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Long-stop :: Long-stop (n.) One who is set to stop balls which pass the wicket keeper.

Thickset :: Thickset (a.) Close planted; as, a thickset wood; a thickset hedge..

Set :: Set (v. t.) To fix, as a precious stone, in a border of metal; to place in a setting; hence, to place in or amid something which serves as a setting; as, to set glass in a sash..

Refracture :: Refracture (n.) A second breaking (as of a badly set bone) by the surgeon.

Cruset :: Cruset (n.) A goldsmith's crucible or melting pot.

Table :: Table (n.) Hence, food placed on a table to be partaken of; fare; entertainment; as, to set a good table..

Echinated :: Echinated (a.) Set with prickles; prickly, like a hedgehog; bristled; as, an echinated pericarp..

Institute :: Institute (v. t.) To begin; to commence; to set on foot; as, to institute an inquiry; to institute a suit..

Abram-man :: Abram-man (n.) One of a set of vagabonds who formerly roamed through England, feigning lunacy for the sake of obtaining alms..

Frisker :: Frisker (n.) One who frisks; one who leaps of dances in gayety; a wanton; an inconstant or unsettled person.

Vagabond :: Vagabond (a.) Moving from place to place without a settled habitation; wandering.

Kindle :: Kindle (v. t.) To set on fire; to cause to burn with flame; to ignite; to cause to begin burning; to start; to light; as, to kindle a match, or shavings..

Set :: Set (n.) Collectively, the crop of young oysters in any locality..

Emancipate :: Emancipate (v. t.) To set free from the power of another; to liberate; as: (a) To set free, as a minor from a parent; as, a father may emancipate a child. (b) To set free from bondage; to give freedom to; to manumit; as, to emancipate a slave, or a country..

Ordination :: Ordination (n.) The act of setting apart to an office in the Christian ministry; the conferring of holy orders.

Lamprey :: Lamprey (n.) An eel-like marsipobranch of the genus Petromyzon, and allied genera. The lampreys have a round, sucking mouth, without jaws, but set with numerous minute teeth, and one to three larger teeth on the palate (see Illust. of Cyclostomi). There are seven small branchial openings on each side..

Full-sailed :: Full-sailed (a.) Having all its sails set,; hence, without restriction or reservation..

Setula :: Setula (n.) A small, short hair or bristle; a small seta..

Delegation :: Delegation (n.) One or more persons appointed or chosen, and commissioned to represent others, as in a convention, in Congress, etc.; the collective body of delegates; as, the delegation from Massachusetts; a deputation..

Student :: Studding sail () A light sail set at the side of a principal or square sail of a vessel in free winds, to increase her speed. Its head is bent to a small spar which is called the studding-sail boom. See Illust. of Sail..

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