residue

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

RES'IDUE, noun [Latin residuus.] 1. That which remains after a part is taken, separated, removed or designated. The locusts shall eat the residue of that which has escaped. Exodus 10:5. The residue of them will I deliver to the sword. Jeremiah 15:9. 2. The balance or remainder of a debt or account.
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