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Definition of Settlings
1. Noun. Sediment that has settled at the bottom of a liquid.
Language type: Plural, Plural Form
Specialized synonyms: Grounds
Generic synonyms: Deposit, Sediment
Derivative terms: Settle, Settle
Definition of Settlings
1. Noun. (plural of settling) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Settlings
1. settling [n] - See also: settling
Lexicographical Neighbors of Settlings
Literary usage of Settlings
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Ore Dressing by Robert Hallowell Richards (1903)
"<) Settlings from settling tank, (v) Carpet table tailings, (te) Slime table
middlings. (/•) Canvas table heads, (y) Tailings of finest jig. ..."
2. Ore Dressing by Robert Hallowell Richards (1903)
"(«) Spigot of No. ä hydraulic classifier, (t) Settlings from settling tank, (v)
screens wea: More or less. j the size of particles will increase slightly. ..."
3. A List of Words and Phrases in Every-day Use by the Natives of Hetton-le by Francis Milnes Temple Palgrave (1896)
"Settlings. Sediment. Shades [shae'udz]. Window-curtains (always). "Shades cleaned
at is. gd. the pair," painted on a laundry-cart in Sunderland. ..."
4. Tin: Describing the Chief Methods of Mining, Dressing, & Smelting it Abroad by Arthur George Charleton (1884)
"In this way four classes of settlings are obtained : the * I understand that
since I visited these works in 1879, the number of stamps has be'en increased ..."
5. A Dictionary of English Synonymes and Synonymous Or Parallel Expressions by Richard Soule, George Holmes Howison (1891)
"Iff, «. Leeward, lee-side, side sheltered from the wind. Leer, vn Look askance (in
contempt}. Lees* я. /Л Dregs, sediment, settlings, ..."
6. College Entrance Requirements in English, 1901-1905 (for Study and Practice). (1895)
"This is mere moral babble, and direct Against the canon laws of our foundation.2 I
must not suffer this; yet 'tis but the lees And settlings of a melancholy ..."
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