Definition of set

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Set (n.) Direction or course; as, the set of the wind, or of a current..

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Piping :: Piping (n.) A piece cut off to be set or planted; a cutting; also, propagation by cuttings..
Undertow :: Undertow (n.) The current that sets seaward near the bottom when waves are breaking upon the shore.
Crevet :: Crevet (n.) A crucible or melting pot; a cruset.
Set-off :: Set-off (n.) That which is set off against another thing; an offset.
Copy :: Copy (n.) An individual book, or a single set of books containing the works of an author; as, a copy of the Bible; a copy of the works of Addison..
Invoice :: Invoice (n.) The lot or set of goods as shipped or received; as, the merchant receives a large invoice of goods..
Inset :: Inset (v. t.) To infix.
Ordain :: Ordain (v. t.) To invest with ministerial or sacerdotal functions; to introduce into the office of the Christian ministry, by the laying on of hands, or other forms; to set apart by the ceremony of ordination..
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..
Set :: Set (n.) Collectively, the crop of young oysters in any locality..
Wike :: Wike (n.) A temporary mark or boundary, as a bough of a tree set up in marking out or dividing anything, as tithes, swaths to be mowed in common ground, etc.; -- called also wicker..
Shook :: Shook (n.) A set of boards for a sugar box.
Freedman :: Freedman (n.) A man who has been a slave, and has been set free..
Formula :: Formula (n.) A prescribed or set form; an established rule; a fixed or conventional method in which anything is to be done, arranged, or said..
Quiname :: Quiname (a.) Growing in sets of five; -- said especially of leaves composed of five leaflets set at the end of a common petiole.
Diphyodont :: Diphyodont (n.) An animal having two successive sets of teeth.
Plant :: Plant (n.) To set in the ground for growth, as a young tree, or a vegetable with roots..
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..
Launch :: Launch (v. i.) To send out; to start (one) on a career; to set going; to give a start to (something); to put in operation; as, to launch a son in the world; to launch a business project or enterprise..
Clinch :: Clinch (v. t.) To set closely together; to close tightly; as, to clinch the teeth or the first..
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