Setous (a.) Thickly set with bristles or bristly hairs.
Setout (n.) A display, as of plate, equipage, etc.; that which is displayed.
Set-stitched (a.) Stitched according to a formal pattern.
Sett (n.) See Set, n., 2 (e) and 3.
Settee (n.) A long seat with a back, -- made to accommodate several persons at once.
Settee (n.) A vessel with a very long, sharp prow, carrying two or three masts with lateen sails, -- used in the Mediterranean.
Setter (n.) 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.
Setter (n.) 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.
Setter (n.) One who hunts victims for sharpers.
Setter (n.) One who adapts words to music in composition.
Setter (n.) An adornment; a decoration; -- with off.
Setter (n.) A shallow seggar for porcelain.
Setter (v. t.) To cut the dewlap (of a cow or an ox), and to insert a seton, so as to cause an issue.
Setterwort (n.) The bear's-foot (Helleborus f/tidus); -- so called because the root was used in settering, or inserting setons into the dewlaps of cattle. Called also pegroots.
Setting (n.) 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 setting (set) of a current.
Setting (n.) The act of marking the position of game, as a setter does; also, hunting with a setter.
Setting (n.) Something set in, or inserted.
Setting (n.) That in which something, as a gem, is set; as, the gold setting of a jeweled pin.
Settle (n.) A seat of any kind.
Settle (n.) A bench; especially, a bench with a high back.
Settle (n.) A place made lower than the rest; a wide step or platform lower than some other part.
Settled (imp. & p. p.) of Settle
Settling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Settle
Settle (n.) To place in a fixed or permanent condition; to make firm, steady, or stable; to establish; to fix; esp., to establish in life; to fix in business, in a home, or the like.
Settle (n.) To establish in the pastoral office; to ordain or install as pastor or rector of a church, society, or parish; as, to settle a minister.
Settle (n.) To cause to be no longer in a disturbed condition; to render quiet; to still; to calm; to compose.
Settle (n.) To clear of dregs and impurities by causing them to sink; to render pure or clear; -- said of a liquid; as, to settle coffee, or the grounds of coffee.
Settle (n.) To restore or bring to a smooth, dry, or passable condition; -- said of the ground, of roads, and the like; as, clear weather settles the roads.
Settle (n.) To cause to sink; to lower; to depress; hence, also, to render close or compact; as, to settle the contents of a barrel or bag by shaking it.
Settle (n.) To determine, as something which is exposed to doubt or question; to free from unscertainty or wavering; to make sure, firm, or constant; to establish; to compose; to quiet; as, to settle the mind when agitated; to settle questions of law; to settle the succession to a throne; to settle an allowance.
Settle (n.) To adjust, as something in discussion; to make up; to compose; to pacify; as, to settle a quarrel.
Settle (n.) To adjust, as accounts; to liquidate; to balance; as, to settle an account.
Settle (n.) Hence, to pay; as, to settle a bill.
Settle (n.) To plant with inhabitants; to colonize; to people; as, the French first settled Canada; the Puritans settled New England; Plymouth was settled in 1620.
Settle (v. i.) To become fixed or permanent; to become stationary; to establish one's self or itself; to assume a lasting form, condition, direction, or the like, in place of a temporary or changing state.
Settle (v. i.) To fix one's residence; to establish a dwelling place or home; as, the Saxons who settled in Britain.
Settle (v. i.) To enter into the married state, or the state of a householder.
Settle (v. i.) To be established in an employment or profession; as, to settle in the practice of law.
Settle (v. i.) To become firm, dry, and hard, as the ground after the effects of rain or frost have disappeared; as, the roads settled late in the spring.
Settle (v. i.) To become clear after being turbid or obscure; to clarify by depositing matter held in suspension; as, the weather settled; wine settles by standing.
Settle (v. i.) To sink to the bottom; to fall to the bottom, as dregs of a liquid, or the sediment of a reserveir.
Settle (v. i.) To sink gradually to a lower level; to subside, as the foundation of a house, etc.
Settle (v. i.) To become calm; to cease from agitation.
Settle (v. i.) To adjust differences or accounts; to come to an agreement; as, he has settled with his creditors.
Settle (v. i.) To make a jointure for a wife.
Settledness (n.) The quality or state of being settled; confirmed state.
Settlement (n.) The act of setting, or the state of being settled.
Settlement (n.) Establishment in life, in business, condition, etc.; ordination or installation as pastor.
Settlement (n.) The act of peopling, or state of being peopled; act of planting, as a colony; colonization; occupation by settlers; as, the settlement of a new country.
Settlement (n.) The act or process of adjusting or determining; composure of doubts or differences; pacification; liquidation of accounts; arrangement; adjustment; as, settlement of a controversy, of accounts, etc.
Settlement (n.) Bestowal, or giving possession, under legal sanction; the act of giving or conferring anything in a formal and permanent manner.
Settlement (n.) A disposition of property for the benefit of some person or persons, usually through the medium of trustees, and for the benefit of a wife, children, or other relatives; jointure granted to a wife, or the act of granting it.
Settlement (n.) That which settles, or is settled, established, or fixed.
Settlement (n.) Matter that subsides; settlings; sediment; lees; dregs.
Settlement (n.) A colony newly established; a place or region newly settled; as, settlement in the West.
Settlement (n.) That which is bestowed formally and permanently; the sum secured to a person; especially, a jointure made to a woman at her marriage; also, in the United States, a sum of money or other property formerly granted to a pastor in additional to his salary.
Settlement (n.) The gradual sinking of a building, whether by the yielding of the ground under the foundation, or by the compression of the joints or the material.
Settlement (n.) Fractures or dislocations caused by settlement.
Settlement (n.) A settled place of abode; residence; a right growing out of residence; legal residence or establishment of a person in a particular parish or town, which entitles him to maintenance if a pauper, and subjects the parish or town to his support.
Settler (n.) One who settles, becomes fixed, established, etc.
Settler (n.) Especially, one who establishes himself in a new region or a colony; a colonist; a planter; as, the first settlers of New England.
Settler (n.) That which settles or finishes; hence, a blow, etc., which settles or decides a contest.
Settler (n.) A vessel, as a tub, in which something, as pulverized ore suspended in a liquid, is allowed to settle.
Settling (n.) The act of one who, or that which, settles; the act of establishing one's self, of colonizing, subsiding, adjusting, etc.
Settling (n.) That which settles at the bottom of a liquid; lees; dregs; sediment.
Set-to (n.) A contest in boxing, in an argument, or the like.
Setulae (pl. ) of Setula
Setula (n.) A small, short hair or bristle; a small seta.
Setule (n.) A setula.
Setulose (a.) Having small bristles or setae.
Setwall (n.) A plant formerly valued for its restorative qualities (Valeriana officinalis, or V. Pyrenaica).
Seven (a.) One more than six; six and one added; as, seven days make one week.
Seven (n.) The number greater by one than six; seven units or objects.
Seven (n.) A symbol representing seven units, as 7, or vii.
Sevenfold (a.) Repeated seven times; having seven thicknesses; increased to seven times the size or amount.
Sevenfold (adv.) Seven times as much or as often.
Sevennight (n.) A week; any period of seven consecutive days and nights. See Sennight.
Sevenscore (n. & a.) Seven times twenty, that is, a hundred and forty.
Seven-shooter (n.) A firearm, esp. a pistol, with seven barrels or chambers for cartridges, or one capable of firing seven shots without reloading.
Seventeen (a.) One more than sixteen; ten and seven added; as, seventeen years.
Seventeen (n.) The number greater by one than sixteen; the sum of ten and seven; seventeen units or objects.
Seventeen (n.) A symbol denoting seventeen units, as 17, or xvii.
Seventeenth (a.) Next in order after the sixteenth; coming after sixteen others.
Seventeenth (a.) Constituting or being one of seventeen equal parts into which anything is divided.
Seventeenth (n.) The next in order after the sixteenth; one coming after sixteen others.
Seventeenth (n.) The quotient of a unit divided by seventeen; one of seventeen equal parts or divisions of one whole.
Seventeenth (n.) An interval of two octaves and a third.
Seventh (a.) Next in order after the sixth;; coming after six others.
Seventh (a.) Constituting or being one of seven equal parts into which anything is divided; as, the seventh part.
Seventh (n.) One next in order after the sixth; one coming after six others.
Seventh (n.) The quotient of a unit divided by seven; one of seven equal parts into which anything is divided.
Seventh (n.) An interval embracing seven diatonic degrees of the scale.
Seventh (n.) A chord which includes the interval of a seventh whether major, minor, or diminished.
Seven-thirties (n. pl.) A name given to three several issues of United States Treasury notes, made during the Civil War, in denominations of $50 and over, bearing interest at the rate of seven and three tenths (thirty hundredths) per cent annually. Within a few years they were all redeemed or funded.
Seventhly (adv.) In the seventh place.
Seventieth (a.) Next in order after the sixty-ninth; as, a man in the seventieth year of his age.
Seventieth (a.) Constituting or being one of seventy equal parts.
Seventieth (n.) One next in order after the sixty-ninth.
Seventieth (n.) The quotient of a unit divided by seventy; one of seventy equal parts or fractions.
Seventy (a.) Seven times ten; one more than sixty-nine.