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

“We once were sad, In the sweet air, made gladsome by the sun, Now in these murky settlings are we sad.”

From The Stones of Venice, Volume II (of 3), by Ruskin, John

Let it stand awhile until it has well settled, then pour away the water from it and dry the settlings, which will become a powder like ashes.

From De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 by Agricola, Georgius

After it hath cooled, lade the clean from the settlement, so that it may not trouble it, and run up the clear thus severed from the settlings.

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

Then you drank the bright effervescence in your glass of soda-water, and now you must swallow the cold, flat settlings, or not get your money's worth.

From Words of Cheer for the Tempted, the Toiling, and the Sorrowing by Arthur, T. S. (Timothy Shay)