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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Religious :: Religious (a.) Of or pertaining to religion; concerned with religion; teaching, or setting forth, religion; set apart to religion; as, a religious society; a religious sect; a religious place; religious subjects, books, teachers, houses, wars..
Besetment :: Besetment (n.) The act of besetting, or the state of being beset; also, that which besets one, as a sin..
Quarrel :: Quarrel (n.) A square of glass, esp. when set diagonally..
Settling :: Settling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Settl.
Seposition :: Seposition (n.) The act of setting aside, or of giving up..
Tusk :: Tusk (n.) A projecting member like a tenon, and serving the same or a similar purpose, but composed of several steps, or offsets. Thus, in the illustration, a is the tusk, and each of the several parts, or offsets, is called a tooth..
Queen :: Queen (n.) The most powerful, and except the king the most important, piece in a set of chessmen..
Closeting :: Closeting (imp. & p. pr. & vb. n.) of Close.
Polychaeta :: Polychaeta (n. pl.) One of the two principal groups of Chaetopoda. It includes those that have prominent parapodia and fascicles of setae. See Illust. under Parapodia.
Bed :: Bed (v. t.) To plant or arrange in beds; to set, or cover, as in a bed of soft earth; as, to bed the roots of a plant in mold..
Cresset :: Cresset (n.) An open frame or basket of iron, filled with combustible material, to be burned as a beacon; an open lamp or firrepan carried on a pole in nocturnal processions..
Squat :: Squat (v. t.) To settle on another's land without title; also, to settle on common or public lands..
Connate-perfoliate :: Connate-perfoliate (a.) Connate or coalescent at the base so as to produce a broad foliaceous body through the center of which the stem passes; -- applied to leaves, as the leaves of the boneset..
Millwright :: Millwright (n.) A mechanic whose occupation is to build mills, or to set up their machinery..
Staple :: Staple (n.) A settled mart; an emporium; a city or town to which merchants brought commodities for sale or exportation in bulk; a place for wholesale traffic.
Sheave :: Sheave (v.) A wheel having a groove in the rim for a rope to work in, and set in a block, mast, or the like; the wheel of a pulley..
Deathwatch :: Deathwatch (n.) The guard set over a criminal before his execution.
Caster :: Caster (n.) A stand to hold a set of cruets.
Indraught :: Indraught (n.) A draught of air or flow of water setting inward.
Inclavated :: Inclavated (a.) Set; fast; fixed.
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