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
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 Yard, Robert Sterling
It is only necessary to peel the potatoes and to grate them up fine into vessels of water, to let them settle, pour off the water, and make the settlings into balls, and dry them.
From One Thousand Secrets of Wise and Rich Men Revealed by Bogardus, C. A.
Take the powder and put it on a test, and add thereto the powder from the settlings from which the aqua forte has been made, and add lead.
From De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 by Agricola, Georgius
When you see it is very clear and settled, lade out the Liquor into another Kiver, carefully, not to raise the settlings from the bottom.
From The Closet of Sir Kenelm Digby Knight Opened by MacDonell, Anne
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