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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Alestake :: Alestake (n.) A stake or pole projecting from, or set up before, an alehouse, as a sign; an alepole. At the end was commonly suspended a garland, a bunch of leaves, or a bush..
Stipulation :: Stipulate (v. i.) To make an agreement or covenant with any person or company to do or forbear anything; to bargain; to contract; to settle terms; as, certain princes stipulated to assist each other in resisting the armies of France..
Addorsed :: Addorsed (a.) Set or turned back to back.
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..
Equisetum :: Equisetum (n.) A genus of vascular, cryptogamic, herbaceous plants; -- also called horsetails..
West :: West (v. i.) To pass to the west; to set, as the sun..
Allotment :: Allotment (n.) That which is allotted; a share, part, or portion granted or distributed; that which is assigned by lot, or by the act of God; anything set apart for a special use or to a distinct party..
Upend :: Upend (v. t.) To end up; to set on end, as a cask..
Gnomon :: Gnomon (n.) The style or pin, which by its shadow, shows the hour of the day. It is usually set parallel to the earth's axis..
Bush :: Bush (v. t.) To set bushes for; to support with bushes; as, to bush peas..
Underestimate :: Underestimate (v. t.) To set to/ low a value on; to estimate below the truth.
Erect :: Erect (v. t.) To set up as an assertion or consequence from premises, or the like..
Connate-perfoliate :: Connate-perfoliate (a.) Connate or coalescent at the base so as to produce a broad foliaceous body through the center of which the stem passes; -- applied to leaves, as the leaves of the boneset..
Premise :: Premise (n.) Matters previously stated or set forth; esp., that part in the beginning of a deed, the office of which is to express the grantor and grantee, and the land or thing granted or conveyed, and all that precedes the habendum; the thing demised or granted..
Concert :: Concert (v. t.) To plan together; to settle or adjust by conference, agreement, or consultation..
Interstice :: Interstice (n.) That which intervenes between one thing and another; especially, a space between things closely set, or between the parts which compose a body; a narrow chink; a crack; a crevice; a hole; an interval; as, the interstices of a wall..
Tea-saucer :: Tea-saucer (n.) A small saucer in which a teacup is set.
Audit :: Audit (v. i.) To settle or adjust an account.
After-glow :: After-glow (n.) A glow of refulgence in the western sky after sunset.
Set :: Set (v. i.) To fit or suit one; to sit; as, the coat sets well..
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