Definition of set

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Set (v. t.) To fix, as a precious stone, in a border of metal; to place in a setting; hence, to place in or amid something which serves as a setting; as, to set glass in a sash..

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Backset :: Backset (n.) Whatever is thrown back in its course, as water..
Villiform :: Villiform (a.) Having the form or appearance of villi; like close-set fibers, either hard or soft; as, the teeth of perch are villiform..
Set :: Set (a.) Adjusted; arranged; formed; adapted.
Petal :: Petal (n.) One of the expanded ambulacra which form a rosette on the black of certain Echini.
Emancipate :: Emancipate (a.) Set at liberty.
Reckon :: Reckon (v. i.) To come to an accounting; to make up accounts; to settle; to examine and strike the balance of debt and credit; to adjust relations of desert or penalty.
Represent :: Represent (v. t.) To exhibit to another mind in language; to show; to give one's own impressions and judgement of; to bring before the mind; to set forth; sometimes, to give an account of; to describe..
Charge :: Charge (v. t.) The act of rushing upon, or towards, an enemy; a sudden onset or attack, as of troops, esp. cavalry; hence, the signal for attack; as, to sound the charge..
Hippodrome :: Hippodrome (n.) A place set apart for equestrian and chariot races.
Gothic :: Gothic (n.) The language of the Goths; especially, the language of that part of the Visigoths who settled in Moesia in the 4th century. See Goth..
State :: State (v. t.) To express the particulars of; to set down in detail or in gross; to represent fully in words; to narrate; to recite; as, to state the facts of a case, one's opinion, etc..
Latrine :: Latrine (n.) A privy, or water-closet, esp. in a camp, hospital, etc..
Mast :: Mast (n.) A pole, or long, strong, round piece of timber, or spar, set upright in a boat or vessel, to sustain the sails, yards, rigging, etc. A mast may also consist of several pieces of timber united by iron bands, or of a hollow pillar of iron or steel..
Ground :: Ground (v. t.) To found; to fix or set, as on a foundation, reason, or principle; to furnish a ground for; to fix firmly..
Water Butt :: Water butt () A large, open-headed cask, set up on end, to contain water..
Render :: Render (v. t.) To interpret; to set forth, represent, or exhibit; as, an actor renders his part poorly; a singer renders a passage of music with great effect; a painter renders a scene in a felicitous manner..
Administer :: Administer (v. t.) To settle, as the estate of one who dies without a will, or whose will fails of an executor..
Laboring :: Laboring (a.) That labors; performing labor; esp., performing coarse, heavy work, not requiring skill also, set apart for labor; as, laboring days..
Basset :: Basset (v. i.) To inclined upward so as to appear at the surface; to crop out; as, a vein of coal bassets..
Set :: Set (v. i.) To have a certain direction in motion; to flow; to move on; to tend; as, the current sets to the north; the tide sets to the windward..
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