\Set"tling\, n.
1. The act of one who, or that which, settles; the act of
   establishing one's self, of colonizing, subsiding,
   adjusting, etc.

2. pl. That which settles at the bottom of a liquid; lees;
   dregs; sediment. --Milton.

{Settling day}, a day for settling accounts, as in the stock
   market.