Settling
Pronunciation : Set"tling
Part of Speech : n.
Definition : 1. The act of one who, or that which, settles; the act of establishing one's self, of colonizing, subsiding, adjusting, etc.
2. pl.
Defn: That which settles at the bottom of a liquid; lees; dregs; sediment. Milton. Settling day, a day for settling accounts, as in the stock market.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
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