deadset

1. Shooting: The set or point of a dog at game. 2. A preconcerted attack or plot against any one. dead-sheave, s. Naut .: A scored channel for the run of a ope; destitute of a sheave. dead-shoar, dead-shore, s. Building: A timber strut worked up in brick-work to support a superincumbent ma , till the brickwork which is to carry it has set or become hard.