A stump, portion remaining after mutilation.

A piece broken, cut off, or left; a fragment, remnant. Cf. candle-end, n. Of cloth: A half-length, or half-piece. Also in odds and ends n. at odds, n.…

Something (e.g. a pencil, quill pen, cigar) that has been reduced by wear or consumption to a small part of its original length; a fag-end. = stub, n.…

transferred and figurative. A detached, isolated, or incomplete part; a (comparatively) small portion of anything; a part remaining or still…

The remaining portion of something (more or less cylindrical) that has been broken or worn down; a stump, fag-end; spec. the butt or stump of a…

A remaining part or fragment of something. In plural: remains, esp. of ancient buildings (common in 17th cent.).

In singular. A remaining or surviving part or fragment of something. Now rare.

The end of a roll or bale of cloth, often woven more coarsely or of lower quality material than the rest, and sometimes hanging loose; a piece of…

A snag or stub. rare.

A (usually small) remaining quantity, part, or piece.

An end or part of something which has been burnt down or otherwise diminished; a leftover end or part of something.

In extended use: the last part or remnant (of something), the fag end; spec. the crusty end of a loaf of bread, or the rind of a cheese (cf. heel, n.1…

the stock or stump of a tree, bush, etc., which has been felled, cut, or coppiced; the stool of a coppiced tree; cf. sense 5, snar, n. 2.

the last part or remnant of anything; a remaining scrap or fragment; = fag end, n.

dialect and U.S. The latter end or part of anything: the remainder or last part of a thing. Esp. in shank of the evening.

A stump, stub, or remnant; something cut off short or imperfectly grown. Also figurative. Cf. nubbin, n.

gen. Something small, esp. with the appearance of being stunted or worn down; a residual part, a stub or stump; the smallest possible size or…

A stump or stub. (Cf. hagsnar n. at hag, n.2 compounds 2.)