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
“We once were sad, In the sweet air, made gladsome by the sun, Now in these murky settlings are we sad.”
From The Stones of Venice, Volume II (of 3), by John Ruskin
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 C. A. Bogardus
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 Eliza Leslie
Put them in a stewpan, and drain the liquor from the settlings.
From The Lady's Own Cookery Book, and New Dinner-Table Directory; In Which will Be Found a Large Collection of Original Receipts. 3rd ed. by Lady Charlotte Campbell Bury
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