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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Russet :: Russet (n.) A country dress; -- so called because often of a russet color.
Lea :: Lea (n.) A set of warp threads carried by a loop of the heddle.
Well-set :: Well-set (a.) Well put together; having symmetry of parts.
Absolution :: Absolution (n.) An absolving, or setting free from guilt, sin, or penalty; forgiveness of an offense..
Resolution :: Resolution (n.) That which is resolved or determined; a settled purpose; determination. Specifically: A formal expression of the opinion or will of an official body or a public assembly, adopted by vote; as, a legislative resolution; the resolutions of a public meeting..
Parapegm :: Parapegm (n.) An engraved tablet, usually of brass, set up in a public place..
Foots :: Foots (n. pl.) The settlings of oil, molasses, etc., at the bottom of a barrel or hogshead..
Price :: Price (n. & v.) The sum or amount of money at which a thing is valued, or the value which a seller sets on his goods in market; that for which something is bought or sold, or offered for sale; equivalent in money or other means of exchange; current value or rate paid or demanded in market or in barter; cost..
Wadset :: Wadset (n.) A kind of pledge or mortgage.
Erect :: Erect (v. t.) To raise and place in an upright or perpendicular position; to set upright; to raise; as, to erect a pole, a flagstaff, a monument, etc..
Becard :: Becard (n.) A South American bird of the flycatcher family. (Tityra inquisetor).
Distracted :: Distracted (a.) Mentally disordered; unsettled; mad.
Reset :: Reset (n.) That which is reset; matter set up again.
Roset :: Roset (n.) A red color used by painters.
Scale :: Scale (n.) A mathematical instrument, consisting of a slip of wood, ivory, or metal, with one or more sets of spaces graduated and numbered on its surface, for measuring or laying off distances, etc., as in drawing, plotting, and the like. See Gunter's scale..
Inset :: Inset (v. t.) To infix.
Windrow :: Windrow (n.) Sheaves of grain set up in a row, one against another, that the wind may blow between them..
Setter :: Setter (n.) A hunting dog of a special breed originally derived from a cross between the spaniel and the pointer. Modern setters are usually trained to indicate the position of game birds by standing in a fixed position, but originally they indicated it by sitting or crouching..
Peal :: Peal (n.) A set of bells tuned to each other according to the diatonic scale; also, the changes rung on a set of bells..
Pair :: Pair (n.) A number of things resembling one another, or belonging together; a set; as, a pair or flight of stairs. A pair of beads. Chaucer. Beau. & Fl. Four pair of stairs. Macaulay. [Now mostly or quite disused, except as to stairs.].
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