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Fettling Fettling Fet"tling, n.
1. (Metal.) A mixture of ore, cinders, etc., used to line the
hearth of a puddling furnace. [Eng.] [It is commonly
called fix in the United States.]
2. (Pottery) The operation of shaving or smoothing the
surface of undried clay ware.
Nettling Nettling Net"tling, n. (Rope Making)
(a) A process (resembling splicing) by which two ropes are
jointed end so as to form one rope.
(b) The process of tying together the ends of yarns in pairs,
to prevent tangling.
Nettling Nettling Net"tling, p. pr. & a.
Stinging; irritating.
Nettling cell (Zo["o]l.), a lasso cell. See under Lasso.
nettling cell Lasso Lass"o (l[a^]s"s[-o]) n.; pl. Lassos (-s[=o]z). [Sp.
lazo, L. laqueus. See Lace.]
A rope or long thong of leather with, a running noose, used
for catching horses, cattle, etc.
Lasso cell (Zo["o]l.), one of a peculiar kind of defensive
and offensive stinging cells, found in great numbers in
all c[oe]lenterates, and in a few animals of other groups.
They are most highly developed in the tentacles of
jellyfishes, hydroids, and Actini[ae]. Each of these cells
is filled with, fluid, and contains a long, slender, often
barbed, hollow thread coiled up within it. When the cell
contracts the thread is quickly ejected, being at the same
time turned inside out. The thread is able to penetrate
the flesh of various small, soft-bodied animals, and
carries a subtle poison by which they are speedily
paralyzed and killed. The threads, at the same time, hold
the prey in position, attached to the tentacles. Some of
the jellyfishes, as the Portuguese man-of-war, and
Cyanea, are able to penetrate the human skin, and
inflict painful stings in the same way. Called also
nettling cell, cnida, cnidocell.
Nettling cell Nettling Net"tling, p. pr. & a.
Stinging; irritating.
Nettling cell (Zo["o]l.), a lasso cell. See under Lasso.
Settling Settle Set"tle, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Settled; p. pr. & vb. n.
Settling.] [OE. setlen, AS. setlan. [root]154. See
Settle, n. In senses 7, 8, and 9 perhaps confused with OE.
sahtlen to reconcile, AS. sahtlian, fr. saht reconciliation,
sacon to contend, dispute. Cf. Sake.]
1. To place in a fixed or permanent condition; to make firm,
steady, or stable; to establish; to fix; esp., to
establish in life; to fix in business, in a home, or the
like.
And he settled his countenance steadfastly upon him,
until he was ashamed. --2 Kings
viii. 11.
(Rev. Ver.)
The father thought the time drew on Of setting in
the world his only son. --Dryden.
2. To establish in the pastoral office; to ordain or install
as pastor or rector of a church, society, or parish; as,
to settle a minister. [U. S.]
3. To cause to be no longer in a disturbed condition; to
render quiet; to still; to calm; to compose.
God settled then the huge whale-bearing lake.
--Chapman.
Hoping that sleep might settle his brains. --Bunyan.
4. To clear of dregs and impurities by causing them to sink;
to render pure or clear; -- said of a liquid; as, to
settle coffee, or the grounds of coffee.
5. To restore or bring to a smooth, dry, or passable
condition; -- said of the ground, of roads, and the like;
as, clear weather settles the roads.
6. To cause to sink; to lower; to depress; hence, also, to
render close or compact; as, to settle the contents of a
barrel or bag by shaking it.
7. To determine, as something which is exposed to doubt or
question; to free from unscertainty or wavering; to make
sure, firm, or constant; to establish; to compose; to
quiet; as, to settle the mind when agitated; to settle
questions of law; to settle the succession to a throne; to
settle an allowance.
It will settle the wavering, and confirm the
doubtful. --Swift.
8. To adjust, as something in discussion; to make up; to
compose; to pacify; as, to settle a quarrel.
9. To adjust, as accounts; to liquidate; to balance; as, to
settle an account.
10. Hence, to pay; as, to settle a bill. [Colloq.] --Abbott.
11. To plant with inhabitants; to colonize; to people; as,
the French first settled Canada; the Puritans settled New
England; Plymouth was settled in 1620.
To settle on or upon, to confer upon by permanent grant;
to assure to. ``I . . . have settled upon him a good
annuity.' --Addison.
To settle the land (Naut.), to cause it to sink, or appear
lower, by receding from it.
Syn: To fix; establish; regulate; arrange; compose; adjust;
determine; decide.
