*rema*

a. [ Gr. &unr_; predicate. See Category. ] (Logic.) Capable of being employed by itself as a term; -- said of a word. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; 9sc. &unr_;) the art of traffic, fr. &unr_; goods, money, fr. &unr_; to use. ] The science of wealth; the science, or a branch of the science, of political economy. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. concrematio, fr. concremare. See Cremate. ] The act of burning different things together. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ F. ] (Fort.) An indented or zigzaged line of intrenchment. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., from Gr. &unr_;&unr_;&unr_;, fr. &unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_; to hang. ] 1. (Anat.) A thin muscle which serves to draw up the testicle. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Zool.) The apex of the last abdominal segment of an insect. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the cremaster; as, the cremasteric artery. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ L. crematus, p. p. of cremare to burn; cf. Skr. cr&unr_; to cook. ] To burn; to reduce to ashes by the action of fire, either directly or in an oven or retort; to incremate or incinerate; as, to cremate a corpse, instead of burying it. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. crematio. ] A burning; esp., the act or practice of cremating the dead. [ 1913 Webster ]

Without cremation . . . of their bodies. Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who advocates the practice of cremation. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. ] One who, or that which, cremates or consumes to ashes. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n.; pl. Crematoriums (-ŭmz), Crematories [ NL. crematorium, fr. L. cremator. ] A furnace for cremating corpses; a building containing such a furnace. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Pertaining to, or employed in, cremation. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. Gr. de`ros skin + &unr_;, &unr_;, hole. ] (Zool.) The tribe of aquatic Amphibia which includes Amphiuma, Menopoma, etc. They have permanent gill openings, but no external gills; -- called also Cryptobranchiata. [ Written also Derotrema. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. Epichiremata [ L., fr. Gr. &unr_;, from &unr_; to attempt to prove. ] (Rhet. & Logic) A syllogism in which the proof of the major or minor premise, or both, is introduced with the premises themselves, and the conclusion is derived in the ordinary manner. [ Written also epicheirema. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; quietly + &unr_; burning, fr. &unr_; to burn. ] A gradual oxidation from exposure to air and moisture, as in the decay of old trees or of dead animals. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Firemen 1. A man whose business is to extinguish fires in towns; a member of a fire company. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A man who tends the fires, as of a steam engine; a stocker. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Foremen The first or chief man; as: (a) The chief man of a jury, who acts as their speaker. (b) The chief of a set of hands employed in a shop, or on works of any kind, who superintends the rest; an overseer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The position of a foreman. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. (Naut.) The mast nearest the bow. [ 1913 Webster ]

Foremast hand or
Foremast man (Naut.), a common sailor; also, a man stationed to attend to the gear of the foremast. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Hardwaremen One who makes, or deals in, hardware. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. "e`lix, "e`likos, a helix + &unr_; a hole. ] (Anat.) The opening by which the two scalae communicate at the top of the cochlea of the ear. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. in- not + L. cremabilis combustible, fr. cremare to burn. ] Incapable of being burnt; incombustibe. Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ Pref. in- in + cremate. ] To consume or reduce to ashes by burning, as a dead body; to cremate. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Burning; esp., the act of burning a dead body; cremation. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Longshoremen [ Abbrev. fr. alongshoreman. ] One of a class of laborers employed about the wharves of a seaport, especially in loading and unloading vessels. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. Gr. mo`nos single + &unr_; hole. ] (Zool.) A subclass of Mammalia, having a cloaca in which the ducts of the urinary, genital, and alimentary systems terminate, as in birds. The female lays eggs like a bird. See Duck mole, under Duck, and Echidna. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Zool.) Of or pertaining to the Monotremata. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. nw^ton back + &unr_; a hole. ] (Zool.) The pouched, or marsupial, frog of South America. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl.; [ NL., fr. Gr. pla`gios slanting + &unr_;, &unr_;, a hole. ] (Zool.) Same as Lepidosauria. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. praematurus; prae before + maturus ripe. See Mature. ] 1. Mature or ripe before the proper time; as, the premature fruits of a hotbed. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Happening, arriving, existing, or performed before the proper or usual time; adopted too soon; too early; untimely; as, a premature fall of snow; a premature birth; a premature opinion; premature decay. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Arriving or received without due authentication or evidence; as, a premature report. [ 1913 Webster ]

-- Pre`ma*ture"ly, adv. -- Pre`ma*ture"ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. prématurité. ] The quality or state of being premature; early, or untimely, ripeness; as, the prematurity of genius. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. Premaxillæ [ NL. See Pre-, and Maxilla. ] (Anat.) A bone on either side of the middle line between the nose and mouth, forming the anterior part of each half of the upper jawbone; the intermaxilla. In man the premaxillæ become united and form the incisor part of the maxillary bone. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Anat.) Situated in front of the maxillary bones; pertaining to the premaxillæ; intermaxillary. -- n. A premaxilla. [ 1913 Webster ]

imp. & p. p. of Remake. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Remained p. pr. & vb. n. Remaining. ] [ OF. remaindre, remanoir, L. remanere; pref. re- re- + manere to stay, remain. See Mansion, and cf. Remainder, Remnant. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. To stay behind while others withdraw; to be left after others have been removed or destroyed; to be left after a number or quantity has been subtracted or cut off; to be left as not included or comprised. [ 1913 Webster ]

Gather up the fragments that remain. John vi. 12. [ 1913 Webster ]

Of whom the greater part remain unto this present, but some are fallen asleep. 1 Cor. xv. 6. [ 1913 Webster ]

That . . . remains to be proved. Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To continue unchanged in place, form, or condition, or undiminished in quantity; to abide; to stay; to endure; to last. [ 1913 Webster ]

Remain a widow at thy father's house. Gen. xxxviii. 11. [ 1913 Webster ]

Childless thou art; childless remain. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- To continue; stay; wait; tarry; rest; sojourn; dwell; abide; last; endure. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To await; to be left to. [ Archaic ] [ 1913 Webster ]

The easier conquest now remains thee. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. State of remaining; stay. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Which often, since my here remain in England,
I 've seen him do. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. That which is left; relic; remainder; -- chiefly in the plural. “The remains of old Rome.” Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

When this remain of horror has entirely subsided. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Specif., in the plural: (a) That which is left of a human being after the life is gone; relics; a dead body. [ 1913 Webster ]

Old warriors whose adored remains
In weeping vaults her hallowed earth contains! Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

(b) The posthumous works or productions, esp. literary works, of one who is dead; as, Cecil's Remains. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OF. remaindre, inf. See Remain. ] 1. Anything that remains, or is left, after the separation and removal of a part; residue; remnant. “The last remainders of unhappy Troy.” Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

If these decoctions be repeated till the water comes off clear, the remainder yields no salt. Arbuthnot. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Math.) The quantity or sum that is left after subtraction, or after any deduction. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Law) An estate in expectancy, generally in land, which becomes an estate in possession upon the determination of a particular prior estate, created at the same time, and by the same instrument; for example, if land be conveyed to A for life, and on his death to B, A's life interest is a particuar estate, and B's interest is a remainder, or estate in remainder. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Balance; rest; residue; remnant; leavings. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Remaining; left; left over; refuse. [ 1913 Webster ]

Which is as dry as the remainder biscuit
After a voyage. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Remainder-men (Law) One who has an estate after a particular estate is determined. See Remainder, n., 3. Blackstone. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To make anew. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Remanded; p. pr. & vb. n. Remanding. ] [ F. remander to send word again, L. remandare; pref. re- re- + mandare to commit, order, send word. See Mandate. ] To recommit; to send back. [ 1913 Webster ]

Remand it to its former place. South. [ 1913 Webster ]

Then were they remanded to the cage again. Bunyan. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act of remanding; the order for recommitment. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A remand. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. [ Cf. OF. remanence, LL. remanentia, fr. L. remanens. See Remanent, a. ] The state of being remanent; continuance; permanence. [ R. ] Jer. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

The remanence of the will in the fallen spirit. Coleridge. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Remanent, a. ] That which remains; a remnant; a residue. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. remanens, p. pr. of remanere. See Remain, and cf. Remnant. ] Remaining; residual. [ 1913 Webster ]

That little hope that is remanent hath its degree according to the infancy or growth of the habit. Jer. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

Remanent magnetism (Physics), magnetism which remains in a body that has little coercive force after the magnetizing force is withdrawn, as soft iron; -- called also residual magnetism. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ L., it remains. ] (Legal Practice) A case for trial which can not be tried during the term; a postponed case. [ Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]