RELICLY
Rel"ic*ly, adv.
Defn: In the manner of relics. [Obs.]
RELICT Rel"ict (-kt), n. Etym: [L. relicta, fr. of relictus, p. p. of relinquere to leave behind. See Relinquish.]
Defn: A woman whose husband is dead; a widow. Eli dying without issue, Jacob was obbliged by law to marry his relict, and so to raise up seed to his brother Eli. South.
RELICTED
Re*lict"ed (r-lkt"d), a. Etym: [L. relictus, p. p.] (Law)
Defn: Left uncovered, as land by recession of water. Bouvier.
RELICTION
Re*lic"tion (r-lk"shn), n. Etym: [L. relictio a leaving behind.]
(Law)
Defn: A leaving dry; a recession of the sea or other water, leaving dry land; land left uncovered by such recession. Burrill.
RELIEF Re*lief" (r-lf"), n. Etym: [OE. relef, F. relief, properly, a lifting up, a standing out. See Relieve, and cf. Basrelief, Rilievi.]
1. The act of relieving, or the state of being relieved; the removal, or partial removal, of any evil, or of anything oppressive or burdensome, by which some ease is obtained; succor; alleviation; comfort; ease; redress. He seec the dire contagion spread so fast, That, where it seizes, all relief is vain. Dryden.