Definition of set

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Set (n.) Permanent change of figure in consequence of excessive strain, as from compression, tension, bending, twisting, etc.; as, the set of a spring..

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Dandy :: Dandy (n.) A sloop or cutter with a jigger on which a lugsail is set.
Monorganic :: Monorganic (a.) Belonging to, or affecting, a single organ, or set of organs..
Feuter :: feuter (v. t.) To set close; to fix in rest, as a spear..
Stylet :: Stylet (n.) An instrument for examining wounds and fistulas, and for passing setons, and the like; a probe, -- called also specillum..
Cosset :: Cosset (n.) A lamb reared without the aid of the dam. Hence: A pet, in general..
Waterboard :: Waterboard (n.) A board set up to windward in a boat, to keep out water..
Wapp :: Wapp (n.) A rope with wall knots in it with which the shrouds are set taut.
Stamp :: Stamp (v. t.) An offical mark set upon things chargeable with a duty or tax to government, as evidence that the duty or tax is paid; as, the stamp on a bill of exchange..
Spectacle :: Spectacle (n.) An optical instrument consisting of two lenses set in a light frame, and worn to assist sight, to obviate some defect in the organs of vision, or to shield the eyes from bright light..
Settle :: Settle (v. i.) To make a jointure for a wife.
Lea :: Lea (n.) A set of warp threads carried by a loop of the heddle.
Palisading :: Palisading (n.) A row of palisades set in the ground.
Bow-saw :: Bow-saw (n.) A saw with a thin or narrow blade set in a strong frame.
Posset :: Posset (v. t.) To curdle; to turn, as milk; to coagulate; as, to posset the blood..
Setiparous :: Setiparous (a.) Producing setae; -- said of the organs from which the setae of annelids arise.
Pitch :: Pitch (v. t.) To set, face, or pave with rubble or undressed stones, as an embankment or a roadway..
Set :: Set (n.) Direction or course; as, the set of the wind, or of a current..
Boom :: Boom (n.) A pole with a conspicuous top, set up to mark the channel in a river or harbor..
Sommerset :: Sommerset (n.) See Somersault.
Stablishment :: Stablish (v. t.) To settle permanently in a state; to make firm; to establish; to fix.
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