The residue of them will I deliver to the sword.
--Jer. xv. 9.
If church power had then prevailed over its victims,
not a residue of English liberty would have been
saved. --I. Taylor.
2. (Law) That part of a testeator's estate wwhich is not
disposed of in his will by particular and special legacies
and devises, and which remains after payment of debts and
legacies.
3. (Chem.) That which remains of a molecule after the removal
of a portion of its constituents; hence, an atom or group
regarded as a portion of a molecule; -- used as nearly
equivalent to radical, but in a more general sense.