The Only Use of
vestige
in
The Scarlet Letter
- Deeper it goes, and deeper into the wilderness, less plainly to be seen at every step; until some few miles hence the yellow leaves will show no vestige of the white man's tread.†
p. 183.7vestige = remaining trace
Definition:
a remaining trace (little bit of something) that was previously abundant
In biology, vestige (especially in the form vestigial) references a part of the body that is underdeveloped and no longer used, but which formally was an important body part. As in: Darwin believed vestigial organs are evidence of evolution.