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4 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Set \Set\, n. 1. The act of setting, as of the sun or other heavenly body; descent; hence the close termination. ``Locking at the set of day.'' --Tennyson. The weary sun hath made a golden set --Shak. 2. That which is set placed, or fixed. Specifically: a A young plant for growth; as a set of white thorn. b That which is staked; a wager; a venture; a stake; hence a game at venture. [Obs. or R.] We will in France, by God's grace, play a set Shall strike his father's crown into the hazard. --Shak. That was but civil war, an equal set --Dryden. c (Mech.) Permanent change of figure in consequence of excessive strain, as from compression, tension, bending, twisting, etc.; as the set of a spring. d A kind of punch used for bending, indenting, or giving shape to metal; as a saw set e (Pile Driving) A piece placed temporarily upon the head of a pile when the latter cannot be reached by the weight, or hammer, except by means of such an intervening piece. [Often incorrectly written {sett}.] f (Carp.) A short steel spike used for driving the head of a nail below the surface. 3. [Perhaps due to confusion with sect, sept.] A number of things of the same kind ordinarily used or classed together; a collection of articles which naturally complement each other and usually go together; an assortment; a suit; as a set of chairs, of china, of surgical or mathematical instruments, of books, etc [In this sense sometimes incorrectly written {sett}.] 4. A number of persons associated by custom, office, common opinion, quality, or the like a division; a group a clique. ``Others of our set.'' --Tennyson. This falls into different divisions, or sets, of nations connected under particular religions. --R. P. Ward. 5. Direction or course; as the set of the wind, or of a current. 6. In dancing, the number of persons necessary to execute a quadrille; also the series of figures or movements executed. 7. The deflection of a tooth, or of the teeth, of a saw, which causes the the saw to cut a kerf, or make an opening, wider than the blade. 8. a A young oyster when first attached. b Collectively, the crop of young oysters in any locality. 9. (Tennis) A series of as many games as may be necessary to enable one side to win six If at the end of the tenth game the score is a tie, the set is usually called a deuce set and decided by an application of the rules for playing off deuce in a game. See {Deuce}. 10. (Type Founding) That dimension of the body of a type called by printers the width. {Dead set}. a The act of a setter dog when it discovers the game, and remains intently fixed in pointing it out b A fixed or stationary condition arising from obstacle or hindrance; a deadlock; as to be at a dead set c A concerted scheme to defraud by gaming; a determined onset. {To make a dead set}, to make a determined onset, literally or figuratively. Syn: Collection; series; group See {Pair}. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Sett \Sett\, n. See {Set}, n., 2 e and 3. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Set \Set\, n. 1. (Textiles) Any of various standards of measurement of the fineness of cloth; specif., the number of reeds in one inch and the number of threads in each reed. The exact meaning varies according to the location where it is used Sometimes written {sett}. 2. A stone, commonly of granite, shaped like a short brick and usually somewhat larger than one used for street paving. Commonly written {sett}. 3. Camber of a curved roofing tile. 4. The manner, state, or quality of setting or fitting; fit as the set of a coat. [Colloq.] From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: sett n : rectangular stone with curved top once used to make roads [syn: {cobble}, {cobblestone}]
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