settlingSET'TLING, ppr. Placing; fixing; establishing; regulating; adjusting; planting or colonizing; subsiding; composing; ordaining or installing; becoming the pastor of a church or parish. SET'TLING, n. 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. |