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Baisemains
Baisemains Baise"mains`, n. pl. [F., fr. baiser to kiss + mains hands.] Respects; compliments. [Obs.]
Demain
Demain De*main", n. [See Demesne.] 1. Rule; management. [Obs.] --Chaucer. 2. (Law) See Demesne.
Legerdemainist
Legerdemainist Leg`er*de*main"ist, n. One who practices sleight of hand; a prestidigitator.
Payndemain
Payndemain Payn`de*main", n. [OF. pain bread + demaine manorial, lordly, own, private. See Payn, and Demesne. Said to be so called from the figure of our Lord impressed upon it.] The finest and whitest bread made in the Middle Ages; -- called also paynemain, payman. [Obs.]
paynemain
Payndemain Payn`de*main", n. [OF. pain bread + demaine manorial, lordly, own, private. See Payn, and Demesne. Said to be so called from the figure of our Lord impressed upon it.] The finest and whitest bread made in the Middle Ages; -- called also paynemain, payman. [Obs.]
Remain
Remain Re*main", v. t. To await; to be left to. [Archaic] The easier conquest now remains thee. --Milton.
Remainder
Remainder Re*main"der, a. Remaining; left; left over; refuse. Which is as dry as the remainder biscuit After a voyage. --Shak.
Remainder-man
Remainder-man Re*main"der-man (- m[a^]n), n.; pl. Remainder-men (-m[e^]n). (Law) One who has an estate after a particular estate is determined. See Remainder, n., 3. --Blackstone.
Remainder-men
Remainder-man Re*main"der-man (- m[a^]n), n.; pl. Remainder-men (-m[e^]n). (Law) One who has an estate after a particular estate is determined. See Remainder, n., 3. --Blackstone.
Reredemain
Reredemain Rere`de*main" (-d?-m?n"), n. [F. arri?re back + de of + main hand.] A backward stroke. [Obs.]
Vested remainder
Vested Vest"ed, a. 1. Clothed; robed; wearing vestments. ``The vested priest.' --Milton. 2. (Law) Not in a state of contingency or suspension; fixed; as, vested rights; vested interests. Vested legacy (Law), a legacy the right to which commences in pr[ae]senti, and does not depend on a contingency; as, a legacy to one to be paid when he attains to twenty-one years of age is a vested legacy, and if the legatee dies before the testator, his representative shall receive it. --Blackstone. Vested remainder (Law), an estate settled, to remain to a determined person, after the particular estate is spent. --Blackstone. --Kent.

Meaning of Emain from wikipedia

- Emain Ablach (also Emne; Middle Irish Emhain Abhlach or Eamhna; meaning "Emhain of the Apples") is a mythical island paradise in Irish mythology. It is...
- Navan Fort (Old Irish: Emain Macha Old Irish pronunciation: [ˈeṽənʲ ˈṽaxə]; Modern Irish: Eamhain Mhacha Irish pronunciation: [ˌəunʲ ˈwaxə]) is an ancient...
- story she was Conchobar's charioteer. When a flock of birds descended on Emain Macha and ate all the gr****, the Ulstermen decided to hunt them, and they...
- build Emain Macha (Navan Fort near Armagh), to be the capital of the Ulaid, marking out its boundaries with her brooch (explaining the name Emain Macha...
- to be allowed to join the boy-troop at Emain Macha. However, he sets off on his own, and when he arrives at Emain he runs onto the playing field without...
- the king of Ulster in the Ulster Cycle of Irish mythology. He rules from Emain Macha (Navan Fort, near Armagh). He is usually said to be the son of the...
- leads to tragedy. The tale climaxes with battle at the Red Branch house at Emain Macha, with many dead including Naoise, his brothers Ainle and Ardan, and...
- focuses on the mythical Ulster king Conchobar mac Nessa and his court at Emain Macha, the hero Cú Chulainn, and their conflict with the Connachta and queen...
- with its royal seat at Cruachan. Ulaid (Ulster), with its royal seat at Emain Macha. Muman (Munster), with its royal seat at Teamhair Erann. Laigen Tuathgabair...
- "Emain", construed to mean Emain Ablach ****ociated with Manannán mac Lir by later commentators, though not recognized as anything other than Emain Macha...