'Settling day' definitions:

Definition of 'Settling day'

From: GCIDE
  • Settling \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. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. pl. That which settles at the bottom of a liquid; lees; dregs; sediment. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
  • Settling day, a day for settling accounts, as in the stock market. [1913 Webster]