Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter S - Page 56
Sesterce (n.) (Rom. Antiq.) A Roman coin or denomination of money, in value the fourth part of a denarius, and originally containing two asses and a half, afterward four asses, -- equal to about two pence sterling, or four cents.
Note: The sestertium was equivalent to one thousand sesterces, equal to [pounds]8 17s 1d. sterling, or about $43 (in 1900), before the reign of Augustus. After his reign its value was about [pounds]7 16s. 3d. sterling. The sesterce was originally coined only in silver, but later both in silver and brass.
Sestet (n.) (Mus.) A piece of music composed for six voices or six instruments; a sextet; -- called also sestuor. [Written also sestett, sestette.]
Sestet (n.) (Poet.) The last six lines of a sonnet.
Sestet (n.) The cardinal number that is the sum of five and one [syn: six, 6, VI, sixer, sise, Captain Hicks, half a dozen, sextet, sestet, sextuplet, hexad].
Sestet (n.) Six performers or singers who perform together [syn: sextet, sextette, sestet].
Sestet (n.) A set of six similar things considered as a unit [syn: sextet, sextette, sestet].
Sestet (n.) A musical composition written for six performers [syn: sextet, sextette, sestet].
Sestet (n.) A rhythmic group of six lines of verse.
Sestetto (n.) [It.] (Mus.) A sestet.
Sestine (n.) See Sextain.
Sestuor (n.) [F.] A sestet.
Sestet (n.) (Mus.) A piece of music composed for six voices or six instruments; a sextet; -- called also sestuor. [Written also sestett, sestette.]
Sestet (n.) (Poet.) The last six lines of a sonnet.
Set (imp. & p. p.) of Set
Setting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Set
Set (v. t.) To cause to sit; to make to assume a specified position or attitude; to give site or place to; to place; to put; to fix; as, to set a house on a stone foundation; to set a book on a shelf; to set a dish on a table; to set a chest or trunk on its bottom or on end.
I do set my bow in the cloud. -- Gen. ix. 13.
Set (v. t.) Hence, to attach or affix (something) to something else, or in or upon a certain place.
Set your affection on things above. -- Col. iii. 2.
The Lord set a mark upon Cain. -- Gen. iv. 15.
Set (v. t.) To make to assume specified place, condition, or occupation; to put in a certain condition or state (described by the accompanying words); to cause to be.
The Lord thy God will set thee on high. -- Deut. xxviii. 1.
I am come to set a man at variance against his father, and the daughter against her mother. -- Matt. x. 35.
Every incident sets him thinking. -- Coleridge.
Set (v. t.) To fix firmly; to make fast, permanent, or stable; to render motionless; to give an unchanging place, form, or condition to. Specifically:
Set (v. t.) To cause to stop or stick; to obstruct; to fasten to a spot; hence, to occasion difficulty to; to embarrass; as, to set a coach in the mud.
They show how hard they are set in this particular. -- Addison.
Set (v. t.) To fix beforehand; to determine; hence, to make unyielding or obstinate; to render stiff, unpliant, or rigid; as, to set one's countenance.
His eyes were set by reason of his age. -- 1 Kings xiv. 4.
On these three objects his heart was set. -- Macaulay.
Make my heart as a millstone, set my face as a flint. -- Tennyson.
Set (v. t.) To fix in the ground, as a post or a tree; to plant; as, to set pear trees in an orchard.
Set (v. t.) To fix, as a precious stone, in a border of metal; to place in a setting; hence, to place in or amid something which serves as a setting; as, to set glass in a sash.
And him too rich a jewel to be set In vulgar metal for a vulgar use. -- Dryden.
Set (v. t.) To render stiff or solid; especially, to convert into curd; to curdle; as, to set milk for cheese.
Set (v. t.) To put into a desired position or condition; to adjust; to regulate; to adapt.
Set (v. t.) To put in order in a particular manner; to prepare; as, to set (that is, to hone) a razor; to set a saw.
Tables for to sette, and beddes make. -- Chaucer.
Set (v. t.) To extend and bring into position; to spread; as, to set the sails of a ship.
Set (v. t.) To give a pitch to, as a tune; to start by fixing the keynote; as, to set a psalm.
Set (v. t.) To reduce from a dislocated or fractured state; to replace; as, to set a broken bone.
Set (v. t.) To make to agree with some standard; as, to set a watch or a clock.
Set (v. t.) (Masonry) To lower into place and fix solidly, as the blocks of cut stone in a structure.
Set (v. t.) To stake at play; to wager; to risk.
I have set my life upon a cast, And I will stand the hazard of the die. -- Shak.
Set (v. t.) To fit with music; to adapt, as words to notes; to prepare for singing.
Set thy own songs, and sing them to thy lute. -- Dryden.
Set (v. t.) To determine; to appoint; to assign; to fix; as, to set a time for a meeting; to set a price on a horse.
Set (v. t.) To adorn with something infixed or affixed; to stud; to variegate with objects placed here and there.
High on their heads, with jewels richly set, Each lady wore a radiant coronet. -- Dryden.
Pastoral dales thin set with modern farms. -- Wordsworth.
Set (v. t.) To value; to rate; -- with at.
Be you contented, wearing now the garland,
To have
a son set your decrees at naught. -- Shak.
I do not set my life at a pin's fee. -- Shak.
Set (v. t.) To point out the seat or position of, as birds, or other game; -- said of hunting dogs.
Set (v. t.) To establish as a rule; to furnish; to prescribe; to assign; as, to set an example; to set lessons to be learned.
Set (v. t.) To suit; to become; as, it sets him ill. [Scot.]
Set (v. t.) (Print.) To compose; to arrange in words, lines, etc.; as, to set type; to set a page.
To set abroach. See Abroach. [Obs.] -- Shak.
To set against, To oppose; to set in comparison with, or to oppose to, as an equivalent in exchange; as, to set one thing against another.
To set agoing, To cause to move.
To set apart, To separate to a particular use; to separate from the rest; to reserve.
To set a saw, To bend each tooth a little, every alternate one being bent to one side, and the intermediate ones to the other side, so that the opening made by the saw may be a little wider than the thickness of the back, to prevent the saw from sticking.
To set aside. (a) To leave out of account; to pass by; to omit; to neglect; to reject; to annul.
Setting aside all other considerations, I will endeavor to know the truth, and yield to that. -- Tillotson.
To set aside. (b) To set apart; to reserve; as, to set aside part of one's income.
To set aside. (c) (Law) See under Aside.
To set at defiance, To defy.
To set at ease, To quiet; to tranquilize; as, to set the heart at ease.
To set at naught, To undervalue; to contemn; to despise. "Ye have set at naught all my counsel." -- Prov. i. 25.
To set a trap To set a snare, or To set a gin, To put it in a proper condition or position to catch prey; hence, to lay a plan to deceive and draw another into one's power.
To set at work, or To set to work. (a) To cause to enter on work or action, or to direct how tu enter on work.
To set at work, or To set to work. (b) To apply one's self; -- used reflexively.
To set before. (a) To bring out to view before; to exhibit.
To set before. (b) To propose for choice to; to offer to.
To set by. (a) To set apart or on one side; to reject.
To set by. (b) To attach the value of (anything) to. "I set not a straw by thy dreamings." -- Chaucer.
To set by the compass, To observe and note the bearing or situation of by the compass.
To set case, To suppose; to assume. Cf. Put case, under Put, v. t. [Obs.] -- Chaucer.
To set down. (a) To enter in writing; to register.
Some rules were to be set down for the government of the army. -- Clarendon.
To
set down. (b) To
fix; to establish; to ordain.
This law we may name eternal, being that order which God . . . hath set down
with himself, for himself to do all things by. -- Hooker.
To set down. (c) To humiliate.
To set eyes on, To see; to behold; to fasten the eyes on.
To set fire to, or To set on fire, To communicate fire to; fig., to inflame; to enkindle the passions of; to irritate.
To set flying (Naut.), To hook to halyards, sheets, etc., instead of extending with rings or the like on a stay; -- said of a sail.
To set forth. (a) To manifest; to offer or present to view; to exhibt; to display.
To set forth. (b) To publish; to promulgate; to make appear. -- Waller.
To set forth. (c) To send out; to prepare and send. [Obs.]
The Venetian admiral had a fleet of sixty galleys, set forth by the Venetians. -- Knolles.
To set forward. (a) To cause to advance.
To set forward. (b) To promote.
To set free, To release from confinement, imprisonment, or bondage; to liberate; to emancipate.
To set in, To put in the way; to begin; to give a start to. [Obs.]
If you please to assist and set me in, I will recollect myself. -- Collier.
To set in order, To adjust or arrange; to reduce to method. "The rest will I set in order when I come." -- 1 Cor. xi. 34.
To set milk. (a) To expose it in open dishes in order that the cream may rise to the surface.
To set milk. (b) To cause it to become curdled as by the action of rennet. See 4 (e) .
To set much by or To set little by, To care much, or little, for.
To set of, To value; to set by. [Obs.] "I set not an haw of his proverbs." -- Chaucer.
To set off. (a) To separate from a whole; to assign to a particular purpose; to portion off; as, to set off a portion of an estate.
To set off. (b) To adorn; to decorate; to embellish.
They . . . set off the worst faces with the best airs. -- Addison.
To set off. (c) To give a flattering description of.
To set off against, To place against as an equivalent; as, to set off one man's services against another's.
To set on or To set upon. (a) To incite; to instigate. "Thou, traitor, hast set on thy wife to this." -- Shak.
To set on or To set upon. (b) To employ, as in a task. " Set on thy wife to observe." -- Shak.
To set on or To set upon. (c) To fix upon; to attach strongly to; as, to set one's heart or affections on some object. See definition 2, above.
To set one's cap for. See under Cap, n.
To set one's self against, To place one's self in a state of enmity or opposition to.
To set one's teeth, To press them together tightly.
To set on foot, To set going; to put in motion; to start.
To set out. (a) To assign; to allot; to mark off; to limit; as, to set out the share of each proprietor or heir of an estate; to set out the widow's thirds.
To set out. (b) To publish, as a proclamation. [Obs.]
To set out. (c) To adorn; to embellish.
An ugly woman, in rich habit set out with jewels, nothing can become. -- Dryden.
To set out. (d) To raise, equip, and send forth; to furnish. [R.]
The Venetians pretend they could set out, in case of great necessity, thirty men-of-war. -- Addison.
To set out. (e) To show; to display; to recommend; to set off.
I could set out that best side of Luther. -- Atterbury.
To set out. (f) To show; to prove. [R.] "Those very reasons set out how heinous his sin was." -- Atterbury.
To set out. (g) (Law) To recite; to state at large.
To set over. (a) To appoint or constitute as supervisor, inspector, ruler, or commander.
To set over. (b) To assign; to transfer; to convey.
To set right, To correct; to put in order.
To set sail. (Naut.) See under Sail, n.
To set store by, To consider valuable.
To set the fashion, To determine what shall be the fashion; to establish the mode.
To set the teeth on edge, To affect the teeth with a disagreeable sensation, as when acids are brought in contact with them.
To set the watch (Naut.), To place the starboard or port watch on duty.
To set to, To attach to; to affix to. "He . . . hath set to his seal that God is true." -- John iii. 33.
To set up. (a) To erect; to raise; to elevate; as, to set up a building, or a machine; to set up a post, a wall, a pillar.
To set up. (b) Hence, to exalt; to put in power. "I will . . . set up the throne of David over Israel." -- 2 Sam. iii. 10.
To set up. (c) To begin, as a new institution; to institute; to establish; to found; as, to set up a manufactory; to set up a school.
To set up. (d) To enable to commence a new business; as, to set up a son in trade.
To set up. (e) To place in view; as, to set up a mark.
To set up. (f) To raise; to utter loudly; as, to set up the voice.
I'll set up such a note as she shall hear. -- Dryden.
To set up. (g) To advance; to propose as truth or for reception; as, to set up a new opinion or doctrine. -- T. Burnet.
To set up. (h) To raise from depression, or to a sufficient fortune; as, this good fortune quite set him up.
To set up. (i) To intoxicate. [Slang]
To set up. (j) (Print.) To put in type; as, to set up copy; to arrange in words, lines, etc., ready for printing; as, to set up type.
To set up the rigging (Naut.), To make it taut by means of tackles. -- R. H. Dana, Jr.
Syn: See Put.
Set (v. i.) To pass below the horizon; to go down; to decline; to sink out of sight; to come to an end.
Ere the weary sun set in the west. -- Shak.
Thus this century sets with little mirth, and the next is likely to arise with more mourning. -- Fuller.
Set (v. i.) To fit music to words. [Obs.] -- Shak.
Set (v. i.) To place plants or shoots in the ground; to plant. "To sow dry, and set wet." -- Old Proverb.
Set (v. i.) To be fixed for growth; to strike root; to begin to germinate or form; as, cuttings set well; the fruit has set well (i. e., not blasted in the blossom).
Set (v. i.) To become fixed or rigid; to be fastened.
A gathering and serring of the spirits together to resist, maketh the teeth to set hard one against another. -- Bacon.
Set (v. i.) To congeal; to concrete; to solidify ; -- of cements, glues, gels, concrete, substances polymerizing into plastics, etc.
That fluid substance in a few minutes begins to set. -- Boyle.
Set (v. i.) To have a certain direction in motion; to flow; to move on; to tend; as, the current sets to the north; the tide sets to the windward.
Set (v. i.) To begin to move; to go out or forth; to start; -- now followed by out.
The king is set from London. -- Shak.
Set (v. i.) To indicate the position of game; -- said of a dog; as, the dog sets well; also, to hunt game by the aid of a setter.
Set (v. i.) To apply one's self; to undertake earnestly; -- now followed by out.
If he sets industriously and sincerely to perform the commands of Christ, he can have no ground of doubting but it shall prove successful to him. -- Hammond.
Set (v. i.) To fit or suit one; to sit; as, the coat sets well.
Note: [Colloquially used, but improperly, for sit.]
Note: The use of the verb set for sit in such expressions as, the hen is setting on thirteen eggs; a setting hen, etc., although colloquially common, and sometimes tolerated in serious writing, is not to be approved.
To set about, To commence; to begin.
To set forward, To move or march; to begin to march; to advance.
To set forth, To begin a journey.
To set in. (a) To begin; to enter upon a particular state; as, winter set in early.
To set in. (b) To settle one's self; to become established. "When the weather was set in to be very bad." -- Addison.
To set in. (c) To flow toward the shore; -- said of the tide.
To set off. (a) To enter upon a journey; to start.
To set off. (b) (Typog.) To deface or soil the next sheet; -- said of the ink on a freshly printed sheet, when another sheet comes in contact with it before it has had time to dry.
To set on or To set upon. (a) To begin, as a journey or enterprise; to set about.
He that would seriously set upon the search of truth. -- Locke.
To set on or To set upon. (b) To assault; to make an attack. -- Bacon.
Cassio hath here been set on in the dark. -- Shak.
To set out, To begin a journey or course; as, to set out for London, or from London; to set out in business;to set out in life or the world.
To set to, To apply one's self to.
To set up. (a) To begin business or a scheme of life; as, to set up in trade; to set up for one's self.
To set up. (b) To profess openly; to make pretensions.
Those men who set up for mortality without regard to religion, are generally but virtuous in part. -- Swift.
Set (a.) Fixed in position; immovable; rigid; as, a set line; a set countenance.
Set (a.) Firm; unchanging; obstinate; as, set opinions or prejudices.
Set (a.) Regular; uniform; formal; as, a set discourse; a set battle. "The set phrase of peace." -- Shak.
Set (a.) Established; prescribed; as, set forms of prayer.
Set (a.) Adjusted; arranged; formed; adapted.
Set hammer. (a) A hammer the head of which is not tightly fastened upon the handle, but may be reversed. --Knight.
Set hammer. (b) A hammer with a concave face which forms a die for shaping anything, as the end of a bolt, rivet, etc.
Set line, A line to which a number of baited hooks are attached, and which, supported by floats and properly secured, may be left unguarded during the absence of the fisherman.
Set nut, A jam nut or lock nut. See under Nut.
Set screw (Mach.), A screw, sometimes cupped or printed at one end, and screwed through one part, as of a machine, tightly upon another part, to prevent the one from slipping upon the other.
Set speech, A speech carefully prepared before it is delivered in public; a formal or methodical speech.
Set (n.) 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.
Set (n.) That which is set, placed, or fixed. Specifically:
Set (n.) A young plant for growth; as, a set of white thorn.
Set (n.) 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.
Set (n.) (Mech.) Permanent change of figure in consequence of excessive strain, as from compression, tension, bending, twisting, etc.; as, the set of a spring.
Set (n.) A kind of punch used for bending, indenting, or giving shape to, metal; as, a saw set.
Set (n.) (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.]
Set (n.) (Carp.) A short steel spike used for driving the head of a nail below the surface. Called also nail set.
Set (n.) 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.]
Set (n.) 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.
Set (n.) Direction or course; as, the set of the wind, or of a current.
Set (n.) In dancing, the number of persons necessary to execute a quadrille; also, the series of figures or movements executed.
Set (n.) 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.
Set (n.) A young oyster when first attached.
Set (n.) Collectively, the crop of young oysters in any locality.
Set (n.) (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.
Set (n.) (Type Founding) That dimension of the body of a type called by printers the width.
Set (n.) (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.
Set (n.) A stone, commonly of granite, shaped like a short brick and usually somewhat larger than one, used for street paving. Commonly written sett.
Set (n.) Camber of a curved roofing tile.
Set (n.) The manner, state, or quality of setting or fitting; fit; as, the set of a coat. [Colloq.]
Set (n.) Any collection or group of objects considered together.
Dead set. (a) The act of a setter dog when it discovers the game, and remains intently fixed in pointing it out.
Dead set. (b) A fixed or stationary condition arising from obstacle or hindrance; a deadlock; as, to be at a dead set.
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.
Seth (prop. n.) (Egyptian Mythology) An evil beast-headed god with high square ears and a long snout; his was the brother and murderer of Osiris. Called also Set.
Set (prop. n.) (Egyptian Mythology) An evil beast-headed god with high square ears and a long snout; his was the brother and murderer of Osiris. Called also Seth
Set (a.) (Usually followed by `to' or `for') on the point of or strongly disposed; "in no fit state to continue"; "fit to drop"; "laughing fit to burst"; "she was fit to scream"; "primed for a fight"; "we are set to go at any time" [syn: fit(p), primed(p), set(p)].
Set (a.) Fixed and unmoving; "with eyes set in a fixed glassy stare"; "his bearded face already has a set hollow look" -- Connor Cruise O'Brien; "a face rigid with pain" [syn: fixed, set, rigid].
Set (a.) Situated in a particular spot or position; "valuable centrally located urban land"; "strategically placed artillery"; "a house set on a hilltop"; "nicely situated on a quiet riverbank" [syn: located, placed, set, situated].
Set (a.) Set down according to a plan: "a carefully laid table with places set for four people"; "stones laid in a pattern" [syn: laid, set].
Set (a.) Being below the horizon; "the moon is set".
Set (a.) Determined or decided upon as by an authority; "date and place are already determined"; "the dictated terms of surrender"; "the time set for the launching" [syn: determined, dictated, set].
Set (a.) Converted to solid form (as concrete) [syn: hardened, set].
Set (n.) A group of things of the same kind that belong together and are so used; "a set of books"; "a set of golf clubs"; "a set of teeth".
Set (n.) (Mathematics) An abstract collection of numbers or symbols; "the set of prime numbers is infinite".
Set (n.) Several exercises intended to be done in series; "he did four sets of the incline bench press" [syn: set, exercise set].
Set (n.) Representation consisting of the scenery and other properties used to identify the location of a dramatic production; "the sets were meticulously authentic" [syn: stage set, set].
Set (n.) An unofficial association of people or groups; "the smart set goes there"; "they were an angry lot" [syn: set, circle, band, lot].
Set (n.) A relatively permanent inclination to react in a particular way; "the set of his mind was obvious" [syn: bent, set].
Set (n.) The act of putting something in position; "he gave a final set to his hat".
Set (n.) A unit of play in tennis or squash; "they played two sets of tennis after dinner".
Set (n.) The process of becoming hard or solid by cooling or drying or crystallization; "the hardening of concrete"; "he tested the set of the glue" [syn: hardening, solidifying, solidification, set, curing].
Set (n.) Evil Egyptian god with the head of a beast that has high square ears and a long snout; brother and murderer of Osiris [syn: Set, Seth].
Set (n.) The descent of a heavenly body below the horizon; "before the set of sun".
Set (n.) (Psychology) Being temporarily ready to respond in a particular way; "the subjects' set led them to solve problems the familiar way and to overlook the simpler solution"; "his instructions deliberately gave them the wrong set" [syn: set, readiness].
Set (n.) Any electronic equipment that receives or transmits radio or tv signals; "the early sets ran on storage batteries".
Set (v.) Put into a certain place or abstract location; "Put your things here"; "Set the tray down"; "Set the dogs on the scent of the missing children"; "Place emphasis on a certain point" [syn: put, set, place, pose, position, lay].
Set (v.) Fix conclusively or authoritatively; "set the rules" [syn: determine, set].
Set (v.) Decide upon or fix definitely; "fix the variables"; "specify the parameters" [syn: specify, set, determine, define, fix, limit].
Set (v.) Establish as the highest level or best performance; "set a record" [syn: set, mark].
Set (v.) Put into a certain state; cause to be in a certain state; "set the house afire".
Set (v.) Fix in a border; "The goldsmith set the diamond".
Set (v.) Make ready or suitable or equip in advance for a particular purpose or for some use, event, etc; "Get the children ready for school!"; "prepare for war"; "I was fixing to leave town after I paid the hotel bill" [syn: fix, prepare, set up, ready, gear up, set].
Set (v.) Set to a certain position or cause to operate correctly; "set clocks or instruments".
Set (v.) Locate; "The film is set in Africa" [syn: set, localize, localise, place].
Set (v.) Disappear beyond the horizon; "the sun sets early these days" [syn: set, go down, go under] [ant: ascend, come up, rise, uprise].
Set (v.) Adapt for performance in a different way; "set this poem to music" [syn: arrange, set].
Set (v.) Put or set (seeds, seedlings, or plants) into the ground; "Let's plant flowers in the garden" [syn: plant, set].
Set (v.) Apply or start; "set fire to a building".
Set (v.) Become gelatinous; "the liquid jelled after we added the enzyme" [syn: jell, set, congeal].
Set (v.) Set in type; "My book will be typeset nicely"; "set these words in italics" [syn: typeset, set].
Set (v.) Put into a position that will restore a normal state; "set a broken bone".
Set (v.) Insert (a nail or screw below the surface, as into a countersink) [syn: set, countersink].
Set (v.) Give a fine, sharp edge to a knife or razor.
Set (v.) Urge to attack someone; "The owner sicked his dogs on the intruders"; "the shaman sics sorcerers on the evil spirits" [syn: sic, set].
Set (v.) Estimate; "We put the time of arrival at 8 P.M." [syn: place, put, set].
Set (v.) Equip with sails or masts; "rig a ship" [syn: rig, set, set up].
Set (v.) Get ready for a particular purpose or event; "set up an experiment"; "set the table"; "lay out the tools for the surgery" [syn: set up, lay out, set].
Set (v.) Alter or regulate so as to achieve accuracy or conform to a standard; "Adjust the clock, please"; "correct the alignment of the front wheels" [syn: adjust, set, correct].
Set (v.) Bear fruit; "the apple trees fructify" [syn: fructify, set].
Set (v.) Arrange attractively; "dress my hair for the wedding" [syn: dress, arrange, set, do, coif, coiffe, coiffure].
SET, () Standard d'Echange et de Transfert (AFNOR, France)
SET, () Secure Electronic Transactions (IBM, Visa, MS, IBM, Mastercard, Netscape, banking)
SET, () Single Electronic Transistor.
SET, () Software Engineering Technology.
SET, () Secure Electronic Transaction.
SET, () Single Electron Tunneling.
SET, () Standard d'Echange et de Transfert. (1999-03-26)
Set, () A collection of objects, known as the elements of the set, specified in such a way that we can tell in principle whether or not a given object belongs to it. E.g. the set of all prime numbers, the set of zeros of the cosine function.
For each set there is a predicate (or property) which is true for (possessed by) exactly those objects which are elements of the set. The predicate may be defined by the set or vice versa. Order and repetition of elements within the set are irrelevant so, for example, 1, 2, 3 = 3, 2, 1 = 1, 3, 1, 2, 2.
Some common set of numbers are given the following names:
N = the natural numbers 0, 1, 2, ...
Z = the integers ..., -2, -1, 0, 1, 2, ...
Q = the rational numbers p/q where p, q are in Z and q /= 0.
R = the real numbers
C = the complex numbers.
The empty set is the set with no elements. The intersection of two sets X and Y is the set containing all the elements x such that x is in X and x is in Y. The union of two sets is the set containing all the elements x such that x is in X or x is in Y.
See also set complement. (1995-01-24)
SET, () contracts. Foreign bills of exchange are generally drawn in parts; as, "pay this my first bill of exchange, second and third of the same tenor and date not paid;" the whole of these parts, which make but one bill, are called a set. Chit. Bills, 175, 6, (edition of 1836); 2 Pardess. n. 342.
Setae (n. pl. ) of Seta
Seta (n.) (Biol.) Any slender, more or less rigid, bristlelike organ or part; as the hairs of a caterpillar, the slender spines of a crustacean, the hairlike processes of a protozoan, the bristles or stiff hairs on the leaves of some plants, or the pedicel of the capsule of a moss.
Seta (n.) (Zool.) One of the movable chitinous spines or hooks of an annelid. They usually arise in clusters from muscular capsules, and are used in locomotion and for defense. They are very diverse in form.
Seta (n.) (Zool.) One of the spinelike feathers at the base of the bill of certain birds.
Setaceous (a.) Set with, or consisting of, bristles; bristly; as, a stiff, setaceous tail.
Setaceous (a.) Bristelike in form or texture; as, a setaceous feather; a setaceous leaf.
Setaceous (a.) Having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc.; "a horse with a short bristly mane"; "bristly shrubs"; "burred fruits"; "setaceous whiskers" [syn: barbed, barbellate, briary, briery, bristled, bristly, burred, burry, prickly, setose, setaceous, spiny, thorny].
Setback (n.) (Arch.) Offset, n., 4.
Setback (n.) [C] 挫折；失敗；倒退；（疾病的）復發 A backset; a countercurrent; an eddy. [U. S.]
Setback (n.) A reversal of progress in an endeavor; a reverse; a backset; a check; a repulse; a relapse. [Colloq. U.S.]
Setback (n.) An unfortunate happening that hinders or impedes; something that is thwarting or frustrating [syn: reverse, reversal, setback, blow, black eye].
Setbolt (n.) (Shipbuilding) An iron pin, or bolt, for fitting planks closely together.
Setbolt (n.) (Shipbuilding) A bolt used for forcing another bolt out of its hole.
Setdown (n.) The humbling of a person by act or words, especially by a disparaging remark, a retort or a reproof; the retort or the reproof which has such effect. Also called put-down.
Settee (n.) (Naut.) A vessel with a very long, sharp prow, carrying two or three masts with lateen sails, -- used in the Mediterranean. [Written also setee.]
Setee (n.) (Naut.) See 2d Settee.
Seten () obs. imp. pl. of Sit. Sat. -- Chaucer.
Setewale (n.) See Cetewale. [Obs.]
Set-fair (n.) In plastering, a particularly good troweled surface. -- Knight.
Setfoil (n.) See Septfoil.
Sethen (adv. & conj.) See Since. [Obs.]
Sethic (a.) See Sothic.
Setiferous (a.) Producing, or having one or more, bristles.
Setiform (a.) Having the form or structure of setae.
Setiger (n.) (Zool.) An annelid having setae; a chaetopod.
Setigerous (a.) Covered with bristles; having or bearing a seta or setae; setiferous; as, setigerous glands; a setigerous segment of an annelid; specifically (Bot.), tipped with a bristle.
Setim (n.) See Shittim.
Setiparous (a.) (Zool.) Producing setae; -- said of the organs from which the setae of annelids arise.
Setireme (n.) (Zool.) A swimming leg (of an insect) having a fringe of hairs on the margin.
Setness (n.) The quality or state of being set; formality; obstinacy. "The starched setness of a sententious writer." -- R. Masters.
Set-off (n.) That which is set off against another thing; an offset.
I do not contemplate such a heroine as a set-off to the many sins imputed to me as committed against woman. -- D. Jerrold.
Set-off (n.) That which is used to improve the appearance of anything; a decoration; an ornament.
Set-off (n.) (Law) A counterclaim; a cross debt or demand; a distinct claim filed or set up by the defendant against the plaintiff's demand.
Note: Set-off differs from recoupment, as the latter generally grows out of the same matter or contract with the plaintiff's claim, while the former grows out of distinct matter, and does not of itself deny the justice of the plaintiff's demand. Offset is sometimes improperly used for the legal term set-off. See Recoupment.
Set-off (n.) (Arch.) Same as Offset, n., 4.
Set-off (n.) (Print.) See Offset, 7.
Syn: Set-off, Offset.
Usage: Offset originally denoted that which branches off or projects, as a shoot from a tree, but the term has long been used in America in the sense of set-off.
This use is beginning to obtain in England; though Macaulay uses set-off, and so, perhaps, do a majority of English writers.
Offset (n.) In general, that which is set off, from, before, or against, something; as:
Offset (n.) (Bot.) A short prostrate shoot, which takes root and produces a tuft of leaves, etc. See Illust. of Houseleek.
Offset (n.) A sum, account, or value set off against another sum or account, as an equivalent; hence, anything which is given in exchange or retaliation; a set-off.
Offset (n.) A spur from a range of hills or mountains.
Offset (n.) (Arch.) A horizontal ledge on the face of a wall, formed by a diminution of its thickness, or by the weathering or upper surface of a part built out from it; -- called also set-off.
Offset (n.) (Surv.) A short distance measured at right angles from a line actually run to some point in an irregular boundary, or to some object.
Offset (n.) (Mech.) An abrupt bend in an object, as a rod, by which one part is turned aside out of line, but nearly parallel, with the rest; the part thus bent aside.
Offset (n.) (Print.) A more or less distinct transfer of a printed page or picture to the opposite page, when the pages are pressed together before the ink is dry or when it is poor; an unitended transfer of an image from one page to another; called also setoff.
Offset (n.) See offset printing.
Offset staff (Surv.), A rod, usually ten links long, used in measuring offsets.
SET-OFF, () contracts, practice. Defalcation; (q.v.) a demand which a defendant makes against the plaintiff in the suit for the purpose of liquidating the whole or a part of his claim.
SET-OFF, () A set-off was unknown to the common law, according to which mutual debts were distinct and inextinguishable except by actual payment or release. 1 Rawle's R. 293; Babb. on Set-off, 1.
SET-OFF, () The statute 2 Geo. II., c. 22, which has been generally adopted in the United States with some modifications however, allowed, in cases of mutual debts, the defendant to set his debt against the other, either by pleading it in bar, or giving it in evidence, when proper notice had been given of such intention, under the general issue. The statute being made for the benefit of the defendant, is not compulsory; 8 Watts, R. 39; the defendant may Waive his right, and bring a cross action against the plaintiff. 2 Campb. 594; 5 Taunt. 148; 9 Watts, R. 179.
SET-OFF, () It seems, however, that in some cases of intestate estates, and of insolvent estates, perhaps owing to the peculiar wording of the law, the statute has been held to operate on the rights of the parties before action brought, or an act done by either of them. 2 Rawle's R. 293; 3 Binn. Rep. 135; Bac. Ab. Bankrupt K.
SET-OFF, () Set-off takes place only in actions on contracts for the payment of money, as assumpsit, debt and covenant. A set-off is not allowed in actions arising ex delicto, as, upon the case, trespass, replevin or detinue. Bull. N. P. 181.
SET-OFF, () The matters which may be set off, may be mutual liquidated debts or damages, but unliquidated damages cannot be set off. 1 Black. R. 394; 2 John. 150; 8 Conn. 325; 1 McCord, 7; 3 Wend. 400; 1 Stew. & Port. 19; 2 Yeates, 208; 1 Sumn. 471; 2 Blackf. 31; 1 A. K. Marsh. 41; 6 Halst. 397; 5 Wash. C. C. 232 3 Bibb, 49; 2 Caines, 33. The statutes refer only to mutual unconnected debts; for at common law, when the nature of the employment, transaction or dealings necessarily constitute an account consisting of receipts and payments, debts and credits, the balance only is considered to be the debt, and therefore in an action, it is not necessary in such cases either to plead or give notice of set-off. 4 Burr. 2221.
SET-OFF, () In general, when the government is plaintiff, no set-off will be allowed. 9 Pet. 319; 4 Dall. 303. See 9 Cranch, 313; Paine, 156. But when an act of congress authorizes such set-off, it may be made. 9 Cranch, 213.
SET-OFF, () Judgments in the same rights may be set off against each other at the discretion of the court. 3 Bibb 233; 3 Watts 78; 3 Halst. 172; 4 Hamm. 90; 1 Stew. & Port. 24; 7 Mass. 140, 144; 8 Cowen 126. Vide Compensation; also Montagu on Set-off; Babington on Set-off; 3 Stark. Ev. h.t.; Amer. Dig. h.t.; Whart. Dig. h.t.; 3 Chit. Bl. Com. 304, n.; 1 Chit. Pl. Index, h.t.; 8 Vin. Ab. 556; Bac. Ab. h.t. 1 Sell. Pr. 321; 5 Com. Dig. 595; 6 Id. 335; 7 Id. 336; 8 Id. 927; Chit. Pr. Index, h.t.; Bouv. Inst. Index, h.t. Vide Factor.
Seton (n.) (Med. & Far.) A few silk threads or horsehairs, or a strip of linen or the like, introduced beneath the skin by a knife or needle, so as to form an issue; also, the issue so formed. Setose
Seton (n.) United States religious leader who was the first person born in the United States to be canonized (1774-1821) [syn: Seton, Elizabeth Seton, Saint Elizabeth Ann Bayley Seton, Mother Seton].
Setose (a.) Alt. of Setous