Set

set, v. [set, setting.] To cause to to seat; to make to a ume a specified position; to place, put, fix; to attach to, put or place on; to put in a condition or state, cause to be; to make fast, permanent, or stable to render motionle ; to cause to stop, obstruct, embarra ; to determine, make unyielding or obstinate, render stiff or rigid; to plant; to fix (a precious stone in metal); to place in or amid something which embellishes and shows off; to convert into curd; to appoint, a ign; to put into a desired position or condition; to adjust, regulate, adapt; to put in due order, as an instrument; to extend (the sail of a ship); to give a pitch to (a tune); to reduce from a dislocated or fractured state, as a limb; to stake at play, wager, risk; to adapt (words to notes); to prepare for singing; to variegate with objects placed here and there. — v. To pa below the Tiorizon, go down; to strike root, begin to germinate; to become fixed or rigid; to congeal or concrete; to have a certain direction in motion; to move on, tend; to indicate the position of game, — said of a dog; to apply one's self. — p. a. Fixed; firm obstinate regular uniform formal; established prescribed. — n. Act of setting descent below the horizon that which set, placed, or fixed as, a young plant for growth or, (Mech.), permanent change of figure, in consequence of pre ure a number of things of the same kind, ordinarily used together, an a ortment suit a number "of persons a ociated by custom, office, common opinion, quality, etc.; direction or course. [AS. sett an, to set. causal of sittan, to q. v.: perh. set, an a ortment of similar things, is not ser, v., but same as sept or suit, q. v.] — Set'ter, n. One placing, Setter, fixing, or establishing; act of sinking, or seeming to sink, below the horizon; something set in or inserted: that in which something (a gem, etc.) set; the direction of a current, sea, or wind. — Set'-off, n. That which set off against another thing; an offset; a decoration; ornament. (Law.) A counterclaim; a distinct claim filed or set up by the defendant against the plaintiff's demand. (Arch.) The part of a wall, etc., which exposed horizon linger or ink, tiien, boxbox, chair, get. 542 SETON 524 tally when the portion above is reduced in thickne . — Set'-to, n. A conflict in boxing, argument, etc. — Set'-line, n. A buoyed fishing line, supporting a number of baited hooks, to be left by the fisherman. — Settee'', -te', n. A long seat with a back; a kind of arm-chair for several persons to sit in at once. [Prob. corrupt, of settle, seat.] ston, se'tun orse'tn, n. (Surg.) A few horse hairs, or a twist of silk or fine linen, drawn through the skin and subjacent ti ues by a large needle, etc., to cause irritation and suppuration or adhesion. [F.; LL. seto, L. seta, a bristle, thick hair, in LL. silk; satin, q. v.] — Setose', -tos', Se'to us, -tus, a. (Nat. Hist.) Having the surface set with bristles; bristly. [L. seto- — sus, seta, bristle.] Seta'ceo us, -ta's hus, a. Set with, or consisting of, bristles bristly. (Wat. Hist.) Having the slender form of a bristle. — Setig'erous, -tij'er-us, a. Covered with bristles. [L. gerere, to bear.] — Se'tiform, -tff6rm, a. (Bot.) Of the shape of a bristle. [L. form a, shape.] Setiform Prickles. Setting. See under Set.