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Flux :: Flux (n.) The setting in of the tide toward the shore, -- the ebb being called the reflux..

Besetting :: Besetting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bese.

Drift :: Drift (n.) Course or direction along which anything is driven; setting.

Raising :: Raising (n.) Specifically, the operation or work of setting up the frame of a building; as, to help at a raising..

Faldage :: Faldage (n.) A privilege of setting up, and moving about, folds for sheep, in any fields within manors, in order to manure them; -- often reserved to himself by the lord of the manor..

Close-bodied :: Close-bodied (a.) Fitting the body exactly; setting close, as a garment..

Guide :: Guide (v. t.) A strip or device to direct the compositor's eye to the line of copy he is setting.

Set :: Set (n.) The act of setting, as of the sun or other heavenly body; descent; hence, the close; termination..

Exposition :: Exposition (n.) The act of exposing or laying open; a setting out or displaying to public view.

Sunsetting :: Sunsetting (n.) The descent of the sun below the horizon; also, the time when the sun sets; evening. Also used figuratively..

Appraisement :: Appraisement (n.) The act of setting the value; valuation by an appraiser; estimation of worth.

Bizet :: Bizet (n.) The upper faceted portion of a brilliant-cut diamond, which projects from the setting and occupies the zone between the girdle and the table. See Brilliant, n..

Seposition :: Seposition (n.) The act of setting aside, or of giving up..

Circumpolar :: Circumpolar (a.) About the pole; -- applied to stars that revolve around the pole without setting; as, circumpolar stars..

Entry :: Entry (n.) The act of making or entering a record; a setting down in writing the particulars, as of a transaction; as, an entry of a sale; also, that which is entered; an item..

Occasive :: Occasive (a.) Of or pertaining to the setting sun; falling; descending; western.

Motorial :: Motorial (n.) Causing or setting up motion; pertaining to organs of motion; -- applied especially in physiology to those nerves or nerve fibers which only convey impressions from a nerve center to muscles, thereby causing motion..

Mount :: Mount (v. t.) Hence: To put upon anything that sustains and fits for use, as a gun on a carriage, a map or picture on cloth or paper; to prepare for being worn or otherwise used, as a diamond by setting, or a sword blade by adding the hilt, scabbard, etc..

Upsetting :: Upsetting (a.) Conceited; assuming; as, an upsetting fellow..

Prostitution :: Prostitution (n.) The act of setting one's self to sale, or of devoting to infamous purposes what is in one's power; as, the prostitution of abilities; the prostitution of the press..

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