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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..

Setter :: 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..

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..

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..

Feathered :: Feathered (a.) Having a fringe of feathers, as the legs of certian birds; or of hairs, as the legs of a setter dog..

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..

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

Typesetter :: Typesetter (n.) One who, or that which, sets type; a compositor; a machine for setting type..

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

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

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

Resetter :: Resetter (n.) One who resets, or sets again..

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

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

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.) An adornment; a decoration; -- with off.

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.

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

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

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