Definition of set

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Set (v. t.) To put in order in a particular manner; to prepare; as, to set (that is, to hone) a razor; to set a saw..

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Laboring :: Laboring (a.) That labors; performing labor; esp., performing coarse, heavy work, not requiring skill also, set apart for labor; as, laboring days..
Charge :: Charge (v. t.) The act of rushing upon, or towards, an enemy; a sudden onset or attack, as of troops, esp. cavalry; hence, the signal for attack; as, to sound the charge..
Signalman :: Signalman (n.) A man whose business is to manage or display signals; especially, one employed in setting the signals by which railroad trains are run or warned..
Set :: Set (n.) 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..
Set :: Set (v. t.) To put into a desired position or condition; to adjust; to regulate; to adapt.
Devotement :: Devotement (n.) The state of being devoted, or set apart by a vow..
Cock :: Cock (v. t.) To set erect; to turn up.
Mast :: Mast (n.) A pole, or long, strong, round piece of timber, or spar, set upright in a boat or vessel, to sustain the sails, yards, rigging, etc. A mast may also consist of several pieces of timber united by iron bands, or of a hollow pillar of iron or steel..
Osseter :: Osseter (n.) A species of sturgeon.
Pitch :: Pitch (v. t.) To set or fix, as a price or value..
Fire :: Fire (v. t.) To set on fire; to kindle; as, to fire a house or chimney; to fire a pile..
Rowel :: Rowel (n.) A roll of hair, silk, etc., passed through the flesh of horses, answering to a seton in human surgery..
Millet :: Millet (n.) The name of several cereal and forage grasses which bear an abundance of small roundish grains. The common millets of Germany and Southern Europe are Panicum miliaceum, and Setaria Italica..
Cabinet :: Cabinet (n.) A small room, or retired apartment; a closet..
Surrogate :: Surrogate (n.) In some States of the United States, an officer who presides over the probate of wills and testaments and yield the settlement of estates..
Stepmother :: Stepladder (n.) A portable set of steps.
Upsun :: Upsun (n.) The time during which the sun is up, or above the horizon; the time between sunrise and sunset..
Place :: Place (n.) To set; to fix; to repose; as, to place confidence in a friend..
Inset :: Inset (n.) One or more separate leaves inserted in a volume before binding; as: (a) A portion of the printed sheet in certain sizes of books which is cut off before folding, and set into the middle of the folded sheet to complete the succession of paging; -- also called offcut. (b) A page or pages of advertisements inserted..
Quaternary :: Quaternary (a.) Consisting of four; by fours, or in sets of four..
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