Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for RE-MAINS
RE-MAINS, n. [plur.]
- That which is left after a part is separated, taken away or destroyed; as, the remains of a city or house demolished.
- A dead body; a corpse. – Pope. The singular, remain, in the like sense, and in the sense of abode, is entirely obsolete. – Shak.
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