Setter

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. One that sets: a setter of printing type; a setter of rabbit traps.
  • n. Any of several breeds of longhaired hunting dogs originally trained to indicate the presence of game by crouching in a set position.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. One who sets something, especially a typesetter
  • n. A long-haired breed of gundog (Wikipedia).
  • n. The player who is responsible for setting, or passing, the ball to teammates for an attack.
  • n. A function used to modify the value of some property of an object, contrasted with the getter.
  • n. A game or match that lasts a certain number of sets
  • v. To cut the dewlap (of a cow or ox), and insert a seton, so as to cause an issue.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • n. One who hunts victims for sharpers.
  • n. One who adapts words to music in composition.
  • n. An adornment; a decoration; -- with off.
  • n. A shallow seggar for porcelain.
  • v. To cut the dewlap (of a cow or an ox), and to insert a seton, so as to cause an issue.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. One who or that which sets: as, a setter of precious stones; a setter of type (a compositor); a setter of music to words (a musical composer): chiefly in composition.
  • n. In the game of hazard. See hazard, 1.
  • n. An implement or any object used in or for setting.
  • n. A kind of hunting-dog, named from its original habit of setting or crouching when it scented game.
  • n.
  • n. A man who is considered as performing the office of a setting-dog—that is, who seeks out and indicates to his confederates persons to be plundered.
  • To cut the dewlap of (an ox or a cow), helleboraster, or setter-wort, being put into the cut, and an issue thereby made for ill-humors to vent themselves. Compare setterwort.
  • n. A machine for setting out hides. See to set out .
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. one who sets written material into type
  • n. a long-haired dog formerly trained to crouch on finding game but now to point
  • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    pressman    printer   
    Cross Reference
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    adornment    decoration    mutator   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    better    bettor    debtor    detter    etter    fetter    fretter    getter    jetter    letter   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    collie    spaniel    greyhound    terrier    mastiff    pointer    lurcher    fox terrier    fuze    Pomeranian