Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun See settle.

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Examples

  • She carefully closed the door on her guests and motioned them to seats by a bright fire of turf, and then setting the lamp on the table, seated herself in a corner of her long-settle and folding her hands in her apron took a long look at her visitors through a pair of unusually large spectacles.

    The Borough Treasurer 1899

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