Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter S - Page 57
Setous (a.) Thickly set with bristles or bristly hairs.
Setose (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].
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
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.) (Bot.) The bear's-foot ({Helleborus f[oe]tidus); -- so called because the root was used in settering, or inserting setons into the dewlaps of cattle. Called also pegroots. -- Dr. Prior.
Setterwort (n.) Digitate-leaved hellebore with an offensive odor and irritant qualities when taken internally [syn: stinking hellebore, bear's foot, setterwort, Helleborus foetidus].
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. [Obs.] "Upon the settle of his majesty" -- Hampole.
Settle (n.) 長椅 [C] 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.
And from the bottom upon the ground, even to the lower settle, shall be two cubits, and the breadth one cubit. -- Ezek. xliii. 14.
Settle bed, a bed convertible into a seat. [Eng.]
Settled (imp. & p. p.) of Settle
Settling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Settle
Settle (v. t.) 安放；安頓；安排；料理 [O]；使（雜質）沉澱；使（液體）澄清 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.
And he settled his countenance steadfastly upon him, until he was ashamed. -- 2 Kings viii. 11. (Rev. Ver.)
The father thought the time drew on Of setting in the world his only son. -- Dryden.
Settle (v. t.) 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. [U. S.]
Settle (v. t.) To cause to be no longer in a disturbed condition; to render quiet; to still; to calm; to compose.
God settled then the huge whale-bearing lake. -- Chapman.
Hoping that sleep might settle his brains. -- Bunyan.
Settle (v. t.) 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 (v. t.) 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 (v. t.) 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 (v. t.) 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.
It will settle the wavering, and confirm the doubtful. -- Swift.
Settle (v. t.) To adjust, as something in discussion; to make up; to compose; to pacify; as, to settle a quarrel.
Settle (v. t.) To adjust, as accounts; to liquidate; to balance; as, to settle an account.
Settle (v. t.) Hence, to pay; as, to settle a bill.
Settle (v. t.) To plant with inhabitants; to colonize; to people; as, the French first settled Canada; the Puritans settled New England; Plymouth was settled in 1620.
To settle on or To settle upon, To confer upon by permanent grant; to assure to. "I . . . have settled upon him a good annuity." -- Addison.
To settle on or To settle upon, To choose; to decide on; -- sometimes with the implication that the choice is not ideal, but the best available.
To settle the land (Naut.), To cause it to sink, or appear lower, by receding from it.
Syn: To fix; establish; regulate; arrange; compose; adjust; determine; decide.
Settle (v. i.) 坐下；安頓下來 [Q]；停息；下沉；沉澱 [（+on/ over/ upon）] 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.
The wind came about and settled in the west. -- Bacon.
Chyle . . . runs through all the intermediate colors until it settles in an intense red. -- Arbuthnot.
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.
As people marry now and settle. -- Prior.
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.
A government, on such occasions, is always thick before it settles. -- Addison.
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.
Till the fury of his highness settle, Come not before him. -- Shak.
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.
He sighs with most success that settles well. -- Garth.
Settle (n.) A long wooden bench with a back [syn: settle, settee].
Settle (v.) Settle into a position, usually on a surface or ground; "dust settled on the roofs" [syn: settle, settle down].
Settle (v.) Bring to an end; settle conclusively; "The case was decided"; "The judge decided the case in favor of the plaintiff"; "The father adjudicated when the sons were quarreling over their inheritance" [syn: decide, settle, resolve, adjudicate]
Settle (v.) Settle conclusively; come to terms; "We finally settled the argument" [syn: settle, square off, square up, determine].
Settle (v.) Take up residence and become established; "The immigrants settled in the Midwest" [syn: settle, locate]
Settle (v.) Come to terms; "After some discussion we finally made up" [syn: reconcile, patch up, make up, conciliate, settle].
Settle (v.) Go under, "The raft sank and its occupants drowned" [syn: sink, settle, go down, go under] [ant: float, swim].
Settle (v.) Become settled or established and stable in one's residence or life style; "He finally settled down" [syn: settle, root, take root, steady down, settle down].
Settle (v.) Become resolved, fixed, established, or quiet; "The roar settled to a thunder"; "The wind settled in the West"; "it is settling to rain"; "A cough settled in her chest"; "Her mood settled into lethargy".
Settle (v.) Establish or develop as a residence; "He settled the farm 200 years ago"; "This land was settled by Germans".
Settle (v.) Come to rest.
Settle (v.) Arrange or fix in the desired order; "She settled the teacart".
Settle (v.) Accept despite lack of complete satisfaction; "We settled for a lower price".
Settle (v.) End a legal dispute by arriving at a settlement; "The two parties finally settled".
Settle (v.) Dispose of; make a financial settlement.
Settle (v.) Become clear by the sinking of particles; "the liquid gradually settled".
Settle (v.) Cause to become clear by forming a sediment (of liquids).
Settle (v.) Sink down or precipitate; "the mud subsides when the waters become calm" [syn: subside, settle].
Settle (v.) Fix firmly; "He ensconced himself in the chair" [syn: ensconce, settle].
Settle (v.) Get one's revenge for a wrong or an injury; "I finally settled with my old enemy" [syn: settle, get back].
Settle (v.) Make final; put the last touches on; put into final form; "let's finalize the proposal" [syn: finalize, finalise, settle, nail down].
Settle (v.) Form a community; "The Swedes settled in Minnesota".
Settle (v.) Come as if by falling; "Night fell"; "Silence fell" [syn: fall, descend, settle].
Settledness (n.) The quality or state of being settled; confirmed state.
Settlement (n.) 解決 [U] [C]；清算，結帳 [U] [C]；殖民；定居 [U] The act of setting, or the state of being settled. Specifically:
Settlement (n.) Establishment in life, in business, condition, etc.; ordination or installation as pastor.
Every man living has a design in his head upon wealth power, or settlement in the world. -- L'Estrange.
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.
My flocks, my fields, my woods, my pastures take, With settlement as good as law can make. -- Dryden.
Settlement (n.) (Law) 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. Specifically:
Settlement (n.) Matter that subsides; settlings; sediment; lees; dregs. [Obs.]
Fuller's earth left a thick settlement. -- Mortimer.
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.) (Arch.) 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.) (Arch.) (pl.) Fractures or dislocations caused by settlement.
Settlement (n.) (Law) 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. -- Blackstone. Bouvier.
{Act of settlement} (Eng. Hist.), The statute of 12 and 13 William III, by which the crown was limited to the present reigning house (the house of Hanover). --Blackstone.
Settlement (n.) A body of people who settle far from home but maintain ties with their homeland; inhabitants remain nationals of their home state but are not literally under the home state's system of government; "the American colony in Paris" [syn: {colony}, {settlement}].
Settlement (n.) A community of people smaller than a town [syn: {village}, {small town}, {settlement}].
Settlement (n.) A conclusive resolution of a matter and disposition of it.
Settlement (n.) The act of colonizing; the establishment of colonies; "the British colonization of America" [syn: {colonization}, {colonisation}, {settlement}].
Settlement (n.) Something settled or resolved; the outcome of decision making; "they finally reached a settlement with the union"; "they never did achieve a final resolution of their differences"; "he needed to grieve before he could achieve a sense of closure" [syn: {settlement}, {resolution}, {closure}].
Settlement (n.) An area where a group of families live together.
Settlement (n.) Termination of a business operation by using its assets to discharge its liabilities [syn: {liquidation}, {settlement}].
Settlement, () Domicil. The right which a person has of being considered as resident of a particular place.
Settlement (n.) It is obtained in various ways, to wit: 1. By birth. 2. By the legal settlement of the father, in the case of minor children. 3. By marriage. 4. By continued residence. 5. By the payment of requisite taxes. 6. By the lawful exercise of a public office. 7. By hiring and service for a year. 8. By serving an apprenticeship; and perhaps some others which depend upon the local statutes of the different states. Vide 1 Bl. Com. 363; 1 Dougl. 9; 2 Watts' Rep. 44, 342; 2 Penna. R. 432; 5 Serg. & Rawle, 417; 2 Yeates' R. 51; 5 Binn. R. 81; 3 Binn. R.. 22; 6 Serg. & Rawle, 103, 565; 10 Serg. & Rawle, 179. Vide Domicil.
Settlement, () Contracts. The conveyance of an estate, for the benefit of some person or persons.
Settlement, () It is usually made on the prospect of marriage for the benefit of the married pair, or one of them, or for the benefit of some other persons, as their children. Such settlements vest the property in trustees upon specified terms, usually for the benefit of the husband and wife during their joint lives, and then for the benefit of the survivor for life, and afterwards for the benefit of children. Ante-nuptial agreements of this kind will be enforced in equity by a specific performance of them, provided they are fair and valid, and the intention of the parties is consistent with the principles and policy of law. Settlements after marriage, if made in pursuance of an agreement in writing entered into prior to the marriage, are valid, both against creditors and purchasers.
Settlement (n.) When made without consideration, after marriage, and the property of the husband is settled upon his wife and children, the settlement will be valid against subsequent creditors, if, at the time of the settlement being made, he was not indebted; but, if he was then indebted, it will be void as to the creditors existing at the time of the settlement; 3 John. Ch. R. 481; 8 Wheat. R. 229; unless in cases where the husband received a fair consideration in value of the thing settled, so as to repel the presumption of fraud. 2 Ves. 16 10 Ves. 139. Vide 1 Madd. Ch. 459; 1 Chit. Pr. 57; 2 Kent, Com. 145; 2 Supp. to Ves. jr. 80, 375; Rob. Fr. Conv. 188. See Atherl. on Mar. passim.
Settlement, () The term settlement is also applied to an agreement by which two or more persons, who have dealings together, so far arrange their accounts, as to ascertain the balance due from one to the other; and settlement sometimes signifies a payment in full.
Settlement (n.) (Agree) (C1) [ C or U ] （結束爭端的）協定 An official agreement that finishes an argument.
// It now seems unlikely that it will be possible to negotiate/reach a peaceful settlement of the conflict.
// As part of their divorce settlement, Jeff agreed to let Polly keep the house.
Settlement (n.) (Agree) (C2) [ C ] 庭外和解（費） An arrangement to end a disagreement involving a law having been broken, without taking it to a law court, or an amount of money paid as part of such an arrangement.
// They reached an out-of-court settlement.
// The actor accepted a settlement of $100,000 from the magazine.
Settlement (n.) (Home) (C2) [ C or U ] 定居；定居地 A place where people come to live or the process of settling in such a place.
// A large Roman settlement has been discovered just outside the French town.
// Many Native Americans were killed during the settlement of the American West by Europeans in the 19th century.
Settlement (n.) (Payment) [ C or U ] 結算；結帳；支付 The action of paying money to someone.
// The settlement of his debts took him several months.
// I enclose a cheque in settlement of your claim.
// UK Her mother made a settlement on her (= made a formal arrangement to give her money) when she started college.
Settlement (n.) (Movement lower) [ U ] （建築物、地面的）沈降，下沈 The process of the slow sinking of a building or the ground.
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. [Colloq.]
Settler (n.) A vessel, as a tub, in which something, as pulverized ore suspended in a liquid, is allowed to settle.
Settler (n.) A person who settles in a new colony or moves into new country [syn: settler, colonist].
Settler (n.) A negotiator who settles disputes.
Settler (n.) A clerk in a betting shop who calculates the winnings.
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.) pl. That which settles at the bottom of a liquid; lees; dregs; sediment. -- Milton.
Settling day, A day for settling accounts, as in the stock market.
Set-to (n.) A contest in boxing, in an argument, or the like. [Colloq.] -- Halliwell.
Set-to (n.) A brief but vigorous fight.
Setulae (n. 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.) (Bot.) A plant formerly valued for its restorative qualities ({Valeriana officinalis, or V. Pyrenaica). [Obs.] [Written also setwal.] -- Chaucer.
Sevastopol (Proper noun) 塞凡堡 Ukrainian and Russian name for Sebastopol.
Compare: Sebastopol
Sebastopol (Proper noun) 塞凡堡 A fortress and naval base in Ukraine, near the southern tip of the Crimea; population 339,900 (est. 2009). It was the focal point of military operations during the Crimean War.
Ukrainian and Russian name Sevastopol.
Seven (a.) 七的；七個的 One more than six; six and one added; as, seven days make one week.
Seven sciences. See the Note under Science, n., 4.
Seven stars (Astron.), The Pleiades.
Seven wonders of the world. See under Wonders.
Seven-year apple (Bot.), A rubiaceous shrub ({Genipa
, clusiifolia) growing in the West Indies; also, its edible fruit.
Seven-year vine (Bot.), A tropical climbing plant ({Ipom[oe]a tuberosa) related to the morning-glory.
Seven (n.) 七；七個 The number greater by one than six; seven units or objects.
Of every beast, and bird, and insect small, Game sevens and pairs. -- Milton.
Seven (n.) A symbol representing seven units, as 7, or vii.
Seven (a.) Being one more than six [syn: seven, 7, vii].
Seven (n.) The cardinal number that is the sum of six and one [syn: seven, 7, VII, sevener, heptad, septet, septenary].
Seven (n.) One of four playing cards in a deck with seven pips on the face [syn: seven-spot, seven].
Seven (n.) A symbol representing seven units, as 7, or vii.
Sevenfold (a.) 七倍的；七重的 Repeated seven times; having seven thicknesses; increased to seven times the size or amount.
Sevenfold (adv.) 七倍地；七重地 Seven times as much or as often.
Sevennight (n.) A week; any period of seven consecutive days and nights. See Sennight.
Compare: Sennight
Sennight (n.) (Archaic) 【古】一星期 A week.
Sevenscore (n. & a.) Seven times twenty, that is, a hundred and forty.
The old Countess of Desmond . . . lived sevenscore years. -- Bacon.
Seven-shooter (n.) A firearm, esp. a pistol, with seven barrels or chambers for cartridges, or one capable of firing seven shots without reloading. [Colloq.]
Seventeen (a.) 十七的；十七個的；十七人的；十七歲的 [F] One more than sixteen; ten and seven added; as, seventeen years.
Seventeen (n.) 十七 [C]；十七個；十七人 [K] 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.
Seventeen (a.) Being one more than sixteen [syn: seventeen, 17, xvii].
Seventeen (n.) The cardinal number that is the sum of sixteen and one [syn: seventeen, 17, XVII].
Seventeenth (a.) （與the連用）第十七的，第十七個的；十七分之一的 Next in order after the sixteenth; coming after sixteen others.
In . . . the seventeenth day of the month . . . were all the fountains of the great deep broken up. -- Gen. vii. 11.
Seventeenth (a.) Constituting or being one of seventeen equal parts into which anything is divided.
Seventeenth (n.) [C]（與the連用）第十七（個）；月的第十七日；十七分之一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.) (Mus.) An interval of two octaves and a third.
Seventh (a.) （與the連用）第七的，第七個的；七分之一的 Next in order after the sixth;; coming after six others.
On the seventh day, God ended his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made. -- Gen. ii. 2.
Seventh (a.) Constituting or being one of seven equal parts into which anything is divided; as, the seventh part.
Seventh day, The seventh day of the week; Saturday.
Seventh-day Baptists. See under Baptist.
Seventh (n.) [C]（與the連用）第七（個）；月的第七日；七分之一 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.) (Mus.) An interval embracing seven diatonic degrees of the scale.
Seventh (n.) (Mus.) A chord which includes the interval of a seventh whether major, minor, or diminished.
Seventh (a.) Coming next after the sixth and just before the eighth in position [syn: seventh, 7th].
Seventh (n.) Position seven in a countable series of things.
Seventh (n.) One part in seven equal parts [syn: one-seventh, seventh].
Seventh (n.) The musical interval between one note and another seven notes away from it.
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.
Seventhly (adv.) In the seventh place; "seventhly, you have no right to cancel the lease in mid-year".
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.
Seventieth (a.) The ordinal number of seventy in counting order [syn: seventieth, 70th].
Seventieth (n.) Position 70 in a countable series of things.
Seventy (a.) 七十的；七十個的；七十人的；七十歲的 [F] Seven times ten; one more than sixty-nine.
Seventy (n.; pl. {Seventies}.) 七十 [C]；七十個；七十人 [K]；七十歲 [U] The sum of seven times ten; seventy units or objects.
Seventy (n.; pl. {Seventies}.) A symbol representing seventy units, as 70, or lxx.
{The Seventy}, The translators of the Greek version of the Old Testament called the Septuagint. See {Septuagint}.
Seventy (a.) Being ten more than sixty [syn: {seventy}, {70}, {lxx}].
Seventy (n.) The cardinal number that is the product of ten and seven [syn: {seventy}, {70}, {LXX}].