setter Meaning, Definition & Usage
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noun one who sets written material into type
typographer; compositor; typesetter.
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noun a long-haired dog formerly trained to crouch on finding game but now to point
WordNet
Set"ter noun
Definitions
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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. -
(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. ✍ 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. -
One who hunts victims for sharpers. Shak. -
One who adapts words to music in composition. -
An adornment; a decoration; -- with off. Obs.They come as . . . setters off of thy graces. Whitlock.
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(Pottery) A shallow seggar for porcelain. Ure.
Set"ter transitive verb
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To cut the dewlap (of a cow or an ox), and to insert a seton, so as to cause an issue. Prov. Eng.