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3. To place plants or shoots in the ground; to plant. "To sow dry, and set wet."

Old Proverb.

4. To be fixed for growth; to strike root; to begin to germinate or form; as, cuttings set well; the fruit has set well ( i. e. , not blasted in the blossom) .

5. To become fixed or rigid; to be fastened.

A gathering and serring of the spirits together to resist, maketh the teeth to set hard one against another. Bacon.

6. To congeal; to concrete; to solidify.

That fluid substance in a few minutes begins to set . Boyle.

7. To have a certain direction in motion; to flow; to move on; to tend; as, the current sets to the north; the tide sets to the windward .

8. To begin to move; to go out or forth; to start; -- now followed by out .

The king is set from London. Shak.

9. To indicate the position of game; -- said of a dog; as, the dog sets well ; also, to hunt game by the aid of a setter.

10. To apply one's self; to undertake earnestly; -- now followed by out .

If he sets industriously and sincerely to perform the commands of Christ, he can have no ground of doubting but it shall prove successful to him. Hammond.

11. To fit or suit one; to sit; as, the coat sets well. [Colloquially used, but improperly, for sit .]

&hand; The use of the verb set for sit in such expressions as, the hen is setting on thirteen eggs; a setting hen, etc., although colloquially common, and sometimes tolerated in serious writing, is not to be approved.

To set about , to commence; to begin. -- To set forward , to move or march; to begin to march; to advance. -- To set forth , to begin a journey. -- To set in . (a) To begin; to enter upon a particular state; as, winter set in early . (b) To settle one's self; to become established . "When the weather was set in to be very bad." Addyson . (c) To flow toward the shore; -- said of the tide. -- To set off . (a) To enter upon a journey; to start . (b) (Typog.) To deface or soil the next sheet; -- said of the ink on a freshly printed sheet, when another sheet comes in contract with it before it has had time to dry. -- To set on ∨ upon . (a) To begin, as a journey or enterprise; to set about.

He that would seriously set upon the search of truth. Locke.

(b) To assault; to make an attack.

Bacon.

Cassio hath here been set on in the dark. Shak.

-- To set out , to begin a journey or course; as, to set out for London, or from London; to set out in business; to set out in life or the world . -- To set to , to apply one's self to. -- To set up . (a) To begin business or a scheme of life; as, to set up in trade; to set up for one's self . (b) To profess openly; to make pretensions .

Those men who set up for mortality without regard to religion, are generally but virtuous in part. Swift.

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Set (?) , a. 1. Fixed in position; immovable; rigid; as, a set line; a set countenance .

2. Firm; unchanging; obstinate; as, set opinions or prejudices .

3. Regular; uniform; formal; as, a set discourse; a set battle . "The set phrase of peace."

Shak.

4. Established; prescribed; as, set forms of prayer .

5. Adjusted; arranged; formed; adapted.

Set hammer . (a) A hammer the head of which is not tightly fastened upon the handle, but may be reversed . Knight . (b) A hammer with a concave face which forms a die for shaping anything, as the end of a bolt, rivet, etc. -- Set line , a line to which a number of baited hooks are attached, and which, supported by floats and properly secured, may be left unguarded during the absence of the fisherman. -- Set nut , a jam nut or lock nut. See under Nut . -- Set screw (Mach.) , a screw, sometimes cupped or printed at one end, and screwed through one part, as of a machine, tightly upon another part, to prevent the one from slipping upon the other. -- Set speech , a speech carefully prepared before it is delivered in public; a formal or methodical speech.

Set <Xpage=1318>

Set , n. 1. The act of setting, as of the sun or other heavenly body; descent; hence, the close; termination. "Locking at the set of day."

Tennyson.

The weary sun hath made a golden set . Shak.

2. That which is set, placed, or fixed. Specifically: -- (a) A young plant for growth; as, a set of white thorn . (b) That which is staked; a wager; a venture; a stake; hence, a game at venture. [Obs. or R.]

We will in France, by God's grace, play a set Shall strike his father's crown into the hazard. Shak.

That was but civil war, an equal set . Dryden.

(c) (Mech.) Permanent change of figure in consequence of excessive strain, as from compression, tension, bending, twisting, etc.; as, the set of a spring.

(d) A kind of punch used for bending, indenting, or giving shape to, metal; as, a saw set .

(e) (Pile Driving) A piece placed temporarily upon the head of a pile when the latter cannot be reached by the weight, or hammer, except by means of such an intervening piece . [Often incorrectly written sett .]

(f) (Carp.) A short steel spike used for driving the head of a nail below the surface .

3. [Perhaps due to confusion with sect , sept .] A number of things of the same kind, ordinarily used or classed together; a collection of articles which naturally complement each other, and usually go together; an assortment; a suit; as, a set of chairs, of china, of surgical or mathematical instruments, of books, etc. [In this sense, sometimes incorrectly written sett .]

4. A number of persons associated by custom, office, common opinion, quality, or the like; a division; a group; a clique. "Others of our set ."

Tennyson.

This falls into different divisions, or sets , of nations connected under particular religions. R. P. Ward.

5. Direction or course; as, the set of the wind, or of a current .

6. In dancing, the number of persons necessary to execute a quadrille; also, the series of figures or movements executed.

7. The deflection of a tooth, or of the teeth, of a saw, which causes the the saw to cut a kerf, or make an opening, wider than the blade.

8. (a) A young oyster when first attached. (b) Collectively, the crop of young oysters in any locality.

9. (Tennis) A series of as many games as may be necessary to enable one side to win six. If at the end of the tenth game the score is a tie, the set is usually called a deuce set , and decided by an application of the rules for playing off deuce in a game. See Deuce .

10. (Type Founding) That dimension of the body of a type called by printers the width .

Dead set . (a) The act of a setter dog when it discovers the game, and remains intently fixed in pointing it out . (b) A fixed or stationary condition arising from obstacle or hindrance; a deadlock; as, to be at a dead set . (c) A concerted scheme to defraud by gaming; a determined onset. -- To make a dead set , to make a determined onset, literally or figuratively.

Syn. -- Collection; series; group. See Pair .

Seta <Xpage=1318>

Se"ta (?) , n. ; pl. Set\'91 . [L. seta , saeta , a bristle.] 1. (Biol.) Any slender, more or less rigid, bristlelike organ or part; as the hairs of a caterpillar, the slender spines of a crustacean, the hairlike processes of a protozoan, the bristles or stiff hairs on the leaves of some plants, or the pedicel of the capsule of a moss.

2. (Zo\'94l.) (a) One of the movable chitinous spines or hooks of an annelid. They usually arise in clusters from muscular capsules, and are used in locomotion and for defense. They are very diverse in form. (b) One of the spinelike feathers at the base of the bill of certain birds.

Setaceous <Xpage=1318>

Se*ta"ceous (?) , a. [L. seta a bristle: cf. F. s\'82tac\'82 .] 1. Set with, or consisting of, bristles; bristly; as, a stiff, setaceous tail .

2. Bristelike in form or texture; as, a setaceous feather; a setaceous leaf.

Setback <Xpage=1318>

Set"back` (?) , n. 1. (Arch.) Offset, n. , 4.

2. A backset; a countercurrent; an eddy. [U. S.]

3. A backset; a check; a repulse; a reverse; a relapse. [Colloq. U.S.]

Setbolt <Xpage=1318>

Set"bolt` (?) , n. (Shipbuilding) 1. An iron pin, or bolt, for fitting planks closely together.

Craig.

2. A bolt used for forcing another bolt out of its hole.

Setdown <Xpage=1318>

Set"down` (?) , n. The humbling of a person by act or words, especially by a retort or a reproof; the retort or the reproof which has such effect.

Setee <Xpage=1318>

Set*ee" (?) , n. (Naut.) See 2d Settee .

Seten <Xpage=1318>

Set"en (?) , obs. imp. pl. of Sit . Sat.

Chaucer.

Setewale <Xpage=1318>

Set"e*wale (?) , n. See Cetewale . [Obs.]

Set-fair <Xpage=1318>

Set"-fair` (?) , n. In plastering, a particularly good troweled surface.

Knight.

Setfoil <Xpage=1318>

Set"foil` (?) , n. See Septfoil .

Sethen <Xpage=1318>

Seth"en (?) , adv. & conj. See Since . [Obs.]

Sethic <Xpage=1318>

Seth"ic (?) , a. See Sothic .

Setiferous <Xpage=1318>

Se*tif"er*ous (?) , a. [L. seta a bristle + -ferous .] Producing, or having one or more, bristles.

Setiform <Xpage=1318>

Se"ti*form (?) , a. [ Seta + -form : cf. F. s\'82tiforme .] Having the form or structure of set\'91.

Setiger <Xpage=1318>

Se"ti*ger (?) , n. [NL. See Setigerous .] (Zo\'94l.) An annelid having set\'91; a ch\'91topod.

Setigerous <Xpage=1318>

Se*tig"er*ous (?) , a. [ Seta + -gerous .] Covered with bristles; having or bearing a seta or set\'91; setiferous; as, setigerous glands; a setigerous segment of an annelid ; specifically (Bot.) , tipped with a bristle.

Setim <Xpage=1318>

Se"tim (?) , n. See Shittim .

Setiparous <Xpage=1318>

Se*tip"a*rous (?) , a. [ Seta + L. papere to produce.] (Zo\'94l.) Producing set\'91; -- said of the organs from which the set\'91 of annelids arise.

Setireme <Xpage=1318>

Se"ti*reme (?) , n. [ Seta + L. remus an oar.] (Zo\'94l.) A swimming leg (of an insect) having a fringe of hairs on the margin.

Setness <Xpage=1318>

Set"ness (?) , n. The quality or state of being set; formality; obstinacy. "The starched setness of a sententious writer."

R. Masters.

Set-off <Xpage=1318>

Set"-off` (?) , n. [ Set + off .] 1. That which is set off against another thing; an offset.

I do not contemplate such a heroine as a set-off to the many sins imputed to me as committed against woman. D. Jerrold.

2. That which is used to improve the appearance of anything; a decoration; an ornament.

3. (Law) A counterclaim; a cross debt or demand; a distinct claim filed or set up by the defendant against the plaintiff's demand.

&hand; Set-off differs from recoupment , as the latter generally grows out of the same matter or contract with the plaintiff's claim, while the former grows out of distinct matter, and does not of itself deny the justice of the plaintiff's demand. Offset is sometimes improperly used for the legal term set-off . See Recoupment .

4. (Arch.) Same as Offset , n. , 4.

5. (Print.) See Offset , 7.

Syn. -- Set-off , Offset . -- Offset originally denoted that which branches off or projects, as a shoot from a tree, but the term has long been used in America in the sense of set-off . This use is beginning to obtain in England; though Macaulay uses set-off , and so, perhaps, do a majority of English writers.

Seton <Xpage=1318>

Se"ton (?) , n. [F. s\'82ton (cf. It. setone ), from L. seta a thick, stiff hair, a bristle.] (Med. & Far.) A few silk threads or horsehairs, or a strip of linen or the like, introduced beneath the skin by a knife or needle, so as to form an issue; also, the issue so formed.

Setose, Setous <Xpage=1318>

Se*tose" (?) , Se"tous (?) , a. [L. setosus , saetosus , from seta , saeta , bristle: cf. F. s\'82teux .] Thickly set with bristles or bristly hairs.

Setout <Xpage=1318>

Set"out` (?) , n. A display, as of plate, equipage, etc.; that which is displayed. [Coloq.]

Dickens.

Set-stitched <Xpage=1318>

Set"-stitched` (?) , a. Stitched according to a formal pattern. "An old set-stiched chair, valanced, and fringed with party-colored worsted bobs."

Sterne.

Sett <Xpage=1318>

Sett (?) , n. See Set , n. , 2 (e) and 3.

Settee <Xpage=1318>

Set*tee" (?) , n. [From Set ; cf. Settle a seat.] A long seat with a back, -- made to accommodate several persons at once.

Settee <Xpage=1318>

Set*tee" , n. [F. sc\'82tie , scitie .] (Naut.) A vessel with a very long, sharp prow, carrying two or three masts with lateen sails, -- used in the Mediterranean. [Written also setee .]

Setter <Xpage=1318>

Set"ter (?) , n. 1. One who, or that which, sets; -- used mostly in composition with a noun, as type setter ; or in combination with an adverb, as a setter on (or inciter), a setter up, a setter forth.

2. (Zo\'94l.) A hunting dog of a special breed originally derived from a cross between the spaniel and the pointer. Modern setters are usually trained to indicate the position of game birds by standing in a fixed position, but originally they indicated it by sitting or crouching.

&hand; There are several distinct varieties of setters; as, the Irish , or red , setter ; the Gordon setter , which is usually red or tan varied with black; and the English setter , which is variously colored, but usually white and tawny red, with or without black.

3. One who hunts victims for sharpers.

Shak.

4. One who adapts words to music in composition.

5. An adornment; a decoration; -- with off . [Obs.]

They come as . . . setters off of thy graces. Whitlock.

6. (Pottery) A shallow seggar for porcelain.

Ure.

Setter <Xpage=1318>

Set"ter , v. t. To cut the dewlap (of a cow or an ox), and to insert a seton, so as to cause an issue. [Prov. Eng.]

Setterwort <Xpage=1318>

Set"ter*wort` (?) , n. (Bot.) The bear's-foot ( Helleborus f&oe;tidus ); -- so called because the root was used in settering , or inserting setons into the dewlaps of cattle. Called also pegroots .

Dr. Prior.

Setting <Xpage=1318>

Set"ting (?) , n. 1. The act of one who, or that which, sets; as, the setting of type, or of gems; the setting of the sun; the setting (hardening) of moist plaster of Paris; the setting (set) of a current.

2. The act of marking the position of game, as a setter does; also, hunting with a setter.

Boyle.

3. Something set in, or inserted.

Thou shalt set in it settings of stones. Ex. xxviii. 17.

4. That in which something, as a gem, is set; as, the gold setting of a jeweled pin .

Setting coat (Arch.) , the finishing or last coat of plastering on walls or ceilings. -- Setting dog , a setter. See Setter , n. , 2. -- Setting pole , a pole, often iron-pointed, used for pushing boats along in shallow water. -- Setting rule . (Print.) A composing rule.

Settle <Xpage=1318>

Set"tle (?) , n. [OE. setel , setil , a seat, AS. setl : akin to OHG. sezzal , G. sessel , Goth. sitls , and E. sit . &root;154. See Sit .] 1. A seat of any kind. [Obs.] "Upon the settle of his majesty"

Hampole.

2. A bench; especially, a bench with a high back.

3. A place made lower than the rest; a wide step or platform lower than some other part.

And from the bottom upon the ground, even to the lower settle , shall be two cubits, and the breadth one cubit. Ezek. xliii. 14.

Settle bed , a bed convertible into a seat. [Eng.]

Settle <Xpage=1318>

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 .