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SETTLING

\sˈɛtlɪŋ], \sˈɛtlɪŋ], \s_ˈɛ_t__l_ɪ_ŋ]\

Definitions of SETTLING

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language

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The act of one who, or that which, settles; the act of establishing one's self, of colonizing, subsiding, adjusting, etc.
That which settles at the bottom of a liquid; lees; dregs; sediment.

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
By Oddity Software

The act of one who, or that which, settles; the act of establishing one's self, of colonizing, subsiding, adjusting, etc.
That which settles at the bottom of a liquid; lees; dregs; sediment.

1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
By Noah Webster.

The act of adjusting; a planting or colonizing; subsidence.

1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
By Nuttall, P.Austin.

The act of making a settlement; a colonising; an adjustment of difference.

1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.

n. Act of making a settlement;- act of subsiding, as lees;-adjustment of differences; -act of liquidating, as accounts and debts; -contraction or hardening, as of building materials; - pi. Lees; dregs; sediment.

1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language

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