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Definition of setter

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Setter (n.) A hunting dog of a special breed originally derived from a cross between the spaniel and the pointer. Modern setters are usually trained to indicate the position of game birds by standing in a fixed position, but originally they indicated it by sitting or crouching..

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Resetter :: Resetter (n.) One who receives or conceals, as stolen goods or criminal..

Setter :: Setter (n.) One who adapts words to music in composition.

Setter :: Setter (n.) One who hunts victims for sharpers.

Setting :: Setting (n.) The act of marking the position of game, as a setter does; also, hunting with a setter..

Setter :: Setter (v. t.) To cut the dewlap (of a cow or an ox), and to insert a seton, so as to cause an issue..

Setter :: Setter (n.) A shallow seggar for porcelain.

Pegroots :: Pegroots (n.) Same as Setterwort.

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..

Feather :: Feather (n.) The fringe of long hair on the legs of the setter and some other dogs.

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..

Printer :: Printer (n.) One who prints; especially, one who prints books, newspapers, engravings, etc., a compositor; a typesetter; a pressman..

Wadsetter :: Wadsetter (n.) One who holds by a wadset.

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..

Roughsetter :: Roughsetter (n.) A mason who builds rough stonework.

Setter :: Setter (n.) An adornment; a decoration; -- with off.

Besetter :: Besetter (n.) One who, or that which, besets..

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..

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..

Undersetter :: Undersetter (n.) One who, or that which, undersets or supports; a prop; a support; a pedestal..