Definition of set

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Set (n.) The act of setting, as of the sun or other heavenly body; descent; hence, the close; termination..

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Ordinary :: Ordinary (n.) That which is so common, or continued, as to be considered a settled establishment or institution..
Corni :: Corni (-n/) di basseto (pl. ) of Corno di bassett.
Settle :: Settle (v. i.) To adjust differences or accounts; to come to an agreement; as, he has settled with his creditors..
Embarrass :: Embarrass (v. t.) To involve in difficulties concerning money matters; to incumber with debt; to beset with urgent claims or demands; -- said of a person or his affairs; as, a man or his business is embarrassed when he can not meet his pecuniary engagements..
Agate :: Agate (adv.) On the way; agoing; as, to be agate; to set the bells agate..
Wadset :: Wadset (n.) A kind of pledge or mortgage.
Posit :: Posit (v. t.) To dispose or set firmly or fixedly; to place or dispose in relation to other objects.
Cachalot :: Cachalot (n.) The sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus). It has in the top of its head a large cavity, containing an oily fluid, which, after death, concretes into a whitish crystalline substance called spermaceti. See Sperm whale..
Cockshy :: Cockshy (n.) A game in which trinkets are set upon sticks, to be thrown at by the players; -- so called from an ancient popular sport which consisted in shying or throwing cudgels at live cocks..
Dowset :: Dowset (n.) A dowcet, or deep's testicle..
Intersperse :: Intersperse (v. t.) To scatter or set here and there among other things; to insert at intervals; as, to intersperse pictures in a book..
Separate :: Separate (v. t.) To set apart; to select from among others, as for a special use or service..
Note :: Note (n.) To set down in musical characters.
Setterwort :: Setterwort (n.) The bear's-foot (Helleborus f/tidus); -- so called because the root was used in settering, or inserting setons into the dewlaps of cattle. Called also pegroots..
Finality :: Finality (n.) The state of being final, finished, or complete; a final or conclusive arrangement; a settlement..
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..
Grin :: Grin (v. i.) To set the teeth together and open the lips, or to open the mouth and withdraw the lips from the teeth, so as to show them, as in laughter, scorn, or pain..
Inhabit :: Inhabit (v. t.) To live or dwell in; to occupy, as a place of settled residence; as, wild beasts inhabit the forest; men inhabit cities and houses..
Claim :: Claim (n.) The thing claimed or demanded; that (as land) to which any one intends to establish a right; as a settler's claim; a miner's claim.
Esteem :: Esteem (v. t.) To set a value on; to appreciate the worth of; to estimate; to value; to reckon.
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