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Set :: Set (v. i.) To apply one's self; to undertake earnestly; -- now followed by out.

Poussette :: Poussette (v. i.) To perform a certain movement in a dance.

Heck :: Heck (n.) An apparatus for separating the threads of warps into sets, as they are wound upon the reel from the bobbins, in a warping machine..

Compensation :: Compensation (n.) The extinction of debts of which two persons are reciprocally debtors by the credits of which they are reciprocally creditors; the payment of a debt by a credit of equal amount; a set-off.

Mangonize :: Mangonize (v. t.) To furbish up for sale; to set off to advantage.

Cockade :: Cockade (n.) A badge, usually in the form of a rosette, or knot, and generally worn upon the hat; -- used as an indication of military or naval service, or party allegiance, and in England as a part of the livery to indicate that the wearer is the servant of a military or naval officer..

Pig-eyed :: Pig-eyed (a.) Having small, deep-set eyes..

Sediment :: Sediment (n.) The matter which subsides to the bottom, frrom water or any other liquid; settlings; lees; dregs..

Size :: Size (n.) A settled quantity or allowance. See Assize.

Underset :: Underset (v. t.) To prop or support.

Weighlock :: Weighlock (n.) A lock, as on a canal, in which boats are weighed and their tonnage is settled..

Brush :: Brush (n.) An instrument composed of bristles, or other like material, set in a suitable back or handle, as of wood, bone, or ivory, and used for various purposes, as in removing dust from clothes, laying on colors, etc. Brushes have different shapes and names according to their use; as, clothes brush, paint brush, tooth brush, etc..

Collocate :: Collocate (v. t.) To set or place; to set; to station.

Fur :: Fur (n.) Articles of clothing made of fur; as, a set of furs for a lady (a collar, tippet, or cape, muff, etc.)..

Boltonite :: Boltonite (n.) A granular mineral of a grayish or yellowish color, found in Bolton, Massachusetts. It is a silicate of magnesium, belonging to the chrysolite family..

Halfcock :: Halfcock (v. t.) To set the cock of (a firearm) at the first notch.

Set-fair :: Set-fair (n.) In plastering, a particularly good troweled surface..

Tooth :: Tooth (n.) One of several steps, or offsets, in a tusk. See Tusk..

Decided :: Decided (a.) Free from doubt or wavering; determined; of fixed purpose; fully settled; positive; resolute; as, a decided opinion or purpose..

Goosewinged :: Goosewinged (a.) Said of a fore-and-aft rigged vessel with foresail set on one side and mainsail on the other; wing and wing.

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