*relic*

n. (Law) (a) A thing voluntary abandoned or willfully cast away by its proper owner, especially a ship abandoned at sea. (b) A tract of land left dry by the sea, and fit for cultivation or use. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. derelictio. ] 1. The act of leaving with an intention not to reclaim or resume; an utter forsaking abandonment. [ 1913 Webster ]

Cession or dereliction, actual or tacit, of other powers. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A neglect or omission as if by willful abandonment. [ 1913 Webster ]

A total dereliction of military duties. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. The state of being left or abandoned. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Law) A retiring of the sea, occasioning a change of high-water mark, whereby land is gained. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. Poorly. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. relique, from L. reliquiae, pl., akin to relinquere to leave behind. See Relinquish. ] [ Formerly written also relique. ] 1. That which remains; that which is left after loss or decay; a remaining portion; a remnant. Chaucer. Wyclif. [ 1913 Webster ]

The relics of lost innocence. Kebe. [ 1913 Webster ]

The fragments, scraps, the bits and greasy relics. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The body from which the soul has departed; a corpse; especially, the body, or some part of the body, of a deceased saint or martyr; -- usually in the plural when referring to the whole body. [ 1913 Webster ]

There are very few treasuries of relics in Italy that have not a tooth or a bone of this saint. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

Thy relics, Rowe, to this fair urn we trust,
And sacred place by Dryden's awful dust. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Hence, a memorial; anything preserved in remembrance; as, relics of youthful days or friendships. [ 1913 Webster ]

The pearls were spilt;
Some lost, some stolen, some as relics kept. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In the manner of relics. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. relicta, fr. of relictus, p. p. of relinquere to leave behind. See Relinquish. ] A woman whose husband is dead; a widow. [ 1913 Webster ]

Eli dying without issue, Jacob was obliged by law to marry his relict, and so to raise up seed to his brother Eli. South. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. relictus, p. p. ] (Law) Left uncovered, as land by recession of water. Bouvier. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. relictio a leaving behind. ] (Law) A leaving dry; a recession of the sea or other water, leaving dry land; land left uncovered by such recession. Burrill. [ 1913 Webster ]