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Settlement
n.
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Establishment in life, in business, condition, etc.; ordination or installation as pastor.
Settlement
n.
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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.
Settlement
n.
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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.
Settlement
n.
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Bestowal, or giving possession, under legal sanction; the act of giving or conferring anything in a formal and permanent manner.
Settlement
n.
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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.
Settlement
n.
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That which settles, or is settled, established, or fixed.
Settlement
n.
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Matter that subsides; settlings; sediment; lees; dregs.
Settlement
n.
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A colony newly established; a place or region newly settled; as, settlement in the West.
Settlement
n.
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That which is bestowed formally and permanently; the sum secured to a person; especially, a jointure made to a woman at her marriage; also, in the United States, a sum of money or other property formerly granted to a pastor in additional to his salary.
Settlement
n.
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The gradual sinking of a building, whether by the yielding of the ground under the foundation, or by the compression of the joints or the material.
Settlement
n.
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Fractures or dislocations caused by settlement.
Settlement
n.
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A settled place of abode; residence; a right growing out of residence; legal residence or establishment of a person in a particular parish or town, which entitles him to maintenance if a pauper, and subjects the parish or town to his support.
Settler
n.
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One who settles, becomes fixed, established, etc.
Settler
n.
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Especially, one who establishes himself in a new region or a colony; a colonist; a planter; as, the first settlers of New England.
Settler
n.
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That which settles or finishes; hence, a blow, etc., which settles or decides a contest.
Settler
n.
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A vessel, as a tub, in which something, as pulverized ore suspended in a liquid, is allowed to settle.
Settling
n.
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The act of one who, or that which, settles; the act of establishing one's self, of colonizing, subsiding, adjusting, etc.
Settling
n.
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That which settles at the bottom of a liquid; lees; dregs; sediment.
Set-to
n.
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A contest in boxing, in an argument, or the like.
Setulae
pl.
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of Setula
Setula
n.
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A small, short hair or bristle; a small seta.
Setule
n.
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A setula.
Setulose
a.
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Having small bristles or setae.
Setwall
n.
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A plant formerly valued for its restorative qualities (Valeriana officinalis, or V. Pyrenaica).
Seven
a.
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One more than six; six and one added; as, seven days make one week.
Seven
n.
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The number greater by one than six; seven units or objects.
Seven
n.
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A symbol representing seven units, as 7, or vii.
Sevenfold
a.
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Repeated seven times; having seven thicknesses; increased to seven times the size or amount.
Sevenfold
adv.
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Seven times as much or as often.
Sevennight
n.
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A week; any period of seven consecutive days and nights. See Sennight.