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Pertaining to a residue; remaining after a part is taken. Residual air (Physiol.), that portion of air contained in the lungs which can not be expelled even by the most violent expiratory effort. It amounts to from 75 to 100 cubic inches. Cf. Supplemental air, under Supplemental. -- Residual error. (Mensuration) See E…

Act of subduing. Bp. Warburton.

A division of that which is individual. An individual can not branch itself into subindividuals. Milton.

Indivisible. [Obs.] True courage and courtesy are undividual companions. Fuller.

Of or pertaining to the state of a widow; widowed. [R.] Jer. Taylor.

Of or pertaining to a widow; vidual. [Obs.] Bale.

To consume gradually; to waste away. [Obs.] Boyle.

Gradually accelerating the movement.

lastema, or fission of cells, in which the new formation is in all respect like the individual from which it proceeds.

rally, gain of land by the washing up of sand or sail from the sea or a river, or by a gradual recession of the water from the usual watermark.

Of or pertaining to the Acrita. -- n. An individual of the Acrita.

The upper surface of the toes, individually.

good to man it will be found, if she must, at all adventures, be fastened upon him individually. Milton.

t in order to the mayor and having a legislative function. They may, in some cases, individually exercise some magisterial and administrative functions.

i. e., burst in two, or asunder. -- All along. See under Along. -- All and some, individually and collectively, one and all. [Obs.] "Displeased all and some." Fairfax. -- All but. (a) Scarcely; not even. [Obs.] Shak. (b) Almost; nearly. "The fine arts were all but proscribed." Macaulay. -- All hollow, entirely, co…

To distribute, or parcel out in parts or portions; or to distribute to each individual concerned; to assign as a share or lot; to set apart as one's share; to bestow on; to grant; to appoint; as, let every man be contented with that which Providence allots him. Ten years I will allot to the attainment of knowledge. Joh…

An accession of land gradually washed to the shore or bank by the flowing of water. See Accretion.

Altering; gradually changing. Bacon.

Gradually changing, or tending to change, a morbid state of the functions into one of health. Burton.

Friendship, in a general sense, between individuals, societies, or nations; friendly relations; good understanding; as, a treaty of amity and commerce; the amity of the Whigs and Tories. To live on terms of amity with vice. Cowper.