Definition of set

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

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Menhir :: Menhir (n.) A large stone set upright in olden times as a memorial or monument. Many, of unknown date, are found in Brittany and throughout Northern Europe..
Appropriation :: Appropriation (n.) The act of setting apart or assigning to a particular use or person, or of taking to one's self, in exclusion of all others; application to a special use or purpose, as of a piece of ground for a park, or of money to carry out some object..
Set :: Set (n.) A piece placed temporarily upon the head of a pile when the latter cannot be reached by the weight, or hammer, except by means of such an intervening piece..
Rosette :: Rosette (n.) An ornament in the form of a rose or roundel, -much used in decoration..
Busk :: Busk (n.) A thin, elastic strip of metal, whalebone, wood, or other material, worn in the front of a corset..
Note :: Note (n.) To set down in musical characters.
Avoset :: Avoset (n.) Same as Avocet.
Plantation :: Plantation (n.) An original settlement in a new country; a colony.
Setout :: Setout (n.) A display, as of plate, equipage, etc.; that which is displayed..
Object :: Object (v. t.) That which is set, or which may be regarded as set, before the mind so as to be apprehended or known; that of which the mind by any of its activities takes cognizance, whether a thing external in space or a conception formed by the mind itself; as, an object of knowledge, wonder, fear, thought, study, etc..
Squabble :: Squabble (v. t.) To disarrange, so that the letters or lines stand awry or are mixed and need careful readjustment; -- said of type that has been set up..
Rist :: Rist () 3d pers. sing. pres. of Rise, contracted from riseth..
After-glow :: After-glow (n.) A glow of refulgence in the western sky after sunset.
Referee :: Referee (n.) One to whom a thing is referred; a person to whom a matter in dispute has been referred, in order that he may settle it..
Fly :: Fly (v. i.) Two or more vanes set on a revolving axis, to act as a fanner, or to equalize or impede the motion of machinery by the resistance of the air, as in the striking part of a clock..
Placer :: Placer (n.) One who places or sets.
Settle :: Settle (v. i.) To adjust differences or accounts; to come to an agreement; as, he has settled with his creditors..
Crank :: Crank (n.) Liable to careen or be overset, as a ship when she is too narrow, or has not sufficient ballast, or is loaded too high, to carry full sail..
Halfcock :: Halfcock (v. t.) To set the cock of (a firearm) at the first notch.
Set :: Set (v. t.) To stake at play; to wager; to risk.
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