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residuous, a. Now rare.|rɪˈzɪdjuːəs| [ad. L. residuus: see next and -ous.] Remaining.
1626Bp. H. King Serm. Deliverance 76 In bedding or garments infected there is Contagio residua, a lurking, residuous contagion. 1677R. Cary Chronol. i. ii. 77 That Difference or Residuous Number is to be sought out in the third Table. a1711Ken Hymnarium Poet. Wks. 1721 II. 12 Devoutly numb'ring my residuous Days, Not by the Minutes, but by Songs of Praise. 1789Keir Dict. Chem. 117/2 The purity of the residuous or burnt air. 1829Landor Imag. Conv., Dante & Beatrice Wks. 1853 II. 154/2 All that is residuous of a wasted world. |