Definition of setter

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

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Besetter :: Besetter (n.) One who, or that which, besets..
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..
Printer :: Printer (n.) One who prints; especially, one who prints books, newspapers, engravings, etc., a compositor; a typesetter; a pressman..
Roughsetter :: Roughsetter (n.) A mason who builds rough stonework.
Setting :: Setting (n.) The act of marking the position of game, as a setter does; also, hunting with a setter..
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 (n.) A shallow seggar for porcelain.
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..
Feathered :: Feathered (a.) Having a fringe of feathers, as the legs of certian birds; or of hairs, as the legs of a setter dog..
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.) 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..
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..
Feather :: Feather (n.) The fringe of long hair on the legs of the setter and some other dogs.
Pegroots :: Pegroots (n.) Same as Setterwort.
Flag :: Flag (n.) The bushy tail of a dog, as of a setter..
Resetter :: Resetter (n.) One who resets, or sets again..
Setter :: Setter (n.) An adornment; a decoration; -- with off.
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