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Webster 1913 Edition

Settling

Set′tling

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Noun.
1.
The act of one who, or that which, settles; the act of establishing one’s self, of colonizing, subsiding, adjusting, etc.
2.
pl.
That which settles at the bottom of a liquid; lees; dregs; sediment.
Milton.
Settling day
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a day for settling accounts, as in the stock market.

Webster 1828 Edition

Settling

SET'TLING

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ppr.
Placing; fixing; establishing; regulating; adjusting; planting or colonizing; subsiding; composing; ordaining or installing; becoming the pastor of a church or parish.

SET'TLING

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Noun.
1. The act of making a settlement; a planting or coloninzing.
2. The act of subsiding, as lees.
3. The adjustment of differences.
4. Settlings, plu. lees; dregs; sediment.

Definition 2024

settling

settling

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settling

  1. present participle of settle

Derived terms

  • settling basin
  • settling tank

Noun

settling ‎(plural settlings)

  1. The act of one who, or that which, settles; the act of establishing oneself, of colonizing, subsiding, adjusting, etc.
  2. (chiefly in the plural) Dregs; sediment.

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