Definition of set

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Set (v. t.) To stake at play; to wager; to risk.

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Alestake :: Alestake (n.) A stake or pole projecting from, or set up before, an alehouse, as a sign; an alepole. At the end was commonly suspended a garland, a bunch of leaves, or a bush..
Launch :: Launch (v. i.) To cause to move or slide from the land into the water; to set afloat; as, to launch a ship..
Moesogothic :: Moesogothic (a.) Belonging to the Moesogoths, a branch of the Goths who settled in Moesia..
Emboss :: Emboss (v. t.) To surround; to ensheath; to immerse; to beset.
Gavel :: Gavel (n.) A mason's setting maul.
Compose :: Compose (v. t.) To arrange (types) in a composing stick in order for printing; to set (type).
Subscribe :: Subscribe (v. i.) To set one's name to a paper in token of promise to give a certain sum.
Jib :: "Jib (v. i.) A triangular sail set upon a stay or halyard extending from the foremast or fore-topmast to the bowsprit or the jib boom. Large vessels often carry several jibe; as, inner jib; outer jib; flying jib; etc..
Bisetose :: Bisetose (a.) Alt. of Bisetou.
Habitation :: Habitation (n.) Place of abode; settled dwelling; residence; house.
Ostmen :: Ostmen (n. pl.) East men; Danish settlers in Ireland, formerly so called..
Conventionary :: Conventionary (a.) Acting under contract; settled by express agreement; as, conventionary tenants..
Corrigible :: Corrigible (a.) Capable of being set right, amended, or reformed; as, a corrigible fault..
Setting :: Setting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Se.
Frisker :: Frisker (n.) One who frisks; one who leaps of dances in gayety; a wanton; an inconstant or unsettled person.
Loggat :: Loggat (n.) An old game in England, played by throwing pieces of wood at a stake set in the ground..
Set :: Set (v. i.) To congeal; to concrete; to solidify.
Unliquidated :: Unliquidated (a.) Not liquidated; not exactly ascertained; not adjusted or settled.
Reside :: Reside (v. i.) To dwell permanently or for a considerable time; to have a settled abode for a time; to abide continuosly; to have one's domicile of home; to remain for a long time.
Metaphor :: Metaphor (n.) The transference of the relation between one set of objects to another set for the purpose of brief explanation; a compressed simile; e. g., the ship plows the sea..
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