Definition of setter

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Setter (n.) One who, or that which, sets; -- used mostly in composition with a noun, as typesetter; or in combination with an adverb, as a setter on (or inciter), a setter up, a setter forth..

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Setterwort :: Setterwort (n.) The bear's-foot (Helleborus f/tidus); -- so called because the root was used in settering, or inserting setons into the dewlaps of cattle. Called also pegroots..
Undersetter :: Undersetter (n.) One who, or that which, undersets or supports; a prop; a support; a pedestal..
Setter :: Setter (n.) An adornment; a decoration; -- with off.
Setter :: Setter (n.) One who hunts victims for sharpers.
Printer :: Printer (n.) One who prints; especially, one who prints books, newspapers, engravings, etc., a compositor; a typesetter; a pressman..
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..
Setter :: Setter (n.) One who, or that which, sets; -- used mostly in composition with a noun, as typesetter; or in combination with an adverb, as a setter on (or inciter), a setter up, a setter forth..
Set :: Set (v. i.) To indicate the position of game; -- said of a dog; as, the dog sets well; also, to hunt game by the aid of a setter..
Setter :: Setter (n.) A shallow seggar for porcelain.
Feather :: Feather (n.) The fringe of long hair on the legs of the setter and some other dogs.
Resetter :: Resetter (n.) One who resets, or sets again..
Dropper :: Dropper (n.) A dog which suddenly drops upon the ground when it sights game, -- formerly a common, and still an occasional, habit of the setter..
Roughsetter :: Roughsetter (n.) A mason who builds rough stonework.
Flag :: Flag (n.) The bushy tail of a dog, as of a setter..
Resetter :: Resetter (n.) One who receives or conceals, as stolen goods or criminal..
Setter :: Setter (n.) One who adapts words to music in composition.
Bonesetter :: Bonesetter (n.) One who sets broken or dislocated bones; -- commonly applied to one, not a regular surgeon, who makes an occupation of setting bones..
Feathered :: Feathered (a.) Having a fringe of feathers, as the legs of certian birds; or of hairs, as the legs of a setter dog..
Setting :: Setting (n.) The act of marking the position of game, as a setter does; also, hunting with a setter..
Besetter :: Besetter (n.) One who, or that which, besets..
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