Definition of set

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Set (v. t.) To point out the seat or position of, as birds, or other game; -- said of hunting dogs..

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Indraught :: Indraught (n.) A draught of air or flow of water setting inward.
Set :: Set (a.) Regular; uniform; formal; as, a set discourse; a set battle..
Disprison :: Disprison (v. t.) To let loose from prison, to set at liberty..
Seat :: Seat (v. t.) To cause to occupy a post, site, situation, or the like; to station; to establish; to fix; to settle..
Saw-set :: Saw-set (n.) An instrument used to set or turn the teeth of a saw a little sidewise, that they may make a kerf somewhat wider than the thickness of the blade, to prevent friction; -- called also saw-wrest..
Fever :: Fever (n.) Excessive excitement of the passions in consequence of strong emotion; a condition of great excitement; as, this quarrel has set my blood in a fever..
Termination :: Termination (n.) The act of terminating, or of limiting or setting bounds; the act of ending or concluding; as, a voluntary termination of hostilities..
Underwrite :: Underwrite (v. t.) To subscribe one's name to for insurance, especially for marine insurance; to write one's name under, or set one's name to, as a policy of insurance, for the purpose of becoming answerable for loss or damage, on consideration of receiving a certain premium per cent; as, individuals, as well as companies, may underwrite policies of insurance..
Vesper :: Vesper (n.) The evening star; Hesper; Venus, when seen after sunset; hence, the evening..
Dissettlement :: Dissettlement (n.) The act of unsettling, or the state of being unsettled..
Manual :: Manual (a.) A keyboard of an organ or harmonium for the fingers, as distinguished from the pedals; a clavier, or set of keys..
Doubleminded :: Doubleminded (a.) Having different minds at different times; unsettled; undetermined.
Intervene :: Intervene (v. i.) To interpose; as, to intervene to settle a quarrel..
Line :: Line (n.) That which was measured by a line, as a field or any piece of land set apart; hence, allotted place of abode..
Object :: Object (v. t.) That which is set, or which may be regarded as set, before the mind so as to be apprehended or known; that of which the mind by any of its activities takes cognizance, whether a thing external in space or a conception formed by the mind itself; as, an object of knowledge, wonder, fear, thought, study, etc..
Settledness :: Settledness (n.) The quality or state of being settled; confirmed state.
Cleavers :: Cleavers (n.) A species of Galium (G. Aparine), having a fruit set with hooked bristles, which adhere to whatever they come in contact with; -- called also, goose grass, catchweed, etc..
Skew :: Skew (n.) A stone at the foot of the slope of a gable, the offset of a buttress, or the like, cut with a sloping surface and with a check to receive the coping stones and retain them in place..
Erect :: Erect (v. t.) To raise and place in an upright or perpendicular position; to set upright; to raise; as, to erect a pole, a flagstaff, a monument, etc..
Perch :: Perch (v. t.) To place or to set on, or as on, a perch..
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