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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Overset :: Overset (v. t.) To fill too full.
Tack :: Tack (v. t.) A contract by which the use of a thing is set, or let, for hire; a lease..
Positive :: Positive (n.) That which settles by absolute appointment.
Thickset :: Thickset (n.) A stout, twilled cotton cloth; a fustian corduroy, or velveteen..
Underturn :: Underturn (v. t.) To turn upside down; to subvert; to upset.
Redress :: Redress (v. t.) To set right, as a wrong; to repair, as an injury; to make amends for; to remedy; to relieve from..
Settlement :: Settlement (n.) The act of setting, or the state of being settled..
Delineate :: Delineate (v. t.) To portray to the mind or understanding by words; to set forth; to describe.
Stool :: Stook (v. t.) To set up, as sheaves of grain, in stooks..
Pitch :: Pitch (v. t.) To set, face, or pave with rubble or undressed stones, as an embankment or a roadway..
Compound :: Compound (v. i.) To effect a composition; to come to terms of agreement; to agree; to settle by a compromise; -- usually followed by with before the person participating, and for before the thing compounded or the consideration..
Aculeate :: Aculeate (a.) Having prickles, or sharp points; beset with prickles..
Cresset :: Cresset (n.) A small furnace or iron cage to hold fire for charring the inside of a cask, and making the staves flexible..
Alepole :: Alepole (n.) A pole set up as the sign of an alehouse.
Declare :: Declare (v. t.) To make declaration of; to assert; to affirm; to set forth; to avow; as, he declares the story to be false..
Indiadem :: Indiadem (v. t.) To place or set in a diadem, as a gem or gems..
Joint-fir :: "Joint-fir (n.) A genus (Ephedra) of leafless shrubs, with the stems conspicuously jointed; -- called also shrubby horsetail. There are about thirty species, of which two or three are found from Texas to California..
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..
Cottaged :: Cottaged (a.) Set or covered with cottages.
Intrusion :: Intrusion (n.) The settlement of a minister over 3 congregation without their consent.
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