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settlings





NOUN
silt
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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

It is only necessary to peel the potatoes and to grate them up fine into vessels of water, to let them settle, pour off the water, and make the settlings into balls, and dry them.

From One Thousand Secrets of Wise and Rich Men Revealed by C. A. Bogardus

In all settlings the longer time this operation is permitted to continue, the better will the subsequent operations proceed.

From Soap-Making Manual A Practical Handbook on the Raw Materials, Their Manipulation, Analysis and Control in the Modern Soap Plant. by E. G. Thomssen

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 Henry Francis Cary

Strain it through a sieve into a pan; next day pour it from the settlings, and bottle it for use.

From The Lady's Own Cookery Book, and New Dinner-Table Directory; In Which will Be Found a Large Collection of Original Receipts. 3rd ed. by Lady Charlotte Campbell Bury




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