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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..

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..

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

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..

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..

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

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

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..

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

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

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

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

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..

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

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

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

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

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

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