Webster's Dictionary 1913

3754

Setbolt

Set″bolt′ (?), n.(Shipbuilding) 1. An iron pin, or bolt, for fitting planks closely together. Craig.2. A bolt used for forcing another bolt out of its hole.

3755

Setdown

Set″down′ (–doun′), n. 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.

3756

Setee

Set‐ee″ (?), n.(Naut.) See 2d Settee.

3757

Seten

Set″en (?), obs. imp. pl. of Sit. Sat. Chaucer.

3758

Setewale

Set″e‐wale (?), n. See Cetewale.

3759

Setfoil

Set″foil′ (?), n. See Septfoil.

3760

Sethen

Seth″en (?), adv. & conj. See Since.

3761

Sethic

Seth″ic (?), a. See Sothic.

3762

Setiferous

Se‐tif″er‐ous (?), a. [L. seta a bristle + -ferous.] Producing, or having one or more, bristles.

3763

Setiform

Se″ti‐form (?), a. [Seta + -form: cf. F. sétiforme.] Having the form or structure of setæ.

3764

Setiger

Se″ti‐ger (?), n. [NL. See Setigerous.] (Zoöl.) An annelid having setæ; a chætopod.

3765

Setigerous

Se‐tig″er‐ous (?), a. [Seta + -gerous.] Covered with bristles; having or bearing a seta or setæ; setiferous; as, setigerous glands; a setigerous segment of an annelid; specifica...

3766

Setim

Se″tim (?), n. See Shittim.

3767

Setiparous

Se‐tip″a‐rous (?), a. [Seta + L. papere to produce.] (Zoöl.) Producing setæ; — said of the organs from which the setæ of annelids arise.

3768

Setireme

Se″ti‐reme (?), n. [Seta + L. remus an oar.] (Zoöl.) A swimming leg (of an insect) having a fringe of hairs on the margin.

3769

Setness

Set″ness (?), n. The quality or state of being set; formality; obstinacy. “The starched setness of a sententious writer.” R. Masters.

3770

Seton

Se″ton (?), n. [F. séton (cf. It. setone), from L. seta a thick, stiff hair, a bristle.] (Med. & Far.) A few silk threads or horsehairs, or a strip of linen or the like, introdu...

3771

Setose

{ Se‐tose″ (?), Se″tous (?), } a. [L. setosus, saetosus, from seta, saeta, bristle: cf. F. séteux.] Thickly set with bristles or bristly hairs.

3772

Setout

Set″out′ (?), n. A display, as of plate, equipage, etc.; that which is displayed. Dickens.

3773

Sett

Sett (?), n. See Set, n., 2 (e) and 3.

3774

Settee

Set‐tee″ (?), n. [From Set; cf. Settle a seat.] A long seat with a back, — made to accommodate several persons at once.

3775

Settee (2)

Set‐tee″, n. [F. scétie, scitie.] (Naut.) A vessel with a very long, sharp prow, carrying two or three masts with lateen sails, — used in the Mediterranean. [Written also setee.]

3776

Setter

Set″ter (?), n. 1. 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...

3777

Setter (2)

Set″ter, v. t. To cut the dewlap (of a cow or an ox), and to insert a seton, so as to cause an issue.

3778

Setterwort

Set″ter‐wort′ (?), n.(Bot.) The bear's-foot (Helleborus fœtidus); — so called because the root was used in settering, or inserting setons into the dewlaps of cattle. Called also...

3779

Setting

Set″ting (?), n. 1. The act of one who, or that which, sets; as, the setting of type, or of gems; the setting of the sun; the setting (hardening) of moist plaster of Paris; the ...

3780

Setting-up exercise

Set′ting–up″ ex″er‐cise. Any one of a series of gymnastic exercises used, as in drilling recruits, for the purpose of giving an erect carriage, supple muscles, and an easy contr...