Definition of set

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Set (v. t.) To adorn with something infixed or affixed; to stud; to variegate with objects placed here and there.

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Whipsaw :: Whipsaw (n.) A saw for dividing timber lengthwise, usually set in a frame, and worked by two persons; also, a fret saw..
Settlement :: Settlement (n.) The act of peopling, or state of being peopled; act of planting, as a colony; colonization; occupation by settlers; as, the settlement of a new country..
Promoter :: Promoter (n.) Specifically, one who sets on foot, and takes the preliminary steps in, a scheme for the organization of a corporation, a joint-stock company, or the like..
Stational :: Station (v. t.) To place; to set; to appoint or assign to the occupation of a post, place, or office; as, to station troops on the right of an army; to station a sentinel on a rampart; to station ships on the coasts of Africa..
Price :: Price (v. t.) To set a price on; to value. See Prize.
Insoul :: Insoul (v. t.) To set a soul in; reflexively, to fix one's strongest affections on..
Preside :: Preside (v. i.) To be set, or to sit, in the place of authority; to occupy the place of president, chairman, moderator, director, etc.; to direct, control, and regulate, as chief officer; as, to preside at a public meeting; to preside over the senate..
Obsession :: Obsession (n.) The state of being besieged; -- used specifically of a person beset by a spirit from without.
Decury :: Decury (n.) A set or squad of ten men under a decurion.
Composition :: Composition (n.) The setting up of type and arranging it for printing.
Cock :: Cock (v. t.) To set on one side in a pert or jaunty manner.
Pitch :: Pitch (n.) The limit of ground set to a miner who receives a share of the ore taken out.
Basseting :: Basseting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Basse.
Swell :: Swell (n.) A wave, or billow; especially, a succession of large waves; the roll of the sea after a storm; as, a heavy swell sets into the harbor..
Upset :: Upset (v. t.) To thicken and shorten, as a heated piece of iron, by hammering on the end..
Render :: Render (v. t.) To interpret; to set forth, represent, or exhibit; as, an actor renders his part poorly; a singer renders a passage of music with great effect; a painter renders a scene in a felicitous manner..
Rosette :: Rosette (n.) A rose burner. See under Rose.
Set :: Set (v. i.) To fit music to words.
Isosporic :: Isosporic (a.) Producing but one kind of spore, as the ferns and Equiseta. Cf. Heterosporic..
Basset :: Basset (n.) A game at cards, resembling the modern faro, said to have been invented at Venice..
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