settlings

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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

Fix'd in the slime they say: 'Sad once were we In the sweet air made gladsome by the sun, Carrying a foul and lazy mist within: Now in these murky settlings are we sad.'

From The Divine Comedy by Dante, Illustrated, Hell, Volume 04 by Cary, Henry Francis

The settlings are dried and ground and sold as tankage.

From The First Book of Farming by Goodrich, Charles Landon

Then let the liquor run through a bolter, to sever the spice, stopping before any settlings come.

From The Closet of Sir Kenelm Digby Knight Opened by MacDonell, Anne

It is then beaten again, and again allowed to settle, drawing off the clear water; and these alternate beatings, settlings, and drawing off the clear water, are repeated, till nothing remain but a thick substance.

From A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 08 by Kerr, Robert