Definition of setting

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Setting (n.) That in which something, as a gem, is set; as, the gold setting of a jeweled pin..

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Flammation :: Flammation (n.) The act of setting in a flame or blaze.
Settlement :: Settlement (n.) The act of setting, or the state of being settled..
Motorial :: Motorial (n.) Causing or setting up motion; pertaining to organs of motion; -- applied especially in physiology to those nerves or nerve fibers which only convey impressions from a nerve center to muscles, thereby causing motion..
Setting :: 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..
Setting :: Setting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Se.
Besetting :: Besetting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bese.
Dismission :: Dismission (n.) Rejection; a setting aside as trivial, invalid, or unworthy of consideration..
Offsetting :: Offsetting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Offse.
Gavel :: Gavel (n.) A mason's setting maul.
Incendiarism :: Incendiarism (n.) The act or practice of maliciously setting fires; arson.
Circumpolar :: Circumpolar (a.) About the pole; -- applied to stars that revolve around the pole without setting; as, circumpolar stars..
Twilight :: Twilight (n.) The light perceived before the rising, and after the setting, of the sun, or when the sun is less than 18? below the horizon, occasioned by the illumination of the earth's atmosphere by the direct rays of the sun and their reflection on the earth..
Flux :: Flux (n.) The setting in of the tide toward the shore, -- the ebb being called the reflux..
Upset :: Upset (v. t.) To shorten (a tire) in the process of resetting, originally by cutting it and hammering on the ends..
Seguestration :: Seguestration (n.) The act of separating, or setting aside, a thing in controversy from the possession of both the parties that contend for it, to be delivered to the one adjudged entitled to it. It may be voluntary or involuntary..
Dynamization :: Dynamization () The act of setting free the dynamic powers of a medicine, as by shaking the bottle containing it..
Sanctification :: Sanctification (n.) The act of consecrating, or of setting apart for a sacred purpose; consecration..
Sunsetting :: Sunsetting (n.) The descent of the sun below the horizon; also, the time when the sun sets; evening. Also used figuratively..
Close-bodied :: Close-bodied (a.) Fitting the body exactly; setting close, as a garment..
Occasive :: Occasive (a.) Of or pertaining to the setting sun; falling; descending; western.
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