settlingn.

/ˈsɛtlɪŋ/

Etymology: -ing suffix¹.

The action of settle v.Old English setlung = a sitting down, also the setting of the sun. The latter sense is recorded by Ash (1775) and Todd (1818) for settling, but this is probably an error for setting.

a. The action of fixing, establishing, arranging permanently, adjusting, deciding, etc.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > settlement of dispute, arbitration > [noun]

daying1447

arbitrage1480

dayment1519

umpirage1519

arbitry1535

awardshipc1547

arbitrament1549

settling1553

umpireship1565

arbitrating1648

daysmanship1649

arbitrationa1661

settlement1777

umpirism1792

adjudicature1859

the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > absence of doubt, confidence > assured fact, certainty > making certain, assurance > [noun] > fixing, establishing

settling1553

pitching1599

1553 T. Wilson Arte Rhetorique (1560) 3 The setling or ordering of things inuented for this purpose, called in Latin Dispositio.

a1569 A. Kingsmill Conf. containing Conflict with Satan Pref. sig. A vv in Most Excellent & Comfortable Treat. (1577) This I say must be a setlinge vnto thee, if thou hast tasted how good and gracious God is.

1619 W. Sclater Expos. 1 Thess. 173 To Gods children let it be a settling of their Faith, that it neuer wauer.

1629 Reg. Privy Council Scott. 2nd Ser. III. 21 To gif thair advise anent the satling of the disordouris of the Middle shyris.

a1642 J. Suckling Lett. Divers Eminent Personages 62 in Fragmenta Aurea (1646) Since the setling of your Family would certainly much conduce to the setling of your mind.

1662 E. Stillingfleet Origines Sacræ ii. ix. §2. 261 The miracles done at the setling of their Law.

1669 R. Montagu in Buccleuch MSS (Hist. MSS Comm.) (1899) I. 465 This thing will be an absolute settling of my fortune, which..is in no good condition.

1747 in Colonial Rec. Pennsylvania (1851) V. 141 Has desir'd me to take upon myself the settling of the Terms for paying the Men off.

1817 W. Selwyn Abridgem. Law Nisi Prius (ed. 4) II. 917 The adjustment of a loss is the settling and ascertaining the amount of the indemnity.

1909 H. M. Gwatkin Early Church Hist. I. vi. 112 We get a general impression of apostolic superintendence..and of settling of churches.

†b. The state of being settled, a settlement; a station. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > place > position or situation > [noun] > where one takes up a position, residence, etc.

space?a1400

standa1400

stance1532

settling1582

station1587

consistory1592

roosting place1643

pitch1699

standing place1736

terrain1832

the world > time > change > absence of change, changelessness > stability, fixity > [noun]

stablenessa1300

tack1412

steadfastnessc1450

surenessc1450

stability1470

radicationa1500

constance1509

steadiness1530

certitudea1533

firmance1533

staidness1556

establishment1561

settledness1571

settling1582

state1597

groundedness1601

inviscerationa1631

setness1642

unmalleableness1644

fixedness1647

poise1649

inveteracy1716

well-foundedness1735

fixity1791

unmalleability1828

deep-rootedness1860

instatement1877

steady state1885

hard and fastness1897

1582 N. Lichefield tr. F. L. de Castanheda 1st Bk. Hist. Discouerie E. Indias i. lxvii. 137 Those that went in the vangard, as soone as they came to their setling [orig. chegando à estancia], did giue fire to theyr ordinance.

1641 J. Milton Reason Church-govt. 26 Those Epistles of Peter and Iohn, which are likely to be latest written, when the Church grew to a setling.

2. The action of planting a country with colonists, or of establishing a colony. †Also the result of this, a settlement.

ΘΚΠ

society > inhabiting and dwelling > furnishing with inhabitants > colonizing > [noun]

planting1584

plantation1587

settling1609

colonizinga1626

situationa1657

seating1700

colonization1747

settlement1827

pioneering1851

1609 Salisbury in Buccleuch MSS (Hist. MSS Comm.) (1899) I. 83 An enterprise of plantation in the Indies, where..the King of England..might have a settling as well as the King of Spain.

a1680 S. Butler Genuine Remains (1759) I. 2 To search the Moon by her own Light;..And make the proper'st Observations, For settling of new Plantations.

1707 J. Archdale (title) A new description of..Carolina: with a brief account of its discovery and settling, and the government thereof to this time.

1797 Encycl. Brit. V. 149/1 That the settling of colonies would have been a cheaper and better method of bridling modern countries, than building fortresses in them.

1877 Encycl. Brit. VI. 159/2 The ultimate constitution of a colony depends but little on the manner in which the territory for settling was originally acquired.

a. The adjusting or liquidating of accounts; also settling up.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > payment > payment of debt > [noun]

satisfaction1398

acquittance?a1400

amortizement1439

financec1460

discharge1534

clearing1579

settlement1729

discharging1735

settling1761

liquidation1786

extinguishment1796

amortization1810

service1817

amortizing1840

extinction1845

clearance1858

pay-off1864

admortization1903

1761 T. Mortimer Every Man his own Broker (1762) ii. 28 The four principal times, for which contracts or bargains are made,..are called in 'Change Alley, the Rescounter settlings.

1761 T. Mortimer Every Man his own Broker (1762) ii. 82 Against the day of settling he has made out, what he calls his list.

1893 R. S. Surtees Soapey Sponge's Sporting Tour (rev. ed.) lxxii. 377 After a great event—a Derby, Oaks, or Leger..the newspapers generally devote a neat paragraph or two to what is called ‘the settling’.

1893 Baily's Mag. Oct. 275/2 A backer, who..refused to face an adverse settling, and quietly skedaddled.

figurative.1910 Blackwood's Mag. Feb. 183/1 After dinner there would be a settling up with the two rebels.

b. settling day n. a day appointed for settling accounts; spec. the fortnightly pay-day on the Stock Exchange. settling room n. a room (esp. at the Stock Exchange) in which accounts are settled.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > particular time > [noun] > an appointed or fixed time, day, or date > for something spec.

payday1529

settling day1806

cocktail hour1893

happy hour1914

airdate1950

Holy Hour1953

society > trade and finance > stocks and shares > [noun] > stock exchange accounting period > settlement > settlement day

calends1644

settling day1806

account day1815

accounting day1832

payday1858

settlement day1896

society > trade and finance > stocks and shares > [noun] > stock exchange > parts of

trading pit1878

call room1882

trading floor1882

trading post1890

settling room1902

1806 J. Beresford Miseries Human Life I. xii. 312 Attending at the Stock-exchange on settling-day.

1822 W. Scott Fortunes of Nigel II. x. 240 The score of pieces that must be made up at settling-day.

1859 ‘The Druid’ Silk & Scarlet iii. 97 In the yard of Tattersall's, on Priam's settling day.

1902 Westm. Gaz. 20 Mar. 9/1 The Settling-room underneath the House [Stock Exchange].

1912 Q. Rev. July 92 The stream of unauthorised and settling-room clerks goes downstairs into the basement in order to check the bargains which have been done.

4. (Cf. settle v. 21c) to get a settling (Scottish): ‘to be frightened into quietness’ (Burns Gloss. 1785).

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > fear > physical symptoms of fear > exhibit physical symptoms [verb (intransitive)] > be frightened into quietness

to get a settling1786

1786 R. Burns Poems & Songs (1968) I. 161 But Och! that night, amang the shaws, She gat a fearfu' settlin!

a. The action of coming to rest, taking up a fixed or permanent position, becoming quiet or composed, etc. Also settling down.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > absence of movement > [noun] > state of cessation of movement > coming to rest

settling1608

lodgement1739

the world > action or operation > inaction > quietness or tranquillity > [noun] > becoming quiet or tranquil

settling1608

subsidence1675

society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > action or fact of marrying > [noun] > settling (down) in marriage

settlement1861

settling down1911

1608 W. Shakespeare King Lear xxi. 80 The great rage you see is cured in him,..trouble him no more till further setling .

1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 106. ¶6 At his first settling with me.

1744 M. Bishop Life Matthew Bishop viii. 111 I hope you have no Thoughts of going again to Sea, as I have waited so many Years in Expectation of your settling, when you came home.

1796 F. Burney Camilla I. ii. xii. 344 Dr. Marchmont..had been introduced to Sir Hugh upon the baronet's settling in the large mansion-house of that village.

1911 G. B. Shaw Getting Married Pref. in Doctor's Dilemma 118 The process of settling down would go on until they settled into their graves.

b. settling in, the action of establishing one's residence in a new place or of becoming accustomed to new surroundings. Chiefly attributive, as settling-in allowance, settling grant.

ΘΚΠ

society > inhabiting and dwelling > [noun] > establishing residence

settlementa1684

domiciliation1816

domestication1866

land settlement1924

settling in1955

1955 Times 16 July 2/4 Generous settling-in allowance during first month, and housing assistance can be afforded to selected applicants.

1965 Wireless World Aug. 120 (advt.) Free air travel will be provided for a successful applicant..and a ‘settling in’ allowance will also be paid on arrival in Salisbury.

1973 Soviet Weekly 17 Feb. 11/3 Some redundant teachers were willing to be sent to localities where there was a shortage of teachers. They were given settling in grants totalling two or three months average earnings, plus a quarter of that sum for each member of their family.

1974 Economist 31 Aug. 83/1 (advt.) A settling-in allowance of up to £400 is payable in approved circumstances and assistance with housing for a short time is a possibility.

c. Special combinations: settling time n. the time taken for a measuring or control instrument to get within a certain distance of a new equilibrium value without subsequently deviating from it by that amount.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > physics > mechanics > dynamics > statics > [noun] > equal balance of opposing forces > return towards equilibrium > time taken

relaxation time1830

settling time1951

1951 Chestnut & Mayer Servomechanisms & Regulating System Design I. xiv. 410 (heading) Settling time t_s to reach 5 per cent of final value.

1974 J. W. Brewer Control Systems x. 285 Rise time is a measure of the speed of response, and the ratio of settling time to rise time is a measure of damping.

a. The action of sinking down, subsiding, forming a deposit or sediment, etc.; also, the result of this.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > downward motion > [noun] > sinking down

settlingc1440

sinking1440

declining1601

subsiding1607

subsidency1650

sedation1661

sinking-in1678

subsidence1754

sinkage1783

settlement1793

c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 440/2 Saggynge, or satlynge, bassacio.

1540 R. Jonas tr. E. Roesslin Byrth of Mankynde i. vii. 32 After the delyueraunce happeneth to women other the feuer or ague,..or els commotion or settelynge out of order of the..matrice.

1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. xxxi. iii. 408 [These plants] come up..in some low grounds where there is a settling or stay of raine water fallen from higher places.

1650 T. Fuller Pisgah-sight of Palestine iv. iv. 70 Purple being severall sanguine colours, differing onely in degrees, and the severall setlings thereof.

1655 T. Moffett & C. Bennet Healths Improvem. xxxi. 294 For as too long sitting..hindereth the full descent of meat to the depth of our stomachs; so too speedy rising causeth an overhasty setling.

1663 B. Gerbier Counsel to Builders 26 The unequall setling of the Work.

1700 Moxon's Mech. Exercises: Bricklayers-wks. 22 Which occasions Cracks and Settlings in the Walls.

1742 Defoe's Tour Great Brit. (ed. 3) I. 174 The Shifting of the Beach without, and Settling of the Sullage within.

1880 Standard 10 Dec. The ground..immediately over a disused rock salt~mine, began to show signs of ‘settling’.

1881 19th Cent. 247 I have known a settling down of strata crumple up 14 feet of solid masonry, as though it were paper.

attributive.1783 J. Wedgwood in Philos. Trans. 1782 (Royal Soc.) 72 320 After complete vitrification, the heat is abated for some hours to 28 or 29°, which is called the settling heat.1845 Encycl. Metrop. VIII. 422/2 The strong liquor is drawn off into settling cisterns.1857 W. A. Miller Elements Chem. III. 667 The solution is allowed to run into a deep vessel or settling back.1867 J. A. Phillips Mining & Metall. Gold & Silver ix. 183 When settling pits are used for the purpose of collecting the tailings for subsequent treatment, it is necessary that at least two of them should be provided, so that whilst one is being filled the other may be cleaned up.1868 Times 4 Aug. 4/3 A complete churning and intimate union are effected by the sewage passing through a number of small apertures into cells, in each of which revolves a stirrer, and thence out of the cells into two very spacious settling tanks.1884 Encycl. Brit. XVII. 506/1 As these..naturally act as settling-ponds they get rapidly silted up.1894 G. E. Waring Mod. Methods Sewage Disposal xvii. 234 The flocculent matter passing the screen clogged the 4-inch absorption-tiles after a time. This was obviated by constructing a settling-chamber.1899 Rep. Dept. Mines on Goldfields N.Z. 1898–99 45 The crushed ore passes over amalgamated copper-plates, 12 ft. long, into four sets of spitzlutten or settling-boxes.1908 Chambers's Jrnl. Nov. 828/1 This sludge is the heavier particles contained in the water..which collects in the settling-tanks.1915 G. B. Kershaw Sewage Purification & Disposal iv. 117 In most settling towers the bottom of the tank is formed in the shape of a cone, the sludge drain being placed at the apex.1928 W. A. Mitchell Civil Engin. v. 572 The term settling basin is ordinarily applied to a reservoir which contains from one to four days' supply of water.1940 Imhoff & Fair Sewage Treatm. iv. 72 In these tanks, the lower story serves as a sludge chamber and the upper one as a settling chamber.1941 C. A. Ward Those Raw Materials vi. 272 The separation of sludge [from oil] may take place in settling tanks or may be brought about by centrifugal means.1955 Linsley & Franzini Elements Hydraulic Engin. x. 249 Settling basins..just below the point of diversion so that sediment can be collected and sluiced back into the river.1964 Grouts & Drilling Muds in Engin. Pract. 29/2 Retention [of the mud] in settling pits should be not less than 12 min.1978 Sci. Amer. July 99/1 Conventional sewage treatment employs a combination of large settling tanks, bacterial cultures and sludge-thickening devices to decontaminate waste water and to concentrate the solid residue.

b. concrete. Sediment, lees, dregs. Chiefly plural.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > constitution of matter > density or solidity > state of being solid rather than fluid > [noun] > solid matter which falls to bottom of liquid

drega1300

groundsa1340

upon the lee1390

foundersc1450

residence1539

sediment1547

resident1558

precipitate1594

settling1594

precipitation1605

crassament1615

subsistence1622

subsidence1646

sedimen1655

crassamentum1657

deposit1781

sludge1839

ppt1864

1594 H. Plat Diuers Chimicall Concl. Distillation 23 in Jewell House The residence or setling, which you find in the bottom therof.

1637 J. Milton Comus 28 Yet 'tis but the lees And setlings of a melancholy blood.

1646 P. Bulkley Gospel-covenant i. 180 The Lord formed man..out of the earth, the dregs and setlings of all creatures.

1747 H. Glasse Art of Cookery vi. 65 Fill these Cups with the Jelly, which you must take clear from the Settling at the Bottom.

1747 H. Glasse Art of Cookery vi. 65 Take the fine Jelly clear from the Settlings at Bottom.

1832 G. R. Porter Treat. Manuf. Porcelain & Glass ix. 240 A layer of the finer settlings of the enamel is to be spread..over the convex side.

1895 Daily News 11 May 7/7 The stuff [illicit spirit] was made..from sugar and wine settlings.

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单词	settling
释义	settlingn. /ˈsɛtlɪŋ/ Etymology: -ing suffix¹. The action of settle v.Old English setlung = a sitting down, also the setting of the sun. The latter sense is recorded by Ash (1775) and Todd (1818) for settling, but this is probably an error for setting. 1. a. The action of fixing, establishing, arranging permanently, adjusting, deciding, etc. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > settlement of dispute, arbitration > [noun] daying1447 arbitrage1480 dayment1519 umpirage1519 arbitry1535 awardshipc1547 arbitrament1549 settling1553 umpireship1565 arbitrating1648 daysmanship1649 arbitrationa1661 settlement1777 umpirism1792 adjudicature1859 the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > absence of doubt, confidence > assured fact, certainty > making certain, assurance > [noun] > fixing, establishing settling1553 pitching1599 1553 T. Wilson Arte Rhetorique (1560) 3 The setling or ordering of things inuented for this purpose, called in Latin Dispositio. a1569 A. Kingsmill Conf. containing Conflict with Satan Pref. sig. A vv in Most Excellent & Comfortable Treat. (1577) This I say must be a setlinge vnto thee, if thou hast tasted how good and gracious God is. 1619 W. Sclater Expos. 1 Thess. 173 To Gods children let it be a settling of their Faith, that it neuer wauer. 1629 Reg. Privy Council Scott. 2nd Ser. III. 21 To gif thair advise anent the satling of the disordouris of the Middle shyris. a1642 J. Suckling Lett. Divers Eminent Personages 62 in Fragmenta Aurea (1646) Since the setling of your Family would certainly much conduce to the setling of your mind. 1662 E. Stillingfleet Origines Sacræ ii. ix. §2. 261 The miracles done at the setling of their Law. 1669 R. Montagu in Buccleuch MSS (Hist. MSS Comm.) (1899) I. 465 This thing will be an absolute settling of my fortune, which..is in no good condition. 1747 in Colonial Rec. Pennsylvania (1851) V. 141 Has desir'd me to take upon myself the settling of the Terms for paying the Men off. 1817 W. Selwyn Abridgem. Law Nisi Prius (ed. 4) II. 917 The adjustment of a loss is the settling and ascertaining the amount of the indemnity. 1909 H. M. Gwatkin Early Church Hist. I. vi. 112 We get a general impression of apostolic superintendence..and of settling of churches. †b. The state of being settled, a settlement; a station. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > space > place > position or situation > [noun] > where one takes up a position, residence, etc. space?a1400 standa1400 stance1532 settling1582 station1587 consistory1592 roosting place1643 pitch1699 standing place1736 terrain1832 the world > time > change > absence of change, changelessness > stability, fixity > [noun] stablenessa1300 tack1412 steadfastnessc1450 surenessc1450 stability1470 radicationa1500 constance1509 steadiness1530 certitudea1533 firmance1533 staidness1556 establishment1561 settledness1571 settling1582 state1597 groundedness1601 inviscerationa1631 setness1642 unmalleableness1644 fixedness1647 poise1649 inveteracy1716 well-foundedness1735 fixity1791 unmalleability1828 deep-rootedness1860 instatement1877 steady state1885 hard and fastness1897 1582 N. Lichefield tr. F. L. de Castanheda 1st Bk. Hist. Discouerie E. Indias i. lxvii. 137 Those that went in the vangard, as soone as they came to their setling [orig. chegando à estancia], did giue fire to theyr ordinance. 1641 J. Milton Reason Church-govt. 26 Those Epistles of Peter and Iohn, which are likely to be latest written, when the Church grew to a setling. 2. The action of planting a country with colonists, or of establishing a colony. †Also the result of this, a settlement. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > furnishing with inhabitants > colonizing > [noun] planting1584 plantation1587 settling1609 colonizinga1626 situationa1657 seating1700 colonization1747 settlement1827 pioneering1851 1609 Salisbury in Buccleuch MSS (Hist. MSS Comm.) (1899) I. 83 An enterprise of plantation in the Indies, where..the King of England..might have a settling as well as the King of Spain. a1680 S. Butler Genuine Remains (1759) I. 2 To search the Moon by her own Light;..And make the proper'st Observations, For settling of new Plantations. 1707 J. Archdale (title) A new description of..Carolina: with a brief account of its discovery and settling, and the government thereof to this time. 1797 Encycl. Brit. V. 149/1 That the settling of colonies would have been a cheaper and better method of bridling modern countries, than building fortresses in them. 1877 Encycl. Brit. VI. 159/2 The ultimate constitution of a colony depends but little on the manner in which the territory for settling was originally acquired. 3. a. The adjusting or liquidating of accounts; also settling up. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > payment > payment of debt > [noun] satisfaction1398 acquittance?a1400 amortizement1439 financec1460 discharge1534 clearing1579 settlement1729 discharging1735 settling1761 liquidation1786 extinguishment1796 amortization1810 service1817 amortizing1840 extinction1845 clearance1858 pay-off1864 admortization1903 1761 T. Mortimer Every Man his own Broker (1762) ii. 28 The four principal times, for which contracts or bargains are made,..are called in 'Change Alley, the Rescounter settlings. 1761 T. Mortimer Every Man his own Broker (1762) ii. 82 Against the day of settling he has made out, what he calls his list. 1893 R. S. Surtees Soapey Sponge's Sporting Tour (rev. ed.) lxxii. 377 After a great event—a Derby, Oaks, or Leger..the newspapers generally devote a neat paragraph or two to what is called ‘the settling’. 1893 Baily's Mag. Oct. 275/2 A backer, who..refused to face an adverse settling, and quietly skedaddled. figurative.1910 Blackwood's Mag. Feb. 183/1 After dinner there would be a settling up with the two rebels. b. settling day n. a day appointed for settling accounts; spec. the fortnightly pay-day on the Stock Exchange. settling room n. a room (esp. at the Stock Exchange) in which accounts are settled. ΘΚΠ the world > time > particular time > [noun] > an appointed or fixed time, day, or date > for something spec. payday1529 settling day1806 cocktail hour1893 happy hour1914 airdate1950 Holy Hour1953 society > trade and finance > stocks and shares > [noun] > stock exchange accounting period > settlement > settlement day calends1644 settling day1806 account day1815 accounting day1832 payday1858 settlement day1896 society > trade and finance > stocks and shares > [noun] > stock exchange > parts of trading pit1878 call room1882 trading floor1882 trading post1890 settling room1902 1806 J. Beresford Miseries Human Life I. xii. 312 Attending at the Stock-exchange on settling-day. 1822 W. Scott Fortunes of Nigel II. x. 240 The score of pieces that must be made up at settling-day. 1859 ‘The Druid’ Silk & Scarlet iii. 97 In the yard of Tattersall's, on Priam's settling day. 1902 Westm. Gaz. 20 Mar. 9/1 The Settling-room underneath the House [Stock Exchange]. 1912 Q. Rev. July 92 The stream of unauthorised and settling-room clerks goes downstairs into the basement in order to check the bargains which have been done. 4. (Cf. settle v. 21c) to get a settling (Scottish): ‘to be frightened into quietness’ (Burns Gloss. 1785). ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > fear > physical symptoms of fear > exhibit physical symptoms [verb (intransitive)] > be frightened into quietness to get a settling1786 1786 R. Burns Poems & Songs (1968) I. 161 But Och! that night, amang the shaws, She gat a fearfu' settlin! 5. a. The action of coming to rest, taking up a fixed or permanent position, becoming quiet or composed, etc. Also settling down. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > absence of movement > [noun] > state of cessation of movement > coming to rest settling1608 lodgement1739 the world > action or operation > inaction > quietness or tranquillity > [noun] > becoming quiet or tranquil settling1608 subsidence1675 society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > action or fact of marrying > [noun] > settling (down) in marriage settlement1861 settling down1911 1608 W. Shakespeare King Lear xxi. 80 The great rage you see is cured in him,..trouble him no more till further setling . View more context for this quotation 1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 106. ¶6 At his first settling with me. 1744 M. Bishop Life Matthew Bishop viii. 111 I hope you have no Thoughts of going again to Sea, as I have waited so many Years in Expectation of your settling, when you came home. 1796 F. Burney Camilla I. ii. xii. 344 Dr. Marchmont..had been introduced to Sir Hugh upon the baronet's settling in the large mansion-house of that village. 1911 G. B. Shaw Getting Married Pref. in Doctor's Dilemma 118 The process of settling down would go on until they settled into their graves. b. settling in, the action of establishing one's residence in a new place or of becoming accustomed to new surroundings. Chiefly attributive, as settling-in allowance, settling grant. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > [noun] > establishing residence settlementa1684 domiciliation1816 domestication1866 land settlement1924 settling in1955 1955 Times 16 July 2/4 Generous settling-in allowance during first month, and housing assistance can be afforded to selected applicants. 1965 Wireless World Aug. 120 (advt.) Free air travel will be provided for a successful applicant..and a ‘settling in’ allowance will also be paid on arrival in Salisbury. 1973 Soviet Weekly 17 Feb. 11/3 Some redundant teachers were willing to be sent to localities where there was a shortage of teachers. They were given settling in grants totalling two or three months average earnings, plus a quarter of that sum for each member of their family. 1974 Economist 31 Aug. 83/1 (advt.) A settling-in allowance of up to £400 is payable in approved circumstances and assistance with housing for a short time is a possibility. c. Special combinations: settling time n. the time taken for a measuring or control instrument to get within a certain distance of a new equilibrium value without subsequently deviating from it by that amount. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > physics > mechanics > dynamics > statics > [noun] > equal balance of opposing forces > return towards equilibrium > time taken relaxation time1830 settling time1951 1951 Chestnut & Mayer Servomechanisms & Regulating System Design I. xiv. 410 (heading) Settling time t_s to reach 5 per cent of final value. 1974 J. W. Brewer Control Systems x. 285 Rise time is a measure of the speed of response, and the ratio of settling time to rise time is a measure of damping. 6. a. The action of sinking down, subsiding, forming a deposit or sediment, etc.; also, the result of this. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > downward motion > [noun] > sinking down settlingc1440 sinking1440 declining1601 subsiding1607 subsidency1650 sedation1661 sinking-in1678 subsidence1754 sinkage1783 settlement1793 c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 440/2 Saggynge, or satlynge, bassacio. 1540 R. Jonas tr. E. Roesslin Byrth of Mankynde i. vii. 32 After the delyueraunce happeneth to women other the feuer or ague,..or els commotion or settelynge out of order of the..matrice. 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. xxxi. iii. 408 [These plants] come up..in some low grounds where there is a settling or stay of raine water fallen from higher places. 1650 T. Fuller Pisgah-sight of Palestine iv. iv. 70 Purple being severall sanguine colours, differing onely in degrees, and the severall setlings thereof. 1655 T. Moffett & C. Bennet Healths Improvem. xxxi. 294 For as too long sitting..hindereth the full descent of meat to the depth of our stomachs; so too speedy rising causeth an overhasty setling. 1663 B. Gerbier Counsel to Builders 26 The unequall setling of the Work. 1700 Moxon's Mech. Exercises: Bricklayers-wks. 22 Which occasions Cracks and Settlings in the Walls. 1742 Defoe's Tour Great Brit. (ed. 3) I. 174 The Shifting of the Beach without, and Settling of the Sullage within. 1880 Standard 10 Dec. The ground..immediately over a disused rock salt~mine, began to show signs of ‘settling’. 1881 19th Cent. 247 I have known a settling down of strata crumple up 14 feet of solid masonry, as though it were paper. attributive.1783 J. Wedgwood in Philos. Trans. 1782 (Royal Soc.) 72 320 After complete vitrification, the heat is abated for some hours to 28 or 29°, which is called the settling heat.1845 Encycl. Metrop. VIII. 422/2 The strong liquor is drawn off into settling cisterns.1857 W. A. Miller Elements Chem. III. 667 The solution is allowed to run into a deep vessel or settling back.1867 J. A. Phillips Mining & Metall. Gold & Silver ix. 183 When settling pits are used for the purpose of collecting the tailings for subsequent treatment, it is necessary that at least two of them should be provided, so that whilst one is being filled the other may be cleaned up.1868 Times 4 Aug. 4/3 A complete churning and intimate union are effected by the sewage passing through a number of small apertures into cells, in each of which revolves a stirrer, and thence out of the cells into two very spacious settling tanks.1884 Encycl. Brit. XVII. 506/1 As these..naturally act as settling-ponds they get rapidly silted up.1894 G. E. Waring Mod. Methods Sewage Disposal xvii. 234 The flocculent matter passing the screen clogged the 4-inch absorption-tiles after a time. This was obviated by constructing a settling-chamber.1899 Rep. Dept. Mines on Goldfields N.Z. 1898–99 45 The crushed ore passes over amalgamated copper-plates, 12 ft. long, into four sets of spitzlutten or settling-boxes.1908 Chambers's Jrnl. Nov. 828/1 This sludge is the heavier particles contained in the water..which collects in the settling-tanks.1915 G. B. Kershaw Sewage Purification & Disposal iv. 117 In most settling towers the bottom of the tank is formed in the shape of a cone, the sludge drain being placed at the apex.1928 W. A. Mitchell Civil Engin. v. 572 The term settling basin is ordinarily applied to a reservoir which contains from one to four days' supply of water.1940 Imhoff & Fair Sewage Treatm. iv. 72 In these tanks, the lower story serves as a sludge chamber and the upper one as a settling chamber.1941 C. A. Ward Those Raw Materials vi. 272 The separation of sludge [from oil] may take place in settling tanks or may be brought about by centrifugal means.1955 Linsley & Franzini Elements Hydraulic Engin. x. 249 Settling basins..just below the point of diversion so that sediment can be collected and sluiced back into the river.1964 Grouts & Drilling Muds in Engin. Pract. 29/2 Retention [of the mud] in settling pits should be not less than 12 min.1978 Sci. Amer. July 99/1 Conventional sewage treatment employs a combination of large settling tanks, bacterial cultures and sludge-thickening devices to decontaminate waste water and to concentrate the solid residue. b. concrete. Sediment, lees, dregs. Chiefly plural. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > constitution of matter > density or solidity > state of being solid rather than fluid > [noun] > solid matter which falls to bottom of liquid drega1300 groundsa1340 upon the lee1390 foundersc1450 residence1539 sediment1547 resident1558 precipitate1594 settling1594 precipitation1605 crassament1615 subsistence1622 subsidence1646 sedimen1655 crassamentum1657 deposit1781 sludge1839 ppt1864 1594 H. Plat Diuers Chimicall Concl. Distillation 23 in Jewell House The residence or setling, which you find in the bottom therof. 1637 J. Milton Comus 28 Yet 'tis but the lees And setlings of a melancholy blood. 1646 P. Bulkley Gospel-covenant i. 180 The Lord formed man..out of the earth, the dregs and setlings of all creatures. 1747 H. Glasse Art of Cookery vi. 65 Fill these Cups with the Jelly, which you must take clear from the Settling at the Bottom. 1747 H. Glasse Art of Cookery vi. 65 Take the fine Jelly clear from the Settlings at Bottom. 1832 G. R. Porter Treat. Manuf. Porcelain & Glass ix. 240 A layer of the finer settlings of the enamel is to be spread..over the convex side. 1895 Daily News 11 May 7/7 The stuff [illicit spirit] was made..from sugar and wine settlings. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online December 2021). settlingadj. /ˈsɛtlɪŋ/ Etymology: < settle v. + -ing suffix². That settles (in the senses of the verb). ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > [adjective] > establishing residence settling?1611 the world > movement > absence of movement > [adjective] > coming to rest settling?1611 the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > settlement of dispute, arbitration > [adjective] discussive1604 arbitral1609 settling1850 ?1611 G. Chapman tr. Homer Iliads ii. 82 [As bees] So from the ships,..The rabble..Hurried together;..earth did grone Beneath the setling multitude. 1681 J. Dryden Spanish Fryar iii. ii. 36 You call it Settling of a man; just as when a fellow has got a sound Knock upon the head, they say he's settled: Marriage is a Settling blow indeed. 1762 J. Macpherson Conlath & Cuthona in Fingal 123 Go: view the settling sea: the stormy wind is laid. 1844 E. B. Barrett Drama of Exile 1701 in Poems I The settling hush A bird makes in her nest with feet and wings. 1850 J. H. Newman Let. 11 Oct. in ‘J. Oldcastle’ (W. Meynell) Newman (1885) 27 I have just received Maskell's able and settling pamphlet. 1902 M. Barnes-Grundy Thames Camp xii. 256 ‘Of course you refused him’, I said, in my most settling manner. 1908 Westm. Gaz. 1 Aug. 7/1 The wild little black [horse]..stood trembling and snorting in the settling dust. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online December 2018). < n.c1440adj.?1611
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