Definition of set

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Set (v. i.) To have a certain direction in motion; to flow; to move on; to tend; as, the current sets to the north; the tide sets to the windward..

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Upsetting :: Upsetting (a.) Conceited; assuming; as, an upsetting fellow..
Expose :: Expose (v. t.) To set forth; to set out to public view; to exhibit; to show; to display; as, to expose goods for sale; to expose pictures to public inspection..
Personate :: Personate (v. t.) To set forth in an unreal character; to disguise; to mask.
Plumbism :: Plumbism (n.) A diseased condition, produced by the absorption of lead, common among workers in this metal or in its compounds, as among painters, typesetters, etc. It is characterized by various symptoms, as lead colic, lead line, and wrist drop. See under Colic, Lead, and Wrist..
Discharge :: Discharge (v. t.) To set aside; to annul; to dismiss.
Attack :: Attack (n.) The act of attacking, or falling on with force or violence; an onset; an assault; -- opposed to defense..
Equity :: Equity (n.) An equitable claim; an equity of redemption; as, an equity to a settlement, or wife's equity, etc..
Foot :: Foot (v. t.) To set on foot; to establish; to land.
Rowel :: Rowel (n.) A roll of hair, silk, etc., passed through the flesh of horses, answering to a seton in human surgery..
Rist :: Rist () 3d pers. sing. pres. of Rise, contracted from riseth..
Set :: Set (v. t.) To cause to stop or stick; to obstruct; to fasten to a spot; hence, to occasion difficulty to; to embarrass; as, to set a coach in the mud..
Hypostatical :: Hypostatical (a.) Depending upon, or due to, deposition or setting; as, hypostatic cognestion, cognestion due to setting of blood by gravitation..
Dissettlement :: Dissettlement (n.) The act of unsettling, or the state of being unsettled..
Chaetopoda :: Chaetopoda (n. pl.) A very extensive order of Annelida, characterized by the presence of lateral setae, or spines, on most or all of the segments. They are divided into two principal groups: Oligochaeta, including the earthworms and allied forms, and Polychaeta, including most of the marine species..
Set :: Set (v. i.) To begin to move; to go out or forth; to start; -- now followed by out.
Open :: Open (v. t.) To make known; to discover; also, to render available or accessible for settlements, trade, etc..
Setter :: Setter (n.) A shallow seggar for porcelain.
Freer :: Freer (n.) One who frees, or sets free..
Cross :: Cross (n.) An instrument for laying of offsets perpendicular to the main course.
Anthem :: Anthem (n.) Formerly, a hymn sung in alternate parts, in present usage, a selection from the Psalms, or other parts of the Scriptures or the liturgy, set to sacred music..
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