Definition of set

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Set (v. t.) To extend and bring into position; to spread; as, to set the sails of a ship..

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Decompose :: Decompose (v. t.) To separate the constituent parts of; to resolve into original elements; to set free from previously existing forms of chemical combination; to bring to dissolution; to rot or decay.
Coterie :: Coterie (n.) A set or circle of persons who meet familiarly, as for social, literary, or other purposes; a clique..
Unbalanced :: Unbalanced (a.) Not adjusted; not settled; not brought to an equality of debt and credit; as, an unbalanced account; unbalanced books..
Swarm :: Swarm (n.) Especially, a great number of honeybees which emigrate from a hive at once, and seek new lodgings under the direction of a queen; a like body of bees settled permanently in a hive..
Eve :: Eve (n.) The evening before a holiday, -- from the Jewish mode of reckoning the day as beginning at sunset. not at midnight; as, Christians eve is the evening before Christmas; also, the period immediately preceding some important event..
Vesper :: Vesper (n.) The evening star; Hesper; Venus, when seen after sunset; hence, the evening..
Settle :: Settle (n.) 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..
Resolution :: Resolution (n.) The state of being resolved, settled, or determined; firmness; steadiness; constancy; determination..
Settlement :: Settlement (n.) The gradual sinking of a building, whether by the yielding of the ground under the foundation, or by the compression of the joints or the material..
Miscolor :: Miscolor (v. t.) To give a wrong color to; figuratively, to set forth erroneously or unfairly; as, to miscolor facts..
Bezel :: Bezel (n.) The rim which encompasses and fastens a jewel or other object, as the crystal of a watch, in the cavity in which it is set..
Flux :: Flux (n.) The setting in of the tide toward the shore, -- the ebb being called the reflux..
Border :: Border (n.) A boundary; a frontier of a state or of the settled part of a country; a frontier district.
Cantata :: Cantata (n.) A poem set to music; a musical composition comprising choruses, solos, interludes, etc., arranged in a somewhat dramatic manner; originally, a composition for a single noise, consisting of both recitative and melody..
Windlass :: Windlass (n.) A machine for raising weights, consisting of a horizontal cylinder or roller moving on its axis, and turned by a crank, lever, or similar means, so as to wind up a rope or chain attached to the weight. In vessels the windlass is often used instead of the capstan for raising the anchor. It is usually set upon the forecastle, and is worked by hand or steam..
Stated :: Stated (a.) Settled; established; fixed.
Emigrant :: Emigrant (n.) One who emigrates, or quits one country or region to settle in another..
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..
Tear-thumb :: Tear-thumb (n.) A name given to several species of plants of the genus Polygonum, having angular stems beset with minute reflexed prickles..
Busk :: Busk (n.) A thin, elastic strip of metal, whalebone, wood, or other material, worn in the front of a corset..
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