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setter |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Setter \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. [Prov. Eng.] From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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 up a setter forth. 2. (Zo["o]l.) 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. Note: 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. 3. One who hunts victims for sharpers. --Shak. 4. One who adapts words to music in composition. 5. An adornment; a decoration; -- with off [Obs.] They come as . . . setters off of thy graces. --Whitlock. 6. (Pottery) A shallow seggar for porcelain. --Ure. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: setter n : a long-haired dog formerly trained to crouch on finding game but now to point
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