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Entry 2 senses Webster, 1913

Settling

/sĕt'-əl-ĭng/ · Set·tling · IPA /ˈsɛtl̩ɪŋ/
01 n. The act of one who, or that which, settles; the act of establishing one's self, of colonizing, subsiding, adjusting, etc.
  1. 1.
    The act of one who, or that which, settles; the act of establishing one's self, of colonizing, subsiding, adjusting, etc.
  2. 2.
    That which settles at the bottom of a liquid; lees; dregs; sediment.
Phrases & compounds
Settling day — a day for settling accounts, as in the stock market.