the world > matter > constitution of matter > density or solidity > state of being solid rather than fluid > [noun] > solid matter left after evaporation, etc. (3)
The dregs that remain after a semi-liquid substance has been pressed or evaporated. Obsolete.
Science. That which remains after a process of combustion, evaporation, digestion, etc.; a deposit, a sediment; a waste or residual product; = residue…