SPage 278
- English Word Set Definition To begin to move; to go out or forth; to start; -- now followed by out.
- English Word Set Definition 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.
- English Word Set Definition To apply one's self; to undertake earnestly; -- now followed by out.
- English Word Set Definition To fit or suit one; to sit; as, the coat sets well.
- English Word Set Definition Fixed in position; immovable; rigid; as, a set line; a set countenance.
- English Word Set Definition Firm; unchanging; obstinate; as, set opinions or prejudices.
- English Word Set Definition Regular; uniform; formal; as, a set discourse; a set battle.
- English Word Set Definition Established; prescribed; as, set forms of prayer.
- English Word Set Definition Adjusted; arranged; formed; adapted.
- English Word Set Definition The act of setting, as of the sun or other heavenly body; descent; hence, the close; termination.
- English Word Set Definition That which is set, placed, or fixed.
- English Word Set Definition A young plant for growth; as, a set of white thorn.
- English Word Set Definition That which is staked; a wager; a venture; a stake; hence, a game at venture.
- English Word Set Definition Permanent change of figure in consequence of excessive strain, as from compression, tension, bending, twisting, etc.; as, the set of a spring.
- English Word Set Definition A kind of punch used for bending, indenting, or giving shape to, metal; as, a saw set.
- English Word Set Definition 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.
- English Word Set Definition A short steel spike used for driving the head of a nail below the surface.
- English Word Set Definition A number of things of the same kind, ordinarily used or classed together; a collection of articles which naturally complement each other, and usually go together; an assortment; a suit; as, a set of chairs, of china, of surgical or mathematical instruments, of books, etc.
- English Word Set Definition A number of persons associated by custom, office, common opinion, quality, or the like; a division; a group; a clique.
- English Word Set Definition Direction or course; as, the set of the wind, or of a current.