Vocabulary : Settlement to Seven
Settlement : The act of setting, or the state of being settled. ;; Establishment in life, in business, condition, etc.; ordination or installation as pastor. ;; The act of peopling, or state of being peopled; act of planting, as a colony; colonization; occupation by settlers; as, the settlement of a new country. ;; The act or process of adjusting or determining; composure of doubts or differences; pacification; liquidation of accounts; arrangement; adjustment; as, settlement of a controversy, of accounts, etc. ;; Bestowal, or giving possession, under legal sanction; the act of giving or conferring anything in a formal and permanent manner. ;; A disposition of property for the benefit of some person or persons, usually through the medium of trustees, and for the benefit of a wife, children, or other relatives; jointure granted to a wife, or the act of granting it. ;; That which settles, or is settled, established, or fixed. ;; Matter that subsides; settlings; sediment; lees; dregs. ;; A colony newly established; a place orSettler : One who settles, becomes fixed, established, etc. ;; Especially, one who establishes himself in a new region or a colony; a colonist; a planter; as, the first settlers of New England. ;; That which settles or finishes; hence, a blow, etc., which settles or decides a contest. ;; A vessel, as a tub, in which something, as pulverized ore suspended in a liquid, is allowed to settle.
Settling : of Settle ;; The act of one who, or that which, settles; the act of establishing one's self, of colonizing, subsiding, adjusting, etc. ;; That which settles at the bottom of a liquid; lees; dregs; sediment.
Set-to : A contest in boxing, in an argument, or the like.
Setula : A small, short hair or bristle; a small seta.
