sesuveæ

pl. [Mod. Lat. sesuv (ium); Lat. fem. pl. adj. suff. -eœ.] Bot.: A sub-order of Tetragoniaceae. Capsule circumsci ile. ( Lindley.) Sometimes made an order, Sesuviaceæ. tsě-sū-vi-ā-çě-æ, s . pl . [Mod. Lat. sesuvi ( um ); Lat. fem. pl. adj. suff. -aceœ .] [SESUVEE.] sě-sū-vi-ŭm, s. [Etym. doubtful.] Botany: The typical genus of Sesuvee (q. v.). Sesuvium port ulu cast rum and S. repens are cultivated in tropical Asia as a substitute for spinach. sět, *sette, v . t. & 1. [A. S. sett an , causal of sittan =to sit; cogn. with Dut. zetten : Icel. setja ; Dan. sætte ; Sw.sätte ; Goth.satjan; Ger. setzen .] A. Transitive : I. Ordinary Language : 1. To make or cause to sit; to place in a sitting posture. "They cast their garments upon the colt, and they set Jesus thereon." - Luke xix. 35. 2. To place, as in a sitting position; to place upright; as, to set a box on its end. 3. To place, put, or fix; to put or place in a certain place, position, or station. "I do set my bow in the cloud." -Genesis ix. 18. 4. To arrange, to dispose, to appoint, to station. to post. "Let's set the watch." --Shakesp.: Othello , ii. 8. 5. To fix or plant firmly. 6. To plant. as a shrub, tree, or vegetable, as distinguished from sowing. "I'll not put The dibble in earth, to set one slip of them." Shakesp: Winter's Tale , iv. 4. 7. To fix or place in a setting; to fix for ornament, as in metal. "And him too rich a jewel to be set In vulgar metal for a vulgar use." Dryden: Spanish Friar, iv. 2. 8. To adorn or stud, as with precious stones. 9. To intersperse or variegate with anything. "As with stars, their bodies all And wings were set with eyes." Milton: P. L. , vi. 754. 10. To fix or make immobile. " Set are her eyes, and motionle her limbs. The American Dictionary and Cyclopedia set *18 To pitch; to lead off, as a tune in singing. "I should be very willing to be his clerk, for which you know I am qualified, being able to read and to set a psalm."-Fielding: Joseph Andrews , bk. i., ch. vi. 19. To reduce from a fractured or dislocated state. "I only recommended that my arm and leg should be set , and my body anointed with oil."-Herbert. 20. To put in order; to put in proper trim for use; as, to set a razor=to give it a sharp or fine edge; to set a saw to incline the teeth laterally to right and left, in order that the kerf may be wider than the thickne of the blade. 21. To place in order; to frame. "After it was framed, and ready to be set together."Knolles: Hist. Turkes. 22. To propose for choice. "All that can be done is to set the thing before men, and to offer it to their choice."- Til lots on . 23. To apply or use in action; to employ. " Set his knife into the root." Shakesp.: Henry VI ., Pt. III ., ii. 6. IMG:content-1256.png:[blocks in formation] The dogs of the street to bay me." Shakesp.: Cymbeline, v. 6. 27. To cause, to produce, to contrive. " Set di ention twixt the son and sire." Shakesp.: Venus and Adonis, 1,160. *28. To put or place in opposition; to oppose. "Will you set your wit to a fool's?"- Shakesp .: Troilus and Cre ida, ii. 1. *29. To offer for a price; to expose for sale, *30. To let or grant to a tenant. "They care not at how unreasonable ratos they set their grounds."- Bp. Hall: Cases of Conscience. 31. To stake at play; to wager, to risk, to hazard. "Desperate and mad, at length he sets Those darts, whose points make gods adore." Prior: Cupid and Ganymede, 25. *32. To offer a wager to. "Who sets me else? by heaven! I'll throw at all." Shakesp.: Richard II., iv L. 33. To embarra , to perplex, to puzzle; to bring to a mental standstill. "Shew now hard they are set in this particular." IMG:content-1257.png:[blocks in formation] 3638 *8. To undertake earnestly; to apply one's self. ( Hammond .) *9. To begin a journey, march, or voyage; to start; to go forth. "The king is set from London, and the scene Is now transported to Southampton." Shakesp.: Henry V., ii. (Chorus.) 10. To face one's partner in dancing. 11. To fit or suit a person; as, The dre sets well. ( Colloq .) 1. To set about : To begin; to take the first steps in. 2. To set against : To oppose; to place in comparison, or as an equivalent. "This perishing of the world in a deluge is set against , or compared with, the perishing of the world in the conflagration."-Burnet: Theory of the Earth. 3. To set aside: (1) To put aside or out of the question for a time; to omit or pa over for the present. "Setting aside all other considerations, I will endeavor to know the truth, and yield to that." -Til lots on . (2) To reject. "I'll look into the pretensions of each, and show upon what ground it is that I embrace that of the deluge, and set aside all the rest." - Woodward : Nat . Hist . (3) To abrogate, to annul, to quash; as, to set aside a verdict. 4. To set at defiance : [DEFIANCE, T.] 5. To set at ease: To put at ease; to quiet; to tranquilize. 6. To set at naught : [NAUGHT, 8., (2).] 7. To set a trap or snare : To prepare and place a trap to catch prey; hence, to lay a plan to deceive and draw into the power of another. 8. To set at work : To cause to enter on work; to show how to proceed with work; to start on work. 9. To set by . (1) To put aside; to set aside. *(2) To regard, to esteem. IMG:content-1258.png:[blocks in formation] "Every thing set of That might so much as think you enemies." Shakesp.: Henry IV., Pt . II ., iv. 1. (b) To adorn, to decorate. "Claudian sets off his description of the Eridanus with all the poetical stories." - Add is on : On Italy. (c) To show off to the best advantage. "Show more goodly, and attract more eyes, Than that which hath no foil to set it off ." Shakesp.: Henry IV., Pt . I. , i. 2. *(2) In trans.: To start, to set out, to enter on a journey. 19. To set on (or upon ): (1) Transitive: (a) To incite, to encourage. (b) To employ, as on a task; to place or put to some work. *(c) To determine with settled purpose. (2) Intransitive : (a) To begin a journey or an enterprise. (b) To make an attack; to a ault. "And then I'll set upon him." 20. To set on fire : [12.] Shakesp.: Coriolanus , v. 1. 21. To set on foot : To start, to originate, to set a-going. 22. To set out : (1) Transitive : (a) To mark by boundaries or distinctions of 10. Te set down: (1) To place on the ground or floor. (2) To deposit or place a pa enger; as, A cab man sets down his fare at a certain place. (3) To snub; to check or rebuke; to slight. (4) To enter in writing; to note; to register. (5) To explain, to set forth, to fix, to establish. "Some rules were to be set down for the government of the army."-Clcrendon. (6) To consider, to rank, to cla ; as, to set one down as stupid. 11. To set eyes on: To fix the eyes on; to behold, to see. 12. * To set fire on, to set fire to : To apply fire to; to set on fire; to cause to burn. " Set fire on barns and haystacks." 13. To set forth: (1) Transitive: Shakesp.: Titus Andronicus, v. 1. *( a ) To prepare and send out. "The Venetian admiral had a fleet of sixty gallies, set forth by the Venetians." -Knolles : Hist . Turkes. (b) To represent in words; to present or put for ward for consideration. (c) To promulgate, to publish. *(d) To show; to make a show of. " Set forth a deep repentance." (e) To arrange, to dispose. Shakesp.: Macbeth , i. 4. "Up higher to the plain, where we'll set forth In best appointment all our regiments." Shakesp.: King John, ii. *(f) To praise, to recommend. "I'll set you forth ." Shakesp.: Merchant of Venice , iii. 5. (2) In trans.: To move forward; to start; to set Old Proverb. 3. To congeal, to solidify, to concrete. "That fluid substance in a few minutes begins to set , as the tradesmen speak; that is, to exchange its fluidity for firmne ."-Boyle. *4. To fit music to words. "I might sing it, madam, to a tune, Give me a note: your ladyship can set." Shakesp.: Two Gentlemen, i. 2. 5. To go down or descend below the horizon; to sink, to decline. "When the sun was setting ."- Luke iv. 40. 6. To flow; to have a certain course or direction; to run; as, The current sets eastward. ( Lit. & Fig .) *7. To point out game, as a sporting dog; to hunt game by the aid of a setter. "When I go a-hawking or setting . I think myself beholden to him that a ures me, that in such a field there is a covey of partridges."-Boyle. "I take this as an unexpected favor, that thou shouldest set forth out of doors with me." -Bunyan : Pilgrim's Prog re , pt. ii. IMG:content-1259.png:[blocks in formation] *(b) To raise, equip, and send forth; to furnish. "The Venetians pretend they could set out , in case of great nece ity, thirty men of war, a hundred gallies, and ten gale a es." - Add is on : Travels in Italy . (c) To publish, as a proclamation. (d) To a ign, to allot. (e) To adorn, to embellish, to set off. "An ugly woman, in a rich habit, set out with jewels, nothing can become."- Dryden . (f) To show, to display, to set off, to recommend. (g) To show, to prove. (h) To recite; to state at large. (2) Intransitive : IMG:content-1260.png:[blocks in formation] (1) To appoint or place as supervisor, governor, inspector, or director. "I have set thee over all the land of Egypt."-Genesis xii. 41. *(2) To a ign, to convey, to transfer. 24. To set right : To correct, to put in order, to adjust. 25. To set sail : To expand and spread the sails; hence, to begin a voyage. 26. To set the fashion : To determine what shall be the fashion; to lead the fashion. 27. To set the game at: Rackets : (See extract, and extract under SET, s ., 1.8.) "It is generally the rule that when the game is called 'thirteen all,' it may, upon the demand of the out-player, be set at five, that is to say, a sort of complementary game is started in which five aces must be won before the same can be counted to either side. In a similar way, way, at 'fourteen all, the game may be set at three." -Ca ell's Book of Sports , p. 46. 28. To set the teeth on edge: (1) Lit .: [EDGE, 8 ..] IMG:content-1261.png:[blocks in formation] (ii) To raise; as, to set up a shout. (iii) To establish, to found, to institute; as, to set up a government, to set up a school. (iv) To enable to commence a new busine ; to start in a new busine ; as, He has set his son up in busine . (v) To raise, to exalt, to put in power. "I will set up shepherds over them."- Jeremiah xxiii. 4. (vi) To place or fix in view; as, to set up a mark. "He set up his bill here." -Shakesp .: Much Ado about Nothing , 1. 1. IMG:content-1262.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-1263.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-1264.png:[blocks in formation] "To search the woods for sets of flowery thorn." Pope: Homer's Ody ey, xxiv. 259. 5. A permanent change of figure caused by pre ure, or being retained long in any one position. When metal is subjected to any strain, either tensile or compre ive, the material is lengthened or short- ened in proportion to the force exerted. When re- leased from the strain it resumes its original length, unle the force exerted exceeded its limit of elas- ticity. If this occurs, the material receives what is 6. A direction or course; as, the set of the tide. *7. A plait. 8. A wager, a venture, a stake; hence, a game, a match. [SET, v., 27.] before upsetting the point of the latter to form the (1) A tool used to close plates around a rivet Bot .: Covered or pointed with bristles. setaceo-rostrate, a . Bot .: Having a beak with the figure of a bristle. setaceo-serrate, a . sět-ee, s . [SETTEE, 1.] set-foil, s . [SEPTFOIL.] (1) A dead set : [DEAD-SET.] (2) Set of exchange , set of bills : Exchange: A certain number, generally three parts of the same bill of exchange, any part of which being paid the others are void. IMG:content-1265.png:[blocks in formation] 1. Placed, put, located, fixed, . 2. Fixed, immovable; as, His eyes were set . 3. Fixed in opinion, determined, obstinate. 4. Intent, bent. "All my mind was set Serious to learn and know, and thence to do What might be public good." Milton: P. R., 1. 202. 5. Established; fixed by authority or custom; prescribed, settled, appointed; as, a set form of service. seton varying; wings exceedingly long, narrow, and acute, posterior pair not so broad as anterior; abdomen slender, with varying appendages. The larvæ inhabit standing and running waters. In at least two of the species the case is a tube of hardened silky secretion, apparently with no admixture of extraneous matter. Six species from the Pale arctic region. sẽ tồn, s . [Fr., from Lat. seta =a bristle.] Surg .: A few horse-hairs, or small threads, or a twist of silk, cotton, or similar material, pa ed under the true skin and the cellular ti ue beneath, in order to maintain an artificial i ue. They are applied as counter-irritants to act as a drain on the system, or to excite inflammation or adhesion. The name is also applied to the i ue itself. seton-needle, s. Surg .: A needle by which a seton (q. v.), is introduced beneath the skin.