Definition of set

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Set (v. t.) To give a pitch to, as a tune; to start by fixing the keynote; as, to set a psalm..

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Set-fair :: Set-fair (n.) In plastering, a particularly good troweled surface..
Appropriable :: Appropriable (a.) Capable of being appropriated, set apart, sequestered, or assigned exclusively to a particular use..
Inveterate :: Inveterate (v. t.) To fix and settle by long continuance.
Upset :: Upset (n.) The act of upsetting, or the state of being upset; an overturn; as, the wagon had an upset..
Russet :: Russet (n.) Cloth or clothing of a russet color.
Feathered :: Feathered (a.) Having a fringe of feathers, as the legs of certian birds; or of hairs, as the legs of a setter dog..
Fixative :: Fixative (n.) That which serves to set or fix colors or drawings, as a mordant..
Cosset :: Cosset (n.) A lamb reared without the aid of the dam. Hence: A pet, in general..
Squatter :: Squatter (n.) One who squats; specifically, one who settles unlawfully upon land without a title. In the United States and Australia the term is sometimes applied also to a person who settles lawfully upon government land under permission and restrictions, before acquiring title..
Avoset :: Avoset (n.) Same as Avocet.
Period :: Period (n.) One of several similar sets of figures or terms usually marked by points or commas placed at regular intervals, as in numeration, in the extraction of roots, and in circulating decimals..
Stayedly :: Stayed (a.) Staid; fixed; settled; sober; -- now written staid. See Staid.
Positive :: Positive (a.) Prescribed by express enactment or institution; settled by arbitrary appointment; said of laws.
Creamery :: Creamery (n.) A place or apparatus in which milk is set for raising cream.
Menhir :: Menhir (n.) A large stone set upright in olden times as a memorial or monument. Many, of unknown date, are found in Brittany and throughout Northern Europe..
Random :: Random (a.) Going at random or by chance; done or made at hazard, or without settled direction, aim, or purpose; hazarded without previous calculation; left to chance; haphazard; as, a random guess..
Vagrancy :: Vagrancy (n.) The quality or state of being a vagrant; a wandering without a settled home; an unsettled condition; vagabondism.
Loose :: Loose (v. i.) To set sail.
Reset :: Reset (n.) The act of resetting.
Set :: Set (v. i.) To become fixed or rigid; to be fastened.
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