setter out

One who sets forth or proclaims. "A noble setter-out, and as true a follower of Christ and hys gospell."- Ascham: Affaires of Germany. setter-up, s. One who sets up or establishes; one who raises to office or dignity. "Proud setter - up and puller down of kings!" Shakesp.: Henry VI., Pt. 111. , ii. 3. *sět-těr, v. i . [Eng.seton (q. v.).] (See extract.) "Husbandmen are used to make a hole, and put a piece of the root [cf. SETTERWORT] into the dewlap a seton in cases of diseased lungs, and this is called pegging or settering ."-Gerarde: Herbal , p. 979. set-ter-wõrt, s. [ Eng.setter, v., and wort.] Bot.: Helleborus fœtid us . as *sět-ter-ý, a. [Eng.setter; -y.] Like or resembling a setter. "Generally too settery in appearance to be perfect."Field, Dec. 6, 1884. IMG:content-1268.png:[blocks in formation] "A pamphlet that talks of slavery, France, and the ing, and confirm the doubtful."- Swift . 7. To adjust, arrange, or accommodate, as something which has been a subject of controversy or question; to bring to a conclusion; to finish, to close; as, to settle a dispute by a compromise. 8. To make sure or certain; to secure or establish by a formal or legal proce or act. "The remainder of the crown, on the death of King statute."-Black stone: Comment., bk. i., ch. 3. 2. Plaster.: [SET, S., II. 3.] 3. Watchmaking: (1) The jewel which is clasped by the bezel; or one which serves as a bushing for an arbor or pivot. (2) The adjustment of the hands. setting-board, s. Entom.: A board for setting out insects for pres. ervation. It consists of a sheet of cork glued to a flat piece of wood, and having its surface covered with paper. A butterfly or moth is set out by having its outstretched wings kept in position on the setting-board by pieces of card cut in long triangles, with a pin through their base. setting-coat, s. [SET, s., II. 3.]