Definition of set

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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..

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Lamprey :: Lamprey (n.) An eel-like marsipobranch of the genus Petromyzon, and allied genera. The lampreys have a round, sucking mouth, without jaws, but set with numerous minute teeth, and one to three larger teeth on the palate (see Illust. of Cyclostomi). There are seven small branchial openings on each side..
Itinerant :: Itinerant (a.) One who travels from place to place, particularly a preacher; one who is unsettled..
Misset :: Misset (v. t.) To set pr place wrongly.
Elect :: Elect (a.) Chosen as the object of mercy or divine favor; set apart to eternal life.
Botany Bay :: Botany Bay () A harbor on the east coast of Australia, and an English convict settlement there; -- so called from the number of new plants found on its shore at its discovery by Cook in 1770..
Reckoning :: Reckoning (n.) Adjustment of claims and accounts; settlement of obligations, liabilities, etc..
Presentable :: Presentable (a.) Capable or admitting of being presented; suitable to be exhibited, represented, or offered; fit to be brought forward or set forth; hence, fitted to be introduced to another, or to go into society; as, ideas that are presentable in simple language; she is not presentable in such a gown..
Paragraph :: Paragraph (n.) Originally, a marginal mark or note, set in the margin to call attention to something in the text, e. g., a change of subject; now, the character /, commonly used in the text as a reference mark to a footnote, or to indicate the place of a division into sections..
Circumpolar :: Circumpolar (a.) About the pole; -- applied to stars that revolve around the pole without setting; as, circumpolar stars..
Set :: Set (v. t.) To adorn with something infixed or affixed; to stud; to variegate with objects placed here and there.
Waylay :: Waylay (v. t.) To lie in wait for; to meet or encounter in the way; especially, to watch for the passing of, with a view to seize, rob, or slay; to beset in ambush..
Wowf :: Wowf (a.) Disordered or unsettled in intellect; deranged.
Nominate :: Nominate (v. t.) To set down in express terms; to state.
Russet :: Russet (n.) A country dress; -- so called because often of a russet color.
Crebrisulcate :: Crebrisulcate (a.) Marked with closely set transverse furrows.
Sockdolager :: Sockdolager (n.) That which finishes or ends a matter; a settler; a poser, as a heavy blow, a conclusive answer, and the like..
Corno Di Bassetto :: Corno di bassetto () A tenor clarinet; -- called also basset horn, and sometimes confounded with the English horn, which is a tenor oboe..
Pot :: Pot (v. t.) To set out or cover in pots; as, potted plants or bulbs..
Self-renunciation :: Self-renunciation (n.) The act of renouncing, or setting aside, one's own wishes, claims, etc.; self-sacrifice..
Church :: Church (n.) A building set apart for Christian worship.
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