Definition of setting

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Setting (n.) The act of one who, or that which, sets; as, the setting of type, or of gems; the setting of the sun; the setting (hardening) of moist plaster of Paris; the setting (set) of a current..

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Gauge :: Gauge (n.) The quantity of plaster of Paris used with common plaster to accelerate its setting.
Demarcation :: Demarcation (n.) The act of marking, or of ascertaining and setting a limit; separation; distinction..
Upsetting :: Upsetting (a.) Conceited; assuming; as, an upsetting fellow..
Count :: Count (v. t.) A formal statement of the plaintiff's case in court; in a more technical and correct sense, a particular allegation or charge in a declaration or indictment, separately setting forth the cause of action or prosecution..
Reset :: Reset (n.) The act of resetting.
Setting :: Setting (n.) That in which something, as a gem, is set; as, the gold setting of a jeweled pin..
Remove :: Remove (n.) The act of resetting a horse's shoe.
Onset :: Onset (n.) A setting about; a beginning.
Flammation :: Flammation (n.) The act of setting in a flame or blaze.
Sanctification :: Sanctification (n.) The act of consecrating, or of setting apart for a sacred purpose; consecration..
Signalman :: Signalman (n.) A man whose business is to manage or display signals; especially, one employed in setting the signals by which railroad trains are run or warned..
Prostitution :: Prostitution (n.) The act of setting one's self to sale, or of devoting to infamous purposes what is in one's power; as, the prostitution of abilities; the prostitution of the press..
Besetting :: Besetting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bese.
Inserting :: Inserting (n.) A setting in.
Ordination :: Ordination (n.) The act of ordaining, appointing, or setting apart; the state of being ordained, appointed, etc..
Polarization :: Polarization (n.) An effect produced upon the plates of a voltaic battery, or the electrodes in an electrolytic cell, by the deposition upon them of the gases liberated by the action of the current. It is chiefly due to the hydrogen, and results in an increase of the resistance, and the setting up of an opposing electro-motive force, both of which tend materially to weaken the current of the battery, or that passing through the cell..
Raising :: Raising (n.) Specifically, the operation or work of setting up the frame of a building; as, to help at a raising..
Guide :: Guide (v. t.) A strip or device to direct the compositor's eye to the line of copy he is setting.
Entry :: Entry (n.) The actual taking possession of lands or tenements, by entering or setting foot on them..
Presentment :: Presentment (n.) Setting forth to view; delineation; appearance; representation; exhibition.
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