See Also: burrow(medicine)
burrow(1)(dictionary)
burrow(2)(dictionary)
burrow(3)(dictionary)
burrow(4)(dictionary)
burrow 1, verb(dictionary)
burrow 2, noun(dictionary)

residue (iou) and burrow(2) (iou)


residue (iou)



residue noun. LME.
[Old & mod. French residu from Latin RESIDUUM.]
The remainder, the rest; that which is left. LME.
B. Unsworth His lips had stiffened with some residue of the old pain. M. Wesley The dandelion root..snapped, leaving a residue of root in the soil.
b. Sociology. Any of the fundamental impulses which motivate human conduct, and which are not the product of rational deliberation. M20.
Law. That which remains of an estate after the payment of all charges, debts, and bequests. LME.
Chemistry etc. A substance left after combustion, evaporation, etc.; a deposit, a sediment; a waste product. LME.
T. Thomson The liquid being..evaporated to dryness, left a residue.
Math. A remainder. Now spec. a remainder left when an integer is divided by a given number; a number congruent to a given number modulo a third number; cf. CONGRUENT 2b, MODULUS 3. M19.
Biochemistry & Chemistry. A radical; a molecule (esp. an amino acid, sugar, etc.) incorporated without major alteration in a larger one. M19.
R. F. Chapman The common disaccharides..all contain a glucose residue.
Phrases & comb.: quadratic residue, cubic residue, biquadratic residue, etc., a remainder left when a given number is divided into the square, cube, fourth power, etc., of some integer. residue class a class of integers congruent to one another modulo a given number (e.g. 2, 5, 8, 11, etc., are members of a residue class modulo 3).

burrow(2) (iou)



burrow noun2. ME.
[Var. of BOROUGH.]
I. See also BERRY noun3.
A hole or excavation in earth made by a rabbit, a fox, etc., as a place of shelter. ME.
village burrow: see VILLAGE 3.
transf. & fig. Any secluded or small dwelling-place or retreat. M17.
II.
In pl. exc. attrib. Boroughs, towns; burgesses collectively. Scot. arch. LME.
III.
= BROCH 2. L15-M17.
Comb.: burrow-duck dial. the shelduck; burrows-town Scot. arch. = BOROUGH-town.