About The Word Setter
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Setter
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What's The Definition Of Setter?
[n] a long-haired dog formerly trained to crouch on finding game but now to point
[n] one who sets written material into type Synonyms | Synonyms for Setter: compositor | typesetter | typographer Related Terms | Find terms related to Setter: See Also | English setter | Gordon setter | gun dog | Irish setter | pressman | printer | red setter | sporting dog Setter In Webster's Dictionary \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.
\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.] |
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