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Setting dog
(gcide) | Setting \Set"ting\, 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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Setting coat (Arch.), the finishing or last coat of
plastering on walls or ceilings.
Setting dog, a setter. See Setter, n., 2.
Setting pole, a pole, often iron-pointed, used for pushing
boats along in shallow water.
Setting rule. (Print.) A composing rule.
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