Definition of set

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Set (n.) Direction or course; as, the set of the wind, or of a current..

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Windrow :: Windrow (n.) Sheaves of grain set up in a row, one against another, that the wind may blow between them..
Fireball :: Fireball (n.) A ball filled with powder or other combustibles, intended to be thrown among enemies, and to injure by explosion; also, to set fire to their works and light them up, so that movements may be seen..
Oppose :: Oppose (n.) To put in opposition, with a view to counterbalance or countervail; to set against; to offer antagonistically..
Sepulchre :: Sepulchre (n.) The place in which the dead body of a human being is interred, or a place set apart for that purpose; a grave; a tomb..
Save-all :: Save-all (n.) A small sail sometimes set under the foot of another sail, to catch the wind that would pass under it..
Lotto :: Lotto (n.) A game of chance, played with cards, on which are inscribed numbers, and any contrivance (as a wheel containing numbered balls) for determining a set of numbers by chance. The player holding a card having on it the set of numbers drawn from the wheel takes the stakes after a certain percentage of them has been deducted for the dealer. A variety of lotto is called keno..
Balance :: Balance (n.) To settle and adjust, as an account; to make two accounts equal by paying the difference between them..
Instate :: Instate (v. t.) To set, place, or establish, as in a rank, office, or condition; to install; to invest; as, to instate a person in greatness or in favor..
Sphere :: Sphere (n.) In ancient astronomy, one of the concentric and eccentric revolving spherical transparent shells in which the stars, sun, planets, and moon were supposed to be set, and by which they were carried, in such a manner as to produce their apparent motions..
Portion :: Portion (n.) The part of an estate given to a child or heir, or descending to him by law, and distributed to him in the settlement of the estate; an inheritance..
Brunt :: Brunt (v. t.) The heat, or utmost violence, of an onset; the strength or greatest fury of any contention; as, the brunt of a battle..
Acronychal :: Acronychal (a.) Rising at sunset and setting at sunrise, as a star; -- opposed to cosmical..
Dubious :: Dubious (a.) Doubtful or not settled in opinion; being in doubt; wavering or fluctuating; undetermined.
Rescriptive :: Rescriptive (a.) Pertaining to, or answering the purpose of, a rescript; hence, deciding; settling; determining..
Estreat :: Estreat (n.) A true copy, duplicate, or extract of an original writing or record, esp. of amercements or penalties set down in the rolls of court to be levied by the bailiff, or other officer..
Attack :: Attack (n.) The act of attacking, or falling on with force or violence; an onset; an assault; -- opposed to defense..
Conclave :: Conclave (n.) The set of apartments within which the cardinals of the Roman Catholic Church are continuously secluded while engaged in choosing a pope.
Usbeks :: Usbeks (n. pl.) A Turkish tribe which about the close of the 15th century conquered, and settled in, that part of Asia now called Turkestan..
Peopler :: Peopler (n.) A settler; an inhabitant.
Setness :: Setness (n.) The quality or state of being set; formality; obstinacy.
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