different between settling vs tofall

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?s?tl???/
• Hyphenation: sett?ling

Verb

settling

1. present participle of settle

Derived terms

• settling basin
• settling tank

Noun

settling (plural settlings)

1. The act of one who, or that which, settles; the act of establishing oneself, of colonizing, subsiding, adjusting, etc.
2. The reckoning or settlement of accounts.
3. (usually in the plural) Dregs; sediment.

Translations

Anagrams

• ettlings, glittens, lettings

English

Alternative forms

• to-fall, two-fall, toofall, tuefall, teefall, toofal

Etymology

From Middle English tofal, equivalent to to- +? fall. Compare Dutch toeval, German Zufall, Danish tilfælde, Swedish tillfälle, Icelandic tilfelli. More at to, fall.

Noun

tofall (plural tofalls)

1. (archaic, poetic) Decline; settling; end; close.

   at to-fall of the day — A. E. Houseman, More Poems, XLIV

2. (archaic, architecture) A shed or building annexed to the wall of a larger one, having its roof formed in a single slope with the top resting against the wall; lean-to.

Anagrams

• fall to

Middle English

Alternative forms

• tofalle, tofal, tufall, tufalle, tufal, tawfall, tawfalle, tawfal

Etymology

From to- +? fall.

Noun

tofall (plural tofalles)

1. (architecture) A small structure, e.g. a shed, that is annexed to the wall of a larger one, having its roof formed in a single slope with the top resting against the wall.
2. (metaphorical) An insignificant or unessential trait.

References

• “tofal(le, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 20 April 2018.