settlings
Britishplural noun
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Bubeyev’s defense claimed that the privacy settlings on his account made the articles he shared available only to him and his 12 friends.
From Washington Times ● May 31, 2016
Let it stand awhile until it has well settled, then pour away the water from it and dry the settlings, which will become a powder like ashes.
From De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 by Georgius Agricola
The clarified butter is to be put aside to be kept, the settlings must be used for common and immediate purposes.
From The Art of Travel Shifts and Contrivances Available in Wild Countries by Sir Francis Galton
We let hit set three or four days den drained de water offn hit an dat left de settlings an de settlings wuz blueing jes like we have dese days.
From Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Arkansas Narratives, Part 6 by Work Projects Administration
Yet sometimes sudden settlings, accompanied by more or less extended earthquakes, must have visibly altered local landscapes.
From The Book of the National Parks by Robert Sterling Yard
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