Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Something remaining after removal of a part; a residue.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In geology, the insoluble remainder left behind during processes of rock-weathering by the removal of the soluble portion.
- noun That which is left after any process; that which remains; a residue.
- noun Specifically, in late, that part of an estate which is left after the payment of charges, debts, and particular bequests; more strictly, the part so left which is effectively disposed of by a residuary clause.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun That which is left after any process of separation or purification; that which remains after certain specified deductions are made; residue.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The solid material remaining after the liquid in which it was dissolved has been evaporated; a
residue .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun something left after other parts have been taken away
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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In 4e, all you need to do is to remove the residuum from the belly, which you may or may not have removed already (I have).
Mike Mearls Strangles Realism In D&D Like It’s An Unruly Hooker « Geek Related
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The residuum is worth the market value of the item (not one-fifth the value).
Mike Mearls Strangles Realism In D&D Like It’s An Unruly Hooker « Geek Related
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Until those appear, in essance, residuum is just a special kind of very light gold pieces you can exchange for magical effects away from a store.
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Also, for some rituals (magic item creation I assume) you have to use residuum, which is the magic dust you get from disenchanting other magic items.
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As a consequence, the universal epoché does not serve to establish what it was solely designed to show, namely the residuum thesis.
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It has been said, and it is often repeated, that if you strip a Spaniard of his virtues, the residuum will be a Portuguese.
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England wanted the Philippines, he would think it what he would term a residuum of normalcy to give them away.
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In North Africa the residuum was a remarkable propensity to visions, holy dreams, and the like.
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But with a sense of more human dutifulness, Perry recalled his residuum of perception.
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Spiritualising will turn out to be very like evaporating, the residuum will be a miserably unsatisfactory something, near akin to nothing, and certainly incapable either of firing its disciples with a desire to spread their faith, if we may call it so by courtesy, or of drawing men to itself.
milosrdenstvi commented on the word residuum
Ah! Take of these elements all that is fusible,
Melt them all down in a pipkin or crucible,
Set them to simmer, and take off the scum,
And a Heavy Dragoon is the residuum!
-- W.S. Gilbert, Patience
August 21, 2008
super-logos commented on the word residuum
Milo, you are a scholar indeed! I appreciate your energy.
August 21, 2008
bilby commented on the word residuum
Lees, molly?
September 1, 2008
mollusque commented on the word residuum
Thanks, bilby. I have it under residua.
September 2, 2008