Definition of set

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Set (v. i.) To be fixed for growth; to strike root; to begin to germinate or form; as, cuttings set well; the fruit has set well (i. e., not blasted in the blossom)..

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Shook :: Shook (n.) A set of staves and headings sufficient in number for one hogshead, cask, barrel, or the like, trimmed, and bound together in compact form..
Cunner :: Cunner (n.) A small edible fish of the Atlantic coast (Ctenolabrus adspersus); -- called also chogset, burgall, blue perch, and bait stealer..
Wicket :: Wicket (n.) A small framework at which the ball is bowled. It consists of three rods, or stumps, set vertically in the ground, with one or two short rods, called bails, lying horizontally across the top..
Setter :: Setter (n.) One who hunts victims for sharpers.
Sepose :: Sepose (v. t.) To set apart.
Reed :: Reed (n.) A frame having parallel flat stripe of metal or reed, between which the warp threads pass, set in the swinging lathe or batten of a loom for beating up the weft; a sley. See Batten..
Discompose :: Discompose (v. t.) To disarrange; to interfere with; to disturb; to disorder; to unsettle; to break up.
Spencer :: Spencer (n.) A fore-and-aft sail, abaft the foremast or the mainmast, hoisted upon a small supplementary mast and set with a gaff and no boom; a trysail carried at the foremast or mainmast; -- named after its inventor, Knight Spencer, of England [1802]..
Pan :: Pan (n.) A shallow, open dish or vessel, usually of metal, employed for many domestic uses, as for setting milk for cream, for frying or baking food, etc.; also employed for various uses in manufacturing..
Feuter :: feuter (v. t.) To set close; to fix in rest, as a spear..
Basset :: Basset (n.) The edge of a geological stratum at the surface of the ground; the outcrop.
Premise :: Premise (n.) To set forth beforehand, or as introductory to the main subject; to offer previously, as something to explain or aid in understanding what follows; especially, to lay down premises or first propositions, on which rest the subsequent reasonings..
Presentment :: Presentment (n.) Setting forth to view; delineation; appearance; representation; exhibition.
Emblem :: Emblem (n.) A picture accompanied with a motto, a set of verse, or the like, intended as a moral lesson or meditation..
Overset :: Overset (imp. & p. p.) of Overse.
Dwang :: Dwang (n.) A piece of wood set between two studs, posts, etc., to stiffen and support them..
Squatter :: Squatter (n.) One who squats; specifically, one who settles unlawfully upon land without a title. In the United States and Australia the term is sometimes applied also to a person who settles lawfully upon government land under permission and restrictions, before acquiring title..
Sash :: Sash (n.) The framing in which the panes of glass are set in a glazed window or door, including the narrow bars between the panes..
Jacchus :: "Jacchus (n.) The common marmoset (Hapale vulgaris). Formerly, the name was also applied to other species of the same genus..
Political :: Political (a.) Having, or conforming to, a settled system of administration..
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