SETTLE, SETTLED
ADJECTIVES
► BESTEAD ► BESTED settled, constituted, arranged → c1300 obs.
► RATIFIED settled, confirmed → 1644
► SITTEN-UP settled in habit, not easily stirred or moved → 1671 obs.
NOUNS
► DEAD-PIG a thing thoroughly settled → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
NOUNS – PERSON
► GALL-BRUSTER a thing or person that settles, a settler → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
VERBS
► CAPTAIN KETTLE to settle (vigorously) → c1899 rhyming sl.
► CAST ANCHOR of a person: to settle down → 1999 (Bk.)
► DEAL THE BANK to settle a dispute; to come to an understanding → 19C Sc.
► FALL to cause to settle or subside → 1789 obs.
► HAVE A CROW TO PLUCK WITH ANYONE to have something disagreeable or awkward to settle with him; to have a matter of dispute, or something requiring explanation, to clear up; to have some fault to find with him → 1500
► HEAF to accustom or reconcile oneself to a place; to settle down, to make oneself at home → 1873 Eng. dial.
► PIN THE BASKET to conclude or settle a matter → a1659 obs.
► RATIFY to clear up; to settle → 1883 Sc.
► SCONCE to settle oneself, to take up one’s position; to ensconce oneself → 1866 Sc.
► TAIL to decide or determine in a specified way; to settle, to arrange, to fix a matter → c1315 obs.
► TAILYE ► TAILZIE to determine, to settle, to appoint, to arrange → 1375 Sc. obs.
► TAKE UP to amicably settle a dispute, quarrel, etc. → 1560 obs.
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