Definition of set

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Set (v. t.) To cause to stop or stick; to obstruct; to fasten to a spot; hence, to occasion difficulty to; to embarrass; as, to set a coach in the mud..

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Jackstraw :: "Jackstraw (n.) One of a set of straws of strips of ivory, bone, wood, etc., for playing a child's game, the jackstraws being thrown confusedly together on a table, to be gathered up singly by a hooked instrument, without touching or disturbing the rest of the pile. See Spilikin..
Basseting :: Basseting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Basse.
Rosette :: Rosette (n.) Any structure having a flowerlike form; especially, the group of five broad ambulacra on the upper side of the spatangoid and clypeastroid sea urchins. See Illust. of Spicule, and Sand dollar, under Sand..
Perch :: Perch (v. t.) To place or to set on, or as on, a perch..
Incentive :: Incentive (a.) Serving to kindle or set on fire.
Masseterine :: Masseterine (a.) Masseteric.
Posseted :: Posseted (imp. & p. p.) of Posse.
Muse :: Muse (n.) A gap or hole in a hedge, hence, wall, or the like, through which a wild animal is accustomed to pass; a muset..
Adjust :: Adjust (v. t.) To settle or bring to a satisfactory state, so that parties are agreed in the result; as, to adjust accounts; the differences are adjusted..
Millrynd :: Millrynd (n.) A figure supposed to represent the iron which holds a millstone by being set into its center.
Alepole :: Alepole (n.) A pole set up as the sign of an alehouse.
Setule :: Setule (n.) A setula.
Droll :: Droll (v. t.) To make a jest of; to set in a comical light.
Dash :: Dash (n.) A rapid movement, esp. one of short duration; a quick stroke or blow; a sudden onset or rush; as, a bold dash at the enemy; a dash of rain..
Sett :: Sett (n.) See Set, n., 2 (e) and 3..
Emblem :: Emblem (n.) A picture accompanied with a motto, a set of verse, or the like, intended as a moral lesson or meditation..
Collet :: Collet (n.) The part of a ring containing the bezel in which the stone is set.
Set :: Set (v. t.) To render stiff or solid; especially, to convert into curd; to curdle; as, to set milk for cheese..
Entail :: Entail (n.) To settle or fix inalienably on a person or thing, or on a person and his descendants or a certain line of descendants; -- said especially of an estate; to bestow as an heritage..
Verriculate :: Verriculate (a.) Having thickset tufts of parallel hairs, bristles, or branches..
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