Definition of setting

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

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Upset :: Upset (v. t.) To shorten (a tire) in the process of resetting, originally by cutting it and hammering on the ends..
Hone :: Hone (n.) A stone of a fine grit, or a slab, as of metal, covered with an abrading substance or powder, used for sharpening cutting instruments, and especially for setting razors; an oilstone..
Raising :: Raising (n.) Specifically, the operation or work of setting up the frame of a building; as, to help at a raising..
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..
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..
Out :: Out (n.) A word or words omitted by the compositor in setting up copy; an omission.
Polarization :: Polarization (n.) An effect produced upon the plates of a voltaic battery, or the electrodes in an electrolytic cell, by the deposition upon them of the gases liberated by the action of the current. It is chiefly due to the hydrogen, and results in an increase of the resistance, and the setting up of an opposing electro-motive force, both of which tend materially to weaken the current of the battery, or that passing through the cell..
Profection :: Profection (n.) A setting out; a going forward; advance; progression.
Entry :: Entry (n.) The act of making or entering a record; a setting down in writing the particulars, as of a transaction; as, an entry of a sale; also, that which is entered; an item..
Specialization :: Specialization (n.) The setting apart of a particular organ for the performance of a particular function.
Array :: Array (n.) A ranking or setting forth in order, by the proper officer, of a jury as impaneled in a cause..
Disengagement :: Disengagement (n.) The act of disengaging or setting free, or the state of being disengaged..
Inflammation :: Inflammation (n.) The act of inflaming, kindling, or setting on fire; also, the state of being inflamed..
Superseminate :: Supersedure (n.) The act of superseding, or setting aside; supersession; as, the supersedure of trial by jury..
Offsetting :: Offsetting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Offse.
Appropriation :: Appropriation (n.) The act of setting apart or assigning to a particular use or person, or of taking to one's self, in exclusion of all others; application to a special use or purpose, as of a piece of ground for a park, or of money to carry out some object..
Presentment :: Presentment (n.) Setting forth to view; delineation; appearance; representation; exhibition.
Flow :: Flow (n.) The tidal setting in of the water from the ocean to the shore. See Ebb and flow, under Ebb..
Mounted :: Mounted (a.) Placed on a suitable support, or fixed in a setting; as, a mounted gun; a mounted map; a mounted gem..
Bizet :: Bizet (n.) The upper faceted portion of a brilliant-cut diamond, which projects from the setting and occupies the zone between the girdle and the table. See Brilliant, n..
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