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Set :: Set (v. i.) To indicate the position of game; -- said of a dog; as, the dog sets well; also, to hunt game by the aid of a setter..

Flag :: Flag (n.) The bushy tail of a dog, as of a setter..

Setter :: Setter (n.) An adornment; a decoration; -- with off.

Plumbism :: Plumbism (n.) A diseased condition, produced by the absorption of lead, common among workers in this metal or in its compounds, as among painters, typesetters, etc. It is characterized by various symptoms, as lead colic, lead line, and wrist drop. See under Colic, Lead, and Wrist..

Setter :: Setter (v. t.) To cut the dewlap (of a cow or an ox), and to insert a seton, so as to cause an issue..

Feathered :: Feathered (a.) Having a fringe of feathers, as the legs of certian birds; or of hairs, as the legs of a setter dog..

Setting :: Setting (n.) The act of marking the position of game, as a setter does; also, hunting with a setter..

Feather :: Feather (n.) The fringe of long hair on the legs of the setter and some other dogs.

Roughsetter :: Roughsetter (n.) A mason who builds rough stonework.

Setter :: Setter (n.) A hunting dog of a special breed originally derived from a cross between the spaniel and the pointer. Modern setters are usually trained to indicate the position of game birds by standing in a fixed position, but originally they indicated it by sitting or crouching..

Undersetter :: Undersetter (n.) One who, or that which, undersets or supports; a prop; a support; a pedestal..

Setter :: Setter (n.) One who, or that which, sets; -- used mostly in composition with a noun, as typesetter; or in combination with an adverb, as a setter on (or inciter), a setter up, a setter forth..

Setter :: Setter (n.) One who adapts words to music in composition.

Resetter :: Resetter (n.) One who receives or conceals, as stolen goods or criminal..

Dropper :: Dropper (n.) A dog which suddenly drops upon the ground when it sights game, -- formerly a common, and still an occasional, habit of the setter..

Bonesetter :: Bonesetter (n.) One who sets broken or dislocated bones; -- commonly applied to one, not a regular surgeon, who makes an occupation of setting bones..

Wadsetter :: Wadsetter (n.) One who holds by a wadset.

Besetter :: Besetter (n.) One who, or that which, besets..

Pegroots :: Pegroots (n.) Same as Setterwort.

Setter :: Setter (n.) One who hunts victims for sharpers.

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