2. A bench; especially, a bench with a high back.
3. A place made lower than the rest; a wide step or platform
lower than some other part.
And from the bottom upon the ground, even to the
lower settle, shall be two cubits, and the breadth
one cubit. --Ezek. xliii.
14.
{Settle bed}, a bed convertible into a seat. [Eng.]
And he settled his countenance steadfastly upon him,
until he was ashamed. --2 Kings
viii. 11.
(Rev. Ver.)
The father thought the time drew on Of setting in
the world his only son. --Dryden.
2. To establish in the pastoral office; to ordain or install
as pastor or rector of a church, society, or parish; as,
to settle a minister. [U. S.]
3. To cause to be no longer in a disturbed condition; to
render quiet; to still; to calm; to compose.
God settled then the huge whale-bearing lake.
--Chapman.
Hoping that sleep might settle his brains. --Bunyan.
4. To clear of dregs and impurities by causing them to sink;
to render pure or clear; -- said of a liquid; as, to
settle coffee, or the grounds of coffee.
5. To restore or bring to a smooth, dry, or passable
condition; -- said of the ground, of roads, and the like;
as, clear weather settles the roads.
6. To cause to sink; to lower; to depress; hence, also, to
render close or compact; as, to settle the contents of a
barrel or bag by shaking it.
7. To determine, as something which is exposed to doubt or
question; to free from unscertainty or wavering; to make
sure, firm, or constant; to establish; to compose; to
quiet; as, to settle the mind when agitated; to settle
questions of law; to settle the succession to a throne; to
settle an allowance.
It will settle the wavering, and confirm the
doubtful. --Swift.
8. To adjust, as something in discussion; to make up; to
compose; to pacify; as, to settle a quarrel.
9. To adjust, as accounts; to liquidate; to balance; as, to
settle an account.
10. Hence, to pay; as, to settle a bill. [Colloq.] --Abbott.
11. To plant with inhabitants; to colonize; to people; as,
the French first settled Canada; the Puritans settled New
England; Plymouth was settled in 1620.
{To settle on} or {upon}, to confer upon by permanent grant;
to assure to. ``I . . . have settled upon him a good
annuity.'' --Addison.
{To settle the land} (Naut.), to cause it to sink, or appear
lower, by receding from it.
Syn: To fix; establish; regulate; arrange; compose; adjust;
determine; decide.
The wind came about and settled in the west.
--Bacon.
Chyle . . . runs through all the intermediate colors
until it settles in an intense red. --Arbuthnot.
2. To fix one's residence; to establish a dwelling place or
home; as, the Saxons who settled in Britain.
3. To enter into the married state, or the state of a
householder.
As people marry now and settle. --Prior.
4. To be established in an employment or profession; as, to
settle in the practice of law.
5. To become firm, dry, and hard, as the ground after the
effects of rain or frost have disappeared; as, the roads
settled late in the spring.
6. To become clear after being turbid or obscure; to clarify
by depositing matter held in suspension; as, the weather
settled; wine settles by standing.
A government, on such occasions, is always thick
before it settles. --Addison.
7. To sink to the bottom; to fall to the bottom, as dregs of
a liquid, or the sediment of a reserveir.
8. To sink gradually to a lower level; to subside, as the
foundation of a house, etc.
9. To become calm; to cease from agitation.
Till the fury of his highness settle, Come not
before him. --Shak.
10. To adjust differences or accounts; to come to an
agreement; as, he has settled with his creditors.
11. To make a jointure for a wife.
He sighs with most success that settles well.
--Garth.