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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..

Setterwort :: Setterwort (n.) The bear's-foot (Helleborus f/tidus); -- so called because the root was used in settering, or inserting setons into the dewlaps of cattle. Called also pegroots..

Resetter :: Resetter (n.) One who resets, or sets again..

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..

Printer :: Printer (n.) One who prints; especially, one who prints books, newspapers, engravings, etc., a compositor; a typesetter; a pressman..

Typesetter :: Typesetter (n.) One who, or that which, sets type; a compositor; a machine for setting type..

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

Setter :: Setter (n.) A shallow seggar for porcelain.

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

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

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

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..

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..

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

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..

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

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

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

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

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