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  • English Word Setback Definition Offset, n., 4.
  • English Word Setback Definition A backset; a countercurrent; an eddy.
  • English Word Setback Definition A backset; a check; a repulse; a reverse; a relapse.
  • English Word Setbolt Definition An iron pin, or bolt, for fitting planks closely together.
  • English Word Setbolt Definition A bolt used for forcing another bolt out of its hole.
  • English Word Setdown Definition The humbling of a person by act or words, especially by a retort or a reproof; the retort or the reproof which has such effect.
  • English Word Setee Definition See 2d Settee.
  • English Word Seten Definition obs. imp. pl. of Sit. Sat.
  • English Word Setewale Definition See Cetewale.
  • English Word Setfoil Definition See Septfoil.
  • English Word Sethen Definition See Since.
  • English Word Sethic Definition See Sothic.
  • English Word Setiferous Definition Producing, or having one or more, bristles.
  • English Word Setiform Definition Having the form or structure of setae.
  • English Word Setiger Definition An annelid having setae; a chaetopod.
  • English Word Setigerous Definition Covered with bristles; having or bearing a seta or setae; setiferous; as, setigerous glands; a setigerous segment of an annelid; specifically (Bot.), tipped with a bristle.
  • English Word Setim Definition See Shittim.
  • English Word Setiparous Definition Producing setae; -- said of the organs from which the setae of annelids arise.
  • English Word Setireme Definition A swimming leg (of an insect) having a fringe of hairs on the margin.
  • English Word Setness Definition The quality or state of being set; formality; obstinacy.
  • English Word Seton Definition A few silk threads or horsehairs, or a strip of linen or the like, introduced beneath the skin by a knife or needle, so as to form an issue; also, the issue so formed.
  • English Word Setose Definition Alt. of Setous
  • English Word Setous Definition Thickly set with bristles or bristly hairs.
  • English Word Setout Definition A display, as of plate, equipage, etc.; that which is displayed.
  • English Word Sett Definition See Set, n., 2 (e) and 3.
  • English Word Settee Definition A long seat with a back, -- made to accommodate several persons at once.
  • English Word Settee Definition A vessel with a very long, sharp prow, carrying two or three masts with lateen sails, -- used in the Mediterranean.
  • English Word Setter Definition One who, or that which, sets; -- used mostly in composition with a noun, as typesetter; or in combination with an adverb, as a setter on (or inciter), a setter up, a setter forth.
  • English Word Setter Definition A hunting dog of a special breed originally derived from a cross between the spaniel and the pointer. Modern setters are usually trained to indicate the position of game birds by standing in a fixed position, but originally they indicated it by sitting or crouching.
  • English Word Setter Definition One who hunts victims for sharpers.