Carcass vs Leavings - What's the difference?
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of a dead animal.
Body of a dead human.
of a structure, especially one not normally seen.
(nautical) An early incendiary ship-to-ship projectile consisting of an iron shell filled with saltpetre, sulphur, resin, turpentine, antimony and tallow with vents for flame.
A worthless and incidental residuum, as scraps from a meal or shavings or sawdust from wood.
:The leavings were thrown to the dogs.
A worthless surfeit of material, as leftovers from a meal or scrap lumber.
:The poor survive on the leavings of the rich and wasteful.