Definition of set

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Set (n.) A number of things of the same kind, ordinarily used or classed together; a collection of articles which naturally complement each other, and usually go together; an assortment; a suit; as, a set of chairs, of china, of surgical or mathematical instruments, of books, etc..

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Amassette :: Amassette (n.) An instrument of horn used for collecting painters' colors on the stone in the process of grinding.
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..
Foreman :: Foreman (n.) The chief of a set of hands employed in a shop, or on works of any kind, who superintends the rest; an overseer..
Slip :: Slip (n.) A portion of the columns of a newspaper or other work struck off by itself; a proof from a column of type when set up and in the galley.
Riddle :: Riddle (n.) A board having a row of pins, set zigzag, between which wire is drawn to straighten it..
Freer :: Freer (n.) One who frees, or sets free..
Setireme :: Setireme (n.) A swimming leg (of an insect) having a fringe of hairs on the margin.
Well-set :: Well-set (a.) Properly or firmly set.
Decide :: Decide (v. t.) To bring to a termination, as a question, controversy, struggle, by giving the victory to one side or party; to render judgment concerning; to determine; to settle..
Repose :: Repose (v.) To place, have, or rest; to set; to intrust..
Gnar :: Gnar (n.) A knot or gnarl in wood; hence, a tough, thickset man; -- written also gnarr..
Full-sailed :: Full-sailed (a.) Having all its sails set,; hence, without restriction or reservation..
Settlement :: Settlement (n.) Fractures or dislocations caused by settlement.
Apparatus :: Apparatus (n.) Hence: A full collection or set of implements, or utensils, for a given duty, experimental or operative; any complex instrument or appliance, mechanical or chemical, for a specific action or operation; machinery; mechanism..
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..
Affret :: Affret (n.) A furious onset or attack.
Backset :: Backset (n.) A check; a relapse; a discouragement; a setback.
Complin :: Complin (n.) The last division of the Roman Catholic breviary; the seventh and last of the canonical hours of the Western church; the last prayer of the day, to be said after sunset..
Muset :: Muset (n.) A small hole or gap through which a wild animal passes; a muse.
Problematical :: Problematical (a.) Having the nature of a problem; not shown in fact; questionable; uncertain; unsettled; doubtful.
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