‖n. [ F. See Amass. ] An instrument of horn used for collecting painters' colors on the stone in the process of grinding. [ 1913 Webster ]
‖n. [ F. ] A light field cannon, or stocked gun mounted on a swivel. [ 1913 Webster ]
‖n. [ F. ] A French cordial or liqueur flavored with anise seeds. De Colange. [ 1913 Webster ]
n.
n. [ Back, a. + settler. ] One living in the back or outlying districts of a community. [ 1913 Webster ]
The English backsettlers of Leinster and Munster. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]
‖n. [ It., adj., somewhat low; n., counter tenor. See Basso. ] (Mus.) A tenor or small bass viol. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. One who, or that which, besets. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Habitually attacking, harassing, or pressing upon or about;
n. One who sets broken or dislocated bones; -- commonly applied to one, not a regular surgeon, who makes an occupation of setting bones. --
n. [ F., dim. of chemise. ] An under-garment, worn by women, usually covering the neck, shoulders, and breast. [ 1913 Webster ]
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‖n. [ F. ] One of the small chips or slices into which beets are cut in sugar making. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]
n. [ F., dim. of crosse. See Crosier. ] (Arch.)
v. t. To unsettle. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The act of unsettling, or the state of being unsettled. Marvell. [ 1913 Webster ]
n.;
‖n. [ F., dim. of fosse a fosse. ]
‖n. [ F., fr. glisser to slip. ] (Math.) The locus described by any point attached to a curve that slips continuously on another fixed curve, the movable curve having no rotation at any instant. [ 1913 Webster ]
‖n. [ F., fr. grisette a gray woolen cloth, fr. gris gray. Grisettes were so called because they wore gray gowns made of this stuff. See Gars. ] A French girl or young married woman of the lower class; more frequently, a young working woman who is fond of gallantry. Sterne. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. a member of the jet set. [ PJC ]
n. frequent international travel for pleasure, as contrasted with business. [ PJC ]
n. [ F., dim. of OF. muse. ]
prop. n. pl.;
n. (Bot.) A hybrid rose produced in 1817, by a French gardener,
adj. Compensating for.
n. One who settles at a distance, or away, from others. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A horse used to set the pace in racing.
‖n. [ NL. Named after Joel R.
n. [ F., pushpin, fr. pousser to push. See Push. ] A movement, or part of a figure, in the contradance. Dickens. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. i. To perform a certain movement in a dance. [ R. ] Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]
Down the middle, up again, poussette, and cross. J. & H. Smith. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. (Scots Law) One who receives or conceals, as stolen goods or criminal. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. One who resets, or sets again. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. To settle again. Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. i. To settle again, or a second time. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. Act of settling again, or state of being settled again;
The resettlement of my discomposed soul. Norris. [ 1913 Webster ]
A stone found at Rosetta, in Egypt, bearing a trilingual inscription, by aid of which, with other inscriptions, a key was obtained to the hieroglyphics of ancient Egypt. Brande & C. [ 1913 Webster ]
An east Indian wood of a reddish orange color, handsomely veined with darker marks. It is occasionally used for cabinetwork. Ure. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ F., dim. of rose a rose. Cf. Roset. ]
n. A mason who builds rough stonework. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ F.; -- so called in allusion to the color. See Russet. ]
n. See Set, n., 2
n. [ From Set; cf. Settle a seat. ] A long seat with a back, -- made to accommodate several persons at once. [ 1913 Webster ]
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.
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☞ There are several distinct varieties of setters; as, the Irish, or red, setter; the Gordon setter, which is usually red or tan varied with black; and the English setter, which is variously colored, but usually white and tawny red, with or without black. [ 1913 Webster ]
They come as . . . setters off of thy graces. Whitlock. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. To cut the dewlap (of a cow or an ox), and to insert a seton, so as to cause an issue. [ Prov. Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
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
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Thou shalt set in it settings of stones. Ex. xxviii. 17. [ 1913 Webster ]
Setting coat (Arch.),
Setting dog,
Setting pole,
Setting rule. (Print.)