Definition of set

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Set (a.) Firm; unchanging; obstinate; as, set opinions or prejudices..

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Enfire :: Enfire (v. t.) To set on fire.
Sahui :: Sahui (n.) A marmoset.
Price :: Price (v. t.) To set a price on; to value. See Prize.
Upcast :: Upcast (n.) An upset, as from a carriage..
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..
Declaim :: Declaim (v. t.) To utter in public; to deliver in a rhetorical or set manner.
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..
Aplacophora :: Aplacophora (n. pl.) A division of Amphineura in which the body is naked or covered with slender spines or setae, but is without shelly plates..
Set :: Set (v. t.) To fix, as a precious stone, in a border of metal; to place in a setting; hence, to place in or amid something which serves as a setting; as, to set glass in a sash..
Catastasis :: Catastasis (n.) That part of a speech, usually the exordium, in which the orator sets forth the subject matter to be discussed..
Posseting :: Posseting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Posse.
Quickset :: Quickset (a.) Made of quickset.
Rubricate :: Rubricate (v. t.) To mark or distinguished with red; to arrange as in a rubric; to establish in a settled and unchangeable form.
Shelving :: Shelving (n.) The act of fitting up shelves; as, the job of shelving a closet..
Stayedly :: Stayed (a.) Staid; fixed; settled; sober; -- now written staid. See Staid.
Pearl :: Pearl (v. t.) To set or adorn with pearls, or with mother-of-pearl. Used also figuratively..
Planisphere :: Planisphere (n.) The representation of the circles of the sphere upon a plane; especially, a representation of the celestial sphere upon a plane with adjustable circles, or other appendages, for showing the position of the heavens, the time of rising and setting of stars, etc., for any given date or hour..
Settler :: Settler (n.) Especially, one who establishes himself in a new region or a colony; a colonist; a planter; as, the first settlers of New England..
Purset :: Purset (n.) A purse or purse net.
Settlement :: Settlement (n.) A colony newly established; a place or region newly settled; as, settlement in the West..
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