Both Uses of
vestige
in
The Lovely Bones
- While he scanned the windows of my old house and wondered where the other members of my family were—whether my father's leg still made him hobble—I saw the final vestiges of the animals and the women taking leave of Mr. Harvey's house.†
Chpt 21vestiges = remaining traces
- He sat in his car and prepared the last vestiges of the face he had been giving authorities for decades—the face of a bland man they might pity or despise but never blame.
Chpt 21 *vestiges = traces
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.