Definition of set

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Set (n.) Permanent change of figure in consequence of excessive strain, as from compression, tension, bending, twisting, etc.; as, the set of a spring..

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Turnpike :: Turnpike (n.) A gate or bar set across a road to stop carriages, animals, and sometimes people, till toll is paid for keeping the road in repair; a tollgate..
Raise :: Raise (v. t.) To cause to rise up, or assume an erect position or posture; to set up; to make upright; as, to raise a mast or flagstaff..
Valid :: Valid (a.) Having legal strength or force; executed with the proper formalities; incapable of being rightfully overthrown or set aside; as, a valid deed; a valid covenant; a valid instrument of any kind; a valid claim or title; a valid marriage..
Absolve :: Absolve (v. t.) To set free, or release, as from some obligation, debt, or responsibility, or from the consequences of guilt or such ties as it would be sin or guilt to violate; to pronounce free; as, to absolve a subject from his allegiance; to absolve an offender, which amounts to an acquittal and remission of his punishment..
Agoing :: Agoing (adv.) In motion; in the act of going; as, to set a mill agoing..
Russety :: Russety (a.) Of a russet color; russet.
Typesetter :: Typesetter (n.) One who, or that which, sets type; a compositor; a machine for setting type..
Ring :: Ring (n.) A chime, or set of bells harmonically tuned..
Offset :: Offset (n.) An abrupt bend in an object, as a rod, by which one part is turned aside out of line, but nearly parallel, with the rest; the part thus bent aside..
Sheave :: Sheave (v.) A wheel having a groove in the rim for a rope to work in, and set in a block, mast, or the like; the wheel of a pulley..
Light :: Light (n.) To set fire to; to cause to burn; to set burning; to ignite; to kindle; as, to light a candle or lamp; to light the gas; -- sometimes with up..
Quiname :: Quiname (a.) Growing in sets of five; -- said especially of leaves composed of five leaflets set at the end of a common petiole.
Tabling :: Tabling (n.) A forming into tables; a setting down in order.
Fossette :: Fossette (n.) A little hollow; hence, a dimple..
Venditation :: Venditation (n.) The act of setting forth ostentatiously; a boastful display.
Feuter :: feuter (v. t.) To set close; to fix in rest, as a spear..
Setbolt :: Setbolt (n.) An iron pin, or bolt, for fitting planks closely together..
State :: Statary (a.) Fixed; settled.
Indiadem :: Indiadem (v. t.) To place or set in a diadem, as a gem or gems..
Determine :: Determine (v. t.) To bring to a conclusion, as a question or controversy; to settle authoritative or judicial sentence; to decide; as, the court has determined the cause..
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