settee 
masts with lateen sails, used on the Mediter- 
ranean. 
setter 1 (set'er), . [= D. setter = G. setter = 
Sw. sattare = Dan. ssetter; as set 1 + -er 1 .] 1. 
One who or that which sets : as, a setter of pre- 
cious stones; a setter of type (a compositor); a 
setter of music to words (a musical composer): 
chiefly in composition. Specifically (a) In hart., 
& plant which sets or develops fruit. 
Some of the cultivated varieties are, as gardeners say, 
"bad setters" i. e., do not ripen their fruit, owing to im- 
perfect fertilization. Encyc. Brit., XXIV. 237. 
(6) In the game of hazard. See hazard, I. 
2. An implement or any object used in or for 
setting. Specifically (a) In gun., a round stick for 
driving fuses, or any composition, into cases made of pa- 
per. (6) In diamond-cutting, a wooden handle into the end 
of which is cemented the diamond to be cut. It is held in 
the left hand of the workman, while the cutter is held in 
the right, (c) In seal-engraving, a steel tool provided with 
square wrench-like incisions, used in setting the tools in 
the quill of the lathe-head, (d) In ceram., a variety of sag- 
gar used for porcelain, and made to hold one piece only, 
which it nearly fits, whereas the saggar often holds several 
pieces. 
The setters for china plates and dishes answer the same 
purpose as the saggers, and are made of the same clay. 
They take in one dish or plate each, and are "reared" in 
the oven in "bungs" one on the other. 
Ure, Diet., III. 614. 
3. A kind of hunting-dog, named from its origi- 
nal habit of settingor crouching when it scented 
game. These dogs are now, however, trained to stand 
rigidly when they have found game. The setter is of about 
the same size and form as the pointer, from which it differs 
chiefly in the length of the coat. The ears are well fringed 
with long hair, and the tail and hind legs are fringed or fea- 
thered with hair still longer than that on the ears. There 
are three distinct varieties of setters the Irish, which are 
of a solid dark mahogany-red color ; the Gordon, black with 
red or tan marks on each side of the muzzle from set on 
of neck to nose, on the hind legs below the hocks, and on 
the fore legs below the knees ; and the English, which 
are divided into two classes, Llewelyns and Lavemcks, the 
former being black, white, and tan in color, the latter black 
and white. 
Ponto, his old brown getter, . . . stretched out at full 
length on the rug with his nose between his fore paws, 
would wrinkle his brows and lift up his eyelids every now 
and then, to exchange a glance of mutual understanding 
with his master. George Eliot, Sir. Gilfll's Love-Story, i. 
Hence 4. A man who is considered as per- 
forming the office of a setting-dog that is, 
who seeks out and indicates to his confederates 
persons to be plundered. 
Gads. Stand. 
Fal. So I do, against my will. 
Point. O, 'tis our setter : I know his voice. 
Shale., I Hen. IV., ii. 2. 53. 
Another set of men are the devil's setters, who continu- 
ally beat their brains how to draw in some innocent un- 
guarded heir into their hellish net. South. 
We have setters watching in corners, and by dead walls, 
to give us notice when a gentleman goes by. 
Swift, Last Speech of Ebenezer Elliston. 
Clock-setter (naut.), one who tampers with the clock to 
shorten his watch ; hence, a busybody or mischief-maker 
aboard ship; a sea-lawyer. Rough-setter, a mason who 
merely builds rough walling, in contradistinction to one 
who is competent to hew as well. Setter forth, one who 
sets forth or brings into public notice ; a proclaimer ; for- 
merly, a promoter. 
He seemeth to be a setter. forth of strange gods. 
Acts xvii. 18. 
One Sebastian Cabota hath bin the chiefest setter forth 
of this iourney or voyage. HaUvyt's Voyages, I. 2CS. 
Setter Off, one who or that which sets off, decorates, 
adorns, or recommends. 
They come as refiners of thy dross ; or gilders, setters 
off, of thy graces. 
W hittock, Manners of the English, p. 30. (Latham.) 
Setter on, one who sets on ; an instigator ; an inciter. 
I could not look upon it but with weeping eyes, in re- 
membering him who was the only setter-on to do it. 
Ascham. 
Setter out, one who sets out, publishes, or makes known, 
as a proclaimer or an author. 
Duke John Frederick, . . . defender of Luther, a noble 
setter out, and as true a follower of Christ and his gospell. 
Ascham, Affairs of Germany. 
Setter up, one who sets up, in any sense of the phrase. 
Thou setter up and plucker down of kings. 
Shak., 3 Hen. VI., ii. 3. 37. 
Old occupations have 
Too many setters-up to prosper ; some 
Uncommon trade would thrive now. 
Beau, and Fl., Honest Man's Fortune, U. 1. 
I am but a young setter tip; the uttermost I dare ven- 
ture upon 't is threescore pound. 
Middleton, Michaelmas Term, ii. 3. 
setter 2 (set'er), v. t. [Appar. < 'setter 1 *, n. (as in 
setter-grass, setterwort), a corruption (simulat- 
ing setter*) o f se ton ().] To cut the dewlap 
of (an ox or a cow), helleboraster, or setter- 
wort, being put into the cut, and an issue there- 
by made for ill-humors to vent themselves. 
Compare tettencori. Hulliwell. [Prov. Eug.] 
5528 
Husbandmen are used to make a hole, and put a piece 
of the root [setterwort] into the dewlap ... as a seton 
In cases of diseased lungs, and this is called pegging or 
fettering. Gerarde, Herbal, p. 979. 
setter-grass (set'er-gras), n. [< late ME. .////- 
i/n/xxe; appar. < 'setter 2 , n. (see setter?, v.), + 
i/nixx.'] Same as settericort. 
Setyr grysse, eleborus niger, herba est. 
Cath. Ang., p. 331. 
setterwort (set'er-wert), . [< 'setter'*, n. (see 
setter*, v.), + wortl.] The bear's-foot or fetid 
hellebore, Helleborus fcetidus. its root was former- 
ly used as a "setter" (seto'u) in the process called nenerinj 
(see setter*). The green hellebore, H. viridis, for a similar 
reason was called peg-roots. (Dale, Pharmacologia(Prior).) 
The former has also the names setter-grass, helleboraster, 
and oxheal. 
settirna, settimo (set'ti-ma, -mo), n. [It., fern, 
and masc. respectively of settimo, < L. septim .v, 
seventh, < septem, seven: see seven.] In w/ M.VIC. 
the interval of a seventh. 
settimetto (set-ti-met'to), n. [It., dim. of set- 
timo, q. v.] A septet. 
setting (set'ing), H. and a. [< ME. settynge; 
verbal n. of set 1 , .] I. n. 1. The act of one 
who or that which sets, in any sense. 
She has contrived to show her principles by the setting 
of her commode ; so that it will be impossible for any 
woman that is disaffected to be in the fashion. 
Addison, The Ladies' Association. 
Specifically 2. The adjusting of a telescope 
to look at an object by means of a setting-cir- 
cle or otherwise ; also, the placing of a microme- 
ter-wire so as to bisect an object. 3. In music, 
the act, process, or result of fitting or adapting 
to music, or providing a musical form for: as, 
a setting of the Psalms. 
Arne gave to the world those beautiful settings of the 
songs "Under the greenwood tree," "Blow, blow, thou 
winter wind," . . . which seem to have become indissol- 
ubly allied to the poetry. Grove, Diet. Music, I. 84. 
4. Tlieat., the mounting of a play or an opera 
for the stage ; the equipment and arrangement 
of scenery, costumes, and properties; the mise 
en scene. 5. The adjusting of the teeth of a 
saw for cutting. 
The teeth [of a saw] are not in line with the saw-blade, 
but . . . their points are bent alternately to the right 
and left, so that their cut will exceed the thickness of the 
blade to an extent depending upon the amount of this 
bending, or set, as it is called. Without the clearance 
due to this setting, saws could not be used in hard wood. 
C. P. B. Shelley, Workshop Appliances, p. 55. 
6. The hardening of plaster or cement; also, 
same as setting-coat. 
Setting may be either a second coat upon laying or ren- 
dering, or a third coat upon floating. 
Workshop Receipts, 1st ser., p. 121. 
7. The hardening process of eggs: a term used 
by fish-culturists. 8. The sinking of the sun 
or moon or of a star below the horizon. 
I have touched the highest point of all my greatness, 
And from that full meridian of my glory 
I haste now to my setting. Shak., Hen. VIII., iii. 2. 225. 
The setting of a great hope is like the setting of the sun. 
Longfellow, Hyperion, i. 1. 
9f. The sport of hunting with a setter-dog. See 
the quotation under sefl, v. i., 7. 10. Some- 
thing set in or inserted. 
And thou shalt set in it settings of stones, even four 
rows of stones. Ex. xxviii. 17. 
1 1 . That in which something, as a jewel, is set : 
as, a diamond in a gold setting; by extension, 
the ornamental surrounding of a jewel, seal, 
or the like: as, an antique setting; hence, fig- 
uratively, that which surrounds anything; en- 
vironment. 
Nature is a setting that fits equally well a comic or a 
mourning piece. Emerson, Nature, i. 
Heliacal setting. See heliacal. Setting off. (a) Adorn- 
ment ; becoming decoration ; relief. 
Might not this beauty, tell me (it 's a sweet one), 
Without more setting-ofl, as now it is, 
Thanking no greater mistress than mere nature, 
Stagger a constant heart ? 
Fletcher, Double Marriage, iii. 3. 
(6) In printing, same as of set, 9. Setting out. (a) An 
outfit; an equipment. [Now provincial.] 
Perseus's setting out is extremely well adapted to his un- 
dertaking. Bacon, Fable of Perseus. 
(b) Same as location, 3. 
II. a. Of the sunset; western; occidental. 
[Rare.] 
Conceiv'd so great a pride, 
In Severn on her East, Wyre on the setting side. 
Drayton, Polyolliion, vii. 266. 
setting-back (set'ing-bak'), n. In glue-making, 
the vessel into which glue is poured from the 
caldron, and in which it remains until the im- 
purities settle. 
setting-board (set'ing-bord), n. A contrivance 
used by entomologists for setting insects with 
settle 
the wings spread. It is generally a frame made of 
wood or cork, with a deep groove in which the bodies of 
the insects lie while the wings arc spread out on flat sur- 
faces at the sides, and kept in position with pins and card- 
tioard braces or pieces of glass until they are dry. 
setting-box (set'ing-boks), n. A box contain- 
ing the setting-boards used by entomologists. 
Several such boards may be fitted in the box like shelves, 
and the box itself may resemble a dummy book to stand 
on a shelf. 
setting-circle (set'ing-ser"kl), . A graduated 
circle attached to a telescope used in finding a 
star. For a motion in altitude, the most con- 
venient form of setting-circle is one carrying 
a spirit-level. 
setting-coat (set'ing-kot), n. The best sort of 
plastering on walls or ceilings ; a coat of fine 
stuff laid over the floating, which is of coarse 
stuff. 
setting-dog (set'ing-dog), n. A setter. 
Will is a particular favourite of all the young heirs, whom 
lie frequently obliges . . . with a setting-dog he has made 
himself. Addixint, Spectator, No. 108. 
setting-fid (set'ing-fid), . See Jid. 
setting-gage (set'ing-gaj), . In carriage-bii titl- 
ing, a machine for obtaining the proper pitch 
or angle of an axle to cause it to suit the wheels ; 
an axle-setter. E. H. Knight. 
setting-machine (set'ing-ma-shen"), n. A ma- 
cliiue for setting the wire teeth in cards for the 
card-clothing of carding-machines. 
setting-needle (sefing-ne'dl), . A needle, 
fixed in a light wooden handle, used in setting 
the wings of insects in any desired position. 
setting-pole (set'ing-pol), n. See pole*, and 
set*, v. t., 28. 
Setting-poles cannot be new, for I find " some set [the 
boats) with long poles " in Hakluyt. 
Lowell, Biglow Papers, 2d ser., Int. 
setting-punch (set'ing-punch), n. In saddlery, 
a punch with a tube around it, by means of 
which a washer is placed over the shank of a 
rivet, and so shaped as to facilitate riveting 
down the shank upon the washer. E. H. Knight. 
setting-rule (set'mg-rol), . In printing, same 
as composing-rule. 
A setting-rule, a thin brass or steel plate which, being 
removed as successive lines are completed, keeps the type 
in place. . Encyc. Brit., XXIII. 700. 
setting-stick (set'ing-stik),)i. If. A stick used 
for adjusting the sets or plaits of ruffs. 
Breton (Pasquil's Prognostication, p. 11) says that Dooms- 
day will be near when "inaides will use no setting sticks." 
Davies. 
2. In printing, a composing-stick. 
setting-sun (set'ing-sun'),. Abivalvemollusk 
of the family Tellinidse, Psammobia vespertina. 
It has a shell of an oblong oval shape, and of a whitish 
color shading to a reddish-yellow at the beaks, and diver- 
sified by rays of carmine and purplish or pinkish hue. The 
epidermis is olivaceous brown. It inhabits the sandy 
coast, and where it is abundant in some parts of Europe 
it is used as manure, while in other places it is exten- 
sively eaten. 
settle 1 (set'l), . [< ME. settle, setle, setel, setil, 
seotfl, < AS. sett = OS. sedal = MD. setel, D. zetel 
= MLG. setel = OHG. sedal, sezal, sezzal, MHG. 
sedel, sezzel, G. sessel = Goth, sitls, a seat, throne, 
= L. sella (for *sedla) (> E. sell 2 ), a seat, chair, 
throne, saddle (see sell 2 ), = Gr. eipa, a seat, 
base; from the root of sit: see sit. Cf. saddle.] 
1. A seat; a bench; a ledge. [Obsolete or 
archaic.] 
Opon the setil of his mageste. 
Hampole, Prick of Conscience, 1. 6122. 
Then gross thick Darkness over all he dight. . . . 
If hunger driue the Pagans from their Dens, 
Ones [sic] 'gainst a settle breaketh both his shins. 
Sylvester, tr. of Du Bartas's Weeks, ii., The la we. 
From the high settle of king or ealdorman in the midst 
to the mead-benches ranged around its walls. 
J. R. Green, Hist. Eng. People, i. 
2. Specifically, a seat longer than a chair; a 
bench with a high back and arms, made to ac- 
commodate two or more persons. Old settles 
were usually of oak, and were often made with a chest or 
coffer under the seat. Compare box-settle and long settle, 
below. 
On oaken settle Marmion sate, 
And view'd around the blazing hearth. 
Scott, Marmion, iii. 8. 
By the fireside, the big arm-chair . . . fondly cronied 
with two venerable settles within the chimney corner. 
J. W. Palmer, After his Kind, p. 46. 
3f. A seat fixed or placed at the foot of a bed- 
stead. 
Itm. an olde standing bedstead wth a settle unto it. 
Archtrologia, XL. 327. 
4. A part of a platform lower than another 
part. 5. One of the successive platforms or 
stages leading up from the floor to the great 
altar of the Jewish Temple. 
