Definition of set

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Set (v. t.) To fix, as a precious stone, in a border of metal; to place in a setting; hence, to place in or amid something which serves as a setting; as, to set glass in a sash..

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Redstart :: Redstart (n.) An American fly-catching warbler (Setophaga ruticilla). The male is black, with large patches of orange-red on the sides, wings, and tail. The female is olive, with yellow patches..
Setter :: Setter (n.) One who hunts victims for sharpers.
Dedication :: Dedication (n.) A devoting or setting aside for any particular purpose; as, a dedication of lands to public use..
Dowset :: Dowset (n.) A dowcet, or deep's testicle..
Loose :: Loose (a.) To untie or unbind; to free from any fastening; to remove the shackles or fastenings of; to set free; to relieve.
Random :: Random (a.) Going at random or by chance; done or made at hazard, or without settled direction, aim, or purpose; hazarded without previous calculation; left to chance; haphazard; as, a random guess..
Falsettos :: Falsettos (pl. ) of Falsett.
Strike :: Strike (v. t.) To thrust in; to cause to enter or penetrate; to set in the earth; as, a tree strikes its roots deep..
Set-off :: Set-off (n.) That which is set off against another thing; an offset.
Counterclaim :: Counterclaim (n.) A claim made by a person as an offset to a claim made on him.
Presentment :: Presentment (n.) Setting forth to view; delineation; appearance; representation; exhibition.
Classify :: Classify (v. t.) To distribute into classes; to arrange according to a system; to arrange in sets according to some method founded on common properties or characters.
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..
Seton :: Seton (n.) 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..
Spall :: Spall (v. i.) To give off spalls, or wedge-shaped chips; -- said of stone, as when badly set, with the weight thrown too much on the outer surface..
Spheric :: Spheric (a.) Of or pertaining to the heavenly orbs, or to the sphere or spheres in which, according to ancient astronomy and astrology, they were set..
Coterie :: Coterie (n.) A set or circle of persons who meet familiarly, as for social, literary, or other purposes; a clique..
Posseted :: Posseted (imp. & p. p.) of Posse.
Unfix :: Unfix (v. t.) To loosen from a fastening; to detach from anything that holds; to unsettle; as, to unfix a bayonet; to unfix the mind or affections..
Homography :: Homography (n.) A relation between two figures, such that to any point of the one corresponds one and but one point in the other, and vise versa. Thus, a tangent line rolling on a circle cuts two fixed tangents of the circle in two sets of points that are homographic..
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