tailings

noun

1. 1.The act of following someone.
2. 2.The part of a projecting stone or brick inserted in a wall.
3. 3.Sexual intercourse
4. 4.The lighter parts of grain separated from the seed by threshing and winnowing; chaff.
5. 5.A prolongation of current in a telegraph line, due to capacity in the line and causing signals to run together.