Definition of set

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Set (v. t.) To extend and bring into position; to spread; as, to set the sails of a ship..

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Taurine :: Taurine (n.) A body occurring in small quantity in the juices of muscle, in the lungs, and elsewhere, but especially in the bile, where it is found as a component part of taurocholic acid, from which it can be prepared by decomposition of the acid. It crystallizes in colorless, regular six-sided prisms, and is especially characterized by containing both nitrogen and sulphur, being chemically amido-isethionic acid, C2H7NSO3..
Pentamerous :: Pentamerous (a.) Divided into, or consisting of, five parts; also, arranged in sets, with five parts in each set, as a flower with five sepals, five petals, five, or twice five, stamens, and five pistils..
Doubt :: Doubt (v. i.) Difficulty expressed or urged for solution; point unsettled; objection.
Backsettler :: Backsettler (n.) One living in the back or outlying districts of a community.
Basseting :: Basseting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Basse.
Burner :: Burner (n.) One who, or that which, burns or sets fire to anything..
Queasy :: Queasy (a.) Fastidious; squeamish; delicate; easily disturbed; unsettled; ticklish.
Settle :: Settle (n.) To restore or bring to a smooth, dry, or passable condition; -- said of the ground, of roads, and the like; as, clear weather settles the roads..
Onset :: Onset (n.) A setting about; a beginning.
Offset :: Offset (imp. & p. p.) of Offse.
Out :: Out (n.) A word or words omitted by the compositor in setting up copy; an omission.
Agoing :: Agoing (adv.) In motion; in the act of going; as, to set a mill agoing..
Settlement :: Settlement (n.) Bestowal, or giving possession, under legal sanction; the act of giving or conferring anything in a formal and permanent manner..
Cock :: Cock (v. t.) To set on one side in a pert or jaunty manner.
Underset :: Underset (v. t.) To prop or support.
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..
Dormer Window :: Dormer window (n.) A window pierced in a roof, and so set as to be vertical while the roof slopes away from it. Also, the gablet, or houselike structure, in which it is contained..
Go :: Go (v. i.) To apply one's self; to set one's self; to undertake.
Kindle :: Kindle (v. t.) To set on fire; to cause to burn with flame; to ignite; to cause to begin burning; to start; to light; as, to kindle a match, or shavings..
Musit :: Musit (n.) See Muset.
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