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Set
v. t.
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To adorn with something infixed or affixed; to stud; to variegate with objects placed here and there.
Set
v. t.
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To value; to rate; -- with at.
Set
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To point out the seat or position of, as birds, or other game; -- said of hunting dogs.
Set
v. t.
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To establish as a rule; to furnish; to prescribe; to assign; as, to set an example; to set lessons to be learned.
Set
v. t.
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To suit; to become; as, it sets him ill.
Set
v. t.
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To compose; to arrange in words, lines, etc.; as, to set type; to set a page.
Set
v. i.
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To pass below the horizon; to go down; to decline; to sink out of sight; to come to an end.
Set
v. i.
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To fit music to words.
Set
v. i.
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To place plants or shoots in the ground; to plant.
Set
v. i.
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To be fixed for growth; to strike root; to begin to germinate or form; as, cuttings set well; the fruit has set well (i. e., not blasted in the blossom).
Set
v. i.
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To become fixed or rigid; to be fastened.
Set
v. i.
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To congeal; to concrete; to solidify.
Set
v. i.
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To have a certain direction in motion; to flow; to move on; to tend; as, the current sets to the north; the tide sets to the windward.
Set
v. i.
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To begin to move; to go out or forth; to start; -- now followed by out.
Set
v. i.
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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.
Set
v. i.
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To apply one's self; to undertake earnestly; -- now followed by out.
Set
v. i.
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To fit or suit one; to sit; as, the coat sets well.
Set
a.
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Fixed in position; immovable; rigid; as, a set line; a set countenance.
Set
a.
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Firm; unchanging; obstinate; as, set opinions or prejudices.
Set
a.
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Regular; uniform; formal; as, a set discourse; a set battle.
Set
a.
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Established; prescribed; as, set forms of prayer.
Set
a.
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Adjusted; arranged; formed; adapted.
Set
n.
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The act of setting, as of the sun or other heavenly body; descent; hence, the close; termination.
Set
n.
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That which is set, placed, or fixed.
Set
n.
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A young plant for growth; as, a set of white thorn.
Set
n.
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That which is staked; a wager; a venture; a stake; hence, a game at venture.
Set
n.
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Permanent change of figure in consequence of excessive strain, as from compression, tension, bending, twisting, etc.; as, the set of a spring.
Set
n.
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A kind of punch used for bending, indenting, or giving shape to, metal; as, a saw set.
Set
n.
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A piece placed temporarily upon the head of a pile when the latter cannot be reached by the weight, or hammer, except by means of such an intervening piece.
Set
n.
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A short steel spike used for driving the head of a nail below the surface.