- Sinking ground - Soft, wet ground that one can sink into - Sand easily moved or readily yielding to pressure;
especially, a deep mass of loose or moving sand mixed with water,
sometimes found at the mouth of a river or along some coasts, and very
dangerous, from the difficulty of extricating a person who begins
sinking into it.
- Early colony - Frontier hamlet - Full payment - Lawsuit resolution - The act of setting, or the state of being settled. - Establishment in life, in business, condition, etc.;
ordination or installation as pastor. - The act of peopling, or state of being peopled; act of
planting, as a colony; colonization; occupation by settlers; as, the
settlement of a new country.