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Settlement :: Settlement (n.) The gradual sinking of a building, whether by the yielding of the ground under the foundation, or by the compression of the joints or the material..

Candidating :: Candidating (n.) The taking of the position of a candidate; specifically, the preaching of a clergyman with a view to settlement..

Botany Bay :: Botany Bay () A harbor on the east coast of Australia, and an English convict settlement there; -- so called from the number of new plants found on its shore at its discovery by Cook in 1770..

Herrnhuter :: Herrnhuter (n.) One of the Moravians; -- so called from the settlement of Herrnhut (the Lord's watch) made, about 1722, by the Moravians at the invitation of Nicholas Lewis, count of Zinzendorf, upon his estate in the circle of Bautzen..

Problem :: Problem (n.) A question proposed for solution; a matter stated for examination or proof; hence, a matter difficult of solution or settlement; a doubtful case; a question involving doubt..

Colony :: Colony (n.) The district or country colonized; a settlement.

Settlement :: Settlement (n.) A disposition of property for the benefit of some person or persons, usually through the medium of trustees, and for the benefit of a wife, children, or other relatives; jointure granted to a wife, or the act of granting it..

Advancement :: Advancement (v. t.) Settlement on a wife, or jointure..

Accommodation :: Accommodation (n.) An adjustment of differences; state of agreement; reconciliation; settlement.

Resettlement :: Resettlement (n.) Act of settling again, or state of being settled again; as, the resettlement of lees..

Satisfaction :: Satisfaction (n.) Settlement of a claim, due, or demand; payment; indemnification; adequate compensation..

Composition :: Composition (n.) Mutual agreement to terms or conditions for the settlement of a difference or controversy; also, the terms or conditions of settlement; agreement..

Preestablishment :: Preestablishment (n.) Settlement beforehand.

Moot :: Moot (n.) A meeting for discussion and deliberation; esp., a meeting of the people of a village or district, in Anglo-Saxon times, for the discussion and settlement of matters of common interest; -- usually in composition; as, folk-moot..

Adjustment :: Adjustment (n.) Settlement of claims; an equitable arrangement of conflicting claims, as in set-off, contribution, exoneration, subrogation, and marshaling..

Settlement :: Settlement (n.) The act or process of adjusting or determining; composure of doubts or differences; pacification; liquidation of accounts; arrangement; adjustment; as, settlement of a controversy, of accounts, etc..

Settlement :: Settlement (n.) The act of peopling, or state of being peopled; act of planting, as a colony; colonization; occupation by settlers; as, the settlement of a new country..

Backwoodsman :: Backwoodsman (n.) A man living in the forest in or beyond the new settlements, especially on the western frontiers of the older portions of the United States..

Dissettlement :: Dissettlement (n.) The act of unsettling, or the state of being unsettled..

Back :: Back (a.) Being at the back or in the rear; distant; remote; as, the back door; back settlements..

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