SPage 185
- English Word Set Definition To give a pitch to, as a tune; to start by fixing the keynote; as, to set a psalm.
- English Word Set Definition To reduce from a dislocated or fractured state; to replace; as, to set a broken bone.
- English Word Set Definition To make to agree with some standard; as, to set a watch or a clock.
- English Word Set Definition To lower into place and fix solidly, as the blocks of cut stone in a structure.
- English Word Set Definition To stake at play; to wager; to risk.
- English Word Set Definition To fit with music; to adapt, as words to notes; to prepare for singing.
- English Word Set Definition To determine; to appoint; to assign; to fix; as, to set a time for a meeting; to set a price on a horse.
- English Word Set Definition To adorn with something infixed or affixed; to stud; to variegate with objects placed here and there.
- English Word Set Definition To value; to rate; -- with at.
- English Word Set Definition To point out the seat or position of, as birds, or other game; -- said of hunting dogs.
- English Word Set Definition To establish as a rule; to furnish; to prescribe; to assign; as, to set an example; to set lessons to be learned.
- English Word Set Definition To suit; to become; as, it sets him ill.
- English Word Set Definition To compose; to arrange in words, lines, etc.; as, to set type; to set a page.
- English Word Set Definition To pass below the horizon; to go down; to decline; to sink out of sight; to come to an end.
- English Word Set Definition To fit music to words.
- English Word Set Definition To place plants or shoots in the ground; to plant.
- English Word Set Definition To be fixed for growth; to strike root; to begin to germinate or form; as, cuttings set well; the fruit has set well (i. e., not blasted in the blossom).
- English Word Set Definition To become fixed or rigid; to be fastened.
- English Word Set Definition To congeal; to concrete; to solidify.
- English Word Set Definition To have a certain direction in motion; to flow; to move on; to tend; as, the current sets to the north; the tide sets to the windward.
- 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.