Definition of set

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Set (v. t.) To point out the seat or position of, as birds, or other game; -- said of hunting dogs..

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Set :: Set (n.) The act of setting, as of the sun or other heavenly body; descent; hence, the close; termination..
Capsize :: Capsize (v. t. & i.) To upset or overturn, as a vessel or other body..
Galley :: Galley (n.) An oblong tray of wood or brass, with upright sides, for holding type which has been set, or is to be made up, etc..
Poussette :: Poussette (n.) A movement, or part of a figure, in the contradance..
Paronomasia :: Paronomasia (n.) A play upon words; a figure by which the same word is used in different senses, or words similar in sound are set in opposition to each other, so as to give antithetical force to the sentence; punning..
Equiseta :: Equiseta (pl. ) of Equisetu.
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..
Mousetail :: Mousetail (n.) A genus of ranunculaceous plants (Myosurus), in which the prolonged receptacle is covered with imbricating achenes, and so resembles the tail of a mouse..
Setim :: Setim (n.) See Shittim.
Accend :: Accend (v. t.) To set on fire; to kindle.
Onslaught :: Onslaught (n.) An attack; an onset; esp., a furious or murderous attack or assault..
Dewretting :: Dewretting (n.) Dewrotting; the process of decomposing the gummy matter of flax and hemp and setting the fibrous part, by exposure on a sward to dew, rain, and sunshine..
Assets :: Assets (n. pl.) The entire property of all sorts, belonging to a person, a corporation, or an estate; as, the assets of a merchant or a trading association; -- opposed to liabilities..
Verset :: Verset (n.) A verse.
Underset :: Underset (v. t.) To prop or support.
Political :: Political (a.) Having, or conforming to, a settled system of administration..
Vague :: Vague (v. i.) Unsettled; unfixed; undetermined; indefinite; ambiguous; as, a vague idea; a vague proposition..
Emboss :: Emboss (v. t.) To surround; to ensheath; to immerse; to beset.
Upset :: Upset (v. i.) To become upset.
Attack :: Attack (n.) A setting to work upon some task, etc..
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