settle | A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose

Settle
·noun A seat of any kind. II. Settle ·vi To make a jointure for a wife. III. Settle ·noun Hence, t...

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
to settle
To knock down or stun any one. We settled the cull by a stroke on his nob; we stunned the fellow by ...

Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
to settle
1) To be ordained or installed over a parish, church, or congregation. A. B. was invited to settle i...

Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
settle
Now termed the stern-sheets [derived from the Anglo-Saxon settl, a seat]. ♦ To settle. To lower; a...

The Sailor's Word-Book
Settle, Elkanah
(1648-1724) Poet and dramatist, ed. at Oxf., was the author of a number of turgid dramas, now unrea...

Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
to settle one's hash
To properly punish one. We also say, 'to settle his business;' 'to fix his flint.' Brave Prudhoe tr...

Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.