settlings
Britishplural noun
Example Sentences
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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
In all settlings the longer time this operation is permitted to continue, the better will the subsequent operations proceed.
From Soap-Making Manual A Practical Handbook on the Raw Materials, Their Manipulation, Analysis and Control in the Modern Soap Plant. by Thomssen, E. G.
The urine was dark and slimy, reddish, slightly acid, and had at the bottom of the bottle brick-dust settlings.
From New, Old, and Forgotten Remedies: Papers by Many Writers by Anshutz, Edward Pollock
In the morning pour off the liquid quickly and carefully from the lees or settlings, strain it and put it into small bottles, dipping the corks in melted rosin.
From Directions for Cookery, in its Various Branches by Leslie, Eliza
Vice does admirable work in skimming away the supernatant scum and in drawing off the dregs and settlings.
From The Economic Functions of Vice by McElroy, John
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