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Set (sĕt), a. 1. Fixed in position; immovable; rigid; as, a set line; a set countenance.
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2. Firm; unchanging; obstinate; as, set opinions or prejudices.
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3. Regular; uniform; formal; as, a set discourse; a set battle. “The set phrase of peace.” Shak.
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4. Established; prescribed; as, set forms of prayer.
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5. Adjusted; arranged; formed; adapted.
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Coloq. Set hammer . (a) A hammer the head of which is not tightly fastened upon the handle, but may be reversed. Knight. (b) A hammer with a concave face which forms a die for shaping anything, as the end of a bolt, rivet, etc. -- Coloq. 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. -- Coloq. Set nut , a jam nut or lock nut. See under . -- Coloq. 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. -- Coloq. Set speech , a speech carefully prepared before it is delivered in public; a formal or methodical speech.
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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.
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The weary sun hath made a golden set. Shak.
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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.]
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We will in France, by God's grace, play a set
Shall strike his father's crown into the hazard. Shak.
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That was but civil war, an equal set. Dryden.
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(c) (Mech.) Permanent change of figure in consequence of excessive strain, as from compression, tension, bending, twisting, etc.; as, the set of a spring.
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(d) A kind of punch used for bending, indenting, or giving shape to, metal; as, a saw set.
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(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.]
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(f) (Carp.) A short steel spike used for driving the head of a nail below the surface. Called also nail set.
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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.]
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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.
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This falls into different divisions, or sets, of nations connected under particular religions. R. P. Ward.
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5. Direction or course; as, the set of the wind, or of a current.
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6. In dancing, the number of persons necessary to execute a quadrille; also, the series of figures or movements executed.
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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.
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8. (a) A young oyster when first attached. (b) Collectively, the crop of young oysters in any locality.
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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 .
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10. (Type Founding) That dimension of the body of a type called by printers the width.
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11. (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.
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12. A stone, commonly of granite, shaped like a short brick and usually somewhat larger than one, used for street paving. Commonly written sett.
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13. Camber of a curved roofing tile.
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14. The manner, state, or quality of setting or fitting; fit; as, the set of a coat. [Colloq.]
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15. Any collection or group of objects considered together.
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Coloq. 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. -- Coloq. To make a dead set , to make a determined onset, literally or figuratively.
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Syn. -- Collection; series; group. See .
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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
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Seta (sētȧ), n.; pl. Setæ (sētē). [L. seta, saeta, a bristle.] 1. (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.
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2. (Zoöl.) (a) 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. (b) One of the spinelike feathers at the base of the bill of certain birds.
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Setaceous (s�tāshŭs), a. [L. seta a bristle: cf. F. sétacé.] 1. Set with, or consisting of, bristles; bristly; as, a stiff, setaceous tail.
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2. Bristelike in form or texture; as, a setaceous feather; a setaceous leaf.
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Setback (sĕtbăk), n. 1. (Arch.) Offset, n., 4.
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2. A backset; a countercurrent; an eddy. [U. S.]
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3. A reversal of progress in an endeavor; a reverse; a backset; a check; a repulse; a relapse. [Colloq. U.S.]
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Setbolt (?), n. (Shipbuilding) 1. An iron pin, or bolt, for fitting planks closely together. Craig.
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2. A bolt used for forcing another bolt out of its hole.
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Set chisel. (Mech.) A kind of chisel or punch, variously shaped, with a broad flat end, used for stripping off rivet heads, etc.
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Setdown (sĕtdoun), 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.
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Setee (?), n. (Naut.) See 2d .
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Seten (?), obs. imp. pl. of . Sat. Chaucer.
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Setewale (?), n. See . [Obs.]
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Set-fair (?), n. In plastering, a particularly good troweled surface. Knight.
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Setfoil (?), n. See .
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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
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Sethen (?), adv. & conj. See . [Obs.]
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Sethic (?), a. See .
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Setiferous (?), a. [L. seta a bristle + -ferous.] Producing, or having one or more, bristles.
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Setiform (?), a. [Seta + -form: cf. F. sétiforme.] Having the form or structure of setæ.
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Setiger (?), n. [NL. See .] (Zoöl.) An annelid having setæ; a chætopod.
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Setigerous (?), a. [Seta + -gerous.] Covered with bristles; having or bearing a seta or setæ; setiferous; as, setigerous glands; a setigerous segment of an annelid; specifically (Bot.), tipped with a bristle.
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Setim (?), n. See .
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set-in sleeve (sĕtĭn slēv), n. A sleeve joined to the body of a garment by a seam starting at the edge of the shoulder and continuing around the armhole. Contrasted to a .
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Setiparous (?), a. [Seta + L. papere to produce.] (Zoöl.) Producing setæ; -- said of the organs from which the setæ of annelids arise.
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Setireme (?), n. [Seta + L. remus an oar.] (Zoöl.) A swimming leg (of an insect) having a fringe of hairs on the margin.
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Setness (?), n. The quality or state of being set; formality; obstinacy. “The starched setness of a sententious writer.” R. Masters.
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Set-off (?), n. [Set + off.] 1. That which is set off against another thing; an offset.
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I do not contemplate such a heroine as a set-off to the many sins imputed to me as committed against woman. D. Jerrold.
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2. That which is used to improve the appearance of anything; a decoration; an ornament.
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3. (Law) A counterclaim; a cross debt or demand; a distinct claim filed or set up by the defendant against the plaintiff's demand.
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☞ 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 .
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4. (Arch.) Same as , n., 4.
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5. (Print.) See , 7.
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Syn. -- , . -- 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.
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Seton (?), n. [F. séton (cf. It. setone), from L. seta a thick, stiff hair, a bristle.] (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.
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{ Setose (?), Setous (?), } a. [L. setosus, saetosus, from seta, saeta, bristle: cf. F. séteux.] Thickly set with bristles or bristly hairs.
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Setout (?), n. A display, as of plate, equipage, etc.; that which is displayed. [Coloq.] Dickens.
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Set-stitched (?), a. Stitched according to a formal pattern. “An old set-stiched chair, valanced, and fringed with party-colored worsted bobs.” Sterne.
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Sett (?), n. See , n., 2 (e) and 3.
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Settee (?), n. [From ; cf. a seat.] A long seat with a back, -- made to accommodate several persons at once.
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Settee, n. [F. scétie, scitie.] (Naut.) A vessel with a very long, sharp prow, carrying two or three masts with lateen sails, -- used in the Mediterranean. [Written also setee.]
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Setter (?), 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.
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2. (Zoöl.) 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.
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☞ 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.
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3. One who hunts victims for sharpers. Shak.
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4. One who adapts words to music in composition.
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5. An adornment; a decoration; -- with off. [Obs.]
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They come as . . . setters off of thy graces. Whitlock.
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6. (Pottery) A shallow seggar for porcelain. Ure.
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Setter, 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.]
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Setterwort (?), n. (Bot.) The bear's-foot (Helleborus fœtidus); -- so called because the root was used in settering, or inserting setons into the dewlaps of cattle. Called also pegroots. Dr. Prior.
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Setting (?), n. 1. 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.
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2. The act of marking the position of game, as a setter does; also, hunting with a setter. Boyle.
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3. Something set in, or inserted.
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Thou shalt set in it settings of stones. Ex. xxviii. 17.
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4. That in which something, as a gem, is set; as, the gold setting of a jeweled pin.
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5. the time, place, and circumstances in which an event (real or fictional) occurs; as, the setting of a novel.
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Coloq. Setting coat (Arch.), the finishing or last coat of plastering on walls or ceilings. -- Coloq. Setting dog , a setter. See , n., 2. -- Coloq. Setting pole , a pole, often iron-pointed, used for pushing boats along in shallow water. -- Coloq. Setting rule . (Print.) A composing rule.
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Setting-up exercise. Any one of a series of gymnastic exercises used, as in drilling recruits, for the purpose of giving an erect carriage, supple muscles, and an easy control of the limbs.
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Settle (?), n. [OE. setel, setil, a seat, AS. setl: akin to OHG. sezzal, G. sessel, Goth. sitls, and E. sit. √154. See .] 1. A seat of any kind. [Obs.] “Upon the settle of his majesty” Hampole.
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2. A bench; especially, a bench with a high back.
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3. A place made lower than the rest; a wide step or platform lower than some other part.
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And from the bottom upon the ground, even to the lower settle, shall be two cubits, and the breadth one cubit. Ezek. xliii. 14.
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Coloq. Settle bed , a bed convertible into a seat. [Eng.]
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Settle, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Settled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Settling (?).] [OE. setlen, AS. setlan. √154. See , n. In senses 7, 8, and 9 perhaps confused with OE. sahtlen to reconcile, AS. sahtlian, fr. saht reconciliation, sacon to contend, dispute. Cf. .] 1. 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.
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And he settled his countenance steadfastly upon him, until he was ashamed. 2 Kings viii. 11. (Rev. Ver.)
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The father thought the time drew on
Of setting in the world his only son. Dryden.
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2. 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.]
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3. To cause to be no longer in a disturbed condition; to render quiet; to still; to calm; to compose.
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God settled then the huge whale-bearing lake. Chapman.
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Hoping that sleep might settle his brains. Bunyan.
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4. 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.
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5. 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.
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6. 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.
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7. 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.
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It will settle the wavering, and confirm the doubtful. Swift.
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8. To adjust, as something in discussion; to make up; to compose; to pacify; as, to settle a quarrel.
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9. To adjust, as accounts; to liquidate; to balance; as, to settle an account.
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10. Hence, to pay; as, to settle a bill. [Colloq.] Abbott.
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11. To plant with inhabitants; to colonize; to people; as, the French first settled Canada; the Puritans settled New England; Plymouth was settled in 1620.
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Coloq. To settle on or Coloq. To settle upon , (a) to confer upon by permanent grant; to assure to. “I . . . have settled upon him a good annuity.” Addison. (b) to choose; to decide on; -- sometimes with the implication that the choice is not ideal, but the best available. -- Coloq. To settle the land (Naut.), to cause it to sink, or appear lower, by receding from it.
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Syn. -- To fix; establish; regulate; arrange; compose; adjust; determine; decide.
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Settle, v. i. 1. 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.
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The wind came about and settled in the west. Bacon.
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Chyle . . . runs through all the intermediate colors until it settles in an intense red. Arbuthnot.
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2. To fix one's residence; to establish a dwelling place or home; as, the Saxons who settled in Britain.
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3. To enter into the married state, or the state of a householder.
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As people marry now and settle. Prior.
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4. To be established in an employment or profession; as, to settle in the practice of law.
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5. 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.
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6. To become clear after being turbid or obscure; to clarify by depositing matter held in suspension; as, the weather settled; wine settles by standing.
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A government, on such occasions, is always thick before it settles. Addison.
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7. To sink to the bottom; to fall to the bottom, as dregs of a liquid, or the sediment of a reserveir.
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8. To sink gradually to a lower level; to subside, as the foundation of a house, etc.
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9. To become calm; to cease from agitation.
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Till the fury of his highness settle,
Come not before him. Shak.
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10. To adjust differences or accounts; to come to an agreement; as, he has settled with his creditors.
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11. To make a jointure for a wife.
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He sighs with most success that settles well. Garth.
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Settledness (?), n. The quality or state of being settled; confirmed state. [R.] Bp. Hall.
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Settlement (?), n. 1. The act of setting, or the state of being settled. Specifically: --
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(a) Establishment in life, in business, condition, etc.; ordination or installation as pastor.
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Every man living has a design in his head upon wealth power, or settlement in the world. L'Estrange.
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(b) 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.
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