain. "
undisturbed [ppl. a.]
(A. 1610) Healey Epictetus (1636) 70 "So shall thy thoughts remaine undisturbed. "
(1728) Eliza Heywood tr. Mme. de Gomez's Belle A. (1732) II. 272 "To retire from Court; and in some safe and undisturb'd Retreat..pass the remainder of my days. "
undividedly [adv.]
(1624) Gataker Transubst. 107 "Under them all and each particle of them undevidedly remaining. "
undivulged [ppl. a.]
(1883) A. Dobson Fielding vi. 167 "A secret that, to this day, remains undivulged."
undomesticated [ppl. a.]
(1834) J. S. Mill in Monthly Repos. VIII. 411 "To remain..undomesticated and without a home. "
undone [ppl. a. 1]
(1706) Prior Ode to the Queen xix, "Nought done the Hero deem'd, while ought undone remain'd. "
undrawn [ppl. a. 1]
(1730) Act 3 Geo. II, c. 25 §.11 "The same Names shall be..returned to the former Box or Glass, there to be kept with the other Names remaining at that Time undrawn. "
undug [ppl. a.]
(1657) W. Rand tr. Gassendi's Life Peiresc iii. 34 "The remainder [of the epitaph] being as yet..undug up. "
uneasiness
(1815) J. Smith Panorama Sci. &. Art II. 446 "With nearly all persons who have breathed this gas, not the least uneasiness or languor subsequently remains. "
uneaten [ppl. a.]
(1791) Cowper Odyss. viii. 582 "A huge brawn, of which uneaten still Large part and delicate remain'd. "
(1868) Rep. U.S. Commissioner Agric. (1869) 297 "The remains of the uneaten leaves must be carefully taken away."
uneclipsed [ppl. a.]
(1764) Phil. Trans. LIV. 106 "A full digit of the Sun, or more, remained uneclipsed. "
unemancipated [ppl. a.]
(1811) F. Plowden Hist. Irel. 1801-10 II. iv. 535 "The Catholics remained unemancipated."
unembarrassed [ppl. a.]
(1836) J. Gilbert Chr. Atonem. ix. (1852) 296 "Not a single doctrine could remain unembarrassed with doubt. "
unembroiled [ppl. a.]
(1759) H. Walpole Let. to Mann 13 Sept., "An opportunity of embrolling the little of Europe that remains unembroiled."
unenchanted [ppl. a.]
(1810) Monthly Mag. XXIX. 149 "It requires ascetic virtue..to remain unenchanted by the glare."
unended [ppl. a.]
(1805) Monthly Mag. XX. 43 "It would probably have remained unended for a long time."
unengaged [ppl. a.]
(1895) A. Forbes in Daily News 18 Feb. 6/3 "Mr. Herbert, in his redoubt in the centre of the Grivitza heights, remained unengaged until 4 p.m."
(A. 1732) Swift (J.), "When we have sunk the only unengaged revenues left, our incumbrances must remain perpetual."
unengraven [ppl. a.]
(1831) Carlyle Sart. Res. ii. iv, "I undertook to compose his Epitaph;..which however..still remains unengraven."
unengrossed [ppl. a.]
(1681) Lond. Gaz. No. 1633/4 "There is now published a Printed List of all such Fines as remain uningrossed."
unenlightened [ppl. a.]
(1803) Phil. Trans. XCV. 152, "I mentioned the probability that there existed..unenlightened stars (if I may be allowed the expression) that have ever remained in eternal darkness. "
unenounced [ppl. a.]
(1859) Sir W. Hamilton Lect. (1877) I. xvi. 286 "It remains unenounced and unknown."
unenriched [ppl. a.]
(1864) Realm 11 May 5 "He has preferred to remain..unenriched by the events which have enriched..others."
unentered [ppl. a.]
(1775) Warton Hist. Eng. Poetry I. i. 20 note, "This cavern..remained closely shut and unentered for many ages. "
unequal [a.] and [adv.]
(1962) E. Snow Other Side of River (1963) iv. 38 "Under the unequal treaties foreign nationals had extraterritoriality rights which enabled them to reside and do business in China while remaining accountable only to their own courts. "
unequilibrated [ppl. a.]
(1895) W. H. Hudson Spencer's Philos. 97 "Remaining exposed to surrounding forces that are unequilibrated."
unessayed [ppl. a.]
(1778) Miss Burney Evelina lxxiv, "Remains there one resource unessayed? "
unevacuated [ppl. a.]
(1612) Woodall Surg. Mate Wks. (1653) 201 "Some cholerick matter remaineth behinde in right-gut yet unevacuated."
uneven [a.]
(1683) Moxon Mech. Exerc., Printing xvii. &page.2 "[He] cuts out what may remain in the bottom of the Shanck by reason of the un-even breaking. "
unexcelled [ppl. a.]
(1874) H. H. Cole Catal. Ind. Art S. Kens. Mus. 216 "The textile fabrics of India..remain unexcelled by other countries."
unexchanged [ppl. a.]
(1777) Burke Let. to Sheriffs of Bristol Wks. III. 143 "If..we..contend that you may justly reserve for vengeance, those who remain unexchanged."
unexecuted [ppl. a.]
(1850) Grote Greece ii. lxiv. VIII. 253 "The duty remained unexecuted, and the seamen..were left to perish unassisted. "
unexercised [ppl. a.]
(1893) Fairbairn in Selbie Life vii. (1914) 247 "Certain faculties would remain unexercised."
unexerted [ppl. a.]
(1675) Traherne Chr. Ethics 347 "Without its exercise it remaineth unexerted, is wholly vain. "
unexhaled [ppl. a.]
(1703) Phil. Trans. XXIII. 1433 "The little Water which remained unexhaled."
unexorcised [ppl. a.]
(1860) Froude Hist. Eng. VI. 306 "That spectre remained unexorcised in all its shadowy terror."
unexperimented [ppl. a.]
(1839) B. H. Smart Way out of Metaph. 51 "We may..apply it to similar particulars remaining unexperimented. "
unexplicable [a.]
(1803) Ann. Rev. I. 275 "What remains unexplicable in the conduct of public men is not solved by conjecture. "
unexpunged [ppl. a.]
(1826) Malthus Popul. (ed. 6) II. 457 "If the statute..were to remain unexpunged."
unextinct [a.]
(? 1622) Fletcher Love's Cure iii. ii, "Be there but one spark Of fire remaining in him unextinct, With my discourse I'll blow it to a flame. "
(1678) Cudworth Intell. Syst. i. iv. §.18. 312 "Their arcane Theology remained more or less amongst them unextinct to the last. "
unextinguished [ppl. a.]
(1700) Dryden Sigism. &. Guisc. 732 "If thou hast remaining in thy Heart Some Sense of Love, some unextinguish'd Part Of former Kindness. "
unextirpated [ppl. a.]
(1792) Horsley Serm. xl. (1816) III. 221 "Taking offence at the sin which remains as yet unextirpated. "
(1802-12) Bentham Ration. Judic. Evid. (1827) IV. 189 "So long as that system of abominations remains unextirpated. "
unfilled [ppl. a.]
(1817) J. Scott Paris Revisit. (ed. 4) 105 "That their capacities..did not seem to be improved,-that much of them remained unfilled up."
unfingered ( [ppl.] ) [a.]
(1889) Barrie Window in Thrums 173 "The few shillings..remained unfingered."
unfinishable [a.]
(1878) T. Sinclair Mount 166 "Faust..ever remains a torso unfinishable."
unfinished [ppl. a.]
(1797) S. &. Ht. Lee Canterb. T. (1799) I. 373 "The recital he was about to make remained unfinished. "
unfired [ppl. a.]
(1664) Evelyn Sylva 102 "It is continually to be fed with short and fitting wood, that no part remains unfir'd. "
(1902) Daily Chron. 16 Apr. 7/6 "The starboard gun remained unfired."
unfoiled [ppl. a. 1]
(1579-80) North Plutarch (1595) 242 "When the golden and vnfoiled age remained yet whole..at Rome. "
unfollowed [ppl. a.]
(1826) Q. Rev. XXXIV. 75 "This example remained unfollowed by England for almost a century. "
unfortified [ppl. a.]
(1849) Grote Greece ii. xlvii. (1862) IV. 170 "Samos remained..unfortified, deprived of its fleet."
unfractured [ppl. a.]
(1927) E. V. Gordon Introd. Old Norse 254 "The e of verbs of the fourth and fifth conjs. remained unfractured. "
unfreed [ppl. a.]
(1715) Pope Iliad ii. 213 "Shall beauteous Helen still remain unfreed? "
unfrightened [ppl. a.]
(1835) W. Irving Tour Prairies 259 "He..fired, but without effect: the deer remained unfrightened. "
unfroze
(1774) Goldsm. Nat. Hist. (1776) I. 178 "The ice..grown more bulky, by freezing, than the water, which remains unfroze."
unfrozen [ppl. a. 1]
(1656) tr. Hobbes' Elem. Philos. xxviii. 354 "The Wine which remains unfrozen in the midst will be very strong. "
(1817) Kirby &. Sp. Entomol. II. 451 "Remaining unfrozen though exposed to the severest cold. "
unfruitful [a.]
(1869) J. Martineau Ess. II. 250 "This hint has not been permitted to remain unfruitful."
unfurnished [ppl. a.]
(1541) Act 33 Hen. VIII, c. 9 §.2 "Other cities..remaine and be vnfurnished of artificers and craftes men before rehersed. "
ungallantly [adv.]
(1835) Marryat Olla Podr. xv, "The doctor..ungallantly told his wife she might remain all night. "
ungiven [ppl. a.]
(1713) Mrs. Centlivre Wonder ii. i, "What proof remains ungiven of his love? "
ungleaned [ppl. a.]
(1869) Ruskin Q. of Air §.157 "Remnants of tradition..which remain ungleaned."
ungoverned [ppl. a. 1]
(1622) Misselden Free Trade 73 "It now remaineth briefely to show the Too Loose Vse thereof, by Vngouerned Trade. "
ungracious [a.]
(1844) Kinglake Eothen xii, "Whilst the amber is at your lips, there is nothing ungracious in your remaining silent. "
ungrafted [ppl. a.]
(1766) Compl. Farmer s.v. Fence, "If they have proceeded from apple-kernels, they may remain ungrafted. "
ungrasped [ppl. a.]
(1897) Mather Ruskin (ed. 5) p. xvii, "Even though the truth burdening the style remains vague and is ungrasped by the reader."
ungrown-up [ppl. a.] and [sb.]
(1980) J. Lees-Milne Harold Nicolson xi. 201 "To some extent he..remained ungrown&dubh.up in that his code of social behaviour was what he had imbibed from his..parents and schoolmasters."
unguiferous [a.]
(1826) Kirby &. Sp. Entomol. III. 137 "The remaining description of unguiferous prolegs..are those of certain Diptera."
unharmed [ppl. a.]
(1855) Macaulay Hist. Eng. xiii. III. 327 "Here he might possibly have remained unharmed and harmless, had not an event..made his enemies implacable. "
unharried [ppl. a.]
(1871) Freeman Norm. Conq. xvii. IV. 80 "The coast..remained unharried by either friends or enemies. "
unhatched [ppl. a. 1]
(1794) Morse Amer. Geog. 169 "The young cuckow..immediately sets about clearing the nest of the young sparrows, and the remaining unhatched eggs. "
unhelpful [a.]
(1880) Swinburne Stud. Shaks. 62 "As yet the one contemporary book..remains..inaccessible and unhelpful to students."
unhumble [a.]
(A. 1732) T. Boston Crook in Lot (1805) 117 "Their condition will be brought to the lowest pass, but the unhumbleness of their spirits will remain."
unhung [ppl. a.]
(1880) Pall Mall G. 28 Aug. 6/1 "It is said that much good work [in painting] will remain unhung for want of room."
unhunted [ppl. a.]
(1572) Bossewell Armorie ii. 94 "A great Parke..that had remained vnhunted, duringe the time of foure mens ages. "
unhurt [ppl. a.]
(1718) Prior Pict. Seneca Dying 11 "While unhurt, divine Jordain, Thy Work and Seneca's remain. "
uniform , [a.]
(1859) Darwin Orig. Spec. iii. 73 "The face of nature remains uniform for long periods of time. "
unignited [ppl. a.]
(1856) Froude Hist. Eng. I. 28 "Like a train of gunpowder, the isolated grains of which have..no effect on each other, while they remain unignited."
unimitated [ppl. a.]
(1837) Carlyle Fr. Rev. i. iii. viii, "An excellent new-idea, which, in these coming years, shall not remain unimitated."
unimpeached [ppl. a.]
(1583) Golding Calvin on Deut. xxxix. 235 "Let vs glorifie him, and beware yt he remaine vnimpeached in his Maiestie. "
unimplicated [ppl. a.]
(1822-7) Good Study Med. (1829) IV. 687 "The sound parts remain unimplicated in the action. "
unimprovable [a.]
(1785) G. A. Bellamy Apol. (ed. 3) III. 52 "The 'Squire, however, remained totally unimprovable. "
unimpugned [ppl. a.]
(1838) James Louis XIV, I. 247 "That all the arbitrary acts of his predecessor..should remain as unimpugned precedents in case of necessity. "
uninfected [ppl. a.]
(1890) Retrospect Med. CII. 292 "The risk of leaving untreated a clot in the immediate neighbourhood of very virulent septic matter in the hope that it may remain uninfected."
uninflamed [ppl. a.]
(1794) R. J. Sulivan View Nat. II. 163 "That this inflammable body of coal should have remained uninflamed..seems highly improbable."
uninfluential [a.]
(1882) Farrar Early Chr. I. 206 "Would a writer so..powerful..have remained uninfluential and unknown?"
uninquired [ppl. a.]
(1826) Scott Woodst. xxviii, "Some unhappy mistake, the grounds of which shall remain..uninquired into."
uninterposing [ppl. a.]
(1749) Melmoth Fitzosborne Lett. xlviii. II. 13 "To prove, that the supreme being remains an uninterposing spectator of what is transacted upon this theatre of the world."
uninterpreted [ppl. a.]
(1662) Hibbert Body of Divinity i. 218 "Amen. It is..an Hebrew word,..and..remaines uninterpreted. "
uninterred [ppl. a.]
(1837) Lytton Athens II. 161 "Leaving the remainder uninterred he invited all..to examine the scene of contest."
uninvalidated [ppl. a.]
(1813) Monthly Mag. XXXV. 217 "The fact remains uninvalidated."
unionized , [ppl. a. 2]
(1962) D. H. Calam in A. Pirie Lens Metabolism Rel. Cataract 439 "At the low pH employed, only strongly acidic groups remain charged, most of the carboxyl groups are unionized. "
unipolar [a.] (and [sb.] ).
(1878) F. J. Bell tr. Gegenbaur's Comp. Anat. 597 "If the rete remains broken up, then it is known as a diffuse, unipolar, or monocentric rete mirabile."
uniqueness
(1820) Coleridge Lett., Convers., &.c. I. 152 "The contra-distinction between the Shakespearian and the Greek Drama, and its still remaining uniqueness. "
unissued [ppl. a.]
(1703) Lond. Gaz. No. 3890/3 "Several of the Debentures..do remain still unissued. "
unit , [sb.] (and [a.] ).
(1597) Blundevil Exerc. (ed. 2) i. vii. 12 "Such [numbers] as cannot bee divided but that there will remaine some odde unite, those are called Primes. "
(1888) Bryce Amer. Commw. II. 224 "The county remained the practically important unit of local administration, the unit to which the various functions of government were aggregated."
unite , [v.]
(1871) A. Meadows Man. Midwifery (ed. 2) 54 "The tubes..sometimes remaining throughout single, but at other times dividing and uniting again."
universe .
(1849) A. De Morgan in Trans. Cambridge Philos. Soc. VIII. 380 "By not dwelling upon this power of making what we may properly (inventing a new technical name) call the universe of a proposition, or of a name, matter of express definition, all rules remaining the same, writers on logic deprive themselves of much useful illustrations. "
university , [sb.]
(1623) W. L'Isle Sax. Treat. conc. Old &. New Test. f. e 3, "I meane ere long to let the world know what is more remaining; as more I have seene both in our Universitie Libraries, and that of Sir Robert Cotton. "
unkilled [ppl. a.]
(1842) Thackeray Sultan Stork Wks. 1898 IV. 738 "Nor of the latter did there remain any unkilled (if I may coin such a word). "
unkindled [ppl. a.]
(1809) Coleridge Friend 161 "My feelings..and imagination did not remain unkindled in this general conflagration. "
unkindly [adv.]
(1887) Daily News 21 July 2/4 "Fanfare remained a staunch favourite to the end. He, however, ran very unkindly."
(1607) Shaks. Timon iii. vi. 39, "I hope it remaines not vnkindely with your Lordship, that I return'd you an empty Messenger. "
unknighted [ppl. a.]
(1892) Verney Mem. I. 205 "Mr. Badnage..remained unknighted."
unknown [ppl. a. 1] and [sb.]
(1611) Shaks. Cymb. iv. iv. 43, "I am asham'd To looke vpon the holy Sunne,..remaining So long a poore vnknowne. "
unlaced [ppl. a.]
(1871) Figure Training 79, "I had never..been suffered to remain unlaced one instant longer than was absolutely necessary."
unlaid [ppl. a.] and [sb.]
(1656) Osborne Adv. Son Lett., Wks. 1722 l. B 5, "The severest Curse remaining in the custody of Fortune, yet unlaid upon me. "
unlaunched [ppl. a.]
(1863) P. Barry Dockyard Econ. 128 "To allow the unlaunched ship to remain and rot."
unlessened [ppl. a.]
(1736) Butler Anal. i. i. 31 "This active power..remains unlessened. "
(1842) J. B. Fraser Allee Neemroo II. 99 "His uneasiness remained unlessened and unaltered. "
(1891) C. M. J. Mitford's Lett. &. Remin. 163 "His love for me remained unlessened."
unlightened [ppl. a.]
(1627) Hakewill Apol. 35 "Onely this part of [Christendom]..remaines..vnlightned, in the darkenes of ignorance."
(1659) W. Chamberlayne Pharonnida iii. ii. 19 "Whilst she did remain Unlightened with a beam of comfort. "
unlike [a.] and [sb.]
(1896) Pop. Sci. Monthly Feb. 494 "As long as it remains a stranger and an unlike."
unlimb [v.]
(1869) J. Conington Horace, Sat. (1874) 17 "Still The bard remains, unlimb him as you will."
unliquefied [ppl. a.]
(1705) Addison Italy 237 "These huge unwieldy Lumps [of lava]..remain'd in the melted Matter rigid and unliquify'd. "
(1857) Spencer Progress (1864) 285 "Yet the gas remained unliquified!"
unliquidated [ppl. a.]
(1883) Fortn. Rev. July 104 "There will still remain a considerable debt unliquidated."
unmalted [ppl. a.]
(1707) Mortimer Husb. 267 "The part of the Corn which it passeth not, will remain unmalted, the rest will be perfect Malt. "
unmanacled [ppl. a.]
(A. 1849) Poe Loss of Breath Wks. 1864 IV. 308 "His extreme infirmity..had obtained him the privilege of remaining unmanacled."
unmanned [ppl. a. 1]
(1764) Goldsm. Trav. 142 "Nought remain'd..But towns unmann'd, and lords without a slave."
unmelted [ppl. a.]
(1833-4) J. Phillips Geol. in Encycl. Metrop. (1845) VI. 738/1 "The houses..which have been enveloped in liquid lava, remained unmelted by it. "
unmentioned [ppl. a.]
(1831) Scott Ct. Rob. viii, "And now let this singular person remain for a time unmentioned. "
unmet [ppl. a. 1]
(1969) Listener 6 Feb. 172/3 "There remains a massive unmet need for advice and aid from legally trained people. "
unmined [ppl. a.]
(A. 1849) Poe E. B. Browning Wks. 1865 III. 404 "The reader will suffer the most valuable ore to remain unmined to all eternity, before [etc.]. "
unmodifiable [a.]
(1883) F. Galton Inq. Hum. Faculty 156 "They remain unmodified and unmodifiable."
unmortgaged [ppl. a.]
(1776) Adam Smith W.N. v. iii. (1904) II. 583 "The only considerable branch of the public revenue which yet remains unmortgaged. "
unmounted [ppl. a.]
(1688) Lond. Gaz. No. 2380/2 "A good part of the Cavalry will remain unmounted. "
unmovable [a.] and [sb.]
(1776) Mickle Camoens' Lusiad p. xxxvii, "They remained unmoveable on the shore till the fleet..evanished from their sight. "
(A. 1624) Bp. M. Smith Serm. (1632) 34 "Fabricius..remained..vndauntable, and vnmoveable. "
unmusical [a.]
(1678) Cudworth Intell. Syst. i. v. 759 "Matter..perpetually remains, and all other things whatsoever are but..passions and affections..thereof, as musicalness and unmusicalness. "
unnerve [v.]
(1722) Hamilton Wallace v. (1816) 73 "And sure while Scotia's enemies remain, Unnerving love should ever sue in vain. "
unneutralized [ppl. a.]
(1771) T. Percival Ess. (1777) I. 31 "If they remain unneutralised in the first passages, they will powerfully promote putrefaction. "
unnose [v.]
(1738) Common Sense II. 106 "The persons who remain behind un-nos'd will immediately..clap on their original Noses. "
unobnoxious [a.]
(1802) H. Martin Helen of Glenross I. 201 "Mr. Mulgrave, unobnoxious to any party, was advised to remain. "
unopened [ppl. a.]
(1600) E. Blount tr. Conestaggio 74 "This Letter..remained still with them vnopened. "
unoperated [ppl. a.]
(1802) Noble Wanderers I. 37 "Native energy..which, unoperated upon by adversity,..remains an inactive principle in the mind."
unordered [ppl. a. 1]
(1906) Westm. Gaz. 23 May 4/1 "The gay tweeds..remain unordered."
unordnanced [ppl. a.]
(1804) Larwood No Gun Boats 12 "Better to give all than suffer their Gun Boats to remain in even an unruddered, unmasted, unordonanced existence."
unovercome [ppl. a.]
(1579-80) North Plutarch (1676) 507 "Though now they lead me bound, yet do I remain free unovercome. "
unoverthrown [ppl. a.]
(A. 1586) Sidney Arcadia iii. xxii, "Yet shewed it most the perfection of the beautie, which could remaine unoverthrowne by such enimies. "
(1852) Clough Poems, etc. (1869) I. 348 "In the prostration to ancient tenets and habits the old character remains upright, unoverthrown and unsubdued."
unpaid [ppl. a.]
(1878) J. Davidson Inverurie &. Garioch 349 "The fines remaining unpaid."
unpainful [a.]
(1758) J. S. Le Dran's Observ. Surg. (1771) 95 "The small Remainder of the Tumour was unpainful. "
unpaint [v.]
(1844) P. Parley's Ann. V. 265 "Nothing now remained but to unpaint the young urchin; and so Sally..scrubbed till she was tired."
unperfect [a.]
(1683) Moxon Mech. Exerc., Printing 8 "Some Trades are..sooner sold off, which renders the remainder of the un-sold Exercises unperfect. "
unperjured [ppl. a.]
(1802-12) Bentham Ration. Judic. Evid. (1827) I. 382 "They or he remain unperjured, all the others perjured. "
unpersuaded [ppl. a.]
(1570) Dee Math. Pref. 10 "Who can remaine..vnpersuaded, to loue..the excellent Science of Arithmetike? "
(1882) Farrar Early Chr. I. 540 "Myriads of Jewish Christians remained secretly unpersuaded."
unpestered [ppl. a.]
(1824) Mactaggart Gallovid. Encycl. (1876) 233 "Unpestered, sequestered, Deep hidden I remain."
unpetrified [ppl. a.]
(1646) Sir T. Browne Pseud. Ep. ii. v. 91 "All Corall is not hard, and in many concreted plants some parts remaine unpetrified. "
unpierceable [a.]
(1801) Southey Thalaba ii. viii, "O'er the two remaining lives A cloud unpierceable had risen. "
unpierced [ppl. a.]
(1759) Phil. Trans. LI. 377 "The leaves on each side of the foil were pierced, while the foil itself remained unpierced. "
unplaced [ppl. a.]
(1558) in Strype Ann. Ref. (1709) I. App. iv. 4 "All such as governed..and now remain unplaced and uncalled to Credit. "
unplank [v.]
(1834) J. S. Macaulay Field Fortif. 246 "While the repair of the third bay was in progress, the remaining bay was partly unplanked."
unplanted [ppl. a.]
(1660) F. Brooke tr. Le Blanc's Trav. 354 "The countrey remaining unplanted by any forrainers. "
unplastered [ppl. a.]
(1804) Southey Let. to Coleridge 11 June, "And so unplastered it [sc. a room] is likely to remain another winter. "
unpoetized [ppl. a.]
(1831) Scott Jrnl. 26 Nov., "I got home about midnight; but remain unpoetised and unspeeched."
unpolished [ppl. a.]
(1635) Swan Spec. M. iii. §.2 (1643) 48 "Both of them [sc. the heavens] remained as it were unpolished or unfinished untill the fourth day."
unprejudged [ppl. a.]
(1888) Times 31 Aug. 3/1 "The question of sovereignty remained unprejudged."
unpresented [ppl. a.]
(1895) Petrie Egypt. Tales Ser. i. Introd. 1 "It is strange that..the oldest literature..should yet have remained unpresented to English readers."
unpricked [ppl. a.]
(1588) J. Mellis Briefe Instr. F iij b, "Diuers parcels more may remaine vnpricked in the Leager, which ought not to bee put in the Iournall. "
unprinted [ppl. a.]
(1860) Tyndall Glac. ii. xiv. 299 "The paper..might have remained unprinted, had not another publication..called it forth. "
unprogressive [a.]
(1800) Coleridge in C. K. Paul Godwin (1876) II. 13 "Life is too melancholy a thing for men in general for the doctrine of unprogressiveness to remain popular. "
unprosecuted [ppl. a.]
(1802-12) Bentham Ration. Judic. Evid. (1827) V. 97 "The example is bad, when a man supposed to be guilty is seen to remain unprosecuted."
unprotruded [ppl. a.]
(1777) Pennant Brit. Zool. (ed. 4) IV. 9 "Doctor Baster..counted 12,444 eggs under the tail, besides those that remained in the body unprotruded. "
unpublished [ppl. a.]
(1731) Hist. Litteraria III. 259 "Authors..whose Writings still remain unpublished in the Libraries of Rome, Venice, and Paris. "
unpulled [ppl. a.]
(1608) H. Clapham Errour Left Hand 72 "Some doubts, which yet (as stumps) remaine behind vnpulled vp. "
(1641) Earl Monm. tr. Biondi's Civil Wars ii. 95 "If some few [houses] remained un-pulled down. "
unpumped [ppl. a.]
(1669) Boyle Contin. New Exp. xliv. 154 "Air that yet remain'd unpump'd out. "
unpunishable [a.]
(1802-12) Bentham Ration. Judic. Evid. (1827) I. 354 "Mendacity..remains altogether unpunishable. "
unput [ppl. a.]
(1732) J. Louthian Form of Process 267 "Which Act as yet remains unput to due Execution anent the forenamed Persons. "
unquenched [ppl. a.]
(1703) Rowe Fair Penit. ii. D 4, "If any Spark from Heav'n remain unquench'd Within her Breast. "
unrancid [a.]
(1884) McLaren Spinning 46 "[In] the power of remaining fresh and unrancid..olive [oil] is pre-eminent. "
unrealizable [a.]
(1840) Carlyle Heroes iv. (1841) 247 "We may rejoice that he could not realise it; that it remained, after two centuries of effort, unrealisable. "
unrebuked [ppl. a.]
(1857) Susanna Winkworth tr. Life Tauler xvi. 306 "When one finds this evil inclination in a man,..and he remains unrebuked, all this is the world. "
unrecalled [ppl. a.]
(1883) Ld. Moncreiff Law Rep. 9 App. Cases 317/2 "While [the conveyance]..remained unrecalled it was absolute."
unreckoned [ppl. a.]
(1690) Dryden Don Sebastian iii. i, "Add that falshood To a long Bill that yet remains unreckon'd. "
unreclaimed [ppl. a.]
(1748) Earl Nugent To Mankind xviii, "Wise nature mocks th' wrangling herd; For unreclaim'd, and untransfer'd, Her pow'rs and rights remain."
unreconciled [ppl. a.]
(1873) Symonds Grk. Poets xii. 420 "Yet the spirit and the flesh still remained in unreconciled antagonism."
unredeemed [ppl. a.]
(1812) L. Hunt in Examiner 7 Dec. 770/2 "Your promise has remained unredeemed. "
unredressed [ppl. a.]
(1721) Amherst Terr&ae. Fil. No. 6 (1726) 30 "The king's friends remain still unredress'd, and the king's honour unrepair'd to this day. "
unreduced [ppl. a.]
(1689) Apol. Fail. Walker's Acc. 20 "Whether some Men are not satisfy'd..Ireland be entirely lost,..and remain unreduc'd for some years, rather than Dissenters be employ'd in retrieving it. "
(1884) Leeds Merc. (Weekly Suppl.) 15 Nov. 6/2 "Stirling Castle, the chief place of strength.., still remained unreduced."
(1749) T. Gataker Le Dran's Operat. Surg. 101 "When an intestine is gangrened and remains unreduced. "
(1857) T. Watson Lect. Physic (ed. 4) I. 35 "The dislocation remaining unreduced."
unreformed [ppl. a.]
(1898) Westm. Gaz. 1 Mar. 2/1 "Then I would rather that the Church should remain unreformed."
unrefuted [ppl. a.]
(1846) Lewes Hist. Philos. IV. 85 "So long must Berkeley remain unrefuted by any theory of perception. "
(1875) Jowett Plato (ed. 2) III. 507 "This argument of ours remains unrefuted."
unregeneracy
(1818) G. S. Faber Hor&ae. Mosaic&ae. II. 293 "He derives no benefit from the external sign, remaining still..in a state of unregeneracy. "
unregistered [ppl. a.]
(1826) Kirby &. Sp. Entomol. IV. 440 "Its animal productions shall no longer remain unregistered and undescribed. "
unremovable [a.]
(1579) Fulke Heskins' Parl. 476 "It still remaineth vnremouable, that a signe and the thing signified, be distinct things. "
unrenounced [ppl. a.]
(1851) Mrs. Browning Casa Guidi Wind. ii. 117 "The people rose up in the dust.., and shouted..`Live the People,' who remained and must, The unrenounced and unrenounceable."
unrepaired [ppl. a. 1]
(A. 1637) B. Jonson Underwoods, Execration Vulcan 196 "Paul's steeple.., though a divine Loss, remains yet as unrepair'd as mine. "
unrepealed [ppl. a.]
(1649) Milton Tenure Kings 13 "Which Edict of his remaines yet unrepeald in the Code of Justinian. "
unrepressed [ppl. a.]
(1861) Trench Comm. Ep. Churches Asia 50 "Every disorder..which has remained unrepressed."
unreproachable [a.]
(A. 1711) Ken Hymn. Poet. Wks. 1721 II. 143 "Whether God hears the Pray'rs of Saints or not,..God unreproachable remains. "
unresenting [ppl. a.]
(1810) Coleridge Friend 358 "To remain in nominal Peace and unresenting Passiveness with an insolent neighbour. "
unresolved [ppl. a.]
(1621) First Bk. Discipl. 10 "Because..Articles thereanent remaine yet unresolved, and referred to further conference. "
(1843) R. J. Graves Syst. Clin. Med. xxi. 252 "The hepatisation [of the lung] remains unresolved. "
unrespective [a.]
(1606) Shaks. Tr. &. Cr. ii. ii. 71 "Nor the remainder Viands We do not throw in vnrespectiue siue. "
unrevealed [ppl. a.]
(1850) Tennyson In Mem. xxxi, "The rest remaineth unreveal'd; He told it not. "
unreversable [a.]
(1802-12) Bentham Ration. Judic. Evid. (1827) I. 141 "The decision remaining unreversed, and, but for legislative authority, unreversable."
unreversed [ppl. a.]
(1648) Prynne Plea for the Lords 63 "His sentence..remaines..unreversed. "
unrevoked [ppl. a.]
(1835) Court Mag. VI. 35/1 "The morrow arrived, and the Sultan's command remained unrevoked. "
unrifled [ppl. a. 1]
(1653) Jer. Taylor Serm. for Year I. xix. 246 "The estate..remains unrifled, and descends upon the heir. "
unrooted [ppl. a. 1]
(1649) Milton Eikon. xvii. 155 "So long as they remain'd in any of his three Kingdoms unrooted out. "
unruddered [ppl. a.]
(1804) Larwood No Gun Boats 12 "Better to give all than suffer their Gun Boats to remain in even an unruddered, unmasted, unordonanced existence. "
unrummaged [ppl. a.]
(1910) Athen&ae.um 29 Jan. 117/3 "No relevant archives have remained unrummaged."
unsatisfied [ppl. a.]
(A. 1648) Ld. Herbert Hen. VIII (1683) 526 "Both Princes remained unsatisfied of the others actions. "
(1763) Act 4 Geo. III, c. i. 29 "The Monies so remaining unsatisfied, or not discharged. "
unsaturated [ppl. a.]
(1758) Reid tr. Macquer's Chym. I. 395 "That portion of the Acid which remains unsaturated will dissolve the Mercury. "
(1791) Phil. Trans. LXXXI. 219 "Any surplus of..air would only have remained unsaturated. "
(1866) Notices Proc. R. Inst. Gt. Brit. IV. 417 "The two nitrogen arms which are left exposed sufficiently indicate that two attraction units remain unsaturated. "
(1916) Jrnl. Amer. Chem. Soc. XXXVIII. 778 "It has been generally assumed that what is known as a bivalent element must be tied by two bonds to another element or elements, or remain with an `unsaturated valence'. "
unscanned [ppl. a.]
(1813) Shelley Q. Mab iii. 15 "Turn thee, surpassing Spirit! Much yet remains unscanned. "
unscissored [ppl. a.]
(1608) Shaks. Per. iii. iii. 29 (Q.1), "Till she be married, madam,..Vnsistered [read Vnsissered]..shall this hair of mine remain. "
unscorched [ppl. a.]
(1601) Shaks. Jul. C. i. iii. 18 "His Hand, Not sensible of fire, remain'd vnscorch'd. "
unscratched [ppl. a.]
(1853) Dickens Bleak Ho. lxiii, "You must make up your mind to remain unscratched [sc. out of a will]."
unseared [ppl. a.]
(A. 1847) Eliza Cook Like the Evergreen iii, "It remaineth unseared in the deluge of light."
unseconded [ppl. a.]
(1816) Monthly Mag. XLI. 144 "Applause revives. All cry, To France, To France! And Westmoreland unseconded remained. "
unseduced [ppl. a.]
(1611) Shaks. Cymb. i. iv. 173 "If shee remaine vnseduc'd..you shall answer me with your Sword. "
(1751) Smollett Per. Pic. lxxxi, "He remained unshaken, unseduced, preserving his attachment for me. "
unsent [ppl. a.]
(1549) Paget in Froude Hist. Eng. (1860) V. 182 "Send for all the council that be remaining unsent abroad. "
unsentenced [ppl. a.]
(1822) Beddoes Brides' Trag. iv. ii, "Some vengeance will fall on us in the night If he remain unsentenced. "
unserved [ppl. a.]
(1542) Udall Erasm. Apoph. 302 "Onely Phocion was remainyng unserved by reason that the poison had been all consumed by the others. "
(1908) Daily Chron. 10 Jan. 3/5 "The constabulary were withdrawn, and the processes remained unserved."
unset [ppl. a.]
(1825-9) Mrs. Sherwood Lady of Manor I. viii. 334 "During the absence of Lord T--, the family-mansion had remained untenanted, the houses of servants and dependents unset."
(1577) Harrison England iii. viii. (1878) ii. 57 "Notwithstanding that they haue remained there vnset by the space of fortie dais and more: yet some [saffron heads]..haue brought foorth two or three floures a peece. "
unsettled [ppl. a.]
(1845) J. Phillips Geol. in Encycl. Metrop. VI. 552/1 "[Remains of plants] might be long suspended in the unsettled water, and be transported along with the finer matter. "
(1671) Milton P.R. iv. 326 "Uncertain and unsettl'd [he] still remains, Deep verst in books and shallow in himself. "
(1811) Regul. &. Orders Army 214 "The Nature of the Claims of any Man which remain unsettled. "
unsevered [ppl. a.]
(1885) Manch. Exam. 2 Feb. 6/2 "How long this tie would remain unsevered..is open to doubt."
unshaken [ppl. a.]
(1883) A. Roberts O.T. Revis. ii. 29 "The tradition..remains unshaken."
unshocked [ppl. a.]
(1891) H. Herman His Angel 57 "Though her seasoned ear..remained unshocked by an occasional outburst."
unshrunken [ppl. a.]
(1897) Allbutt's Syst. Med. IV. 475 "When the skin is cut into..it remains unshrunken."
unsightliness
(1845) Ford Handbk. Spain 122 "Time has healed the wounds of our ecclesiastical ruins, but in Spain they remain in all the unsightliness of recent onslaught. "
unsilenced [ppl. a.]
(1828) Miss Mitford Village Ser. iii. 294 "One, however, of his adversaries..still remained unsilenced. "
unsistered [ppl. a.]
(1738) G. Lillo Marina ii. i, "I vow'd..That all unsister'd shou'd this heir of mine Remain till she were marry'd. "
unslaughtered [ppl. a.]
(1827) Southey Hist. Penins. War II. 553 "The few mules and horses which remained unslaughtered. "
unsmitten [ppl. a.]
(1868) Milman St. Paul's 41 "The godless John alone remained unsmitten, untouched."
unsmoked [ppl. a.]
(1827) De Quincey Last Days of Kant Wks. 1854 III. 121 "He smoked a pipe of tobacco..so rapidly, that a pile of reliques partially a-glow remained unsmoked. "
unsoiled [ppl. a. 3]
(1686) Dryden To Mem. Mrs. Anne Killigrew iv, "Her Arethusian Stream remains unsoil'd..and undefil'd. "
unsold [ppl. a.]
(1683) Moxon Mech. Exerc., Printing 8 "Some Trades are..sooner sold off, which renders the remainder of the un-sold Exercises unperfect. "
unsoldered [ppl. a.]
(1876) Preece &. Sivewright Telegraphy 303 "The soldering iron, and fire-pot,..are more or less cumbersome, and lead to unsoldered joints remaining in the wire. "
unsoothed [ppl. a.]
(1853) Ruskin Stones Ven. II. iii. §.10 "The irritated pride of the antagonists remained unsoothed by the love-feast of St. Stephen's day."
unsounded [ppl. a. 3]
(C. 1620) Robinson Mary Magd. 534 "Vaine woman!..shall thy heart vnsounded, still remaine vnsound?"
unsown [ppl. a.]
(1883) R. W. Dixon Mano i. iv. 10 "The crops remained unsown this year."
unspelled [ppl. a.]
(1806) M. A. Shee Rhymes Art 27 "While yet unspell'd, unplighted you remain, Pause, ere you join the art-enamour'd train."
unspent [ppl. a.]
(1745) in Picton L'pool Munic. Rec. (1886) II. 110 "A proportionable part of what remains unspent. "
unsplit [ppl. a.]
(1802-12) Bentham Ration. Judic. Evid. (1827) II. 194 "The man is split into two persons..: or, he remaining unsplit, an ideal person is fabricated to speak of the real one. "
unspoiled [ppl. a.]
(1603) Knolles Hist. Turks (1621) 268 "The Bassa..began..with fire and sword to wast that part of the countrey which yet remained vnspoiled. "
unspoken [ppl. a.]
(1773) Goldsm. 1st Epil. to `Stoops to Conq.', "And that our friendship may remain unbroken, What if we leave the Epilogue unspoken? "
unsprinkled [ppl. a.]
(1802-12) Bentham Ration. Judic. Evid. (1827) II. 659 "If the child remains unsprinkled,..no registration is to take place. "
unsquandered [ppl. a.]
(1812) Crabbe Tales xx. 175 "His pension, with what sums remain Due or unsquander'd."
unstable [a.]
(1924) O. Lodge Atoms &. Rays ii. 33 "The possibility of building up still more complex, and probably still more unstable, elements..remains a subject for future discovery. "
unstarted [ppl. a.]
(1898) Daily News 14 Nov. 5/1 "Three blocks are now approaching completion,..and only two remain unstarted."
unsting [v.]
(1827) Pollok Course T. ii. 341 "For temporal death, although unstinged, remained. "
unstirred [ppl. a.]
(1589) Fleming Virg. Georg. ii. 28 "Vnstird it doth remaine, And conquereth..by lasting many yeares. "
unstocked [ppl. a.]
(A. 1787) G. White Selborne vii, "This chase remains un-stocked to this day. "
unstricken [ppl. a.]
(1863) Kinglake Crimea (ed. 4) II. vi. 137 "Those who remained unstricken [by cholera]."
unstrung [ppl. a.]
(1866) Le Fanu All in Dark v, "Their entertainer remained behind unstrung and melancholic."
unstung [ppl. a. 1]
(1615) Goddard Neaste of Waspes F iij, "Why howe nowe Waspes, are you returnd agen? I knowe vnstung remaines a worlde of men And therefore once more out. "
unsubdued [ppl. a.]
(1712) Blackmore Creation iv. 9 "If dread of death still unsubdued remains. "
unsubjected [ppl. a.]
(1693) Mem. Ct. Teckely iii. 83 "There remain'd nothing but Mongats unsubjected to the Emperor. "
unsubjugated [ppl. a.]
(1837) Lytton Athens I. 416 "Babylon alone remained unsubjugated by the Mede."
unsucceedable [a.]
(1646) Sir T. Browne Pseud. Ep. i. ii. 6 "Whereof had he remained assured, he had continued silent, nor would his discretion attempt so unsucceedable a temptation."
unsucceeded [ppl. a.]
(1831) T. Hope Ess. Origin Man III. 229 "To many a man the storms of the day remain unsucceeded by a serene sunset."
unsuccoured [ppl. a.]
(1596) Spenser F.Q. iv. viii. 51 "Him wretched thrall vnto his dongeon [he] brought, Where he remaines, of all vnsuccour'd and vnsought. "
unsung [ppl. a.]
(1889) Stevenson South Seas iii. vi. (1900) 265 "[They] gave up the unsung remainder of their ballet."
(1828) Carlyle Misc. (1840) I. 343 "A thousand battle-fields remain unsung. "
unsurrendered [ppl. a.]
(A. 1850) J. C. Calhoun Wks. (1863) I. 147 "It must..remain unsurrendered and unimpaired in the people of the several States."
unsuspected [ppl. a.]
(1874) J. Geikie Gt. Ice Age iii. 26 "It..opens up new channels of discovery which otherwise might have remained unsuspected and unknown."
unswervingly [adv.]
(1896) Tout Edw. I, iv. 81 "Henry Lacy..remained unswervingly faithful to Edward."
unsworn [ppl. a.]
(1602) Segar Hon. Mil. &. Civ. i. v. 7 "That no Citizen unsworne, should remaine out of Italie more then three yeares. "
(A. 1800) Cowper Odyssey (ed. 2) x. 419 "When, therefore, nought of all her solemn oath Unsworn remain'd, I climb'd her stately bed. "
untainted [ppl. a.]
(1760-72) H. Brooke Fool of Qual. (1809) IV. 127 "Her..flesh remained..pure and untainted. "
(1879) R. K. Douglas Confucianism iv. 93 "No virtue can remain untainted without learning."
(1757) Foote Author ii. (1777) 10/2 "If George remains as untainted by affluence, as he has been untempted by distress. "
untaken [ppl. a. 1]
(1610) Holland Camden's Brit. 499 "Albeit the foulers doe..catch great store of young water-foule, yet..abundance..remaineth untaken. "
(1847) Mrs. A. Kerr tr. Ranke's Hist. Servia 317 "Whilst that [fort] remained untaken. "
(1539-40) Coverdale in Money Parish Goods Berks. (1879) p. vi, "All the beams..remain still untaken down. "
untamed [ppl. a.]
(1718) Prior Solomon i. 199 "Untam'd and fierce the Tiger still remains. "
untarnished [ppl. a.]
(1859) Tennyson Enid 501 "If I fall her name will yet remain Untarnish'd. "
(1876) E. Jenkins Blot on Queen's Head 14 "Its glorious and wondrous colours remained fresh and untarnished."
untellable [a.]
(1865) Trench Gustavus Adolphus ii. 76 "Which, though not absolutely untellable, had yet better remain untold. "
untender [a.]
(1898) G. W. E. Russell Collect. &. Recoll. ii. 14 "In those untender days he was considered too delicate to remain at a Public School."
unterrifiable [a.]
(1875) Helps Soc. Press. xxiii. 352 "There remain no unterrifiable witnesses but children."
unthawed [ppl. a.]
(1825) Hook Sayings &. Doings II. 283 "His maiden aunt, whose heart had remained unthawed for upwards of sixty winters. "
unthorny [a.]
(1646) Sir T. Browne Pseud. Ep. i. v. 18 "It were some extenuation of the curse, if..there still remained a Paradise or unthorny place of knowledge."
unthoughted [ppl. a.]
(1860) O. W. Holmes Elsie V. xiv, "There are states of mind..which remain not only unworded, but unthoughted, if such a word may be coined for our special need."
unthrashed [ppl. a.]
(1891) T. Hardy Tess xlviii, "The unthreshed sheaves remaining untouched."
unthrown [ppl. a.]
(A. 1716) South Serm. (1842) III. 522 "As long as the old ferment remains unthrown out, a man cannot be safe."
untidily [adv.]
(1885) Manch. Exam. 12 Jan. 6/3 "The table over which the remains of a fish dinner were untidily scattered."
untorn [ppl. a.]
(1890) Retrospect Med. CII. 249 "The..tissue is usually torn through in front,..but remains untorn behind."
(C. 1691) South Serm. (1717) V. 443 "As long as that small remainder of Land, belonging to the Church, shall continue yet untorn from her."
untouched [ppl. a.]
(1877) Huxley Physiogr. p. viii, "The manuscript remained untouched until last year."
(1730) Phil. Trans. XXXVI. 295 "Of Touched Iron or Steel (or of Untouched, so long as it remains in a Posture which gives it Polarity). "
(1679) Pepys Mem. Royal Navy (1906) 5 "A further Reserve [of Supplies] remain'd untoucht in Magazine. "
(1736) T. Prince N. Eng. Chronol. ii. ii. 231 "The General Frame of Diocesan Episcopacy had no doubt remain'd untouched. "
(1793) Wordsw. Descrip. Sketches Ded. &page.4, "I might have inscribed to you a description of some of the features... But the Alpine steeps of the Conway..remain yet untouched. "
untraced [ppl. a.]
(1900) Daily News 20 Sept. 5/3 "It is needless for me to say that a number of these [removals] remain untraced."
untransacted [ppl. a.]
(C. 1825) Hogg Tales &. Sk. (1837) V. 146 "Business that..must remain untransacted."
untransferable [a.]
(1649) Howell Pre-em. Parlt. 6 "Though the Soverainty remaine still entire, and untransferable in the person of the Prince. "
untransferred [ppl. a.]
(1748) Earl Nugent To Mankind xviii, "For unreclaim'd, and untransfer'd, Her pow'rs and rights remain."
untransubstantiated [ppl. a.]
(1672) H. More Brief Reply 325 "The said Individual matter untransubstantiated and remaining Bread still. "
untrust [sb.]
(1890) J. Pulsford Loyalty to Christ I. 152 "We should linger over the words `Our Father', till nothing of doubt, or untrust, remains."
unvanquished [ppl. a.]
(1697) Dryden &Ae.neis v. 290 "Unvanquished Scylla now alone remains. "
unvest [v.]
(C. 1771) in E. H. Burton Life Challoner (1909) I. ix. 140 "The Bishop having unvested, remained kneeling. "
unvindicated [ppl. a.]
(1879) Chr. Rossetti Seek &. F. 220 "His [sc. Christ's] royalty, scoffed at by malice, remained unvindicated."
unvitrified [ppl. a.]
(1839) Ure Dict. Arts 1160 "The superficial film of colours will remain unvitrified. "
unvitriolized [ppl. a.]
(1757) tr. J. F. Henckel's Pyritologia 298 "That sort..yet remaining unvitriolized as the other [sc. white pyrites]."
unvoiced ( [ppl.] ) [a.]
(1874) Holland Mistr. Manse i. 10 "That word, ineffable to man,..Remains unvoiced since time began. "
unwarmed [ppl. a.]
(1716) Pope Basset-Table 76 "But of what marble must that breast be form'd, To gaze on Basset, and remain unwarm'd? "
unwatered [ppl. a.]
(1899) Daily News 12 June 7/5 "To facilitate cavalry charges the main thoroughfares remained unwatered."
unweaned [ppl. a.]
(1844) H. Stephens Bk. Farm III. 1123 "The lambs remain unweaned, until they wean themselves. "
unwedgeable [a.]
(1837) Carlyle Misc. (1840) V. 135 "He, being unwedgeable, has remained in antiquarian cabinets. "
unwholesome [a.] and [sb.]
(1787) Winter Syst. Husb. 84 "When waters remain..on the ground which..produce rank unwholesome weeds. "
unwillingness
(1593) Shaks. Rich. II, i. iii. 149 "Norfolke: for thee remaines a heauier dombe, Which I with some vnwillingnesse pronounce. "
unwon [ppl. a.]
(1818) Milman Samor vi. 33 "Caswallon..Drives onward, he nought deeming won, while aught Remains unwon. "
(1892) Bp. Westcott in Daily News 16 March 5/7 "The coal remains there to this day unwon."
unworked [ppl. a.]
(1884) Longm. Mag. Mar. 486 "The ingenuity of inventors..would not allow so fine a field for invention to remain long un&dubh.worked."
unwrenched [ppl. a.]
(1800) Coleridge Piccolom. v. vi. 72 "To him Nothing on earth remains unwrenched and firm, Who has no faith."
unwrought , [ppl. a.]
(1839) De la Beche Rep. Geol. Cornwall, etc. xv. 617 "In 1778, also, these iron-lodes still remained unwrought. "
up , [adv. 1]
(1803) Med. Jrnl. 520 "The patients..endeavoured to get up, and to remain out of bed. "
(1894) Hall Caine Manxman 419 "The spendthrift had..sold up the remainder of his furniture."
(1827) Southey Hist. Penins. War II. 762 "The rear-guard of cavalry..remained bridled up all night. "
(1627) Earl of Manchester in Buccleuch MSS. (Hist. MSS. Comm.) I. 267 "Therefore the remain [of the loan] must needs be got up, which is not past 50,000 l. "
up , [adv. 2]
(1835) Trans. Zoological Soc. I. 234 "By remaining perfectly quiet when the animal is `up' the spectator is enabled to attain an excellent view of its movements in the water. "
(1886) Law Times' Rep. LIII. 664/2 "The permission to remain up during the vacation."
up and down [adv.] , [prep.] , [a.] , and [sb.]
(1600) W. Watson Decacordon Pref. (1602) A 3 b, "The Germaines (where the imperiall triple Crowne of Caesar yet remaines vp and downe). "
upgather [v.]
(1824) Examiner 650/2, "I must upgather to the strife the reason that remains. "
upon , [prep.]
(1698) Fryer Acc. E. India &. P. 54 "Nothing remaining of it but only what is taken upon Chronicle. "
(1476) Acta Auditorum (1839) 49/1 "&Th.are to remain apoun &th.are awin expenss. "
(1516) Reg. Privy Seal Scot. I. 422/2 "The kingis grace dischargis thaim apone thair remaining in ward for the said errour. "
upright , [a.] and [sb.]
(1892) Photogr. Ann. II. 523 "The remaining portion..permits of upright or oblong pictures being taken."
uproar , [sb.]
(1606) G. W[oodcocke] Hist. Ivstine xxxiv. 112 "That the kingdome should remaine in more safety, and lesse vprore. "
upside down [adv.] , [sb.] , and [a.]
(1601) R. Johnson Kingd. &. Commw. (1603) 19 " By remaining full of French soldiers all things were turned vpsidowne. "
upstanding [pres. pple.]
(1855) [Robinson] Whitby Gloss., "Upstanding, remaining as heretofore."
upstate [adv.] , [a.] , and [sb.]
(1985) Village Voice (N.Y.) 8 Jan. 3/1 "At that time, the remaining six projects located upstate with 175 beds will be under construction."
upturn [sb.]
(1930) Daily Express 6 Sept. 2/6 "The turnover..remained light, the upturn reflecting an extreme scarcity of sellers rather than any considerable number of buyers. "
upvaluation
(1976) Economist 10 Apr. 18/1 "The French have taken the franc out of the snake, and the weedy reptile that remains may soon be killed by an overdue upvaluation of the German mark."
uranium .
(1950) tr. Hahn's New Atoms 109 "The element 93 remains in bulk in solution-free from uranium, uranium X and the fission products. "
urano- (1) ,
(A. 1831) Bentham Logic App., Wks. 1843 VIII. 286/2 "By *Uranognosy, rather than Astronomy, may that branch of Topography, taken in its largest sense, which remains after the substraction of Geography be designated. "
urging [ppl. a.]
(1658) Sir T. Browne Hydriot. iii. 43 "How slender a masse will remain upon an open and urging Fire of the carnall composition."
urnful
(1820) Monthly Rev. XCIII. 539 "Here is another such urnfull of posthumous remains. "
ursinia .
(1928) Gardeners' Chron. 7 July 9/1 "This Ursinia remains open until dark. "
use , [sb.]
(1606) Shaks. Ant. &. Cl. i. iii. 44 "But my full heart Remaines in vse with you. "
(1725) Pope Odyssey x. 551 "The cause remov'd, habitual griefs remain, And the soul saddens by the use of pain. "
(1843) Penny Cycl. XXVI. 65 "If a feoffment had been made to A for life to his own use, with remainder to B in fee for the use of C."
uterus ,
(1839) Penny Cycl. XIII. 383/2 "Leeches are oviparous. The ova remain in the uterus for some time. "
uti possidetis .
(1980) Oxf. Compan. Law 1269/1 "Uti possidetis, in the Roman law, an interdict whereby the colourable possession of real property by a bona fide possessor was continued until the rights of parties were finally determined. The phrase is sometimes referred to as a principle under which property not expressly provided for in a treaty terminating hostilities is to remain in the hands of the party who happened to have possession of it when hostilities ended."
Utopian , [a.] and [sb.]
(A. 1873) Lytton in Life (1883) I. 101 "My grandfather..in youth..was a Utopian, and remained to the last much more than a `Whig'. "
Utopism .
(1901) Field 19 Oct. 606/2 "What remains of impracticable Utopism that may cling to this new project."
Utrechted [pa. pple.]
(1748) H. Walpole Lett. (1846) II. 217 "Dunkirk to remain as it is, on the land side; but to be Utrecht'd again to the sea."
utter , [v. 1]
(1878) Fr. A. Kemble Rec. Girlhood II. 18 "She [sc. an actress] remained to utter herself in Juliet to the English public. "
utterance (1) .
(1602) 2nd Pt. Return Parnass. iii. i. 1151 "It remaines to try whether you bee a man of good vtterance. "
utterly , [adv.]
(1815) Shelley Alastor 660 "When heaven remained utterly black. "
V ,
(1978) D. Kyle Black Camelot x. 156 "Hitler remains confident he can win the war... The V-weapons, I suppose. "
vacancy .
(1796) Mme. D'Arblay Camilla I. 214 "Such is the vacancy of dissipated pleasure, that..an opening always remains for something yet to be tried. "
vacant , [a.] and [sb.]
(A. 1822) Shelley Death i. 6 "All dead! those vacant names alone..remain. "
vade-mecum .
(1880) Muirhead Gaius Introd. p. xv, "It is the remains..of a handbook for the practitioner; a vade mecum, as modern law-writers would call it."
vagary , [sb.]
(A. 1806) H. K. White To Contemplation Rem. (1825) 384, "I alone, A wayward youth, misled by Fancy's vagaries, Remain'd unsettled. "
vagrant , [sb.] and [a.]
(1589) Puttenham Eng. Poesie i. iii. (Arb.) 22 "The people remained in the woods and mountains, vagarant and dispersed like the wild beasts. "
vague , [a.] , [adv.] , and [sb. 2]
(1844) Thirlwall Greece VIII. 179 "He remained inflexible, covering his refusal with the vague pretext, `that circumstances were not in his power'. "
vail , [sb. 1]
(1821) Scott Kenilw. xxxvi, "These tell-tale articles must not remain here-they are rather too rich vails for the drudges who dress the chamber. "
vain , [a.] and [sb.]
(1759) Franklin Ess. Wks. 1840 III. 525 "The remainder of that day..was wasted in a vain discussion. "
valence (2) .
(1956) L. P. Hunter Handbk. Semiconductor Electronics ii. 7 "At an intermediate temperature, therefore, the donor levels will be completely ionized..while the valence band remains practically filled. "
Valencian , [sb.] and [a.]
(1937) F. Borkenau Spanish Cockpit iii. 232 "The anxious question `Will they come back to-night?' remained and racked the nerves of the Valencians. "
valid , [a.] (and [sb.] ).
(1726) in Nairne Peerage Evidence (1874) 36 "Declareing if I do not exerce these faculties in my own time these presents shall remain a valed evident albeit not delivered by me. "
validity .
(1652) Needham tr. Selden's Mare Cl. 145 "It remain's in the next place, that wee consider of what validitie the contrarie Opinions of Writers are. "
(1607) Topsell Four-f. Beasts 669 "That a Bore or male swine wil not remaine of validity and good for breed past three yeare old. "
(1868) E. Edwards Sir W. Ralegh I. xxv. 612 "No hope remained of his validity in active service."
vallum .
(1833) Jas. Davidson Brit. &. Rom. Rem. Axminster 13 "It has been said that this intrenchment had formerly a double vallum,..but no vestiges of the inner vallum remain, if such an one ever existed. "
valve , [sb. 1]
(1864) Trans. Linn. Soc. XXV. 35 "There remain therefore only the characters of the perfect insect, the most important of which are the anal valves in the male. These..are furnished with projecting points or spines..which serve to attach the male more firmly to the female in copulâ.. "
(1898) H. C. Porter tr. Strasburger's Text-bk. Bot. ii. i. 313 "Both valves are so strongly impregnated with silica, that, even when subjected to intense heat, they remain as a siliceous skeleton, retaining the original form and markings of the cell walls. "
(1898) Allbutt's Syst. Med. 1024 "In the remainder there was no valve-lesion."
vampire , [sb.]
(C. 1820) Waterton Wand. S. Amer. iii. (1825) 154 "The owls went away of their own accord... The bats and vampires remained with me. "
vanguard .
(1982) M. Wallace Brit. Govt. in Northern Ireland vii. 133 "The Vanguard Unionists had decided in November 1977 to return to the official Unionist Party, while remaining a `movement'."
vanishing , [ppl. a.]
(1607) Topsell Four-f. Beasts 124 "If they remaine abroad in the aire,..they grow as light as any vanishing or softer substance. "
vanquished , [ppl. a.]
(1887) Bowen &Ae.neid ii. 353 "One hope only remains for the vanquished-hope to resign."
vaporizable , [a.]
(1823) J. Badcock Dom. Amusem. 108 "Lead not being vaporizable, remains behind. "
vapour , [sb.]
(1863) E. Atkinson tr. Ganot's Elem. Treat. Physics iv. i. 93 "Heat..converts liquids..into the aeriform state in which they obey all the laws of gases. This aeriform state of liquids is known by the name of vapour, while gases are bodies which, under ordinary temperature and pressure, remain in the aeriform state."
(1823) Faraday in Q. Jrnl. Sci., Lit., &. Arts 239 "During the condensation of the gas in this manner, a liquid has been observed to deposit from it. It is not, however, a result of the liquefaction of the gas, but the deposition of a vapour (using the terms gas and vapour in their common acceptation) from it, and when taken out of the vessel it remains liquid at common temperatures and pressures. "
variability .
(1796) Burke Regic. Peace Wks. 1842 II. 355 "His protest against binding him to his opinions, and his reservation of a right to whatever opinions he pleases, remain in their full force. This variability is pleasant, and shews a fertility of fancy. "
variable , [a.] and [sb.]
(1969) D. C. Hague Managerial Economics i. 15 "The remainder of total cost is made up of those costs that do vary with output-with what are therefore known as variable costs. "
variety .
(1575) Fenton (title), "Golden Epistles, contayning varietie of discourse, both morall, philosophicall, and divine, gathered as well out of the remainder of Guevaraes workes, and other authors. "
varify [v.]
(1631) J. Burges Answ. Rejoined 88 "So as the same Law might ever remaine firme, and vn&dubh.broken, when occasions should varifie and change particularities. "
vartabed .
(1982) Encycl. Brit. Macrop&ae.dia VI. 140 "Another class of priests is represented by the vartabeds, or doctors, who must remain unmarried."
vassal , [v.]
(1615) G. Sandys Trav. 77 "Whose posterity in part remaineth to this day, though vassaled to the often changes of forraine Governours. "
vassalize , [v.]
(1647) Maids' Petition 3 "Till then, wee'le remaine your *Vassalized Virgins. "
vastity .
(1657) Tomlinson Renou's Disp. 403* "The Dead Sea because of its vastity..remains immovable."
vectigal , [sb. 1]
(1838) Arnold Hist. Rome (1846) I. xvii. 366 "The tribunes demanded..that the occupiers of the remainder should pay their vectigal regularly."
vectorial , [a.]
(1947) Proc. Physical Soc. LIX. 24 "If the remaining admittance is plotted vectorially, a circle of diameter 1/(S + Si) is obtained. "
vegetable , [sb.]
(1709) Steele Tatler No. 86 &page.3, "I met him with all the respect due to so reverend a vegetable; for you are to know, that is my sense of a person who remains idle in the same place for half a century."
vegetable , [a.]
(1830) M. Donovan Dom. Econ. I. 137 "What remains, when the decomposition has totally broken down the structure of the vegetable, is a black pulverulent substance... This constitutes what is called vegetable mould, and is also the chief ingredient in vegetable manure. "
vegetation .
(1833) T. Hook Parson's Dau. i. xi, "In this state of vegetation he remained until about ten o'clock. "
vegetative , [a.] and [sb.]
(1958) B. M. Patten Foundations Embryol. ii. 52 "The region opposite the animal pole is called the vegetative, or vegetal, pole because while material for growth is drawn from this region, it remains itself relatively less active."
(1969) Sci. Jrnl. Feb. 11/3 "Two other patients..had flat eeg readings for prolonged periods, but subsequently recovered, although they remained `vegetative'. "
veil , [sb. 1]
(1893) Hodges Elem. Photogr. 132 "The clear portions of the negatives should remain unclouded and free from veil or fog until the last."
velum .
(1781) Priestley in Young Autobiogr. (1898) v. 99 "A glass velum, interposed between the retort and the recipient for the air, remains quite cool and dry."
velvet , [sb.]
(1884) Jefferies Red Deer iv. 72 "While this bark or skin remains on the horn the stag is said to be in velvet and is not hunted."
venerable , [a.] and [sb.]
(1817) Moore Lalla Rookh (1824) 171 "That venerable tower, he told them, was the remains of an ancient Fire-temple. "
venerate , [v.]
(1844) Lingard Anglo-Sax. Ch. (1858) I. v. 189 "Thrice he venerated the sacred remains."
venomous , [a.]
(1643) Sir T. Browne Relig. Med. ii. §.10 "There are in the most depraved and venemous dispositions, certaine pieces that remaine untoucht. "
vent [v. 3]
(1719) W. Wood Survey Trade 217 "While Spain remains an independant Nation,..we may always hope to maintain..our Trade to that Kingdom, and vent our Manufactures in the Indies. "
ventilator .
(1982) Times 10 June 7/2 "Mr Argov was taken off his ventilator for two hours yesterday, although he remained unconscious."
venting [vbl. sb. 1]
(1856) Stonehenge Brit. Rur. Sports 144/1 "The remainder [of the otter-hunters] must watch every intervening yard for his `ventings'."
ventriloquy .
(1843) Penny Cycl. XXVI. 248/1 "The lips and jaws being always somewhat open during ventriloquy, a slight labial movement remains unnoticed. "
Venus (1) .
(1615) tr. De Montfart's Surv. E. Indies 31 "Their Venus-shells consist of certaine kind of earth or clay which hath remaind a 100 yeares in one place. "
verbalizable , [a.]
(1951) C. Kluckhohn et al. in Parsons &. Shils Toward Gen. Theory of Action iv. ii. 397 "`Verbalizable' is not to be equated with `clearly and habitually verbalized'. The actor's values are often..incompletely..verbalized by him. But implicit values remain `conceptions'..which can be put into words by the observer... Verbalizability is a necessary test of value. "
Verdian , [a.] and [sb.]
(1947) A. Einstein Mus. Romantic Era xvi. 284 "One should not think that Otello..became..a drama with music. It remained Italian opera, Verdian opera, which preserves almost completely its connection with the composer's earlier work. "
verger (2) .
(1881) Besant &. Rice Chapl. of Fleet I. 182 "The beadles and vergers curtsied to the quality and remained behind for doles."
verification .
(1789) A. Young Jrnl. 8 June in Trav. France (1792) I. 103 "If..by the verification of their powers in one chamber, they shall once come together, the popular party hope that there will remain, no power afterwards to separate."
verify , [v.]
(1586) Day Eng. Secretary ii. (1625) 20 "Him, whose approued fidelity for that it remaineth of no small record to my certaine knowledge, I will presume to verifie. "
verily , [adv.] (and [a.] )
(1610) Holland Camden's Brit. (1637) 268 "And verily there remaineth yet a great Castle. "
Verinas
(1618) in Capt. Smith Wks. (Arb.) 541 "There are so many sofisticating Tobaco-mungers in England, were it neuer so bad, they would sell it for Verinas, and the trash that remaineth should be Virginia. "
vernacular , [a.] and [sb.]
(1819) W. Taylor in Monthly Mag. XLVII. 30 "The vernacular public remained unmoved, and gazed at the labours of authorship, as Londoners at the opera. "
(1874) Green Short Hist. i. §.5. (1876) 49 "The Chronicle remains the first vernacular history of any Teutonic people."
Veronese [sb.] and [a.]
(1843) Penny Cycl. XXVI. 243/1 "The revolutionists..threatened the other provinces which remained in obedience to the senate, and especially the Veronese. "
Versailles .
(1936) G. B. Shaw Millionairess 117 "There remained the clauses of the Versailles Treaty by which Germany was to be kept in a condition of permanent, decisive, and humiliating military inferiority to the other Powers. "
version , [sb.]
(1874) Green Short Hist. viii. §.1. 448 "The English version of the Bible remains the noblest example of the English tongue."
vers libre .
(1981) N. &. Q. Dec. 571/2 "Whether one should see in the experiments of modern vers-libristes a fusion of the two systems..must remain a matter for individual response."
Vertebrata .
(1851) D. Wilson Preh. Ann. iv. vii. 644 "The geologist, without seeking to reanimate these extinct vertebrata, learns much regarding the past from..their colossal remains. "
vertebrate , [a.] and [sb.]
(1857) H. Spencer in Westm. Rev. Apr. 450 "The earliest known vertebrate remains are those of Fishes. "
(1882) Gosse in Grosart Spenser III. p. xlvi, "Ramsay's Gentle Shepherd..remains the most vertebrate and interesting bucolic drama produced in Great Britain. "
very , [a.] , [adv.] , and [sb. 1]
(1818) Cruise Digest (ed. 2) II. 268 "It is a rule of law..that a remainder must vest, either during the continuance of the preceding estate, or at the very instant of its determination. "
(1600) J. Pory tr. Leo's Africa iv. 224 "Batha, whereof now there remaine but very few ruines. "
vest , [v.]
(1858) Ld. St. Leonards Handy Bk. Prop. Law xvi. 107 "The Court may direct the parts so laid out to remain vested in the trustees."
vestal , [a.] and [sb.]
(1821) Shelley Epipsych. 390 "The day is come, and thou wilt fly with me. To whatsoe'er of dull mortality Is mine, remain a vestal sister still. "
vested , [ppl. a.]
(1766) Blackstone Comm. II. 168 "Vested remainders..are where the estate is invariably fixed, to remain to a determinate person, after the particular estate is spent. "
vestiary , [a.]
(1829) Blackw. Mag. XXV. 346 "The soul may remain the same, but a new body is actually given to it by the interposition of vestiary talent. "
vestibule , [sb.]
(1800) Med. Jrnl. III. 254 "There can be no very great deviation, while we remain at the vestibule of useful inquiry. "
vestige .
(1791) W. Gilpin Forest Scenery II. 136 "The vestiges of different buildings, and the walls of a small chapel, still remain. "
(1730) A. Gordon Maffei's Amphith. 240 "Of these there is not the least Vestige remaining. "
(1743) Kames Decis. Crt. Sess. 1730-52 (1799) 63 "There was no remaining vestige of any moveable effects. "
(1735) Thomson Liberty ii. 404 "Scarce any trace remaining, vestige grey, Or nodding column..To point where Corinth, or where Athens stood. "
(1814) Scott Border Antiq. I. 1 "This ancient baronial edifice is now in ruins,..and nothing scarcely remains but a few melancholy vestiges, which [etc.]. "
vestigial , [a.]
(1877) Gray's Anat. (ed. 8) p. cxlvi, "The only remains of the Wolffian body in the complete condition of the female organs are two rudimentary or vestigial structures."
vestigium
(1664) Evelyn tr. Freart's Archit. ii. 9 "Of which there is to this day some Vestigia's remaining. "
(1722) Wollaston Relig. Nat. v. 92 "So universally and utterly abolishd, that no part, no vestigium of them should remain. "
(1970) H. Braun Parish Churches ix. 124 "These [arches] are not, as might have been supposed, the remains of an earlier clearstory, but simply vestigia of the original windows of a pre-medieval nave."
vestigy
(1545) Joye Exp. Dan. i. 13 b, "In that cite yet..there remaineth the temple of Iupiters image,..or els is there no nother memoriall or skant any vestigie thereof. "
(1545) Joye Exp. Dan. x. 169 b, "It behowued not one stone vpon another nor vestigie of the temple to stand and remaine. "
vesting [vbl. sb.]
(1827) Jarman Devises II. 217 "The Court held..that the adverbs of time, when, &.c. do not make any thing necessary to precede the settling (i.e. the vesting) of the remainder. "
veto , [sb.]
(1654) Trapp Comm., Zach. ii. 13 "God..refraineth the remainder of mans wrath... If he do but..interpose his Veto. "
veuve .
(1968) Guardian 20 Sept. 11/4 "A fine pink Veuve Clicquot, say, still remains a fine wine. "
viator .
(1875) Ruskin Fors Clav. liv. 157 "Concealed by the fine trees,..so..that the passing viator remains unappalled by them."
vibratile , [a.]
(1888) Rolleston &. Jackson Anim. Life 861 "The longer process is vibratile and breaks away; the other becomes vibratile as soon as it has absorbed the remaining protoplasm."
viburnum .
(1884) Athen&ae.um 20 Dec. 808/1 "The remaining third include rhododendrons, rues,..viburnums."
vicar .
(1781) Gibbon Decl. &. F. xvii. (1787) II. 37 "The eleven remaining dioceses [=provinces]..were governed by twelve vicars, or vice-pr&ae.fects, whose name sufficiently explains the nature and dependence of their office. "
vicariously , [adv.]
(1925) F. Scott Fitzgerald Gt. Gatsby vii. 157 "Jordan and I tried to go, but Tom and Gatsby insisted..that we remain-as though..it would be a privilege to partake vicariously of their emotions. "
vice- , [prefix] ,
(1781) Gibbon Decl. &. F. xvii. (1787) II. 37 "The eleven remaining dioceses..were governed by twelve vicars, or *vice-pr&ae.fects, whose name..explains the nature..of their office. "
vicegerency .
(A. 1668) Davenant Law agst. Lovers Wks. (1673) 323 "The Duke,..During the time of your Vicegerency, Remain'd here in disguise. "
viceroy , [sb.]
(1582) N. Lichefield tr. Castanheda's Conq. E. Ind. i. lxxvi. 156 b, "And so they remained untill the comming of the Vizeroye Don Francisco de Almeda. "
vicinism .
(1905) H. De Vries Species &. Varieties 201 "Of two hundred seeds one became a blue atavist, or rather vicinist, while all others remained true to the white type. "
videl .,
(1615) W. Bedwell Moham. Impost. ii. 59 "Therefore there remaineth yet another great difficultie, videl. How this law should be vniuersall."
video- ,
(1978) Jrnl. R. Soc. Arts CXXVI. 270/2 "The interview will remain the mainstay of any selection procedure: even if it is transferred to the video telephone."
(1979) Daily Tel. 17 Dec. 12/6 "Such moments..were rare in Alick Rowe's Two People (ITV)... Video-drama remains uncertain about the love story."
Viennese , [sb.] and [a.]
(1980) New Grove Dict. Mus. xx. 206/1 "The Viennese Waltz compositions of the second half of the 19th century, especially when played with the slight anticipation of the second beat of a bar and the subtle use of rubato which are charateristics of the traditional Viennese performance, remain a popular feature of concerts. "
Viet Cong , [sb.] and [a.]
(1957) Ann. Reg. 1956 321 "Though small groups of dissidents remained in the jungles they ceased to be a danger, and the Communist dissidents known as the Viet Cong were equally ineffective. "
view , [sb.]
(1558) in Feuillerat Revels Q. Eliz. (1908) Table i, "The Master and officers..shall..peruse the remaines of the whole stuffe and other stoare lefte at the laste vewe. "
(1591) Savile Tacitus, Agricola (1622) 184 "Lest any sparkle of honesty should by mischance remaine within view. "
(1815) Scott Guy M. xxii, "Part of Brown's view in choosing that unusual tract..had been a desire to view the remains of the celebrated Roman Wall. "
view , [v.]
(1623) Gouge Serm. Extent God's Provid. §.15 "The Coroner and his Inquest comming to view the bodies, found remaining but 63. "
viewing , [vbl. sb.]
(1968) H. Waugh `30' Manhattan East (1969) 182 "The funeral home in which Monica Glazzard's mortal remains were to be displayed was on Lexington Avenue..and the viewing was..Friday night from 8 p.m."
vile , [a.] , [adv.] , and [sb.]
(1718) Prior Henry &. Emma 616 "Rescue my poor Remains from vile Neglect. "
villa .
(1615) G. Sandys Trav. iv. 274 "Passing by Ciceros Villa, euen at this day so called, where yet do remaine the ruines of his Academy. "
(1797) S. Lysons Rom. Antiq. Woodchester 16 "The remains of a Roman house, or rather, perhaps, of a villa. "
village , [sb.]
(C. 1873) C. Rhodes Let. in J. Flint Cecil Rhodes (1974) ii. 24 "Whether I become the village parson..remains to be proved. "
Villanova .
(1901) W. Ridgeway Early Age Greece I. ii. 237 "After the Terramare came the Early Iron Age, usually termed the Villanova period by the Italian archaeologists, from the discovery of a large number of its characteristic remains at Villanova near Bologna. "
vineity
(1782) Priestley Corrupt. Chr. vi. II. 42 "Innocent the third acknowledged that, after consecration, there did remain in the elements a certain paneity and vineity, as he called them, which satisfied hunger and thirst."
Vinerian , [a.]
(1980) Statutes, Decrees, &. Regulations Univ. Oxf. 111 "Any surplus income of the Vinerian Fund which remains after paying the emoluments of the scholars shall be applied towards defraying the stipend of the Vinerian Professor of English Law."
vinous , [a.]
(1708) J. Philips Cyder ii. 106 "Water will imbibe The small Remains of Spirit, and acquire A vinous Flavour. "
violative , [a.]
(1856) F. Pierce Message to Congress 2 "That no act shall remain on its statute book, violative of the provisions of the constitution. "
virgin , [sb.] and [a.]
(1873) Tristram Moab v. 78 "Ibrahim..was never able to take Kerak, whose proud boast is that it yet remains a virgin city."
Virginia .
(1618) in Capt. Smith Wks. (Arb.) 541 "There are so many sofisticating Tobaco-mungers in England, were it neuer so bad, they would sell it for Verinas, and the trash that remaineth should be Virginia. "
Virginian , [sb.] and [a. 1]
(1876) Bancroft Hist. U.S. III. xiii. 208 "Two regiments composed of Pennsylvanians, Marylanders, and Virginians, remained as a garrison."
virginity .
(1884) Cath. Dict. 556/2 "Mary, then, was the Virgin Mother of God. She remained in perpetual virginity."
virgo intacta .
(1726) J. Ayliffe Parergon Juris Canonici Anglicani 228 "The wife of one Bury was divorc'd from him upon the Score of Frigidity, it appearing that for three years after the Marriage she remain'd Virgo Intacta on the Account of the Husband's Impotency. "
(1829) J. Haggard Rep. Cases Eccl. Courts I. 728 "If the parties lay together in one bed for so many years, of such ages, and the woman is certified to remain virgo intacta, there cannot be a stronger presumption that impotency existed, and that it was incurable. "
virtue , [sb.]
(1879) Froude C&ae.sar xiii. 188 "He remained a senator in virtue of his qu&ae.storship."
virtuous , [a.]
(1644) [H. Parker] Jus Populi 18 "Such causes as remain more vertuous then their effects, as the water heated is lesse hot then the fire. "
virus .
(1906) Philippine Jrnl. Sci. I. 583 "The length of time during which the virus may remain viable in the soil and in stables is not determined. "
viscose , [sb.]
(1925) Good Housekeeping Apr. 142/3 "The remaining variety [of artificial silk], Viscose silk, is now being made in enormous quantities."
Visitandine
(1871) A. J. C. Hare Walks in Rome I. vi. 277 "It has been decided that some remains which exist in the garden of the Villa Mills (now a Convent of Visitandine Nuns) are those of the House of Hortensius."
vital , [a.] and [sb.]
(1652) French Yorksh. Spa ii. 13 "In which as in a vital abode, and natural place, the water, whilest it remains, is living. "
vitalistic , [a.]
(1865) Englishm. Mag. Feb. 158 "Though Homer assures us that..Polybius and Machaon excelled in the healing art, nothing..remains to throw any light upon their vitalistic theories. "
vitality .
(1873) Symonds Grk. Poets i. 1 "The mysteries of organized vitality remain impenetrable."
(1652) French Yorksh. Spa ii. 13 "Which sand hath in it a vitality, and in which..the water, whilest it remains, is living. "
vitellary , [sb.] and [a.]
(1877) Huxley Anat. Inv. Anim. vi. 323 "A caecal process, the remains, according to Rathke, of one lobe of the vitellary sac of the embryo."
vitello-
(1978) R. J. Elzinga Fund. Entomol. iv. 86 "Some of these nuclei remain behind to become vitellophags, cells for metabolizing yolk for embryonic use. "
vitiate , [v.]
(1690) Temple Ess., Poetry Wks. 1720 I. 243 "Where&dubh.ever the Roman Colonies had remained, and their Language had been generally spoken, the common People used that still, but vitiated with the base Allay of their Provincial Speech. "
vitreous , [a.]
(1800) tr. Lagrange's Chem. I. 369 "There remains in the retort a vitreous mass,..which is very pure arsenic acid. "
vitric , [a.]
(1976) Nature 5 Aug. 461/2 "The other vertebrate remains are confined to the uppermost 30 m of aeolian tuffs beneath a widespread pale yellow vitric tuff."
vivacity .
(1746) Hervey Medit. (1748) II. 8 "See! how languishingly it [the departing sunlight] trembles on the leafy Spire... The little Vivacity, that remains, decays every Moment..While I speak, it expires. "
vivandier .
(1813) Wellington in Gurwood Desp. (1838) X. 321 "Operations so near to the enemy, as that the vivandiers and other attendants on the troops cannot with safety remain near them."
vivid , [a.]
(1859) Darwin Orig. Spec. xi. (1860) 366 "We might have remained in this same belief, had not Agassiz and others called vivid attention to the Glacial period. "
vividly , [adv.]
(1860) Tyndall Glac. ii. vi. 255 "While the former semicircle remains white, the latter one is vividly coloured. "
vocable , [sb.]
(C. 1550) Disc. Common Weal Eng. (1893) 76 "Therof to this daie remaineth these vocables of coine, as libra, pondo, dipondium,..vocables of weight; that afterward weare gyven to coines pretending the same weight. "
vocal , [a.] and [sb.]
(1601) Holland Pliny I. 233 "Brought there were thither..such [frogs] as would crie in the water: and that whole kind still remaineth vocall. "
vocalism .
(1854) T. Aufrecht in C. Bunsen Christianity &. Mankind III. 93 "The vowels have..been well preserved... The final consonants in the flexions have remained. The vocalism and consonantism stand in good organic relation to each other."
voice , [sb.]
(1835) Malden Orig. Universities 169 "The appointments to the remaining five [professorships] are of a mixed nature, but the town-council has a voice in all. "
voiceless [a.]
(1873) Black Pr. Thule ii, "Lavender did not care to remain among those voiceless monuments of a forgotten past."
void , [a.] and [sb. 1]
(A. 1639) T. Carew Truce in Love entreated i, "For see my heart Is made thy Quiver, where remaines No voyd place for another Dart. "
(1952) Proc. Physical Soc. B. LXV. 522 "It remains now to discuss the generation and removal from the lattice of the large number of vacancies which do not form voids. "
void , [v.]
(1506) in Mem. Hen. VII (Rolls) 288 "A little before..my lord Herberd voided all the King's chamber except lords and officers..which remained there still. "
voided [ppl. a.]
(1780) Edmondson Her. II, "Voided, is a term applied to any ordinary, as a fesse, chevron, pale, etc. when it is pierced through, so that the field appears, and nothing remains of the charge but its edge. "
voiding [vbl. sb.]
(1713) Rowe Jane Shore v, "Oh! bestow Some poor remain, the voiding of thy table, A morsel to support my famish'd soul."
volalkali
(1799) Kirwan Geol. Ess. v. 142 "Margraff.. found it to yield volalkali from some remains of the putrid wood that were still contained in it."
volatile , [sb.] and [a.]
(1981) Times 26 Sept. 23/6 "Leading shares..remained volatile until after-hours trading when prices steadied a little. "
volatilize , [v.]
(1849) D. Campbell Inorg. Chem. 221 "When the protochloride of uranium is carefully heated, so as not to volatilize it,..this compound remains. "
volcanic , [a.] (and [sb.] )
(1833) Lyell Princ. Geol. III. 362 "That great masses of subterranean lava in the volcanic foci may remain in a red hot or incandescent state. "
volcanological , [a.]
(1982) Encycl. Brit. Bk. of Year 307/2 "Mt. St. Helens remained active,..providing an excellent volcanological laboratory."
voluminously [adv.]
(1834) De Quincey Autob. Sk. Wks. 1854 II. 175 "Stowing away..the snowy folds of a lady's gown..so voluminously, that a very small portion of it, indeed, remained for the lady's own use. "
voluntaristic [a.]
(1961) B. R. Wilson Sects &. Society i. iv. 89 "Where voluntaristic activities are concerned the sectarian's feud with society remains latent. "
volunteer , [sb.] and [a.]
(1744) Jacob Law Dict. (ed. 5) s.v. Voluntary, "Remainders limited in Settlements, to a Man's right Heirs, etc. are deemed Voluntary in Equity, and the Persons claiming under them are called Volunteers. "
volutation .
(1640) Bp. Reynolds Passions xxi. 220 "In the Sea when a storme is over, there remaines still an inward working and volutation. "
volution .
(1884) Proc. Zool. Soc. 262 "Four specimens of a small Melania were collected..all eroded at the upper part of the spire, leaving only four volutions remaining."
vomitorium
(1766) Smollett Trav. II. 228 "The remains of two galleries one over another; and two vomitoria or great gateways at opposite sides of the arena. "
vomitory , [sb.]
(1861) Miss E. A. Beaufort Egypt. Sepulchres &. Syrian Shr. II. xxiv. 320 "Near this are the remains of a once fine theatre..: some of the vomitories still remain."
voracity .
(A. 1701) Maundrell Journ. Jerus. (1721) 62 "The voracity of time..has left nothing but a few Foundations remaining. "
vortex .
(1779) J. Moore View Soc. Fr. I. i. 8, "I thought it most prudent to remove.., that no chance might remain of my being..whirled round again in the vortex of dissipation and gaming. "
vowel , [sb.]
(1973) J. D. O'Connor Phonetics 221 "Other vowel glides such as /eu, &obar.u, iu, &revc.u/ which also occur [in Danish], must be interpreted as vowel +/v/ since they do not occur freely in the same sorts of context as the remaining vowels and diphthongs. "
(1980) English World-Wide I. 250 "The linguistic variables analyzed in the remaining six chapters are: (i) vowel laxing in monosyllabic personal pronouns and a number of non-pronominal forms. "
voyage , [sb.]
(1755) Magens Insurances II. 111 "The Mate being unacquainted with the Voyage and declaring himself to be so, shall nevertheless be obliged to remain with the Ship, if the Master requires it."
vulgar , [a.]
(1668) Wilkins Real Char. i. i. §.4. 5 "After the Captivity the pure Hebrew ceased to be Vulgar, remaining onely amongst learned men. "
wadsetter .
(1864) Ld. Deas in Scots Revised Rep. Ser. iii. (1902) III. 330 "The right of property in the lands remained with the wadsetter, subject to the burden of the wadset; and when the wadset was subsequently discharged, that burden was effectually wiped off."
wag , [sb. 3]
(1911) A. O. Curle in Proc. Soc. Antiquaries Scotl. 11 Dec. 89 "To the galleried structure the name `wag' in former times was evidently applied and still remains in use, though now transferred from the structure to the place or site, e.g. `Wag-more rig', `Wag-burn' and `the Wag'. "
wage , [sb.]
(1951) R. Firth Elem. Social Organiz. iv. 140 "One point of view is that the size of the *wage-packet remains the most important factor still in the incentive to work. "
(1954) E. H. Carr Interregnum 73 "This quasi-official wages-stop remained in force throughout 1923. "
wagtail , [sb.]
(1773) G. White Selborne, To Pennant 9 Nov., "Wagtails, all sorts, remain with us all the winter. "
wain , [sb. 1]
(1849) Macaulay Hist. Eng. v. I. 608 "The wains which carried the ammunition remained at the entrance of the moor. "
wainscot , [sb.]
(1748) Richardson Clarissa (1811) II. 205 "They all remained in the next parlour, a wainscot partition only parting the two. "
wait , [v. 1]
(1883) Whitelaw Sophocles, Philoct. 123 "Now then remain, and wait his coming here, Whilst I go hence. "
waive , [v. 1]
(1776) G. Wilson Coke's Rep. iii. II. 26 "If lands be given to husband and wife in tail, or in fee, and the husband dies, there the wife cannot devest the freehold out of her by any verbal waver... As if before any entry made by her, she saith that she utterly waves and disagrees to the said estate,..yet the freehold remains in her. "
wake , [sb. 1]
(1778) Phil. Surv. S. Irel. 210 "The series of ceremonies used on the night,..that the corpse remains unburied, is what they call a wake. "
wake-up [a.] and [sb.]
(1946) Birmingham (Ala.) News-Age-Herald 3 Feb. 9a/3 "Because his wakeup service requires that he arise early in the morning, Harvey has acquired the habit of remaining up all night. "
wale , [sb. 1]
(1603) Holland Plutarch's Mor. 558 "The wales, marks, scarres and cicatrices of sinne and vice remaine to be seene."
walia .
(1971) Observer (Colour Suppl.) 31 Oct. 19/2 "In the rugged Simien Mountains, where the few remaining walia dwell, farmers continue to destroy the animal's habitat. "
(1971) Observer 20/1 (caption) "Fewer than 150 walia ibexes remain on earth."
walk , [sb. 1]
(1871) Morley Carlyle in Crit. Misc. Ser. i. 237 "The most important question that we can ask of any great teacher, as of the walk and conversation of any commonest person, remains this, how far has he [etc.]."
walking , [ppl. a.]
(1827) Barrington Pers. Sk. I. iv. 62 "Nothing..could induce me to remain a walking gentleman: and so, every occupation that I could think of having its peculiar disqualification, I remained [etc.]. "
walkway
(1973) Times 18 Oct. (Brazil Suppl.) p. vii/4 "Tourists..will have `walkways' through special jungle reserves which will remain undisturbed. "
wall , [sb. 1]
(1935) Burlington Mag. June 272/2 "The question of the connexion between the carpet patterns and the wall-decoration remains difficult enough. "
(A. 1878) Sir G. Scott Lect. Archit. (1879) II. 141 "In some of the Byzantine remains..they have architecturalised by mouldings and enrichments only just so much of the arch-stones as was needful for beauty, and left the rest to go as mere wall-face. "
walled , [ppl. a.]
(1903) Daily Chron. 11 Feb. 3/6 "The remains of a walled-in nun were discovered."
walling [vbl. sb. 2]
(1840) Civil Engin. &. Arch. Jrnl. III. 2/1 "The remaining fronts are to be faced with neat hammer dressed walling stones. "
wallow , [v. 1]
(1602) Carew Cornwall i. 3 b, "Where the Horse walloweth, some haires will still remaine. "
walter , [v. 1]
(1880) Antrim &. Down Gloss. s.v., "`The potatoes lie down and walter on the ground', i.e. they remain lying."
wander , [v.]
(1840) Dickens Old C. Shop xxvi, "And now there remained but to take leave of the poor schoolmaster and wander forth once more. "
wane , [v.]
(A. 1628) Ld. Brooke (F. Grevil) Hum. Learn. cxviii, "And of these Arts it may be said againe, That since their Theoricke is infinite; Of infinite there can no Artes remaine... Their Theoricke then must not waine their vse."
war , [sb. 1]
(1976) Pacifist Jan. 10/1 "We remain an organisation of war-resisters. "
ward , [sb. 2]
(1599) in T. Stafford Pac. Hib. i. i. (1633) 11 "To bee committed to ward, there to remaine in safe custodie, untill [etc.]. "
(1871) Blackie Four Phases i. 148 "He remained in ward thirty days, till the sacred ship should return from the Delian festival."
(1556) Phaer &Ae.neid iv. (1558) K j, "What meanes he? why remaines he thus within his enemies ward?"
ward , [v. 1]
(C. 1643) Ld. Herbert Autobiog. (1824) 126 "All I could well do to those two which remained, was to ward their thrusts. "
wardrobe .
(1557) Order of the Hospitalls G viij, "You shall also kepe the *Wardrobe-booke, wherein shalbe written..the remainder of all things at euery Michaelmass [etc.]. "
war-lord
(1962) E. Snow Other Side of River (1963) xxxix. 285 "Throughout his struggles with provincial warlordism, `communist-bandits', and finally with the Japanese, Chiang remained essentially an old-fashioned militarist. "
warm , [a.] (and [sb. 2] )
(1793) Washington Let. Writ. 1891 XII. 380 "If he should be detected in any knavish pranks I will make the country too warm for him to remain in. "
warm , [v.]
(1853) Soyer Pantroph. 380 "Another custom..was that of warming the remains of a preceding banquet for other guests. "
warping [vbl. sb. 1]
(1676) Cotton Angler ii. v. 40 "Where the warping ends, pinch or nip it with your thumb nail against your finger, and strip away the remainder of your dubbing from the silk. "
warrant , [sb. 1]
(1763) A. B. Let. 7 May in Gentl. Mag. XXXIII. 246 "The question, Whether a Secretary of State can grant a general warrant against authors, printers, and publishers, without naming any names..remains yet to be determined. "
warrant officer
(1901) Daily Chron. 16 Apr. 3/2 "The remainder of the staff, consisting of the jailer, the under&dubh.jailer, the warrant-sergeant, and various warrant officers, are all policemen, selected for their duties by the police authorities."
washing , [vbl. sb.]
(1756) F. Home Exper. Bleaching 92 "Were this to happen on the surface of the cloth, the oil would remain; nor would the washing-mill afterwards be able to carry it off. "
Washoe .
(1947) Desert Mag. Dec. 32/3 "The Washoes, of whom less than 1,000 remain, live in valleys along the Sierra Nevada. "
waste , [sb.]
(1855) Tennyson Brook 191 "Poor Philip, of all his lavish waste of words Remains the lean P. W. on his tomb."
(1801) Farmer's Mag. Nov. 422 "An old venerable Cathedral still remains here, in defiance of the waste of time, and the rude hand of reformers. "
(1876) Mrs. G. L. Banks Manch. Man xviii. (1902) 79 "Nadin..followed up the clue to a *waste&dubh.dealer's who bought at his own price workpeople's `waste' (i.e. warp, weft, silk, &.c. remaining after work was completed). "
(1972) R. G. Kazmann Mod. Hydrol. (ed. 2) iv. 130 "The remainder of this energy, `waste heat', must be disposed of into the immediate environment of the power plant. "
waste , [v.]
(1764) H. Walpole Otranto iv, "I will withdraw into the neighbouring monastery, and waste the remainder of life in prayers and tears for my child."
waster , [sb. 1]
(1878) L. Jewitt Ceramic Art Gt. Brit. I. iv. 76 "A kiln..in and around the remains of which were many vessels-`wasters' as they would be technically called-of various kinds. "
(1974) Canad. Antiques Collector Sept.-Oct. 27/2 "There are remains of many little potteries scattered all over southern Ontario, and mounds of `wasters' or broken or discarded ware."
wasting , [vbl. sb.]
(1671) Milton P.R. ii. 256 "Though hunger still remain: so it remain Without this bodies wasting, I content me. "
watch , [sb.]
(1825) Scott Betrothed xx, "`Guarine,' he added, addressing his squire, `let the watch be posted, and do thou remain within the tent.' "
(1867) Smyth Sailor's Work-bk, "Watch,..the word is also applied to the time during which the watch remains on deck, usually four hours, with the exception of the dog-watches. "
watchful , [a.]
(1797) Mrs. Radcliffe Italian i, "They had remained watchful and still for a considerable time. "
water , [sb.]
(1752) Hume Polit. Disc. v. (ed. 2) 83 "All water, wherever it communicates, remains always at a level. "
(1960) J. R. Ackerley We think the World of You 89 "On the floor was Evie's water-bowl and the vegetable remains of her dinner of yesterday. "
(1867) J. Hogg Microsc. ii. iii. 562 "There remains..the ambulacral vessels of the Echinodermata. These are frequently termed `*water-vessels'. "
(1834) Pringle Afr. Sk. ii. 151 "The remains of water-wrack..afforded striking proof that at certain seasons this diminutive rill becomes a mighty..flood. "
(1927) E. Thompson Indian Day xiv. 111 "A colony of water hyacinth had rooted itself..where deep water still remained. "
water , [v.]
(1898) Hamblen Gen. Manager's Story xiv. 234 "The awkward attempts of the new men to get the few remaining dead engines watered and fired-up."
(1631) Weever Anc. Funeral Mon. 597, "I saw the remaines of a Monasterie, pleasantly watered about with seuerall streames. "
water-bailie
(1544) in Lett. &. Papers Hen. VIII, XIX. ii. 175 "Personages to remain here at Boulloyn..Edw. Brown, water-bailly, [and others]. "
water-bough
(1699) Meager New Art Gard. 46 "Take the Water-boughs away, which are those on the Standards that are shaded, and dropt upon, remaining smooth and naked without Buds. "
water-chain
(1611) Speed Hist. Gr. Brit. vii. xlv. §.13. 371 "The remembrance of which field is retained vnto this day, by certaine small Hilles there remaining, whence haue beene digged the bones of men, Armour, and the water-chaines of horse-bridles."
water-grass
(1856) Olmsted Slave States 69 "Broad, silent pools, around the edges of which remained a skirt of ice, held there by bushes and long, broken water-grasses. "
watering-place
(1919) Eng. Hist. Rev. July 283 "St. Helena..the chief remaining watering-place on the direct route between the Comoros and home waters."
waterproof , [a.] and [sb.]
(1877) Huxley Physiogr. 29 "Not a drop of water can reach it as long as the waterproof roof remain sound. "
waterwork .
(1842) W. F. Tolmie Jrnl. 7 May (1963) 359 "As the great display of waterworks was to take place at 5, I finally decided on remaining."
wattle , [sb. 1]
(1955) Times 30 June 18/2 "The price of South African *wattle extract remained the same during 1954 as it was during 1953 and 1952. "
wave , [sb.]
(1968) Radio Communication Handbk. (ed. 4) xvi. 3/1 "If the generator whine remains pronounced, a fully screened tuned wave trap may be inserted in series with the output from the generator. "
wax , [v. 1]
(1711) Pope Temple Fame 486 "Some [lies] to remain, and some to perish soon; Or wane and wax alternate like the moon. "
waxen , [a.]
(1794) Gouv. Morris in Sparks Life &. Writ. (1832) II. 424 "Those who remain are of that waxen substance called the men of property. "
way , [sb. 1]
(1744) Harris Three Treat. i. (1765) 18 "And now then, continued he, as we have gone thus far, and have settled between us what we believe Art to be; shall we go a little farther, or is your Patience at an end? Oh! no, replied I, not if any thing be left. We have walked so leisurely, that much remains of our Way."
(1885) Law Times LXXIX. 342/1 "He did not see his way clear to allow their names to remain upon the register. "
Wazir (2) .
(1977) J. Cleary High Road to China 175 "The four Waziri..remained behind."
Wealden , [a.] and [sb.]
(1846) McCulloch Acc. Brit. Empire (1854) I. 65 "Wealden series, a name given to a series of clays, sands, and limestones, from being well developed in the weald of Sussex, and which is remarkable for containing the remains of terrestrial, freshwater, and &ae.stuary animals. "
wean , [v.]
(A. 1641) Bp. Mountagu Acts &. Mon. (1642) 526 "Untill shee be wayned, which must be at three yeers end, shee shall remaine with you in her fathers house. "
weary , [a.]
(1719) De Foe Crusoe i. (Globe) 129 "Many a weary Stroke it [sc. the boat] had cost, you may be sure; and there remained nothing but to get it into the Water. "
weasel , [sb.]
(1965) M. Naylor Your Money x. 59 "If..other things remain equal.., the price will rise... It is now time to deal with that weasel qualification, `other things being equal'. "
weather , [sb.]
(1841) Few Words to Churchwardens i. (Camb. Camden Soc.) 10 "You may see what is called the *weather-moulding of the old roof remaining. "
weather , [v.]
(1787) Burns Let. Earl Glencairn Dec., "My brother's farm is but a wretched lease, but I think he will probably weather out the remaining seven years of it. "
weather-coil [v.]
(1867) Smyth Sailor's Word-bk., "Weather-coil, when a ship has her head brought about, so as to lie that way which her stern did before, as by the veering of the wind; or the motion of the helm, the sails remaining trimmed. Weather-coiling, a ship resuming her course after being taken aback; rounding off by a stern-board, and coming up to it again."
weave , [v. 1]
(1638) H. Peacham Valley of Varietie 131 "There remains fine hairie threds, like unto Flax, which are woven into cloth. "
weave [v. 2]
(1943) P. Brennan et al. Spitfires over Malta 26 "The remaining four 110's at once broke, and began weaving, each steering a different course home. "
weaveress .
(1877) J. H. Blunt Dursley 222 "He found two looms alone remaining at work in the hands of an ancient weaver and weaveress. "
web , [sb.]
(1639) T. de Grey Compl. Horsem. 111 "That no gravell be remaining betwixt the web of the shoo and the sole. "
wed , [sb.]
Ibid., Stat. Alex. II, 18 "And gif he may not giue wades..he sall remaine as wade: aye and quhill he enter the pledges, quhilkis he promised. "
(1818) Scott Rob Roy xxxiv, "I thought the chield Morris looked devilish queer when I determined he should remain a wad, or hostage, for my safe back-coming."
wed , [v.]
(1887) Saintsbury Hist. Elizab. Lit. ii. (1890) 46 "The Ecclesiastical Polity remains a book in which matter and manner are wedded as in few other books of the same kind. "
wedded , [ppl. a.]
(1866) Neale Sequences &. Hymns 130 "And wedded troth remains as firm, and wedded love as pure. "
wedding , [vbl. sb.]
(1823) Lockhart Reg. Dalton i. viii. (1842) 46 "Her wedding-sheet, which, according to the primitive fashion of the district, had been carefully laid by for that purpose, was formed into the shroud which enveloped her remains. "
wedge , [sb.]
(1852) Bristed Five Yrs. Eng. Univ. (ed. 2) 253 "Of the remainder, five were Wranglers, four of these Double men, and a fifth a favorite for the Wedge... The last man is called the Wedge, corresponding to the Spoon in Mathematics."
wedlock , [sb.]
(1911) Encycl. Brit. XVI. 379/2 "The question remains, how far, if at all, English law recognizes the legitimacy of a person born out of wedlock."
weedling .
(1911) Times 9 Aug. 6/1 "The strong, able-bodied ones go off to the Colonies and only the weedlings remain."
weigh , [v. 1]
(1848) Dickens Dombey lvi, "He remained before him weighing his white hat in both hands by the brim. "
weigh-in
(1946) Daily Progress (Charlottesville, Va.) 18 June 7/4 "Louis expected to remain at Pompton Lakes until just before the weigh-in. "
welkin .
(1581) A. Hall Iliad i. 15 "The God his mansion keepes, In *Welkin Countrey he remaines. "
well [sb. 2]
(1600) W. Watson Decacordon (1602) 350 "A resolute intent..in well, and in woe, to remaine constant."
well , [a.]
(1889) Mrs. E. Kennard Landing a Prize vii, "Perhaps it was just as well..that Ebenezer remained in his cabin."
well , [adv.]
(1828) [G. C. Lewis] tr. Boeckh's Pol. Econ. Athens I. 318 "These ambassadors remained absent three months, although they might have equally well returned at the end of one. "
well-assured [ppl. a.]
(1899) Crockett Kit Kennedy xix. 131 "With well-assured hearts the pair made themselves ready for what remained to be done."
well-greaved [a.]
(1848) Buckley Iliad ii. 331 "But come, ye well-greaved Greeks, remain all here. "
well-head
(1890) Spectator 28 June, "The County Council..had better endeavour to find some well-head of money which has hitherto remained untapped."
well-sized [ppl. a.]
(1833) T. Hook Parson's Dau. ii. xv, "Only half a well-sized loaf remaining on the table."
well-thought [ppl. a.]
(1865) tr. Erckmann-Chatrian's Waterloo ii. 10, "I had rather remain poor and hardworking, than become rich and well-thought-of in this manner. "
well-turned [ppl. a.]
(1798) Sophia Lee Canterb. T., Young Lady's T. II. 354 "Nothing then remains, even in minds well turned, but a sense of mutual duty."
Welsh , [a.] and [sb.]
(1788) Priestley Lect. Hist. iv. xxv. 191 "The next remains of the Britons, are Hoel Dha's Laws... Of these there are several copies, both in Welch and Latin. "
Welshman .
(1851) Mayhew Lond. Labour II. 250/2 "The men..are about three-fifths Irishmen, a fifth Welchmen,..and the remainder Englishmen. "
Welshry .
(1867) Freeman Norm. Conq. I. v. 338 "Up to the time of &Ae.thelstan Exeter had remained..a common possession of Teutonic and Celtic inhabitants. No doubt there was an English and a Welsh town, an Englishry and a Welshry."
wem , [sb.]
(A. 1613) Brerewood Lang. &. Relig. 196 "Although the wound be in some sort healed, yet the wem or scar still remaineth. "
werewolf werwolf .
(1865) Baring-Gould Werewolves viii. 100 "The traditional belief in *were-wolfism must, however, have remained long in the popular mind. "
west , [adv.] , [sb. 1] , and [a.]
(1848) B. Webb Cont. Ecclesiol. 484 "The remaining three..have their altars facing due west. "
(1958) Listener 11 Dec. 977/2 "He [sc. Herr Brandt] is coming gradually to symbolize for many West Berliners their determination to remain free. "
western , [a.] , [sb. 1] , and [adv.]
(1880) A. P. Stanley in Fraser's Mag. May 600 "The Roman Church..remains the great trunk from which the other communions have been divided in Western Christendom."
westerner .
(1949) I. Deutscher Stalin vi. 207 "But Lenin remained a `Westerner' in several senses. "
wetland .
(1969) Nature 19 Apr. 239/2 "Wetland ecosystems in the limited sense of this work are defined as ecosystems with a watertable, above, at or very near the substrate surface, the substrate remaining saturated throughout the year. "
weve [sb.]
(A. 1300) Cursor M. 22927 "All &th.e flexs &th.at was o &th.e man..sal be delt in littel weue [Edinb. wefe]; &th.at was o best [= beast] al sal bileue [= remain]."
wh
(1964) Language XL. 5 "The interrogative specifier Wh can remain unattached or can have attached to it (indicated by +) various elements of the sentence. "
whang [v. 2]
(1952) Observer 2 Nov. 3/5 "The words from the loudspeaker wang back from the quiet village houses, but the doors remain closed. "
what , [pron.] , [a. 1] , [adv.] , [conj.] , [int.] ( [sb.] )
(1795) Southey Joan of Arc vi. 388 "What few to guard the town Unwilling had remained, haste forth to meet The triumph. "
wheat , [sb.]
(1917) Times 30 May 7/4 "What will be the attitude of those portions of Greece..if they remain wheatless."
wheel , [sb.]
(1801) T. Moore To the Large &. Beaut. Miss Foote 4 "But how comes it that you, such a capital prize, Should so long have remained in the wheel? "
wheelbarrow , [sb.]
(1856) Jrnl. Soc. Arts IV. 402 "Mr. Applegarth..has also invented a beautiful little machine for printing the borders on silk handkerchiefs, called the *wheelbarrow machine, from its being worked by the hand round the cloth, which remains stationary. "
whereas , [rel. adv.] , [conj.] ( [sb.] ).
(1795) Coleridge Plot Discov. 23 "While the contrary remains unproved, such a Whereas must be a most inadequate ground for the present Bill. "
whether , [pron.] , [adj.] , [conj.] ( [sb.] )
(1658) W. Burton Anton. Itin. 102 "There remain yet two doubts: First: whether this Pr&ae.tenture, or Wall, was made of Stone, or of Turfs. "
(1590) Shaks. Mids. N. iii. i. 156 "Thou shalt remaine here, whether thou wilt or no. "
(1818) Coleridge Friend I. 335 "That Reason which remains always one and the same, whether it speaks through this or that person. "
which , [a.] and [pron.]
(1610) Shaks. Temp. i. ii. 277 "She did confine thee..Into a clouen Pyne, within which rift Imprison'd, thou didst painefully remaine A dozen yeeres. "
whiff [v. 1]
(1916) Blackw. Mag. Jan. 59/1 "Troops would not always remain in the open to be whiffed out of existence by shrapnel."
Whiggish , [a. 2]
(1680) Roxb. Ball. (1883) IV. 637 "Great York in favour does remain, In spight of all the Whigish train. "
while , [adv.] ( [adj.] ), [conj.] ( [prep.] )
(1706) Prior Ode to Queen xix, "Nought done the Hero deem'd, while ought undone remain'd. "
whilst , [adv.] , [conj.] ( [prep.] )
(1653) Cloria &. Narcissus i. 308 "There to remaine,..whilst she heard some newes of Narcissus."
whirl , [sb.]
(1753) Franklin Lett. Wks. 1840 VI. 155 "Still the tube or whirl of air may remain entire. "
white , [a.]
(1737) Pope Hor. Epist. ii. i. 216 "In our own [days]..No whiter page than Addison remains. "
(1825) Phil. Mag. LXV. 227 "With common salt I obtained the same results, mercury remaining, and *white precipitate being thrown down from the solutions, by liquid ammonia. "
(1965) Listener 15 Apr. 545/2 "The intellectual West Indian is being told to stand up and be counted. Will he commit himself to his people or remain what our radical Negroes in the Southern United States would call a `white nigger'? "
white boy whiteboy
(1778) Phil. Surv. S. Irel. 313 "Till some step is taken in favour of tillage and the poor Whiteboyism will probably remain. "
white house
(1870) Proc. Soc. Antiq. Scotland VII. 154 "The distinctive terms for a house built with lime-mortar, or without it, remain the same... In the northern islands it is still a White-house, and in the Western Highlands it is Tigh-gal. "
whiten , [v.]
(1831) James Philip Aug. xvi, "Let his corpse remain unburied, and his bones whiten in the wind! "
whitener .
(1637) Crompton's Jurisd. 179 "No tawer or whitener of skins shall remain in the forests. "
White Russian [sb.] and [a.]
(1974) Encycl. Brit. Macrop&ae.dia XVI. 70/2 "The Red Army..drove him [sc. Wrangel] and his army into exile. There remained only the Japanese and White Russian forces in eastern Siberia."
whittle [v. 2]
(1884) Times (weekly ed.) 17 Oct. 4/1 "If Parliament is whittled down so that nothing remains of it but the House of Commons. "
(1962) E. Snow Other Side of River (1963) xxiv. 183 "If any of these somewhat blind guesses are right, the whittled-down results still remain impressive. "
whizz-bang , [int.] , [sb.] , and [a.]
(1918) W. Owen Poems (1920) 16 "What murk of air remained stank old, and sour With fumes of whizz-bangs. "
whole , [a.] , [sb.] , [adv.] , ( [int.] ).
(1709-29) V. Mandey Syst. Math., Arith. 6 "A number that measures the whole, and that which is taken away, will also measure the remainder. "
(1845) Williams's Directory of Leeds 46 (Advt.), "One-third of the `*Whole Life' Premium may remain unpaid..as a Debt upon the Policy. "
whorer .
(C. 1640) H. Bell Luther's Colloq. Mens. (1652) 318 "It shall bee free for Priests to marrie, or to forbear: Howsoever many Priests are, and will remain whorers. "
wide , [a.]
(1967) E. Chambers Photolitho-Offset iv. 42 "Although this ideal is not fully realised the fact remains that very acceptable results can be obtained using either wide-band (trichromatic) or narrow-cut filters. "
widow , [sb. 1]
(1781) Gibbon Decl. &. F. xviii. II. 79 "Constantia..remained the widow of the vanquished Licinius. "
(1818) Scott Hrt. Midl. viii, "The Laird..was ashamed to tax too highly the miserable means of support which remained to the widow Butler. "
width .
(1859) Tennyson Geraint &. Enid 264 "The two remain'd Apart by all the chamber's width. "
wife , [sb.]
(1974) M. Cecil Heroines in Love v. 128 "They could remain devoted wives and mothers and do their bit for the Cause."
(1883) W. A. Hammond Sexual Impotence in Male i. 57 "The one who was in this disgusting arrangement to act the part of `husband' came to his `wife's' bed and remained there during the night. "
wiggy , [a.]
(1884) Athen&ae.um 21 Oct. 473/3 "Mr. Kendal, though his get-up is a little `wiggy', remains excellent as Philippe Derblay."
wild cat (Also with hyphen, or, esp. in early use, as one word.)
(1937) Bull. Amer. Assoc. Petroleum Geologists XXI. 1079 "A study of wildcat drilling in the Gulf Coast Plains during 1935 and 1936 indicates that between 7 and 11 per cent of all such holes opened new oil or gas pools, the remaining 93-89 per cent having been dry. These figures speak eloquently of the risk involved in wildcat drilling. "
wildling .
(1840) F. D. Bennett Whaling Voy. I. 345 "The turmeric, hena,..considered too valuable..to remain a wildling. "
Wilhelmstrasse .
(1938) H. Nicolson Diary 21 Sept. (1966) I. 363 "What remains of Czechoslovakia..must subordinate her foreign policy to that of the Wilhelmstrasse. "
will , [sb. 1]
(1818) Scott Br. Lamm. xxv, "Your lordship..will experience that the faculty of the present proprietor to entertain his friends is greatly abridged,..the will, I need hardly say, remains the same. "
will , [v. 1]
(1908) R. Bagot A. Cuthbert xxvi. 339 "Anthony suggested to her that she and his sister should slip away unobserved. He himself would remain half-an-hour longer, and would then follow their example."
will , [v. 2]
(1590) Spenser F.Q. ii. x. 32 "So to his crowne she him restor'd againe, In which he dyde, made ripe for death by eld, And after wild, it should to her remaine. "
william-nilliam , [adv.]
(1907) G. S. Gordon Let. 9 Sept. (1943) 23, "I have called you sweet girl. But I will not..retract; and so sweet girl you must remain william nilliam. "
Wilsonian , [a.] (and [sb.] )
(1962) Listener 22 Mar. 524/1 "Mr. Tillman remains a starry-eyed Wilsonian. "
wilt , [v.]
(1779) Projects in Ann. Reg. 108/1 "Let it remain exposed to the sun throughout the day, or until the leaves are entirely wilted, as it is termed in America. "
(1779) Projects in Ann. Reg. 108/2 "If the sun does not appear for several days,..they [sc. leaves of the tobacco-plant] must remain to wilt. "
wimble [v. 1]
(1839) New Monthly Mag. LVI. 61 "Wimbling deeper and deeper still, till he has shattered the remains of your nerves to atoms."
Winchester .
(1702) Act 1 Anne Stat. 2. c. 3 §.6 "A Bushel according to the Standards remaining in the Custody of the Chamberlains of Her Majesties Exchequer commonly called..by the Name of the Winchester Bushel. "
wind , [sb. 1]
(1829) R. Stuart Anecd. Steam Eng. I. 149 "Air remained in the cylinder, and prevented..the fall of the piston..: from this cause alone, (and which was afterwards known by the term of *wind-logged) this engine must have soon ceased its motion. "
windowing
(1981) Internat. Jrnl. Numerical Methods Engin. XVII. 1110 "Only a segment of the first-level window may be delegated to second-level windowing; the rest should remain permanently in operational memory. "
windrow [v.]
(1955) P. Janvier in Astounding Sci. Fiction Nov. 68/1 "Straggled clumps and windrowed hay..were all that remained of the shrubbery and the lawn. "
Windsor .
(1940) J. Betjeman Old Lights for New Chancels 17 "Remaining orchards ripening Windsor pears. "
wine , [sb. 1]
(1838) T. Thomson Chem. Org. Bodies 402 "The wine-red substance which remains in solution in the carbonate of ammonia. "
wing , [sb.]
(1844) Queen's Regul. &. Ord. Army 152 "The whole of the remaining Clothing (with the exception of the wings and fringe). "
(1963) V. Nabokov Gift iv. 237 "Already famous, he remained as it were in the wings of his busy, talkative thought. "
winter , [sb. 1]
(1970) T. J. Weiss Food Oils iii. 59 "The solid portion of the oil which had set up in storage tanks in the winter at 40°.-42°. F..was settled out and removed, leaving an oil which would remain clear when chilled. Cottonseed oils were thus divided into summer and winter oils. "
winter-house
(1865) Lubbock Preh. Times 392 "These circles were at first supposed to be the remains of winter-houses."
winter quarters
(1867) Smyth Sailor's Word-bk., "Winter-quarters,..in Arctic parlance, the spot where ships are to remain housed during the winter months-from the 1st October to the 1st July or August. "
wipe-out .
(1971) J. Henderson Copperhead vi. 71 "Less than thirty-six hours to incapacitate 85 percent of the population. The remaining 15 percent would take a little more than a week. Strategically it would be a wipe-out. "
wire , [sb.]
(1984) Miami Herald 6 Apr. 22a/1 "Odds remain good that the Democrats' race will go down to the wire."
wiring , [vbl. sb.]
(1874) J. D. Heath Croquet-player 71 "Red, instead of playing thus,..completes the wiring, remaining near the hoop as before. "
wise-like , [a.] ( [adv.] )
(1842) J. Aiton Dom. Econ. (1857) 123 "Make it something `wiselike' and substantial, that it may remain as a monument of your own liberality and good sense. "
wisenheimer .
(1919) Mencken Amer. Lang. v. 151 "Several years ago -heimer had a great vogue in slang, and was rapidly done to death. But wiseheimer remains in colloquial use as a facetious synonym for smart-aleck, and after awhile it may gradually acquire dignity. "
wish , [sb. 1]
(A. 1542) Wyatt Poems, `Unstable Dream' 13 "Where it was at wysshe it could not remain. "
wishing , [vbl. sb.]
(1792) J. Moore Monast. Rem. 2 "The *wishing wells still remain. "
Wishram .
(1930) Spier &. Sapir Wishram Ethnography 153 "The Wishram were one of the earliest groups known to explorers of the Columbia River Basin... Only a few Wishram still remain. "
wisp , [v.]
(1844) Queen's Regul. &. Ord. Army 351 "They are to remain saddled.., time being allowed for wisping them over. "
witch-hunt [sb.]
(1972) Guardian 31 Aug. 6/7 "Delegates to the annual Conference at the TUC at Brighton next week are urged..not to indulge in a witch hunt..when discussing the 34 affiliated unions which have remained on the register of trade unions. "
with , [prep.] , ( [adv.] , [conj.] ).
(1776) Trial of Nundocomar 68/1 "You have for a long time had my money; it shall remain no longer with you. "
(1483) Acta Audit. in Acta Dom. Conc. II. Introd. 114 "The said Thomas sall remain with the said land and tenement."
(1856) Froude Hist. Eng. I. i. 77 "So the law of England remained..with the deliberate approval of both the great parties. "
(1861) M. Pattison Ess. (1889) I. 44 "With the exception of a dwelling-house.., the remainder of the area was covered with warehouses."
withdraw , [v.]
(1712) Addison Spect. 536 &page.1 "She delivered the remaining part of her Message, and with&dubh.drew. "
wither , [v. 2]
(1919) tr. Lenin's State &. Revol. i. 21 "Engels speaks here of the destruction of the capitalist State by the proletarian revolution, while the words about its withering away refer to the remains of a proletarian State after the Socialist revolution. "
withering , [vbl. sb.]
(1866) G. Stephens Runic Mon. I. 25 "The remaining withering-away of the N in Scandinavia is in the infinitive. "
woman , [sb.]
(1906) C. P. Gilman Women &. Economics (ed. 5) iii. 49 "So utterly has the status of woman been accepted as a sexual one that it has remained for the woman's movement of the nineteenth century to devote much contention to the claim that women are persons! "
wonder , [v.]
(1853) Dickens Bleak Ho. iv, "I still remained before the fire, wondering and wondering about Bleak House. "
wont , [pa. pple.] and [ppl. a.]
(1590) Spenser F.Q. i. i. 16 "Ay wont in desert darknesse to remaine. "
wood , [sb. 1]
(1887) Times (weekly ed.) 21 Oct. 8/3 "It remains to be seen yet whether the Germans are not shouting before they are out of the wood. "
(1697) Dryden &Ae.neis xi. 1191 "The Wood [of the javelin] she draws, the steely Point remains."
wood , [v. 2]
(1804) Nelson 22 Mar. in Nicolas Disp. (1845) V. 471 "Seahorse being in want of wood, to be ordered..to the Island of Asinara, to cut wood, for which purpose she may remain forty-eight hours. In much less time the Victory could be wooded. "
(1630) Capt. J. Smith Trav. &. Adv. ii. 57 "In this little Ile of Mevis,..I have remained..to wod and water and refresh my men. "
woodie .
(1972) Shooting Times &. Country Mag. 4 Mar. 17/3 "There shouldn't be many woodies remaining in the area. "
woodside .
(1865) Kingsley Herew. xxxv, "It will be as well for some of us to remain here; and, spreading our men along the wood-side, prevent the escape of the villains. "
word , [sb.]
(1602) Shaks. Ham. iii. iii. 97, 98 "My words flye vp, my thoughts remain below, Words without thoughts, neuer to Heauen go. "
(1831) Scott Ct. Rob. xxvi, "So you may at a word count upon remaining prisoner here until [etc.]. "
wordmonger .
(1881) Max Mü.ller tr. Kant's Critique Pure Reason II. ii. iii. 223 "There remains nothing but mere wordmongery."
work , [sb.]
(1623) J. Johnson Arith. i. C 1, "The proofe of Addition is made by Subtraction; for if you subtract the numbers which you added from the totall of the Addition, there will remaine nothing, if the worke be truly done. "
(1839) Maynard Goodacre's Arith. (ed. 9) 37 "When..the remainder is more than the divisor, the quotient figure was too small, the work must be rubbed out, and a larger number supplied."
(1664) J. Webb Stone-Heng (1725) 193 "These rude Remains being put in Work, in his Judgment, before the Flood."
work , [v.]
(1678) Rymer Trag. Last Age 83 "This Scene having wrought off the Remains of Phedra's frenzy, in the next she seems more calm. "
working , [vbl. sb.]
(1951) Engineering 2 Nov. 568/3 "The overtime ban and working to rule have remained in force. "
(1884) W. J. Hughan Orig. Eng. Rite Freemasonry p. iii, "Although under various Grand Lodges the details of the working differ, the landmarks remain practically identical. "
(1662) Evelyn Sculptura iii. 33 "They also engrave upon stone, and imprint with it; but with this difference in the *working-off; that the paper being black, the Sculpture remains white. "
working , [ppl. a.]
(1676) Dryden Aurengz. iv. i, "A working Sea, remaining from a Storm. "
worm , [sb.]
(1881) Greener Gun 252 "The pot is then placed in a bright coal fire, where it remains till the whole is of a worm red. "
worm-hole
(1615) Rowlands Melancholie Knt. 33 "Old bookes, wherein the worm-holes doe remaine. "
wormwood .
(1858) Lady Wilkinson Weeds &. Wild Flowers 353 "An old belief continues to be connected with the circumstance of the dead roots of wormwood being black, and somewhat hard, and remaining for a long period undecayed beneath the living plant. They are then called `*wormwood coal'; and if placed under a lover's pillow they are believed to produce a dream of the person he loves. "
worry , [sb.]
(1901) Linesman Words by Eyewitness (1902) 100 "There is a brief and breathless `worry' at the top, and the hill is ours. Few Boers have remained to face the bayonets."
worry , [v.]
(1820) W. Irving Sk. Bk., Spectre Bridegroom &page.11 "He was naturally a fuming, bustling little man, and could not remain passive... He worried from top to bottom of the castle with an air of infinite anxiety. "
worse , [a.] and [sb.]
(1602) Shaks. Ham. iii. iv. 179 "Thus bad begins, and worse remaines behinde. "
worship , [sb.]
(1759) Robertson Hist. Scot. vii. Wks. 1813 I. 485 "In some places scarce as many ministers remained as to perform the duties of religious worship. "
worshipful , [a.] ( [sb.] , [adv.] ).
(1826) Scott Woodst. ii, "Will he give us the remains of his worshipful and economical house-keeping? "
wortle .
(1664) H. Power Exp. Philos. 56 "Your Wire-drawers know, that if they take a short piece of Wire,..and drill it through, that then though they draw it out to the smalness of a hair, yet will it still remain hollow quite through in despite of their Wurdle. "
wot , [v.]
(1818) Scott Hrt. Midl. xi, "Let her know that he she wots of remained here..expecting to see her. "
wrack , [sb. 1]
(1793) Wordsw. Evening Walk 360 "No wrack of all the pageant scene remains. "
wrack , [v. 2]
(1607) J. Carpenter Plaine Mans Plough 89 "What gaine these..when they..themselves remaine castawayes, wracking in the depth of hell."
wraith , [sb.]
(1866) Alger Solit. Nat. &. Man iv. 288 "While Winander, Fairfield and Rydal remain, to all visionary minds his [sc. Wordsworth's] wraith will haunt them. "
wreck , [sb. 1]
(1787-9) Wordsw. Evening Walk 306 "No wreck of all the pageantry remains. "
wrecking [vbl. sb. 1]
(1976) National Observer (U.S.) 3 Apr. 7/1 "A wrecking company recently signed a contract to level all 30 of the remaining 11-story buildings."
wrecky , [a.]
(1925) Brit. Weekly 17 Sept. 541/1 "After which you are left a wreck and probably remain wrecky next day. "
wrested , [ppl. a.]
(1656) J. Smith Pract. Physick 320 "The Bone may alwaies remain wrested."
wrinkle , [sb. 1]
(1979) Guardian 30 Aug. 3/6 "The BBC wanted to make certain advances in technical practices... Wrinkles still remained. "
writ , [sb.]
(1645) Rutherford Tryal &. Tri. Faith 203 "There is writ remaining after sin is acted... Writ written with a pen of iron, and diamond."
write , [v.]
(1850) Tennyson In Mem. vi. 1 "One writes, that `Other friends remain'."
writing , [vbl. sb.]
(1797) Encycl. Brit. (ed. 3) XVIII. 917/1 "The most ancient remains of writing..are upon hard substances, such as stones and metals."
wrongness .
(1796) Coleridge Biog. Lit. (1847) II. 365 "Though not right in itself, it may become right by the greater wrongness of the only alternative-the remaining in neediness and uncertainty. "
Wurm .
(1972) Sci. Amer. Mar. 60/2 "The very numerous remains found in the Dragon's Lair were evidently deposited there during the final Pleistocene ice advance, the 60,000-year Wü.rm glaciation that ended some 12,000 years ago. "
wushu .
(1978) Chow &. Spangler Kung Fu p. xii, "Today Wu Shu remains the official term for martial arts in the People's Republic of China, although the emphasis is on its use as a national sport `to serve the people' in the promotion of health. "
wu-wei .
(1917) Encycl. Sinica 545/1 "Confucius believed in the power of human nature to remain upright if properly taught; Lao Tzû. believed it would keep straight if left to itself. This is his famous doctrine of Wu-wei, (Inaction or Nonassertion). "
xanthine .
(1868) Watts Dict. Chem. V. 1051 "Xanthinine. C4H3N3O2... A base produced..by heating thionurate of ammonium to 200°.... On boiling the resulting mass with water, the xanthinine remains as a yellow powder. "
xantho- ,
(1903) Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts &. Sci. XXXIX. 261 "The two remaining types of pigment bodies in the chameleon, erythrophores and *xanthophores, were not identified in Anolis. "
Xenopus .
(1890) Proc. Sci. Meetings Zool. Soc. 70 "Xenopus is a most admirable swimmer, and remarkable for the manner in which it remains poised for a long time immediately under the surface of the water. "
xerox , [v.]
(1978) Early Music Oct. 605/3, "I wonder how publishers who want to remain in business will react to Mr Rooley's complaint about xeroxing rules. "
Xhosa , [sb.] and [a.]
(1948) B. G. Sundkler Bantu Prophets S. Afr. ii. 42 "The Order of Ethiopia can hardly be said to have succeeded in attracting the broad masses of Ethiopians... It has remained exclusively Xhosa. "
xiphoid , [a.] ( [sb.] )
(1873) Mivart Elem. Anat. 35 "The narrow lower end [of the sternum], which projects freely and remains cartilaginous till late in life, is called the xiphoid process. "
xylo- ,
(1852) W. Gregory Handbk. Org. Chem. 417 "Tekoretine, Phylloretine, *Xyloretine, and Boloretine, are the names of four resinous compounds, found in the peat of Denmark, on the remains of pine-trees. "
Yana .
(1910) Univ. Calif. Publ. Amer. Archeol. &. Ethnol. IX. 3 "These boundaries are somewhat uncertain, it remaining doubtful whether the Yanas reached the Sacramento. "
yaw [sb. 2]
(1744) Med. Essays Soc. Edinb. V. ii. 793 "Sometimes after all the other Yaws are fallen off..there remains one large Yaw, high knobbed, red and moist; this is commonly called the Master-yaw. "
yawp yaup , [v.]
(1623) Jobson Golden Trade 145 "The Lyon..remaines feeding..whilest his small seruant [sc. the Jackal] stands barking, and yalping by. "
ye , [pers.] [pron.] 2nd [pers.] nom. (obj.), [pl.] ( [sing.] ).
(1613) Shaks. Hen. VIII, v. iii. 181 "As I haue made ye one Lords, one remaine: So I grow stronger, you more Honour gaine. "
year (1) .
(1573-80) Tusser Husb. (1878) 59 "Make hillocks of molehils, in field thorough out, and so to remaine, till the yeere go about. "
year-old [a.] and [sb.]
(1774) Goldsm. Nat. Hist. (1824) I. xlv. 381 "None but the year olds remain together. "
yellow , [a.] and [sb.]
(1898) Westm. Gaz. 11 July 1/2 "For the remainder of those in the senior rank there is..a prospect of their attaining the rank of flag officer with the `yellow' attachment."
(1874) Trollope Phineas Redux I. ii. 14 "He remained there for three or four days..staying at the `Yellow' inn."
yelp , [v.]
(1848) in `F. Forester' Field Sports II. 326 "The gobblers continued yelping in answer to the female, which all this time remained on the fence. "
yen (2) .
(1919) Mencken Amer. Lang. iii. 93 "A great many of them [sc. Chinese words] have remained California localisms, among them such verbs as to yen (to desire strongly, as a Chinaman desires opium). "
yen (3) .
(1918) Policeman's Monthly Oct. 16/3 "In answer to this, it was learned that fifty-eight began by smoking opium..eight ate morphine, three ate `yen shee', the ashes of opium, and the remaining cases started by using cocaine and laudanum, or eating opium. "
yesterday , [adv.] , [sb.] , and [a.]
(1972) Guardian 14 Jan. 13/8 "Support for Nkrumuh still remains limited to his fellow tribesmen in the remote South-west and to those who fell off the high-living Fascist bandwagon when he was overthrown. These people are `yesterday's men' in the eyes of most Ghanaians. "
Yezidi .
(1848) Layard (title) "Nineveh and its Remains: with an Account of..the Yezidis, or Devil-Worshippers. "
yonks .
(1977) J. Gash Judas Pair iv. 54 "Any man that says he can remain celibate for yonks on end is not quite telling the truth. "
youngberry .
(1980) Times 9 June 6/4 "A few untended youngberry bushes are all that remain of the thriving farming community that once lived here [in Zimbabwe]."
younger , [a.] ( [sb.] )
(1744) Hoyle Piquet iii. 28 "If the younger-hand has one Ace dealt him, what are the Odds of his taking in one or two of the three remaining Aces?"
your , [poss.] [pron.] and [a.]
(1611) Shaks. Cymb. iii. ii. 47 "So he wishes you all happinesse, that remaines loyall to his Vow, and your encreasing in Loue, Leonatus Posthumus. "
yours , [poss.] [pron.]
(1718) Illustr. Modern 19, "I depend on your mighty Talent,..and on that Score, remain, Most Lovingly Yours. "
Yuan (1) .
(1966) F. Schurmann Ideology &. Organization in Communist China i. 53 "The Yü.an Mongols relied heavily on a traditional bureaucratic elite to rule the country. Many of these bureaucrats remained loyal to the Yü.an after 1368. "
Yuman , [a.] and [sb.]
(1974) Encycl. Brit. Microp&ae.dia X. 845/3 "The total number of Yuman peoples remaining in the 1970s..was uncertain. "
Yupik , [a.] and [sb.]
(1980) M. E. Krauss Alaska Native Languages 103 "With a dense and increasing population, almost entirely Yupik, the Yupik language remained..strong."
zamang .
(1819) Hel. M. Williams tr. A. von Humboldt's Pers. Narr. IV. 116 "The famous zamang del Guayre, known throughout the province for the enormous extent of it's branches, which form a hemispheric head five hundred and seventy-six feet in circumference. The zamang is a fine species of mimosa,..The branches extend like an immense umbrella, and bend toward the ground, from which they remain at a uniform distance of twelve or fifteen feet. "
zeal , [sb.]
(1681) Tate Lear Ep. Ded., "My Zeal for all the Remains of Shakespear. "
Zen .
(1923) Eastern Buddhist (Japan) I. 13 (heading II. 341 "It remained for the Chinese Zen Buddhists to invent their own methods according to their own needs and insight. "
zenocratically [adv.]
(1588) J. Harvey Disc. Probl. 35 "They will seeme..to haue borrowed euen from the mouth of mightie Ioue, or the oracle of wise Apollo himselfe, or Zenocratically, and Pythagorically to haue remained..Instar Sybill&ae. cuiusdam vaticinantis, furentisque."
zesty , [a.]
(1972) Time 17 Apr. 43/2 "Housing starts remain zesty, at an annual rate of 2,500,000 units in recent months. "
Zeuglodon .
(1892) Athen&ae.um 12 Nov. 667/3 "Zeuglodont and other cetacean remains from the tertiaries of the Caucasus."
zigzag , [sb.] , [a.] , [adv.]
(1826) W. A. Miles Deverel Barrow 4 "The chevron or zig zag, that favorite British ornament so prominent in Egyptian remains. "
Zion .
(1908) F. Spence Chr. Reunion ix. 170 "The tribes must remain Zion-less without the Ecclesia."
Zionism .
(1975) Globe &. Mail (Toronto) 14 Nov. 7/6 "To [Jews], Zionism is and remains a precious term of honor, tied to the heart of their religious and national dreams."
zodiacal , [a.]
(1879) Cassell's Techn. Educ. IV. 411/2 "The Zodiacal light is supposed to be the remains of the great nebula out of which the solar system was constructed."
zoo- ,
(1880) Saville-Kent Man. Infusoria I. 286 "Spongomonas... Animalcules..living in social colonies, and forming by excretion a common domicile, which takes the form of a..gelatinous or semi-granular *zoocytium, within which they remain constantly immersed. "
zoological , [a.]
(1978) Jordan &. Ormrod Last Great Wild Beast Show i. 48 "Stellingen itself remains the finest example of the use of moated enclosures in zoological parks."
zootic [a.]
(1879) Webster, "Zootic..containing the remains of organized bodies;-used of rock or soil."