Set"tling (?), n.
1.
The act of one who, or that which, settles; the act of establishing one's self, of colonizing, subsiding, adjusting, etc.
2. pl.
That which settles at the bottom of a liquid; lees; dregs; sediment.
Milton.
Settling day, a day for settling accounts, as in the stock market.
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