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Definition of setter

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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..

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

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..

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

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

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

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

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..

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..

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

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..

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.) A shallow seggar for porcelain.

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

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

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

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

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

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..

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

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..