Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Sediment

Sediment , noun

[French sédiment, Latin sedimentum a settling, from sedere to sit, to settle. See Sit.]

1.
The matter which subsides to the bottom, from water or any other liquid; settlings; lees; dregs.
2.
(Geology) The material of which sedimentary rocks are formed.