Definition of setting

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Setting (n.) The act of one who, or that which, sets; as, the setting of type, or of gems; the setting of the sun; the setting (hardening) of moist plaster of Paris; the setting (set) of a current..

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Occasive :: Occasive (a.) Of or pertaining to the setting sun; falling; descending; western.
Valuation :: Valuation (n.) The act of valuing, or of estimating value or worth; the act of setting a price; estimation; appraisement; as, a valuation of lands for the purpose of taxation..
Backstitch :: Backstitch (n.) A stitch made by setting the needle back of the end of the last stitch, and bringing it out in front of the end..
Indraught :: Indraught (n.) A draught of air or flow of water setting inward.
Undersetting :: Undersetting (n.) Something set or built under as a support; a pedestal.
Venditation :: Venditation (n.) The act of setting forth ostentatiously; a boastful display.
Seguestration :: Seguestration (n.) The act of separating, or setting aside, a thing in controversy from the possession of both the parties that contend for it, to be delivered to the one adjudged entitled to it. It may be voluntary or involuntary..
Enlargement :: Enlargement (n.) A setting at large, or being set at large; release from confinement, servitude, or distress; liberty..
Attack :: Attack (n.) A setting to work upon some task, etc..
Cosmically :: Cosmically (adv.) With the sun at rising or setting; as, a star is said to rise or set cosmically when it rises or sets with the sun..
Redress :: Redress (n.) A setting right, as of wrong, injury, or opression; as, the redress of grievances; hence, relief; remedy; reparation; indemnification..
Almanac :: Almanac (n.) A book or table, containing a calendar of days, and months, to which astronomical data and various statistics are often added, such as the times of the rising and setting of the sun and moon, eclipses, hours of full tide, stated festivals of churches, terms of courts, etc..
Besetting :: Besetting (a.) Habitually attacking, harassing, or pressing upon or about; as, a besetting sin..
Mounting :: Mounting (n.) That by which anything is prepared for use, or set off to advantage; equipment; embellishment; setting; as, the mounting of a sword or diamond..
Raising :: Raising (n.) Specifically, the operation or work of setting up the frame of a building; as, to help at a raising..
Religious :: Religious (a.) Of or pertaining to religion; concerned with religion; teaching, or setting forth, religion; set apart to religion; as, a religious society; a religious sect; a religious place; religious subjects, books, teachers, houses, wars..
Twilight :: Twilight (n.) The light perceived before the rising, and after the setting, of the sun, or when the sun is less than 18? below the horizon, occasioned by the illumination of the earth's atmosphere by the direct rays of the sun and their reflection on the earth..
Mounted :: Mounted (a.) Placed on a suitable support, or fixed in a setting; as, a mounted gun; a mounted map; a mounted gem..
Print :: Print (v. t.) To strike off an impression or impressions of, from type, or from stereotype, electrotype, or engraved plates, or the like; in a wider sense, to do the typesetting, presswork, etc., of (a book or other publication); as, to print books, newspapers, pictures; to print an edition of a book..
Dedication :: Dedication (n.) The act of setting apart or consecrating to a divine Being, or to a sacred use, often with religious solemnities; solemn appropriation; as, the dedication of Solomon's temple..
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