Definition of set

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Set (v. i.) To have a certain direction in motion; to flow; to move on; to tend; as, the current sets to the north; the tide sets to the windward..

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Almanac :: Almanac (n.) A book or table, containing a calendar of days, and months, to which astronomical data and various statistics are often added, such as the times of the rising and setting of the sun and moon, eclipses, hours of full tide, stated festivals of churches, terms of courts, etc..
Crippling :: Crippling (n.) Spars or timbers set up as a support against the side of a building.
Stated :: Stated (a.) Settled; established; fixed.
Pitch :: Pitch (v. t.) To set, face, or pave with rubble or undressed stones, as an embankment or a roadway..
Chartism :: Chartism (n.) The principles of a political party in England (1838-48), which contended for universal suffrage, the vote by ballot, annual parliaments, equal electoral districts, and other radical reforms, as set forth in a document called the People's Charter..
Colony :: Colony (n.) The district or country colonized; a settlement.
Moonfish :: Moonfish (n.) An American marine fish (Vomer setipennis); -- called also bluntnosed shiner, horsefish, and sunfish..
Resetter :: Resetter (n.) One who receives or conceals, as stolen goods or criminal..
Septemberer :: Septemberer (n.) A Setembrist.
Unshackle :: Unshackle (v. t.) To loose from shackles or bonds; to set free from restraint; to unfetter.
Imputation :: Imputation () A setting of something to the account of; the attribution of personal guilt or personal righteousness of another; as, the imputation of the sin of Adam, or the righteousness of Christ..
Adnation :: Adnation (n.) The adhesion or cohesion of different floral verticils or sets of organs.
Redan :: Redan (n.) A step or vertical offset in a wall on uneven ground, to keep the parts level..
Inconclusive :: Inconclusive (a.) Not conclusive; leading to no conclusion; not closing or settling a point in debate, or a doubtful question; as, evidence is inconclusive when it does not exhibit the truth of a disputed case in such a manner as to satisfy the mind, and put an end to debate or doubt..
Seal :: Seal (v. t.) To set or affix a seal to; hence, to authenticate; to confirm; to ratify; to establish; as, to seal a deed..
Offset :: Offset (v. i.) To make an offset.
Squat :: Squat (v. t.) To settle on another's land without title; also, to settle on common or public lands..
Set :: Set (v. t.) To compose; to arrange in words, lines, etc.; as, to set type; to set a page..
Basseting :: Basseting (n.) The upward direction of a vein in a mine; the emergence of a stratum at the surface.
Droll :: Droll (v. t.) To make a jest of; to set in a comical light.
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